The Industry Cup was supposed to be a fun race for bragging rights...ehh, not so much.  It was elbow to elbow racing from the gun with little room for error.  At the lineup, a buzz passed through the racers as word spread about that guy in the red kit - Mario Cipollini. After we all peed our lycra in excitement, the race was off.  The early laps were carnage all over.  It wasn't so much about power or skill, but being lucky enough to avoid coming to grief.  I was able to avoid most trouble except for one wreck that put me into the steel barrier, but I was able to lean into it with my shoulder and jumped back into the race.  Other BikeHuggers MarkV and Mike Rogers didn't get such a good shake and had to fight bad wheels and dodging crashes.  I saw that Mark got 9th for the Media contest, but Mike wasn't listed (damn transponder technology). 

Once I made it safely through the first laps, I bridged a couple gaps back up to the leaders with one goal in mind - go find CIPO!  I knew that everyone with a camera would be shooting him, so what better way to get some love for the Hugga than to get in the press.  It worked.

From Velonews: (that's BikeHugger.com green on the right)