Not terrible. Was really not good on the first climb. Not surprising though as I'd just had 6 days off the bike before the short pre-ride yesterday. I chose better on the tires this year and was able to ride my pace on the main descent and rode through probably 5 or 6 guys before catching Sterling near the bottom. Thankfully. It was definitely good to have company on the highway and Palisades Rd. with a wicked headwind. We went by one and caught another on the highway. He then stopped at the aid station. Then we caught Kevin Thonney about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up Palisades Rd. He jumped in and took pulls with us even though he said he was cooked. He helped us get up to Mensher, Gudwin, and one more. We all rolled into the 3 Devils together where it came apart. Sterling rode off the front. Then Ian, Zach and I followed at our own pace. Over the top Zach and Ian started to falter when I punched it over a roller in pursuit of Sterling. Zach held on, barely, and gave me a couple more pulls before we caught him. Then he blew and Sterling and I were alone again as we turned onto the last long paved headwind section. Just after we turned onto the last gravel seciton we caught and passed a couple more (Kevin Hodges and John Reynders). Then we finally turned into the final tailwind descent and I was able to bomb it and got a gap that I was able to hold to the finish. Ended up 9th 12 minutes back.