Me struggling to hold someone's wheel...

Final Lap:
I started on the move again. I had a couple of NCVC guys around me. The group I wanted to get into was now shattered. Wes the conqueror and Diane had been moving about the course giving me encouragement, Wes and Diane were really pushing me hard on this last lap. In fact I heard lots of folks calling my name. So much so that after the race the NCVC guy says to me, "how many people do you have here cheering for you?" I had a pretty good gap on the fella behind me, but still some space to the NCVC dudes. Through the last set of barriers I gave it some gas and caught the 1st NCVC dude. Believe it or not I had half decent technique and got back on the bike quickly opening just enough of a gap for me to finish up ahead of him. Wow, my technique is usually pretty damn shitty.