Dietrich Third at Southern Maine Road Race, August 24

Many New England teams used this race as a final tune-up for next weeks Green Mountain Stage Race, and the Fiordifrutta/Wheelworks boys showed that they were in fine form. Curt Davis and Mike Dietrich escaped in the first move of the day and the group reached a maximum lead of two minutes, before being joined by another group that included Don Mills. The now 20-man front group saw lots of aggressive attacking and Kevin Bouchard-Hall (Hawley) escaped for the win. Dietrich sprinted to a strong third place with Davis in 8th.