Opening round of the northeast hill climb series. This was a mass start, with an overall as well as age break outs. Shorty. Pissing rain, and wet snow (not sticking) at the summit. 5 of us shattered the field 1/4 mile in as the road kicked up. I sat third wheel, until it seemed prudent to move into second. The leader was the leader. He seemed content to be pounding out the tempo. I could hear my 50+ rival breathing hard, and we shelled him at the two mile mark. He clawed back when the road flattened, but we kicked the tempo up again and he was gone for good. The road flattened again before the left hand turn to the uphill finish and someone bridged and attacked. The leader guy was shot, so I slammed the big ring, dove inside on the last turn and out kicked two guys for the overall win by 2 seconds. First one of these I won the overall.