Monday, February 16, 2009

TOC Women's Crit Prelim Report 2/15

Results were excellent!

Basically, people started coming off the back immediately, not helped by a crash in the first lap. Every time the field would go by, we would see some strong Norcal woman OTB or struggling. I don't have a complete start list, but I would guess that no more than 2/3 of the starters finished (56 finishers).

Annie got gapped by a crash, but stayed in a chase group for most of the race. Rae was the ticket collector at the back, and Lauren rode comfortably in the middle, and attempted a strong attack for a prime, but the field was way too strong (few sprinters made the break, so the designated team sprinters were cleaning up the pack primes). Rae and Lauren finished in the pack.

Conditions were epic: in the 40s and dumping race. Very, very slick. Very, very wet. Very, very cold. 60min is a looong crit for so early in the season. - Andi

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