34 cold and wet….it was fun racing up at the velodrome…the course was twisty, turny, off-camber crossy…the field was bigger because it was “in town”. I got a great start, sitting in 4th, but the fast guys went by soon after and I waited for my legs to open up…it took awhile. I finally got into a group with 3 crossniacs: CJ, Guy and myself. It was cool riding together and taking turns on the front. We were then caught by Paul (45+ superstar)….We sent CJ off the front, but Paul quickly chased it down and threw down some crazy speed breaking up our group. Guy was cracked and I chased…CJ, Paul and I were now in a group and in the off-camber section CJ and Paul “rubbed” and CJ went down..I hopped on Paul’s wheel and held on – he was flying. We caught Jake from Specialized and the laps counted down. 1/2 lap to go and I was ready for a sprint finish…but I made a mistake and clipped a barrier with my front wheel and the gap opened and I couldn’t close it. I ended up 5th in 35+, 15th overall. 2 more races left in MN.

Cool pics of the race at BikeThrow from Frye

 

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