Racing at Carondelet Park again this week. This week brought a little better conditions with temperatures around 60 and a bright sun, albeit a windy day.
Early on AJ and a Proctor rider opened up a gap on the field. Aaron was a little gassed and drifted back but the Proctor guy just hung out there all day. About a third of the way into the race I attacked and cut about half his lead before having the time differential level off. A couple laps later Shoemaker bridged up to and we shared the workload fairly well and stayed away for another 3-4 laps. Somehow the Proctor guy opened the gap up even more. There was some talk in the pack about him catching a draft off of the underpowered lead scooter. Thats hard to say but he opened a gap pretty good and to do so on a windy day is mighty impressive. I know watching a little of some earlier races the scooter was closer than it should have been. If there were any shenanigans, the gods sent them straight by giving the leader a flat in the final few laps.
The pack for the most part had already given up the ghost and was racing for second but when word filtered out from the crowd about the flat, the attacks came immediately. O'Neal was a relentless attacker most of the day and went with a couple laps to go but was reeled in on the final lap. They were some riders that came around me on the final lap but I still had okay position through the last major turn. Unlike last week, the inner line didn't open up as nicely and I got held up briefly a couple times. Enough to break any rhythm but I cranked it up again and was fought desperately for one of the final money spots. Making a quick count just after the line I figured on somewhere between 11th-13th. It was pretty close. The video replay had in 12th, just like last week. I would have liked a little better place but it was good enough to earn some green ones for the second straight week. Sven got 2nd. Aaron rode strong all day and got 5th. Nate, Aaron and Joe did some good hard work as well. A nice team effort I feel.
Congrats to Nate who upgraded after the race.
Negatives: Could still be more aggressive in the approach to the final sprint.
Positives: Felt reasonably strong and had no problem moving up through the field when I sensed danger up front.
Early on AJ and a Proctor rider opened up a gap on the field. Aaron was a little gassed and drifted back but the Proctor guy just hung out there all day. About a third of the way into the race I attacked and cut about half his lead before having the time differential level off. A couple laps later Shoemaker bridged up to and we shared the workload fairly well and stayed away for another 3-4 laps. Somehow the Proctor guy opened the gap up even more. There was some talk in the pack about him catching a draft off of the underpowered lead scooter. Thats hard to say but he opened a gap pretty good and to do so on a windy day is mighty impressive. I know watching a little of some earlier races the scooter was closer than it should have been. If there were any shenanigans, the gods sent them straight by giving the leader a flat in the final few laps.
The pack for the most part had already given up the ghost and was racing for second but when word filtered out from the crowd about the flat, the attacks came immediately. O'Neal was a relentless attacker most of the day and went with a couple laps to go but was reeled in on the final lap. They were some riders that came around me on the final lap but I still had okay position through the last major turn. Unlike last week, the inner line didn't open up as nicely and I got held up briefly a couple times. Enough to break any rhythm but I cranked it up again and was fought desperately for one of the final money spots. Making a quick count just after the line I figured on somewhere between 11th-13th. It was pretty close. The video replay had in 12th, just like last week. I would have liked a little better place but it was good enough to earn some green ones for the second straight week. Sven got 2nd. Aaron rode strong all day and got 5th. Nate, Aaron and Joe did some good hard work as well. A nice team effort I feel.
Congrats to Nate who upgraded after the race.
Negatives: Could still be more aggressive in the approach to the final sprint.
Positives: Felt reasonably strong and had no problem moving up through the field when I sensed danger up front.
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