Stage 4: U25 Men's race report-Superweek

Hey team,

All is going great here for both the Men's and Women's team here at Superweek. The women got a huge result with Julia on the podium and Jen Jo and Lauren represented in the sprint.

Time for the guys to have a great stage as well. Today was the first day which I have felt my legs coming around, and after a good nights sleep very motivated as well. Nick, Michael and I started the 100k crit at 5:45pm. With a very short lap, the pace was going to be high, and there was a strong chance that a breakaway could lap the field.

We had the plan to lead out Nick if the race came down to a field sprint. I covered many Early moves, feeling really good and not working very hard. 20 laps into the race there was a crash involving my former team mate Curtis Gunn. He had to be taken out by ambulance, thus the race was delayed 20 min. All thoughts and prayers going to Curtis.

The race resumed with the field getting lapped by three riders. From there on it was a constant fight to stay at the front of the field. Michael and I rode a solid top 15 for the remaining of the laps, with 5 to go I got into a tangle up braking a spoke in the process. All in all, we rode very represented and had some mis fortunate luck when the race really counted.

Everyone in high spirits for Stage 5. More to come. Pictures to follow.
Chao
Eric Bennett