Cascade Cycling Classic

Hi all,
Sorry I missed ya yesterday. Last night's crit was a typical cat 2 crit...strung out, then mashed together, then strung out. You get the idea. I sat in and finished with the pack and actually moved up one spot into 10th and it stayed that way after today.
Today's circuit race was a lot of fun. I was on good form today and rode like it. The course was 4 laps of rolling hills with some steeper climbs that leveled off and continued up for a while. The first two laps were easy enough. There were a fury of attacks that were pointless and I just accelerated with the group like it was just another training ride. Nothing got away. On the third lap things heated up on the feed zone climb. I was almost popped but hung in there. The steep section of the course showed off who was strong and who wasn't. There were two riders from the same team in the top 4 and they took turns attacking and there were only a handful of guys able to follow. Going over the top of the KOM we had a select group but again didn't hold, so the fourth lap started the same as the third, only I knew about an attack that the others didn't know about, an attack that I though was sure to stick, seeing as it was coming from the leader of the race who was domi nant. The leader's team controlled the front of the race after the first climb and I sat on their wheels all the way to the steepest climb where the attack happened. It was certainly an attack worth following because we opened up a good sized gap and it never let up until after the decent. When the rollers started I was still in the front and going over the last roller they slowed up and I just kept rolling because I knew if I was hurting so was everyone else. I opened up about a 50 meter lead with about 1.5 km to go and I thought I would be able to hold off the pack, seeing as nobody was chasing. But, alas, they caught me with about 700 meters to go and I was able to hold on for a pack finish. Nothing really exciting all week, but that's not what finishing in the top ten is about...it's about being consistent. See ya'll back n socal.

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