Todays race was a 100km crit on a 1km 4 corner circuit. The weather was looking a little dodgy all day but the rain stayed away till about half way through before drying up for the finish, thanks goodness.
The race was flat and wide open, which meant that it was going to be fast. The first half of the race was chaos again as usual with us covering a lot of breaks. I thought i had made the break of the day and was feeling pretty comfortable but obviously there was too much fire power still in the field and we were pulled back.
Hayden managed to get in the move of the day with aussie rider Hilton Clark, a rock racing rider and one rider from the weis team. The field was still riding fast but the break away group managed to lap the field and it didnt take them too long, they were going quick.
After lapping the field Hayden made his way back up to the front of the peloton, it was the job of Jason and i to try keep the field together and let no breaks get away. A few small breaks went but nothing stuck. Coming into the final laps i was getting swamped by waves of riders constantly after i kept putting the effort in to get up front. 2 laps to go things starting getting serious, a guy managed to hit the deck at about 8th wheel coming into a corner with just over 1 lap to go. I got a little held up as i was right behind it but managed to stay clean and get back on the group. From there it was too late for me to get to the front to help Hayden out in the sprint which was a shame. Hayden managed an awesome 2nd place getting beaten by Hilton Clark who had a lead out from Carl Menzies. i rolled over the line in 12 place. not a bad result considering the amount of work i needed to do and a great ride by Hayden.
Next race Chicago Sunday.
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