globecanvas

RR sounded crashy, at least the fields my friends were in. "150 guys going at it at a course that is not selective enough"

mattm

my race had no crashes (that I know of), but it was only 62 in the field. fun course tho!

tommyrod74

4 crashes in the last lap in my field (40-44 men). At least 2 before that. I managed 23rd of 150 after being boxed in when the break of 6 went with about 1/2 lap to go.

Fun course, though as a light climber type I wished for more elevation. Will be back next year.

wanders

Well crap... I go away for a year and miss out on this. I work in downtown Winston in the giant white phallus. I'm heading over to the Crit tomorrow afternoon to watch. It's the Dixie Classic fairground crit course with an add-on. Luckily, they resurfaced it a year or so ago. I haven't raced over there since but hopefully they took care of the metal plates, raised manholes and access panels. If you see a 225 lb bald guy in a blue button down and 3 inch scare on his jaw trundling around, say "hello". I'll be around Saturday for the Pro RR too.


btw- the East Coast ends at the MD/VA line. It ended in Delaware until 2014. It then becomes the Atlantic Coast until you get to FL. (Boston and Syracuse notwithstanding) At FL, it becomes the Gulf Coast - on both sides - just due to overflow and leakage.

mattm

I'll keep an eye out for you! I saw a welder out on the crit course doing something with the plates, smoothing them out I assume. I just hope they sweep all the little rocks off the course before we start.

tetonrider

40-44 was pretty much fine.

some people did stupid stuff, but unless you were gassed it was pretty easy to steer clear and read where the problems were going to occur. we had like 110 or 115. with full road that was totally casual, though.

the bigger issue was simply that riders who were dropped or overmatched had some recovery time on the back half of the final lap, and a bunch of them decided to sprint for 18th or 35th or 40th. (a) there was a break of 6 up the road that scooped up the entire podium and (b) if you're not in the first, oh, 10 riders in the field sprint, you should just focus on keeping it safe. it's a weird mix of riders giving up/slowing, riders sprinting for 40th, and some guys just staying the course. that shouldn't happen inside the barriers.

the pavement was amazing, and while there were no natural features of note to force a selection, it made for a wide-open course the left many people feeling like they might have a shot on the right day. that meant big registration numbers -- that's a good thing.

my late attacks didn't stick. i fired my bullets well before the finish so just cruised in mid-pack to keep it safe.

while the course didn't naturally suit me, it was a bike racer's course, and i felt the support out there (officials, police, volunteers) were great. why can't we get neutral feeds for these things, though???

we had that 6-man break that finished 30" ahead, then ~50 riders finishing in a pack, then another 50 or so well behind or DNF.

bostongarden

I totally agree with you on the little rocks! Not that there are a ton, but, enough such that a sweep would be nice!

gsteinb

still no 50+ results up yet

globecanvas

They are here: One to Go Live Results

I've raced against #1 and #3 . #4 gave me a double take. No locals anywhere near the top, at least not ones I know.



I see Racer Ex brought home a silver medal in the 110+ tandem. Nice work bud!

gsteinb

thanks

tetonrider

hunter e. won it. he's pretty bad@ss. i've raced against him a few times. he won the crit last year. he's a guy you don't wanna take to the line.

happybday29475

won the nats crit last year and a whole lotta other wins too
The Official Website - USA Cycling

hack

2nd place is a local yokel out this way. Good dude on a pretty stacked team.

globecanvas

mattm DNF the crit, hope everything is OK!

Won by a doper. Remind me why EPO guys are allowed to race again after doing their time?

rankin116

At the very least they shouldn't be allowed in Nat Champ events. Garbage.

And yeah. hope Matt's ok. From the live tweets it sounded like there were a handful of crashes.

gsteinb

there's a long list of guys who came back from doping suspensions and won championships. plus the litany of guys who are presently doped. channeling doge let's just make it all legal and be done with it

TheKillerPenguin

A friend of mine was in the race with him and is really pissed off about it. Apparently they exchanged words during the road race on Tuesday...

He also said he was happy to not crash today, and that it was crazy sketchy. So yeah...hope Matt's aiight.

globecanvas

Did your "friend" finish 9th?

TheKillerPenguin

Maybe

He's a bit empty from food poisoning earlier this week, said he had nothing left in the finale.

Hermes

Here are a couple of videos from the 45 -49 Crit. There was a crash in the neutral lap and the race was restarted. This is lap I and lap II from the start finish line.

The course is in a parking lot.

gsteinb

40 minutes for the 45+?

seems short compared to the 40+ (1:15)

globecanvas

45+ is done. Good showing by Elliston (was also top 10 in the RR) but apart from that not a lot of northeast representation at the top. Couple of CDR teammates around 20th/ 30th (CDR would probably shout "21st place is ****!").

gsteinb

how is there an 8 minute gap between 52nd and 53rd place

Impreza_aL

globecanvas

awesome