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#2601
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For those of you that enjoy stage races, there is a new one April 30-May 1 this year! Tour de Gretna in Mount Gretna, PA. Our team is sponsoring it and should be a good tough race. 4.5 mile Circuit, 9 mile TT and Road Race. I've seen the course for the circuit and I will admit it is not going to be easy! For the P123 race it is 10 times up a 0.7 mile climb that averages over 6%. It's not terrible, but it will definitely hurt.
#2605
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Ohhh.....Earlier than my first main target (Killington Stage Race) But this is very tempting. Might discuss it with the team.
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#2610
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Plainville depends on who shows up. It's a flat office park crit with a little wind through the finishing stretch.
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#2612
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The first turn is a bit tight. I've seen some crashes there. Should be okay with more experienced riders.
Windy (airport next door). Usually crosswind on the back stretch, ditto front stretch. If it comes down to a sprint it's like a real sprint, with a turn before the line. Not like Bethel where it was sort of like drag racing to the line.
Short course so even I can do a full lap leadout. I think it's 0.4 miles.
Read the rules. The tenants there are super picky and I think parking is about a mile? from the course. It's a solid 10 minute walk when Junior was in a stroller. Promoter is 100% stickler for the area/local/tenant/parking/etc rules, there is absolutely zero give there.
There are some clips out there. I have at least one but it's poor quality. Some better ones from more recent times.
Windy (airport next door). Usually crosswind on the back stretch, ditto front stretch. If it comes down to a sprint it's like a real sprint, with a turn before the line. Not like Bethel where it was sort of like drag racing to the line.
Short course so even I can do a full lap leadout. I think it's 0.4 miles.
Read the rules. The tenants there are super picky and I think parking is about a mile? from the course. It's a solid 10 minute walk when Junior was in a stroller. Promoter is 100% stickler for the area/local/tenant/parking/etc rules, there is absolutely zero give there.
There are some clips out there. I have at least one but it's poor quality. Some better ones from more recent times.
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I've lapped the field on two occasions there. It's a very short course and there is an abundance of teamwork in the masters. The final sprint is short so you must be set up about 100m from the final turn. The sprint turns left so it bunches on that side. Wind direction varies. You would do well there as long as you were positioned well.
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I might do the first Branchbrook. I will do either Grant's Tomb pr Plainville the next week depending on which day works better with family scheduling. I'm sort of intrigued by the miss and out or whatever weird thing they do after the crit at Plainville.
Then we're away for the next 2 weekends, then it's Johnny Cake season, though there are only 2 of them this year.
Then we're away for the next 2 weekends, then it's Johnny Cake season, though there are only 2 of them this year.
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The missin out is right after the normal crits end and are pretty fun. I sucked at em last year but it's good practice for knowing how to position yourself in a sprint.
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Miss and Out is a track type event, in a nutshell the last person across the line on each lap gets pulled. On the track anyway, the first 3/4 of the race most of the action is at the back with guys trying not to be last. It's a fun event on the track, however I don't know how safe it would be on road bikes. I would suggest looking up elimination races on youtube to get a sense how these races go.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-h6WDxSaJA
Miss and Out from Kissena, should at least give those interested an idea of these type of races
Miss and Out from Kissena, should at least give those interested an idea of these type of races
#2619
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One of our club races is an omnium. We do a miss and out, a sprint and out,a "crit", and a 1 lap TT (its on a closed course oval car race track). Its fun and I kind of wish we would do it more than once a year
#2620
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go from the gun. some scary guys in there.
better yet, do the first two races and go home.
better yet, do the first two races and go home.
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Miss and Out is a track type event, in a nutshell the last person across the line on each lap gets pulled. On the track anyway, the first 3/4 of the race most of the action is at the back with guys trying not to be last. It's a fun event on the track, however I don't know how safe it would be on road bikes. I would suggest looking up elimination races on youtube to get a sense how these races go.
#2625
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https://www.bikereg.com/ws-uniteds--...-spring-series
personally I'd rather spend a night in jail than race Floyd