"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - How'd you do in your first race?

Title explains it all..

what were the results of your first cat 5 race..
this should be interesting :)

21st out of 40 it was also a 4/5 race.

First juniors race, I won. (pretty small field) First Cat 5 race, I crashed and burned.

Mt Tam Hill Climb, 2005
35+ Cat 4/5 - 1st out of 87 finishers.

23rd out of 40ish. 30min crit

16th out of 18 finishers.

Rode the last 7 miles with one leg.

Off the back, pulled.

23rd out of 70-something

Tour of New Braunfels
46th out of 52 finishers.

I try to block that race out. . . .

My first race was a Citizen's race in 1991. I failed to clip into my pedal and spent 4 laps chasing the pack. Never caught them, but they did not lap me, I was not DFL and I did not DNF. I did a few more Citizen's races in 1992.

Got my USCF license in 1993, #59008. And now I'm actually using the friggin thing again.

Westfield Crit 4/5
50 starters
12th

Wheel & Sprocket Crit
Juniors 15-18 17th out of ~30
Cat 4/5 21st out of ~30

well i assume most of yall knew what yall were doing.. considering most of you sound like you did well..

CRASH!

I hit a gravel shoulder and my bike handling skills were, shall we say, in their infancy.

Lapped and Pulled

dead last unless someone DNF'd

My first USCF race was a roller race and I finished something like 8th out of 15 or 16. And there were some 2s and 3s out there! Of course roller races don't really mean much...

I was doing pretty well in my first Cat 5 road race until there was a pile-up in front of me. I could barely walk without motrin for two days after that.

My first day at the track was so-so, but the next week I took third overall.

Lapped by the field, on a 2.1mi circuit. In a 21mi race.

I didn't finish DFL though.

Dropped, lapped, allowed to finish. Not DFL. I beat two whole people.

9th out of 50

mine was two days ago. (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=294970&page=2)

edit: i mean, 47th out of 57

9th out of 33, 40 mile cat 5 road race March 2005

Parkside spring training crit, 1983 intermediate (Junior 14-15, I think), 2nd place out of probably 10-15 starters.

Dropped, lapped, pulled with 5 laps to go....17th out of 26 starters.

16th out of 18 finishers.

Rode the last 7 miles with one leg.

wth happened to the other one?

11th of 50. lost a good 5 spots on the home stretch because clicked 3 gears instead of two when i started "sprinting."

40th out of 44 (Cat5 Cali State Championship). Dropped at about 6 miles into a 38 mile race, 1 minor mechanical (dropped chain).

Learned plenty though and had fun.

First race was a practice race. I got lapped.

First non-practice race was a 5-only crit. 5th place. I wish I could do that more often.

45 out of 55 got a DNP

4th, I missed the decisive break of 3 but was first in the uphill finish in my group. It was a small field too. I think only about 12-15 guys. I should remember this kind of stuff because it was only a week ago :P

Lapped, pulled, humbled.

--Steve

I did a RR where nobody new the finish was coming and the whole pack crossed together, I got 22nd

First real race the next weekend was a cat 5 circuit race, I got 4th/50. I thought I had it won, until my legs stopped working - that was a horrible feeling.

I got 10th out of 30 or so at Mt. Penn last year. That is a tough first race to do, it has a pretty nasty hill. I loved every minute though, even when I threw up a little in my mouth. Hooked ever since.

7th of 17 in an ITT -- .01 seconds away from 6th :rolleyes:

Geez, a lot of guys here doing really well on their first race!
As for me, I got dropped on the 4th lap of a 20 lap race. I was not last, however.

so are you ever forced to pull out of the race when racing a crit? or do people voluntarily pull themselves out because of tiredness/embarrassment?

so are you ever forced to pull out of the race when racing a crit? or do people voluntarily pull themselves out because of tiredness/embarrassment?

Both can happen.

Just not to the same person in the same race.

I've abandoned races, but never been pulled, even after being lapped.

Copperopolis RR. Dropped hard on first climb. I don't even think the real race started yet. lol

My first race was last Wednesday--training race--10 laps. I foolishly tried to pull the pack around a few times, even up the one hill. Wound up dropping out the back. Worked my way back up. Tried to break away only to find the pack in my slipstream. Dropped out the back. Worked my way back up. Didn't have anything left for the bell lap. Dropped out the back. Came in somewhere nearly last--passed one soul on the way to the finish and sure another DNF'd from a crash.

My next race is tomorrow, Wednesday, and I'm going to practice being pack filler until the bell lap.

My first cat 5 race was in the 4s (back in 1992, you could choose to race Citizens or 4s). It was the Meridian Classic. I thought they were going too slow, so I pulled the pack around a lot. Ended up finishing just behind the pack, as expected with that behavior :rolleyes:

First cat 5 race was the district TT and I got 10th in the 4/5 but almost 9 minutes down on the winner.

10th out of 75.

I don't remember what position exactly but I do know it was toward the back, not last though :) That was 7 years ago.

16th out of 18 finishers.

Rode the last 7 miles with one leg.

And you still beat two guys...you really are the chuck norris of cycling

so are you ever forced to pull out of the race when racing a crit? or do people voluntarily pull themselves out because of tiredness/embarrassment?

The first happens in the 4/5s. The second happens in the Pro/1/2 and 3s races. They know when they've blown their wad and pack it in, to fight another day.

I was a DNF my first race. Was in 5th coming into the last turn, got chopped, lost half my @ss and landed in someones yard.

, got chopped, lost half my @ss and landed in someones yard.

You, or your ass half?

Utah TT Series, DFL, 1st was Jeff Louder, that was back when I used to race with the pros :D

Then a citizen crit, 2/8 in the mens, unfortunately they ran us with the Juniors who did laps around us like we were feeble old men, which we kinda were.

Then a Cat4 circuit, DFL but didn't get lapped until the final straightaway.

Then a DNF, etc etc etc...........

First Cat5 crit, 17/31

31 out of 33

Shot off the back on the first lap. Don't think I lasted two minutes.

My first race, a crit, (cat 5) was April 1st of this year. We got to take a practice lap and I noticed at the first corner that there were bed matresses around 2 or 3 trees and on the other side was some yellow caution tape marking not to go this way. Well being the first race and all I was going to find somebodys wheel and settle in. The first corner came up and I didn't follow the wheel ahead of me so I rolled thru the yellow caution tape actually locked the brakes almost fell over. Unclipped. Backed up. Woosh goes the peloton and I'm in last place. Clipped back in and finished 4th out of 15 people. Almost had third but there was a nasty up hill climb for the finish and somebody was on my wheel and beat to the finish.

Second to last. Thank god that guy showed up.