Originally Posted by
jwible
She then went and raced the P123 women's race. Our rider proceeded to gap the field on the last lap to win. But since she was a III and the III jersey already was awarded the second place rider go the state jersey.
One of my teammates had just started racing on the road. She was a 4, entered the 3-4 state road race. They started with the 1-2-3-4 field as well - all the women raced together. She struggled to make the finish, getting shelled on every hill, chasing back on (I stopped in my race after getting shelled, waited at the feed zone for her, then got in a car and followed the field to the finish so I got to watch the last 15-20 minutes of the 60? mile race). There were maybe 30 racers in the field, enough so I couldn't see the front of the field while in the car behind it.
She led out the sprint and won.
Even though she won she wasn't on the 1-2-3-4 start list so they awarded the state title to the Cat 1 or 2 that got second in the race. I was bummed out for her but she was ecstatic she won the race.