Early bird crit Cat 4 - Hayward. Simple, flat, business park course about 1.2 miles in length.
2nd of maybe 40 or so
Unlike the last race, I did not chase breaks and saved some juice for the final kick. Aside from one guy taking about 6 laps solo, there were no breaks and we all worked well together. So, it came down to positioning on the last lap. I was able to move up to about 5th wheel with less than half a lap to go. With 400m to go the wheel I was on seemed to be done and guys were coming in on us in a hurry. So, I jumped hard and started my sprint...much earlier than I'd hoped for. I was able to take the sprint all the way to about 20m left and just bonked. Got passed by one rider and held on for second. Meh, would have been happier with a win, but it's progress.