As someone newer to racing, I was curious who here living in Colorado were planning on racing the Louisville or Groove-Subaru crits?

I am planning on racing both, but was curious if others racing or have raced in the past could tell me:

A) What is each course like?
B) Which is more difficult?
C) What are some keys on each course?
D) Do early breaks usually get rounded up, or is it essentially respond to each attack because if you lose it, you are not getting it back?

Thanks,
VT Biker

They're both similar, half uphill, half downhill and no real corners. Do as little work as possible in the draft on the downhill and move up on the uphills if you need to.

Difficulty depends on who shows up, not on the course. I never understood how a course could be difficult and I still don't.

Can't say much for keys/breaks. The courses are simple, it'll come down to how hard the group wants to hurt on the hill 30 times in a row. Breaks succeeded in each of the men's categories last weekend at City Park.

i'll be at louisville on saturday, not sure whether cat3 or 35+, probably cat3

but sunday is all about the CSU crit in fort collins.

ill be at Groove, though we will have a bunch of team representation at Louisville as well...

as appleby said, its all about whos there, not the terrain...