Ok, so I am doing my first stage race this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. www.bikelexingtonstagerace.com

Friday night is the TT, its a 2 mile tt, flat and straight. It is also my first TT ever. Ramp start. How in the heck do I race that? What gear is good to start in? When should I come out of the saddle, if ever? How to warm up?

Saturday is the Crit. I will probably wreck and the cat 5 field will likely be full of first timers helping me wreck. Figure 8 track with 2 hills of moderate size for a crit.

Sunday is the circuit race. A fairly flat boring loop.

Now, I have never raced more than once in a weekend. While I am not concerned with burning out myself in the TT (two hard miles shouldnt be an issue, I hope), I am wondering about the sat and sun races. The sunday race goes off less than 15 hours after the crit is over. Both of the races pay the same, but which do I focus on? If i start to fade in the crit should I just save it for the circuit or climb back on and hope everyone else is beat for the circuit too?