On Saturday I raced the Master's D field at the Capitol Crit or Capital Crit as it was also referred to. I guess it could actually be both as it was held on the grounds of the WA State Capitol, but also provided some much needed $$ to the promoter.
After jumping into a few early attempts at a breakaway, I was once again foiled by Tom Potter who countered and ended up going away & staying away; which followed the exact same stunt he pulled at the State RR in early May. Good for him, good for his BARR points; bad for me for not keeping an eye out for a move from what is turning out to be the "D" man.
His lead was a precarious one (8-10 seconds) for several laps when I thought that at any time he was going to come back to the group. Then all of a sudden he was increasing the gap, with fewer laps remaining. How quickly a 30 minute crit goes. The slack response from the field was disheartening. While Tom had an ample amount of teammates patrolling the main field (5 others placed in the top 20), there was no organized attempt at a chase from any of the teams represented by more than a solo racer with the exception to the two Cucina Fresca riders Don & Larry.
To those other teams with numbers (Excel-4, Old Town-2, L' Ecole-2, First Rate-2); what was your strategy - race for the Silver? Bronze?? And how did that work out for ya?
See ya at Joe's in Burien on the 4th.
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