May 01, 2005
Roswell Criterium
Photo by Trish Albert southeasterncycling.com
This is a very well-attended Criterium event and I entered the combined field of Masters 30+/40+ (nothing for us 50+ riders). At the starting line was the field limit of 80 racers. Scheduled was forty-five minutes of head-to-head racing with the best Masters in a fairly competitive Southeastern region.
Thinking there was going to be a warm-up lap resulted in me staging near the back. I was able to move forward when the race began and maintained a position near the front.
Some well-represented teams like SmithBarney, The Forum, RBM, and others kept things lively. I had Marshall Millard as a GTC teammate but we simply cued off of the big team's attacks, chases and counter-attacks.
There was "last corner carnage", which I thankfully missed, but it did force me to hit the brakes when the hammer went down. This race was suppose to be a training day for me and I finished 18th out of about 40 finishers, so I was not too disappointed.
20.7 miles in 46 minutes = 27 MPH avg speed
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