Saturday, August 16, 2008

Meridian

It's late and I'm kind of tired, so this one will be short. The criterium in Meridian today went off pretty well. In the Women's race, Debbie Milne took off with one other rider in tow, dropped that rider, lapped the field, lapped the rider who had been with her, and was about 100 meters away from lapping the field a second time by the end. Judith and Vivian were 3rd and 4th in the pack sprint. In the Cat. 5 race, Stephen Mire rode really well, finishing 2nd in a very close sprint that he probably would have won if he hadn't had to go around a rider who swung over in front of him just as he started his sprint. The Masters race was quite fast with lots of attacks, a few breaks that didn't stick, and a pack sprint in which I finished somewhere around 8th, give or take. They hadn't put up the masters results by the time the Cat. 1/2/3 race ended, so I really don't know. In the Cat. 1/2/3 race Mike Olheiser basically rode away from the field despite a pretty decent chase that held his gap at 15 second for a long time. Eventually, though, the pack gave up on 1st and the gap opend up. I think it was Eric Murphy who won the pack sprint, although I could be wrong on that.

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