Team Cup #4 by Maria
6am in July and the Central Park roads seemed to have much more horse dung on them than usual. As Alison and I warmed up before the race, we tried to make mental notes as to where it was especially bad. The air was thick and the humidity was high...a lovely day for a race.
There were points up for grab every time we hit Cat's Paw after the first lap, so the pace was fast and the attacks were plenty. Nancy racked up the points with her sprinting while the rest of us chased attacks. No attack ever got away and the team maintained a presence toward the front of the field for most of the race.
On our final lap, a CRCA rider took down Nancy with a sudden jerky movement to the left on the descent after Harlem Hill. Nancy was not hurt too bad, but she was frustrated to miss the final sprint. I was in a breakaway at the time and when the rest of the field caught us we heard that there had been a crash. Someone mentioned that they thought that someone from
Bicycle Workshop had gone down. I looked around and only saw Andrea. We were about half-way through the final lap so we did what we could to position ourselves for the final sprint since Nancy was nowhere to be seen. The pace increased up Cat's Paw and the field seemed to thin out a bit. Martha from Sanchez Metro jumped on my wheel and Andrea was on Dominique's. When she blew up on Cat's Paw Andrea moved over to get whatever wheel she could. Comedy took 1st and 2nd, Elena from Radical took 3rd, I took 4th with Ann Marie from Sanchez Metro in 5th, Andrea in 6th and Martha in 7th.
Nancy was third in terms of points, my 4th place finish slotted me into 6th and so we kept our 2nd place ranking in the standings. Comedy has pretty much crushed everyone, but we're still trying to rally.
Luckily super woman Nancy is ok. She even stopped to help a racer that had crashed in the men's field on her way to the finish line. She ended up with road rash on her leg and arm and also needed a couple stitches in her knee (yes, she stitched herself up!)
Overall we worked very hard as a team, with everyone giving their best and working together to chase down attacks and rack up points in this difficult race format. Without Liz or Maggie this morning, we were missing two of our strongest riders but everyone stepped up to the challenge and rode very well. Yeah Team!!
There were points up for grab every time we hit Cat's Paw after the first lap, so the pace was fast and the attacks were plenty. Nancy racked up the points with her sprinting while the rest of us chased attacks. No attack ever got away and the team maintained a presence toward the front of the field for most of the race.
On our final lap, a CRCA rider took down Nancy with a sudden jerky movement to the left on the descent after Harlem Hill. Nancy was not hurt too bad, but she was frustrated to miss the final sprint. I was in a breakaway at the time and when the rest of the field caught us we heard that there had been a crash. Someone mentioned that they thought that someone from
Bicycle Workshop had gone down. I looked around and only saw Andrea. We were about half-way through the final lap so we did what we could to position ourselves for the final sprint since Nancy was nowhere to be seen. The pace increased up Cat's Paw and the field seemed to thin out a bit. Martha from Sanchez Metro jumped on my wheel and Andrea was on Dominique's. When she blew up on Cat's Paw Andrea moved over to get whatever wheel she could. Comedy took 1st and 2nd, Elena from Radical took 3rd, I took 4th with Ann Marie from Sanchez Metro in 5th, Andrea in 6th and Martha in 7th.
Nancy was third in terms of points, my 4th place finish slotted me into 6th and so we kept our 2nd place ranking in the standings. Comedy has pretty much crushed everyone, but we're still trying to rally.
Luckily super woman Nancy is ok. She even stopped to help a racer that had crashed in the men's field on her way to the finish line. She ended up with road rash on her leg and arm and also needed a couple stitches in her knee (yes, she stitched herself up!)
Overall we worked very hard as a team, with everyone giving their best and working together to chase down attacks and rack up points in this difficult race format. Without Liz or Maggie this morning, we were missing two of our strongest riders but everyone stepped up to the challenge and rode very well. Yeah Team!!
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