Friday Night at the Crit
Tonight was the first night of a three-day race weekend here in R-Town. Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport and the Genesee Valley Cycling Club have teamed up for the Cycling Grand Prix.
Tonight’s criterium at Genesee Valley Park was on a course I’ve ridden and really like as a rider. It’s fast, curvy, and if it were any flatter they’d have to cover it in green felt.
I arrived in time for the start of the Men’s Pro/Cat 1/2/3 race, 50 laps around the half-mile course. Lap times were right around a minute for an average speed of around 30 MPH—very fast.
I like the course because you can get really, really close to the action.
Later, I had to move over to the lighter side of the course. Plus, the mosquitoes had found me back there in the woods.
Freight train’s a comin’…
Two man breakaway.
Big gap.
The peloton tries to close the gap.
In the end, the race was for third, fourth and fifth place. Here they come to the finish.
