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When I registered for the omnium, I signed up for the Masters 30+ crit in addition to the Cat 3 crit since it was only $10 additional. I figured I could get used to the course at speed. The M30+ field started off quick and really didn’t let up. Pretty early in the race a sizable break went and got out of sight after a few laps. This left the rest of the field to fight it out for the low places (I want to say 8 or so was in the break).

The sprint for 9th (or whatever it was), I ended up about mid-field which probably meant 20th. I didn’t see the crit results (I only saw an omnium sheet). At the bottom of the course there were a group of fans that were clearly enjoying themselves.

Right after the Masters crit, the cat 4 lined up. Todd and Michael got in the break and Todd took the win…

After the Cat 4’s were done, Matt and I raced the Cat 3 crit. After the celebrating the night before, I figured I would try to lay low, but dangerous riders kept jumping off the front.

I bridged up to a break that failed and probably once or twice tried to start one (so much for laying low). My positioning wasn’t great heading up the hill and I ended up in 20th. With my 2nd place RR, 11th TT it was good enough for 9th in the omnium. Sort of a disappointing end, but ended up coming home with quite a bit of cash. Matt rolled a 2nd place TT and a top 10 in the crit to get a 6th in the omnium. Not the pair of top 5’s we were hoping, but a pair of top 10’s will work as well.

To cap it off, Andrea completed her sweep of her omnium by soloing away in her criterium.

Next up is the River Gorge / BMW Omnium in Chattanooga. By coincidence it is the last day of my former office / plant there, so I am going over a bit early for the last day.

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Photos from the crit: Masters 30/40+ | Cat 4 | Cat 3 | Women 1/2/3