Round and round
The course is pretty nice, about 2k with a good surface and turns. The final turn is a little dicey for a field of 130 or so riders as it narrows to one lane, but overall everyone is pleased with the course saying it reminder them of RMR. They are also pleased that the officials have decided that 150k is a little long for a crit. The race is now 80K.
Jesse got in an early move for a few laps with Zulle and El Gato patrolling the front. El Gato got in the next move which quickly got a 20 second gap. There were 3 Mexican and 4 Candadian/Americans in this move. They don’t do a lot of crits here so the Mexican riders are a little tentative in the corners. El Gato said the only way to get them to work was to slow down for the turns so they would not get gapped off. The built the lead up to a max of just over a minute. Back in the field Teco’s had all their riders on the front chasing with the rest of the field only too happy to let them. In the break it was “remember the Alamo” time. Symetrics (Canada) sent a guy up the road who was soon joined by a team mate and a Target Training (USA) rider. El Gato stayed back to keep an eye on the Mexicans who had just figured out what happened to them and were not happy. The remnants of the break were reeled back in leaving Symetrics and the Target Training guy to fight for the win. Despite the 2 on 1 the Target Training guy (sorry don’t know his name) got the win. All our guys made it through with out donating any skin to the hot Mexican asphalt. In fact there was only one crash and the guy went down by himself.
