Rick Adams Wins the Winters Crit in the 35+ 3 race (and 4th in the E3)

(Ed note: Rick is planning on racing the 55+ age group next year. Think about that as you read the report below!!)

Winters Crit Race report
M 35+ Cat 3

Great 6-corner course. 14 riders started – but what a fun race. The first half many riders attacked and kept the pace moderate. With 12 laps done, two riders got away and were up 10 seconds. I thought about giving chase, but decided to roll through on the chase. With 4 laps to go, we caught the two and the pace slowed. On bell lap, I attacked going into turn 3 and held the lead to the finish and WON! Podium photo attached.

Cat 3 open

18 riders. Everything stayed together until halfway. Then, one by one, five riders attacked and went up the road. When the 5th rider got way, I gave chase with two other riders in tow. We caught two of the 5 riders up the road – we now made a group of 5 chasers. The three other riders formed the lead break on the front of the race. Our chase group did not work well with 2 riders simply along for the ride. We were not making much progress bringing down the 12 second gap to the leaders. With 2 laps to go, we had brought the gap down to 8 seconds. At this point, I enlisted a friend to help and we attacked our group of 5 hoping to bridge across to the leaders. We did shed the two passengers but we did not bring back the three leaders. I won the sprint for 4th.