Track Racing Tues Night- by Rick Adams

First team race report (Rick just joined the team, this is his first CoreTechs team report racing in our colors!).

Velodrome Cat 1-2-3
Tuesday 8-30
34 riders.
Objective: Simply ride hard. We did 3 races.

First, a 25 lap Scratch. With 34 rides my objective was simple: help make the race hard. With 21 laps to go, I went to the front and drilled it. 5 of us immediately had a gap and we worked well together for the next 5 laps keeping the pace just above 30 mph. When we got caught, I was hurting and went to the second group on the track for some recovery at 26+ mph. I got lapped by the leaders but goal accomplished: Dead tired.

Next: 18 lap Tempo (sprint every lap first two get points) I stayed with the leaders the entire race picked up one point early and then was second in the last sprint. (9th in this race)

Last: 60 lap Points. Objective, finish and work hard. After the second sprint, the main group split and a break of about 6 riders formed. I was in the break. After about 8 laps, I could tell I was coming undone so I went back to main group. This break stayed away with a few other riders bridging up, but not me I bridged BACK to the main group where I stayed. After I recovered a bit I was able to do the work required to keep the lead group from gaining a lap. Finished about 10th

Everyone needs to race at the velodrome! Way fast.

Rick