On April 25th the USA Crits Speedweek kicked off with the Athens Twilight Criterium, and for the next nine days the team competed in seven criteriums throughout the Southeast. Speedweek consists of numerous “big money” criteriums, each in a different city, on a variety of courses ranging from your basic four-corner, flat crit to more complicated circuits including hills, tight corners, and some REALLY dark sections of road. Besides competing with the few pro riders that show up to some local races from time to time, this series was the team’s first real taste of the professional peloton this season. After a week in hotel rooms and driving between Georgia, and North & South Carolina, the team ended the week with some very impressive results.
Rebecca rode with incredible consistency, only once placing out of the top seven. Her results for the week included three 5th place finishes and 4th overall. Aside from the results which speak for themselves, the really impressive part is that Rebecca managed to notch such high results all by herself. She was without teammates but still held her own against massive leadouts from Colavita, Team Type One, and Team Tibco among other teams that brought full squads.
The boys didn’t shape up too bad either. Thomas and Joey competed in every race, Jafer and Dan made it to five, only skipping Tuesday and Thursday, and Anthony made his return to racing on Friday, after a couple weeks off with a broken wrist. Between the five who raced, by the end of the week the team had racked up nine top 20’s, three of which were top 10 finishes. For the efforts all week long, Thomas ended up a strong 17th overall by the end, and Joey took 7th overall and won the Best Young Rider (U25) competition.
While Anthony’s return to racing was definitely something to celebrate, it didn’t last long. The poor guy fell victim to one of the numerous crashes that happened in the final event on Sunday, May 3rd in Sandy Springs, GA and broke his collar bone. The team is devastated to have yet another injury keeping us from all being able to race together. He is scheduled for surgery Thursday, May 14; updates will follow.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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