good, bad, and the ugly

memorial crits today, hosted by them San Jose hotties.

good crew that puts together this weekend of racing. tight ship, good venue, tough logistics ... well done all around.
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In the crits, the VB women were just perfect. The field was nice and stacked with PROMAN, TIBCO, MetroMinties and others ... so, i asked them to do their best to save matches, follow attacks when necessary, and get ready to launch wicked in the final laps after the big teams got done beating on each other proper.

TIBCO's Brooke Miller was on the offensive early and often, but nothing stuck and there didn't look to be the right mixture ever bubbling up. At one point, TIBCO's Marple and Minty Amanda Eaken went up the road. They committed to it after a bit of negotiation between the two ... but, help arrived in the pack and the move was silenced.

The VB's attacked hard in the final laps ... showing the beast some bravery and i was very pleased. TIBCO started a massive leadout at two to go and the crowds on the sidelines gave a collective "how can they last with that speed?"

ah ... le oops. miscount.
they'll never do that again.


On the real final lap, Olds went ballistic with a good chunk of mileage to go. It was a nice clean solo-shot to the solar plexus.

Knockout.

Smart, strong racer.


New VB Natasha Perry was able to swing it big for a nice 3rd place behind Minty's Amanda Eaken.

good result, that.
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Our geezer race was pretty cool. The first half was 400 hundred moves and we were represented in all of them. Eventually 4 went up the road ... a massive Merril Lynch dude, Form Fitness' John Ashe, and Pete Brown of Cal Giant (oh, and me). Ashe was a monster and about ripped the deal to shreds. But, the Lynch rider was a bit too crafty for him and used rode him nasty when i attacked out of our group to try for the win.

In the end, i was able to sneak another MenInBlack win, with the Lynch 2nd, Ashe 3rd, and Brown 4th. Good hard race.
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Me n' Sabine bailed out on sticking around but got word about how the prosey race shook down. Jeffe struck up a 6-man break with SteveyRean of the BigBerries. Reaney took the sprint ... but it was his first race of the day ~ so, we'll call it a draw.

Big unfortunate business came in the form of a last lap crash in the field. Andy JM went into a pole in a bizarre missap and was flighted out for safe measure. Doc Soni told me that she thought he was all solid - but safety measures were taken. And, we all know the deep bruisings are the most painful. So, please send best wishes to the JaquesManiacs.

I'm sure Anthony will let us all know when to shuttle the get well chocolates and fan mail. Check the Strawberry site for news.

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be safe out there, ya'll.