Raced IRL on Saturday with @
Ygduf, the Cal Aggie pro/1/2/3 crit in Sacramento.
Always a fun race because it's the first one of the Norcal season, everyone seems to come out because they forgot how hard real racing is and haven't been jaded by losing yet.
60 riders in the field, 5 teammates. Our plan was to be in all the breaks, and go for the sprint if it came down to that. We executed well, got in all the breaks, but none of them stuck.
With ~20 mins to go in the 70 minute race it was clear that a field sprint was gonna happen, so we settled in to get ready for it. The "leadout" was just me, since everyone else was too tired from getting in said breaks.
After some bumping & corner-diving (that will be documented on YouTube soon) I was able to get in a good spot, jump and lead our sprinter through the last turn with ~300m to go. The winner jumped early and came flying by us, our sprinter chased and almost caught him at the line but not quite, lost by 1/2 a wheel. We just need one more leadout guy..
But overall it was a great start to the season!