So, just to reaffirm my disgust for criterium racing, i went to my first in a while today. 20 or so in the pack. Everyone sits steady for the first few laps, but after watching the race before me wait until the last 2 laps to do anything exciting i decided to shake things up early. after the next 2-3 laps, the field was split roughly into 2 groups (contenders and pretenders). it stayed this way for awhile, accelerations from the lead group being marked quickly.
as we're crossing the start/finish with 5 laps to go i can see the pretenders up ahead about to get lapped. im looking to the officials on the sideline to pull them off since we should really be heating it up soon, and nothing. whatever. first turn, were right behind them into the headwind. second turn, bad news. im not sure exactly what happened, only that riders from both groups got tangled up into the crosswind and i hit the bike of the guy going down in front of me. bruised collarbone.
why do officials feel the need to treat riders like 5 year olds and let them finish the race when they are only getting in the way. its annoying and ive certainly done my last crit.
as we're crossing the start/finish with 5 laps to go i can see the pretenders up ahead about to get lapped. im looking to the officials on the sideline to pull them off since we should really be heating it up soon, and nothing. whatever. first turn, were right behind them into the headwind. second turn, bad news. im not sure exactly what happened, only that riders from both groups got tangled up into the crosswind and i hit the bike of the guy going down in front of me. bruised collarbone.
why do officials feel the need to treat riders like 5 year olds and let them finish the race when they are only getting in the way. its annoying and ive certainly done my last crit.