Merco Road Race

We started with 120 riders. I started near the front. The first lap was pretty chill. There were a few attacks. On the backside of the first lap, there was a huge crash, which took out half the field. It happened right next to me. Luckily the carnage stopped before it reached me. Both Betsy and I squeaked by that one. There were a lot of attacks, but no one went hard enough long enough to make it stick.

I attacked a few times and covered several attacks. On the last lap some woman got off solo and the pack was so slow. I thought the pace would pick up toward the finish so I could move up. However, the pace was slow and spread across the road so I couldn’t move up. I was stuck and never had a chance at the finish. I couldn’t even sprint. Brooke Miller, TIBCO, won. I finished 33rd with Betsy 35th.