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Team Bikeman -
Race Reports
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Written by Dave Leikam
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Sunday, 28 October 2007 |
Utah Cyclocross #3
Saturday October 13, 2007
Rocky Mountain Raceway
Magna, Utah
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The third race in the Utah Cyclocross schedule was held the same weekend as the 24 Hours of Moab. I was hoping for a great result with a few of the heavies missing, but it turned out just OK. There was a little rain on the drive out but by the start of the 35+ B race, things were pretty dry.
The course looked like it would be easy with two passes through the infield of the oval track and a wide path around the outside. Turns out there was nowhere to catch your breath and the infield sections were soupy and slow.
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Lap one was a “hot lap” and the prize was a vintage woolen sweater for the first rider through. I didn’t really care about the sweater, but I didn’t want the series leader to get too far ahead. I stayed on his wheel off the start and was pinned immediately. He kept gassing it through the entire first lap while I decided to ease off a bit.
The effort cost him as mid way through lap two I passed him and got a nice gap. At this point I was in third place and riding well. As the race wore on I got a little tired and “hot lap” found a buddy to work with and they passed me. Crap. I ate it in the gravel on lap 4 and struggled with the run up on the backside of the arena but held on for 5th place. Hangin’ tough at #2 in the points.
Check out the results at Utahcyclocross.com.
Thanks for reading.
Dave
Photos by: Christian Leikam |
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