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The 7:30 start time for the race formally known as McClane Pacific was really sucky for all the juniors who decided to wake up that early and come out just to rice in circles. Fabian and I had to leave the motel at 6:30 to go register. Jeff was still asleep, so we rode down there dressed to impress and all ready to race.
When we got there we were told our kits had arrived which was awesome but meant we had to go back to the room and re-dress, ensuring only about 15 minutes of warmup.
We came to the line all looking like a team. Matching shorts and jerseys...cool.
The whistle blew and we were off! First lap Taylor Kuphaltd was off the front by himself. We
figured as mu;ch would happen but the field was big and strong so they dragged him back. A couple of more attacks went off but for the most part the group stayed together.
The biggest part of the race was the crashes. Logan Loader and Davi V. got into it a little from what I heard and Logan went down. Reno's own Joe Trujillo crashed as well but got back up to finish the race. He also went on to do the road race the next day as well as Loader. The whole race was super sketch, and really the only safe place was literally at the front or at the very back where you could see the crash and avoid it.
The race came down to the sprint finish. The last laps were fast but not unbearably fast and mostly it was all about positioning. My sprinter, Ben wasn't there so I was on my own when it came to the line.
Going into the second to last corner the whole group was strung out and the guys who had good positioning looked to be set for the finish. But on the stretch before the last corner there was a huge surge and everyone in the middle of the field were moved up to the front with all the other guys up there.
It turned into one big gallop for the line with a So Cal guy, Justin Williams, taking it ahead of Andy Goessling and Brian Larsen for the win.
Me, on the other hand, I came in a distant 7th. I was pretty content considering my sprinting legs are buried in alot of cold weather and snow but, whatever. The weather was nice (later on in the day), there were lots of spectators, the pro race was great...I had fun.
Micah