Saturday was a rough day at the office.
Barrio Logan is a tough crit and one of the best SoCal has to offer. Figure 8 course. Uphill. Tight corners. Always a bit windy. Cool venue. We had a good size squad: Myself, Skyler, Zack, Alex, Jason King, Rob Carr and Joel. We were excited to have Joel racing with us; his finishing speed and smarts are a great asset! After Zack's success last week we were looking for more results. Our game plan: Rob was super domestique today; Jason and I were to cover breaks and work on keeping the race together if it came down to a sprint; Joel, Sky, Alex, and Zack were our sprint team with Alex and Zack also watching for a break. Attacks started rolling from the gun and we were on it. Rob was a regular sight at the front pulling and closing breaks down; he had a great race. Jason and I were covering little breakaways and making sure Swamis was in the mix. Alex and Zack also made some excellent moves. things were looking good until 20mins to go. The field got strung out and gaps started top open. Before we knew it a small group had snuck away and we missed it!!! I jammed hard and closed the gap and caught a few guys who got dropped from the break. Luckily for us SDBC lost a man out of the break so they had to chase too. But we just couldn't coordinate our efforts and the break steadily pulled out of sight. In the end Sky finished 21st, 1 place out of the money. We were all disappointed with the outcome of the race. That is the roller coaster of racing: one week you're winning and the next you're 1 place out of the $$$.
We'll just have to throwdown at San Luis Rey!
Chris
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