The first Wednesday night race of the year took place last night at Camp Fortune. The course was in good shape in spite of all the rain recently, and the bugs were out in full force.
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| Senior Elite men being led out by Neil |
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| The big sport field |
The elite men's race did 4 laps of the short course, with a modification at the tail end of the loop: the "T&L" descent had been removed from the course and replaced by a series of super-tight bermed switchbacks on the bottom of Clifford. This change sparked some debate, as some riders found it to be too slow, while some thought it didn't hurt to bring down the technicality of the course a little bit. I thought the section was pretty fun (on my 'cross bike), with a nice fast descent leading into a sweeping left hand corner, resulting in a lot more speed being carried through the flat start/finish area.
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| Ryan negotiating the switchbacks |
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| Ryan exiting the switchbacks |
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| Imad after passing in the switchbacks |
It was a successful kickoff to the racing season at Fortune, with many good races yet to come.
Check out the results for Master 50+ Men...who is Jorman Cowan? He must be good!
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