KS State Road Race - in Arma KS
Last road race for KBAR and I am 19 points off from 1st
place. Justin Leopold didn’t show up for
the crit neither the road race so that’s allows be to place top 5 at minimum to
take first in KBAR.
The race has some faces and kits I do know and have raced
against in previous races, the race last year and years past people just gun it
from the start because there isn’t a neutral start so that’s how groups from
years past have won the race out right.
The race started like this but one would let Kent or a few of the Walmark/Baught
Financial get away. Strong teams like Athlete
Forward, Walmark, Kent, & Spencer I had to look out for. I had a few teammates there Joe Anderson,
Blake Romine, Kenny Englart, and Spencer if he still counts us at TC/PC. There were a few attacks back to back and
nothing really took away and a lap back through the start finish attacks came
again with Levi Baker, Benjamin Silk, and Ryan Heydenryth where up the road, a
walkmark and Athlete Forward where up the road so those these teams didn’t work
at all at the front with a lot of blocking by both, Joe finally took me up to
the front and I launched myself off his speed with a good dig of an
attack. I bridge up just after the 4th
turn and Levi is the only one that is strong in this group out of all of them,
later on Kent join our group and we have a 5 man break away with a 3 or 4 min
lead, out final lap out on the 3rd lap we get caught by a train and
there is an official with a timer that me water and shade as I wait on the
other side of the tracks, we get a 3-4
min lead because the field stops at the train tracks also and so coming back in
for the finish was easier without the headwind.
Levi ups the speed on the final climb and rides in the gutter but there wasn’t
enough wind to do something like that tactically and he is definitely hurting
but doesn’t show it Kent, Levi and I are all abreast at the crest of the hill
and Kent punches it, I don’t really have any gas because I feel my cramp about
to grab the muscles in my inner thigh and they do before the finally turn for
the sprint, Levi has a good gap but Kent rides away with no one on his wheel
for the win, Levi 2nd, I try and do my best to shake the walkmart
guy-Ryan and I can’t and cramp at the turn and slow down, Ryan at this time has
already pulled in front of me because I put in so much of an effort ride him
off my wheel that he also sits up with a cramp some where I am sure because he
has to take his foot out of his pedal to roll in to the finish same for
me. I end up 4th wishing that
I got 3rd because it was mine because Ryan never really worked in
the breakaway. I win KBAR meaning that I
get free entrée to any of the KBAR races next year.
I will most likely cat up after Perry Dam/Spring Fling Crit
because I don’t have enough points but I am sure I could still get upgraded but
it doesn’t make sense + Kent is my coach and we talked about it makes better
sense just doing it than. I am not
worried about Cat 2’s about wining or anything just can end on a good note now
and making a solid transition through next season with a few Cat 3 races into
Cat 2. I am really excited for the Cat
2, has been a big goal of mine since this season and I am ready but makes no
sense getting your mind blown out the back of your head on your last 2-3 races
of the year and start from there next year might really hurt a racer mind. Plus I can help out some teammates for these
last few races in Cat 3!!!
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