Sugar House Crit

This last weekend I had the privilege of doing my COTBR kit a great honor by winning the Sugar House crit in downtown Salt Lake City. The course was a fast, smooth, windy circuit through a small park in the city of Sugar House (relatively close to Wheeler Farm where I’ve done several cross races). The course had two decent power hills in it that weren’t crazy step but were more than capable of causing some damage to the peloton. The race started off at a blistering pace from the get go, teams were launching attacks constantly and we were no exception. I tried to get into an early break away but that failed quickly. The other teams weren’t letting anyone stay away for too long for fear of having them stay away. 


When the last lap bell was rung the pace jumped up from at 26 mph pace to a 30+ mph pace. My teammate Cadman knew that this was going to come down to mass sprint unless he did something. Before the base of the first hill I saw he move to the front and knew that an attack was coming so I moved up and got into a good position. When we hit the hill Cadman dropped the hammer and shattered the field with a massive attack, I somehow managed to grab 6^th position and stay with the main group. Cadman lead the remaining members of the peloton up until the base of the final hill. The finish line was at the top of this hill and I was feeling great and my positioning couldn’t have been better. A window opened up at the base of the hill when Cadman pulled off and I knew that I had to go. I shifted down got out of the saddle and gave it my all. It came down to a 2 man sprint between Dom and myself we battled it out for over 100 meters at close to 40 mph, when we reached the line I threw the bike forward and my wheel crossed just a few inches before his did. Ty and Allison told me that it was so close that they didn’t know who won until the announcers reviewed the camera footage and announced it over the loud speakers. For some reason I knew that I had won, while I was doing my warm down lap I received several congratulations from fellow racers as well as Cadman. I know that my win is because of Cadman’s early attack. All I can say is I love riding for the big ring, and having teammates who are willing to sacrifice their race for the well being of a teammate. I look forward to repaying the favor to my fellow teammates and especially Cadman. I know that winning races is a rarity so I plan on riding on this cloud for as long as I can!

Cheers 53:11

P.S. Two days later Cadman raced the Utah State TT Championship and won by over a minute! 
Sugar House Crit by tatelitchfield at Garmin Connect - Details