Big boys at local crit

My club has put on a crit series for the past three years.

Last night some pros decided to show up.

Rock Racing:
   Rahsaan Bahati
   Justin Willians

Toyota United:
   Hilton Clarke

Jelly Belly:
   Caleb Manion
   Matthew Rice

Team Type 1
   Matt Wilson

In additon, one of our local juniors, who races with Rock, Iggy Silva, decided to jump in the Pro1-2.

Man, these guys took off from the start, and drilled it for 75 minutes. I don't think I've seen a faster race. One of my teammates called it a 75 minute TTT.

The Pro 1-2 race had 60+ entrants. Almost immediately the field was split in two. Five pros, plus Iggy, took off and grabbed a half lap lead. The main peloton was stretched out trying to reel in the break, but that was not to be. With about 3 laps to go the break started attacking each other. By the final lap the break was down to four, with Hilton Clarke taking it at the line. Matt Wilson and Caleb Manion took second and third. National Junior Crit Champ Iggy Silva took fourth.

A small consolation, Swami's Cyling, my club, cracked the top ten, with Skyler Bishop nabbing the final spot.

Oh yeah, this was under the lights! We went off at 7:25. Very cool.