A few of us made it out to Fremont yesterday (1/18).
Kevin and Billy went out for the 4’s. I saw them speed by on their last lap as I registered for the Advanced Skills Clinic and the Pro,123 crit. I think Kevin got 5th.
We all participated in the clinic, which focused on attacking and chasing down breaks. They had to spend most of the time showing people how to pace line, which could have been a separate session. Regardless, we all got upgrade points for attending.
In the pro,123 crit we were lucky enough to have the presence of “fast freddy” Rodriguez. Rocking the R&R kit, it was hard to miss him. There was like 60+ riders in our field.
Lot’s of attacks.
I got into a couple moves that were short lived and chased down Freddy a couple times too. He eventually got in a move with Roman Kilun, a Health Net rider (formerly on McGuire) and some Webcor guy. They got away after about an hour of the 75-minute race. The field nearly brought them back on the last lap. I kept my eye on Jamiel Danesh, JD Bergmann and the other sprinters as we wound up for the finish.
I was quite surprised that I was able to get up there with those guys and ended up passing JD in the last 100m. I got in around 8th or 9th in the field sprint. It looked like Jamiel took it. Not sure if it was Freddy or Roman who won the race, but it is still January and no one was really fighting for it too hard.
Saw Jim after the race getting ready to earn a couple more upgrade points of his own. I left before he finished, but he was looking pretty good.
All in all, a good workout.
B
