This weekend, our Cat 5 racers headed North and South, with Joe Siegel making his way up to the Farmersville Road Race and Andrew Stroup heading down to the All American Road Race. Both were hoping to repeat last weekend's favorable performances at Carl Dolan; however, the race gods had different plans for them.
In the Cat 4/5 race at Farmersville, Joe maintained a solid position throughout the entire race and ended up the lead rider with a little over a mile left to go. Unfortunately, during the last turn of the race, Joe went the wrong direction. He was able to stay with the group and finished mid pack, 27th overall (out of 68) and 7th among the Cat 5 field.
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| Joe at the Farmersville Road Race |
In the Cat 5 race at the All American Road Race, Andrew started off in the back and was forced to deal with jumping wheels to maintain contact with the group. Misjudging a greater than 90 degree turn, he lost the group and spent the remainder of the race chasing the group, which maintained a 10-15 second gap, finishing 33rd out of 43. To add to the weekend's list of bad decisions, Andrew headed up to the Fort Ritchie Criterium on Sunday, only to find himself shoeless. A Cat 5 mistake he'll never make again!
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| Andrew at the All American Road race |
Fortunately the season is still young and LCBC has only just begun. The majority of the team will be resting up this weekend; except for Andrew, who will be racing in his first staged race, the Rock Lititz Tour. The Rock Lititz Tour is a 2 day, 3 stage race, consisting of a road race, followed by a time trial and criterium the following day.
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