Friday night the Tour of KC kicked off at the Longview lake course. The course is more of a circuit than a crit course. The course has three technical turns--one that is especially nasty-- a long slow false flat, and a short punchy hill after a 90 degree turn.
I hate this course. It seemed like I constantly was out of the saddle closing gaps. Plus, I (stupidly) cleaned up my rims prior to the weekend so my brakes were extra "grabby." That was stupid and didn't help my cause. With about three laps to go my calves were cramping up and I was just hoping to sit in and salvage an okay sprint. Unfortunately with about a half lap to go I got pushed to the shoulder and had to lock up my back wheel to avoid a crash. A small gap opened up that I never really managed to close up to the lead group of about 10 guys. I finished 11th about 30 yards behind the lead group and one spot out of the money. So it goes.
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