Next up was
Air force Classic which involved 2 criteriums just outside of Washington DC.
Doing the touristy thing, infront of the white house and then infront of some other iconic American building (not a clue what the second one was).
Unfortunately
they did not go so well for me personally, I road to the first race and was
totally stuffed. Started, and then blew very early on. I was much too cooked going into this race with extra
hard training the previous week and was not completely recovered from Exergy.
Rachel decided Nature Valley, the race that was 2 days later, is much more
important to be going well at so instead I sat on the sidelines and watched my
team kick some butt instead. Hard to do, but still cool to watch.
The first
race the team rode awesomely. Emma got in a break of three including one Tibco
and pure energy rider. She totally killed it and with about 5 laps to go
attacked and got off the front by herself. The rest of the Optum girls did a
great job of slowing the bunch down and chasing attacks. Not only did Emma win
the race she also got very close to lapping the main field.. What a tank! Leah
brought the bunch home in 3rd place, so a solid day for the team!
Emma on her way to the win at Air Force classic.
Emma and Leah on the podium.
The next
day was hot, so hot! Around about 40 degrees. The race was fast and Emma got in
a break for quite a lot of the race. The girls rode really well and Leah
finished 3rd again in the bunch sprint (with a solid lead out from
Lex). With two third places she finished the omnium in 1st overall.
She is now the Air force undefeated champ 2 years running.
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