So yesterday was the first day of Cross Nats in Bend. They have some "warm up" races called the "B races of Nats" and check out who won yesterday
Men – Open – Non-championship – 40-99
Place Points Name City, State Time
1 150 Michael Robson Boulder, CO 0:42:31
2 135 Darron Cheek Breckenridge, CO 43:40
Now we know these guys race in the 35+/45+ field week in and week out.
Michael has won 7 races this year in 35+ and was 3rd in 35+ on Saturday.
Darron has been racing 45+ all year and has a win and is 6th in CO Cup Points.
Looks to be shaping up to be a great weekend for CO Cross once again.
pretty sure these are not "warm up races" for people to sandbag as much as these are non-championship races for those who do not belong in the way of the faster riders taking part in the championship categories. so yeah, congrats to your buddy for sandbagging victory #8 on the season. he should feel good about that one.
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ReplyDeleteThe post was more about CO guys/gals racing at nats. From the following over at CXMag:
The championship course got broken in today, albeit by the non-championship races. Commonly referred to as the “B races of Nats,” but with no category restrictions, racers will often use these as tune-ups for their main events.
Should those guys be racing that race? That is up to them. We already know they are fast, so I guess they needed the workout and the pair of tires that they gave to the winner is thier trophy?
You said ass and bend.....
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