Well the mud has dried, the clothing is clean again and everyone is back to thier "day" jobs after a very exciting CX Nats up in Bend. But did anybody really show up except the CO contingent?
Starting with some goofey time trials and some non-championship races on Thursday (which CO also took 1-2 in) and rolling through Sunday afternoon, it appears that the nice weather that never left CO during cross season did not hamper the fast kids when they hit the pacific NW and thier mud/rain/snow mix. With a total of 26 medals and 13 National Championship Jerseys (thanks for the update 303cycling) coming back to the state, I can confirm, from multiple sources, that we kicked thier ASS all over the course. Alas, the FMVC team watched from thier computer screens while drinking a St Feuillien Cuvee De Noel and getting the off season started on the right foot.
Now this is also coming from a state that has no USA Cycling affliation except they work in COS. We have our own race series, only 4 races in a 26 race calendar that are put on for the Elite level athlete only when the NACT (god rest its soul) and the USGP (laughing all the way to the bank next year) show up with it's travelling circus.
It was great to read all the twitter updates, posts of live commentary on CXMagazine, the live video from both Elite races via CyclingDirt and the thrill that everyone had announcing winners and race updates from the front line.
The season is still going on though. With 4 more races yet to be run, 2 of them with CO Cross Cup points, who is going to show up and who has started hitting the bottle? I hope to see lot's of racers up in Lyons this weekend though.
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ReplyDeleteI'm counting three on ACA - Boulder, Spring and CycloX. What else?
Nats were great. The vibe was electric. The fans were fantastic. The course was really quite incredible (and a lot of fun!). I seriously doubt Madison in January, 2012, will be anywhere near as good.
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