Last week was a difficult one on the weather front. For the first time this year Mean Gene failed to a win a TT. Of course the only reason he didn't win is that mother nature won, as Cherry Creek was cancelled. The weather was horrible most of the day on Friday too and as a result the deer Trail RR for Saturday was postponed until May. All of us had mixed feeling about that, as we were ready to race, but it would have been a long day in cold/wet conditions.
The beneficiary of all the cancellations was the Grove Subaru Crit on Sunday. This race has been around for a long time, on the same course, and under different names. It is not a very selective course, but cold weather, and the wind made it exciting. The 45 Plus race actually split with a large group going off the front to chase a solo break. Both Jimi and Jeff made the split. Jimi ended up deciding it was time to ride solo and went up the road, to hold off the field for second place. Unfortunately Jeff nailed one of the many holes on the course and his race was done early with a mechanical.
8 of the 9 guys on the 35 Plus team lined up for their race, along with a few of the 45 Plus guys (Larry, Jeff and Jimi). As such Mix1 was by far the largest team and one other racer commented on the start line "Man you guys are not Mix1, you are Mix12!". The team rode well with such large numbers, were represent in all the breaks and covered any other moves that needed to be covered. With 2 laps to go CJ took a pull to the bell lap, hoping to set up the boys, but they just never got themselves far enough up and came out of the last turn too far back. Marc recovered from a crash early on and lead the team home in 9th. That is great for Marc, who says he does not like Crits. Pete came in with 12th, Marcel in 15th and Matt G. in 21st. All in all 4 guys in top 20 was a solid effort.
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