Scarborough Crit Series: Race Report by Chis Jordan

So I decided to jump into the fray and do the A race (Cat 1-4) after racing in the B's (Cat4-5) last year. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be but it is a flat race so well suited for me.

The weather was glorious for early April and being Easter Sunday seemed to keep people a little more relaxed that what I expected. Seth Haskell and Liam Somers were also flying the Colavita Colors.

Seth did a bunch of work early, I did some work in the middle and late and Liam took a short flier to the front to see what was going on so good exposure for Colavita New England.

I helped chase down one break, sort of bridged another one with just over a lap to go  (got almost there when some help showed up) and finished in the pack sprint. I was 14th out of 35 people. Liam was 12th and Seth was just behind us.

I am pretty happy with how I felt and based on how I fared in a Cat 1-4 race clearly my early season training strategy is paying off.

Based on today I feel like I can try to get in some breaks this season and perhaps challenge for top 8 finishes which is where the points are. Liam, Seth and I were not really sure what to expect so we hadn't created a race strategy prior to the race but for the rest of the season we will pick one person per race to support and ensure sure the team colors are flying out front.
On a side note we told Dan Vaillancourt (former Colavita Pro Racer who is now racing for a local race team named Base36 as a 1) that he looked much better and faster in Colavita colors.

Off to Battenkill!!