This weekend’s racing recap of the 2017 McClellan Road Race
that took place in Anniston, Alabama was an amazing display of cycling talent,
physical endurance and teamwork from all athletes. The racing teams that
participated were a mix of UCI Pro Continental Teams, Continental Teams and
Elite men teams. Out of 150 Riders in Sundays Road race event only 24 out of
150 riders finished.
The Alabama hills were a force to be reckoned with as our team had to tackle some high grade hills repeatedly and pushed all riders to their limit of endurance and training.
The Alabama hills were a force to be reckoned with as our team had to tackle some high grade hills repeatedly and pushed all riders to their limit of endurance and training.
Our flatland Florida team tried
their best and put on a 4 man chase and gained 1 min to the break but the steep
highway climb was just too much to handle and blew us apart. The most important
thing was that we used this weekend as a learning experience competing with the
top rated teams such as UCI PCT: UnitedHealthcare, UCI CT: Holowesko | Citadel
Racing, UCI CT: Rally Cycling ; we would like to congratulate and thank them
for the great racing and athleticism that we all got to experience on
Sunday. Yes we got beat up and now healing our wounds but its back to the
drawing board to get ready for speed week in 2 weeks , we learned a lot and are
happy to be alive after the big boys beat us up J
Saturday night was the Sunny King Criterium Race
night. Just finishing this race alive became a goal for most of the riders in
the Peleton as large crashes were taking tolls. Two of our 6 riders were in a
large crash that thankfully nobody was seriously injured. To sum up the
night with a direct quote from the EMT head Nurse that was on duty; “We have
used more medical supplies in the last few hours than in the last 3
years.” We would like to thank all of the of UCI Pro Continental Teams, Continental Teams and Elite men teams and for great racing weekend and most important thing that we could have taken back home which was to show us how much more hard work we have to do to as a team. We cannot win all races and sometimes realize there are some big boys racing against us that kicked our ass this weekend but after all we had a great weekend and it goes on.
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