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Poolesville Road Race

By Darren Biggs

We had 5 DCMTBers out at the Race with Lorena Candrian putting on the HPC\List kit.

Womens Cat 123

Lorena Candrian 2nd

Masters 40+

Steven Veirs 26th

Mens 4/5

Matthew Donahue 19th
Darren Biggs 28th
Eric Welp (got caught up in a crash but will live to race again)

Lorena was able to finish 2nd in the Womens 123 race, after going out on a breakaway on lap 3 I believe, with eventual winner Marian Huizig so kudos for holding the field for that long.

Steven was able to show the 40+and FAST group the DCMTB colors, but there was a 12 man break up the road so the whole peleton didn’t get to see the show. He was able to hang in there and finish with the main group.

For the Mens 4/5 Race we had three guys, Eric, wrecked but seemed OK after the race, his front wheel was not OK it was a nice expensive taco. Matt put out a flier on the first lap to see how the field would respond, and in the finish was able to come in at 19th after riding off my wheel, and being swarmed by the field. I(Darren) did my first road race in 12 years and it was interesting, I would have given the cameras a good show if there was cameras, I felt pretty good the last lap, so I gunned it in the gravel section, and was off the front for about 3/4 mile. At the end I knew I couldn’t out sprint these riders so I jumped before the last turn, and had a gap and gave it my all (with Matt in tow) I would have won if the finish line was 500meters sooner ;-), but once people started coming by I let up and coasted in with a 28 place. A good race, but I like Mountain bike racing allot better :-) To have the full inside scoop on my ride stop by http://thebikeandmore.blogspot.com/

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