Meeting as a team before the race we decided after Jen’s great time trial, she would be the GC rider for the weekend. Coming into the crit Jen was 5th overall, which meant she could easily take the lead if we all worked together and raced smart during the crit. In our team meeting before the raced we also decided we would start the race, very aggressively and do attack after attack.
Rachel went off first on the 2nd lap, quickly to be chased back, Lori countering hanging out in the wind a bit but being brought back also. As planned it was Jen’s turn, I guess they didn’t think Jen was a threat so early in the race, they were wrong, Jen kept building a larger gap each lap while Austin flyers, AT&T, and Moritz teams all started to get organize, chase, and attack. Lori and Rachel kept the other threats in check and the group together. Close to the end of the race there were 3 women up the road chasing Jen down, unsuccessfully.
To make a long story short, Jen stayed off about 40 minutes, by herself, while her teammates worked together to keep her out of trouble. By the end of the race Jen had a 40 sec gap. And Rachel won the field sprint(5th) to take points away from the women challenging Jen’s GC position. Great team effort! Awesome race!
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