The women's field at the Lombard crit was also small at the starting line. Most of them were wearing the orange of ABD. I (Devon) felt a bit lonely without my teammates with me. Sadly the mountains of Colorado and other engagements kept them from racing in Lombard this weekend.
ABD attacked from the starting line, but I stayed in the pack patiently waiting for their two strongest riders to initiate an attack. It wasn't long before the initial attack was brought back and the two powerhouse riders of ABD came zooming by. I went with them and we opened up a large gap from the small field behind.
For a while, the three of us took turns pulling, but I knew our cooperative riding wouldn't last long. About half-way into the race, the tag-team attacks began. Knowing that I wouldn't be able to survive their attacks for long, I decided to try attacking myself and managed to split up the two teammates.
I had one rider still on my wheel and soon she eventually flew past me, opening up a 5 second gap. For the last 20 minutes I rode with her in sight. She had me working pretty hard, but with half a lap to go, I was able to close the gap.
The race came down to the final sprint and I'm happy to say that my Speedy System Six didn't let me down!
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