We had a great time at this event for the 3rd year in a row! Thanks to the organizers for putting on a technical crit with good prizes and beautiful weather… Click on a photo to see the rest in the gallery.
[[Image:2007/vancouver_court/carl_vanc1.jpg|center|500|Carl and Rocky at the front of the senior race]]
Jeff Standish placed 3rd in the cat4 race. He should be moving up into the 3′s any day now…
[[Image:2007/vancouver_court/VCC-Cat45.jpg|center|260|Jeff in 3rd. Photo courtesy of Jon Kraft.]]
In the 3′s, Spencer Bushnell and I sat at the front the whole race, grabbing a few primes and controlling all the moves. With 5 to go I started picking it up and with 3 to go I tried to string it out. I don’t think I was going fast but no one came around me. Spencer actually came around me with 2 to go and I was yelling at him, “No, it’s yours tonight, wait, wait!” So I got back to the front and went as hard as I still could until 3 corners were left. Spencer came around me and I sat up to watch him pull away from the group. I went from 1st to 26th because I was screaming at him, “GO! GO! You got it!” Sorry to the others in the group, I really couldn’t pedal anymore anyway… I wasn’t just trying to get in the way.
Spencer won the race and took at least 2 primes. Nice job and I hope those upgrade points will be helpful because our senior men are looking forward to racing with him.
[[Image:2007/vancouver_court/spencer_podium.jpg|center|500|Spencer gets some points]]
Derek Stallings, Carl Hoefer and Rocky Serna raced the senior crit and Derek was off the front on the first lap but all 3 were disappointed to miss the break that eventually got away. So they gave chase and were all looking strong attacking and pulling the group around. There was a crash with half a lap to go right in front of them so they weren’t in it for the sprint. It was great to see everyone and it was a great start to Crit Season.
[[Image:2007/vancouver_court/vanc_group1.jpg|center|500|Rocky, Carl, Derek, Bill]]
