Beautiful Chaleston set the backdrop for the Ion Village "Smackdown" Criterium. The Team competed in 3 different events: Men's Pro 1-2, Master 30+, and Womens Open.
Pro 1-2: Our entire team was really active with Geri, Chris, Blair, Shane, Bruce, Knetsche, and Adam all in the mix. Geri rode really aggresively and finally put Bruce in the winning break of 6 riders including Dulin from DLP Pro. Bruce broke free of the break with LeDuc and pulled away. It came down to a very close sprint between the two, with Bruce taking a fantasit 2nd place finish (his best Pro 1-2 finish of the season).
Masters 30+: Chris Harkey rode off from the race with Ryan Jenkins (Carolina Master's). Both are very strong racers and the field was trying hard to pull the two time trialists back, to no avail. A lone Charleston Team racer bridged up and was able to hang with Chris/Ryan for about 2 laps. They stayed away with Chris taking 2nd place.
Women's Open: Lara and Marianne were our only two gals doing battle. Marianne looked great sporting the Hincapie/Coca-Cola/Barkley US National Champion skinsuit for the first time. Lara was really agressive early on in the race attempting to get away. Marianne set herself up for the sprint and took a great 2nd place (to Christina Dekray - former Masters World Champion).
Thanks so much to Wymm for the sweet beach house for the weekend and to Mike and Diane Balister for their host housing at the race course on Saturday.
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