Crash
The short of it is I crashed, again. At 200 meters to go a couple of rider went down in front of me and I had no where to go but over them. My front wheel slammed into the first rider’s back and I went over the handlebars, shoulder checking the other rider on the ground separating my right shoulder. I’ll be in a sling and off the bike for two weeks minimum. After that it’s some serious PT to get the shoulder back into shape. That or surgery, but lets not go there.
For the most part the race was uneventful for the first 3 and a half laps. On the back side that things started to get heated as people got ready for the final sprint. My teammate, Cooper, was forced to go off-road when a rider next to him couldn’t ride straight. I had a little argy-bargy with a Starbucks rider that couldn’t hold a line either. After that I moved to the front where it tends to be safer. I was sitting pretty at 10th wheel winding up my sprint when it all happened.
Not the start I was hoping for this year.
Filed by Kevin at March 3rd, 2008 under Cycling, Second Ascent
Shit Kevin, I’m sorry - that sucks! Hopefully you’ll heal from this one much more quickly!
Comment by Carla — March 3, 2008 @ 9:28 pm