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30 Jun Ronde van Ede Criterium – Libby Arbuckle

Posted at 07:03h in Race Reports, Racing by

Last night the team raced in the Ronde van Ede criterium. This was my first criterium in Europe and I was excited to be able to use my experience from racing the American crit series last year. The race consisted of 30 laps of a 2km circuit. I loved the course with there being many corners and a long uphill drag to the finish.

The team and I were on the start line early, making sure we were starting in the front heading into the technical circuit. Unfortunately for us they were going to do call ups, pushing us further back on the start line. However, instead of only calling up 10 or so riders, it seemed every rider but our team was called up meaning we started right at the back of the race.

The first few laps were hard trying to move to the front on the technical circuit. Eventually I made it to the front and was able to string out the field using my cornering skills each lap. I was feeling strong and managed to collect the first two sprint primes.

The bunch was getting smaller lap after lap. With around 10 laps to go I found myself off the front with Annette Edmondson, which was pretty cool as she is a rider who I’ve looked up to. Staying away for 6 laps we were brought back into the bunch.

I made sure I kept near the front with 3 laps to go, coming into the last lap 4th wheel. In the end I was lucky enough to sprint for 3rd place.

I am extremely happy with how raced and very thankful for my team mates for helping me out throughout the race.

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