Tour of St. Louis Update

Five Proctor racers did this morning's crit at Carondelet Park. Vanessa McKenzie started things off in the Women's Open. Vanessa reeled in a couple of breakaway attempts to finish her race in a pack sprint. A couple of women jumped early and were able to take the win. Not sure where she finished but had to have been top seven.

After Vanessa was the Cat 4 race were Andrew Lindner rode an aggresive race only to flat on the last lap.

Next race was the Mas 40+/50+. There were about 50 racers eager to start before the rain set in. I got into a 7 man break 10 min into the race. We stayed away (and stayed dry) for the entire race. I finished 5th.

Then there was the Cat 3 race with Matt Bohm, Chris Sprock and Dan Damotte. Matt and Dan tried some early breakaways but half way through the race Chris was successful with one other racer. Then the rain poured! They worked together until Chris attacked with one to go. He rode away but was caught by the pack with 20 ft to go. Incredible race, but unfortunate. He did manage to finish top 10. A couple of bad crashes due to the rain but all the Proctor guys were unaffected.

Finally, to the time trial. I rolled out first into 20-25 mph winds. On the return trip I had one gear left before I was spun out. As I finished, I began to hear the tornado alarms. As the sky turned ugly, we new we were in trouble. Matt was out on the course, so Chris drove out onto the course to retrieve him for safety reasons while Dan and I went for cover. Then the hail began to fall. In the end, Chris found Matt and everyone was safe. Once the storm cleared, Dan and Chris went back to the time trial. I haven't heard the results yet.

Tomorrow is the final race (crit).