Points championship: first ride

The first ride felt like a success. We had a peculiar mix of alpha types and recreational folks, who got along surprisingly well as riders.

The group had to turn around near McCormick Place because there seemed to be some kind of walk or race on the path. So we went south to Calumet Park and then we rode the path south of there to that other park by the lake. But we still did 35 miles.

The racing types got rid of some of their testosterone at a couple of sprints and a mini-crit at Calumet Park. But overall they behaved, waiting for everyone and doing almost the whole ride as a group. Thank you guys for waiting.

Jesse turned out to be the offender of the day, skipping two red lights. Yes, they were pedestrian red lights, but we were using them to cross the road, so they still count. We'll let it pass this time, but remember: pedestrian red lights are still red lights.

Extra point of the day for Elisabeth, who rode without water. Somebody give a couple of bottle cages to this girl! (Orange would match nicely her Orbea frame...)

Some of us stopped for an après-ride café at Bon Jour.

Classification générale - May 3rd	Points	Miles
Elisabeth	5	35
Araba	4	35
Bernard	4	35
Dan	4	35
Francisco	4	35
Jeremy	4	35
Jesse	4	35
Jonathan	4	35
Noah	4	35
Sarah	4	35