pic: Bernard & Jesse try bribing Devon into racing the Men's 4s.Thanks to everyone who raced, watched, and stumbled upon the inaugural Chicago Criterium on Sunday. In what appeared to be an almost overly polished production (read: testing the waters for the Olympics) the day-long event offered a reasonably exciting course, some decent racing, and excellent free entertainment, if not sufficient shade. Title sponsor ING was giving out chilled water in fancy little bottles, rides in a hot air balloon, and orange cowbells, to boot.
I counted at least ten UCVC racers this day: Suchandra and Rob in full kit, with the remainder in lime green, black, or orange for their summer teams. Better yet, the points ride crew arrived, maroon akimbo... and another twenty or so friends/children/spouses-of came to watch and wonder.
Let's just hope they do it again next year. And if not, the next Monsters director should try to borrow that hot air balloon...
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A few of my shots are here.
Chicago Crit was tons of fun. With the larger field, the race was more about fighting for position than keeping up with the raging pace of the 4's. I'm looking forward to next year's race and it's awesome to see all the UCVCers out in their garb at the races. I hope to see this trend continue.
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