Bethel- March 22- Open Women's Race. Reported by Ashley

Bethel- March, 22 Open Women's Race

Maria, Cecelia, Maggie and I, Ashley, headed back up to Bethel CT. to keep Maggie in the leaders jersey and get a nice spring training race in. The field seemed a bit smaller than the week before- I'm guessing around 30 girls. Our job was to get Maggie in a good position to sprint either from a pack finish or get her into a break.

As we hit the first hill my legs were feeling ok after pulling for the first lap through the wind I was happy- last week if I pulled through the wind I was dying on the hill but not this week- thankfully! The pace was when riders would hut the hill hard. Sometimes, Radical set the pace and sometimes other riders set it. Radical was always attentive and at the front of the race to be sure if there was a break someone got in it.

About halfway through we did have a nice attack by Maggie that resulted in a break with Maggie and Ann Marie Miller- that was caught by the next hill.

In the end the race stuck together and came down to a pack finish- coming into the sprint Maria quickly got to the front and gave Maggie a nice lead-out for a second place finish. Radical raced a good race- it was fun! Maggie won the series! Nice job team!