http://www.veloproject.com/forums/ VeloProject.com Forums Topic: French Broad Cycling Classic -2008 en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:42:31 +0000 http://www.veloproject.com/forums/topic/french-broad-cycling-classic-2008#post-117 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:57:12 +0000 vinpaysdoc 117@http://www.veloproject.com/forums/ <p>Cane Creek Time Trial - 7/18/08</p> <p>20K TT out and back along the French Broad River. It's a slight uphill on the way out. Riders go out every 30 seconds and are sent off in reverse order of when they signed up. It seemed to go smoothly this year. It was warm and humid, but we had no rain.</p> <p>Poppies Criterium - 7/19/08</p> <p>This took the place of the Road Race this year. It was a 0.6 mile Crit course in downtown Brevard. The finish was slightly uphill and turns 2 and 3 were pretty tight. They also turned on to pretty narrow streets. A rider in the Masters 50+ went down in turn 2 and the race was stopped while the ambulance loaded him (unconcious) to take him to the hospital. He was air-evac'ed to a neuro unit somewhere and released the following day. He suffered a concussion, clavicle fracture, and a couple of rib fractures. Others went down in that turn but were not seriously injured.</p> <p>City of Asheville Criterium - 7/20/08</p> <p>Held in downtown Asheville, this course is triangular in shape and 0.7 miles. The right side of the triangle is the front stretch and is a gentle ascent. The top of the triangle is pretty level. The left side of the triangle is the descent to the bottom of the triangle. The toughest part of this is trying to negotiate the turn with as much momentum as possible so that you can get back on the pedals for the climb up the front stretch. I was pulled from the course last year and wanted to avoid that this year. I managed to finish with the main group (there was one off the front) and with my skin intact. It was a good weekend.</p> <p>Greg </p>