Toronto Criterium Safely Completed!

SOME WORDS FROM QUENTIN BROAD....

What a great race, certainly the whole atomsphere made it something special
relative to the two other bike races i have been at. The crowd was amazing
and the racing was frantic.

You know it is going to be a tough night when there is a crash on the
practice lap!! A tight course with some tough corners when you are in the
peleton made for about 8-10 crashes that I saw.

The DH Flyers were a force to be rekoned with, as Edgars was leading the
charge for most of the race. DH had 3 riders in the top 30 of 105 starters,
which was quite respectable in my humble opinion given this was a race of
attrition. Amongst the Masters 2/3, Edgars was 10th, Gord was 13 and I was
19th.

The average speed for the group was 43.2km/h, stunningly fast from my
perspective given the turns and speed bumps. This compares reasonably well
to the 45.2km/h that the pros and elite 1/2 cycled in the 7:30 race.

My garmin suggested a max speed of 50.9km/h, an average heart rate of 166,
which was almost a flat line, and a max of 176 (at the finish line) and a
2,000 calorie burn.

A great team event given the cheering from the sidelines - thanks for all of
the encouragement - it makes a difference!!
Thanks in particular to Dan - "QB - ITS NOT THE BIKE, ITS NOT THE BIKE -
RIDE FASTER"

I would love to see a couple more of these where we get a good number of
riders from the team out to the same race. It certainly keeps you going when
you see a darkhorse shirt up ahead - thanks Edgar and Gord!

qb


Thanks to all that Raced and Came out to support!

It was definitely a fun time. All our Riders were safe and had fun.

Here are the Results

Cheers,

Dan.