Tuesday Night Ride June 15th - Sprint Competition & KOM Summary

Weather - beautiful. Attendance - great (19). Speeds - fast. Ride - hard as hell.

The second in the series of four sprint competitions was tonight. I was unaware of this but apparently not only does MSU have a cycling team but the MSU Astrophysics Department does too (Greg Christian and Brian Crosby), forget about any visions you might have in your head about nerdy scientists, these men are tough as nails and love to go fast and suffer. Greg got all but one sprint and Brian was just being nice because it was his first TNR but got mostly all the other points leaving yours truly with black eyes (see picture, yes scientists throw punches, I felt every one of them) but a third place. The astrophysicists allowed Doug Derdowski into the first sprint and Kemp in the 4th but that was it. By the way, good luck to Doug in the 24 hour challenge this weekend, he is shooting for a PR with help from his brothers.

Craig Newell had no competition in the KOM taking both.

Todd was the first recipient of the tube replacement program on TNR thanks to CABO. He flatted before we started and got a brand new tube.

That's all from me, I need to go, I have a doctors appointment to see if any bones are broken in my face and to reattach some ligaments and muscles from my butt to my legs.