2024 Carl Dolan Memorial Classic - Cat 3/4 Full Race (Team SLR Lead-out for the WIN!)

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We communicated about possibilities for the bunch finish and we organized the lead-out according to how we wanted to - Alex finished it off with a monster sprint for the DUB!
I will take the time to make a short commentary version of this one.
Timestamps
0:00 Lap 1
2:53 Oh, God. I hate braking into corners and unnecessarily wide lines...
4:51 Lap 2
7:39 Oh, God. Cornering, guys...
9:31 Lap 3
12:21 Let's try the inside this time. Wonky line forcing brakes...
14:23 Lap 4
17:08 Yes, I scrubbed a little speed setting up to pedal thru the cleanest inside line ever. Aaaand no...
18:59 Lap 5
20:05 20 minutes left and moving up on the right is super urgent or something? Saw it coming and told Alex to relax.
21:40 FINALLY?!
22:34 Taking the hill with a little more pace finally. Nope, I'm not pulling through. I don't think I've ever been looked at so many times in a span of 40 seconds lol.
23:32 Lap 6 - Camilo (Total Civil) and Alex (NCVC) attack simultaneously.
23:52 "Get off, Nate. Get off." His interpretation of what I said is interesting hahaha. Have more of a reason to sit in now.
26:42 Carry speed through the downhill, but I ain't chasin'
28:11 Lap 7 - "Keep pedaling, Anthony. C'mon." Haha.
29:55 Take the seamless opportunities you are given. Moving up, particularly good going into the one corner on the course.
31:00 Thank the Lawd!
32:51 Lap 8 - "2 to go, Nate. 2 to go." Now, the goal is to stay in the top 10 wheels the rest of the race.
37:45 Lap 9 - Final Lap (Apparently, Alex wasn't aware haha)
38:25 A little twitchy hehe - Sorry about the last rear GoPro file missing. I had enough battery, so I have no idea what happened...
39:43 When things open up, I stay glued to Nate's wheel and let him know. Communicating what we need to do and Nate executes beautifully!
40:25 Exactly what we wanted - 34 mph corner. The finish unfolds - communication on point! I was not expecting Ting (District Taco) to launch an all-out sprint with 470m to go. I knew it was just way too early, but in the moment, I react how I think is best and what would benefit Alex the most. Worked out nicely, somehow.

[@donkim123]

Didn't know district taco was on your payroll but theh definitely worked for you at the end 😂😂

[@jameskim3]

If not them, it would have been whoever else was there. Haha