Tri-State Velo

Lower Providence, when I write those two words anyone that havs lived in eastern Pa. seem to shudder. I have heard many stories about this crit, some of them date back to the 1980's!!! If any crit is still being raced since the '80s it must be good.

Sunday morning I woke up before the crack of dawn (5am to be precise), to get myself to the Lower Providence criterium. It was damp and very chilly outside. I drove to Lower Providence Crit course, as I wasn’t sure I’d be able to find it on my bike. It was still a little tricky to find, so I only had about 50 min before start time by the time I parked.

Midwest Conference Regional Championships were heldthis weekend and boy did Marian College clean up. Itall started with the Team Time Trial in which we won.It was pretty wild, we showed up to the line about aminute and a half before our start, not really knowingwhat was going on and not having talked to each otherbefore the thing started.

Dates: 4/9-4/10 -- Riders Present: Mike Attie(author) , Tucker Brown, Rich Kloslinski, Mike Koons, Mark Nielson, Neal Stansbury

The Philadelphia 2-Day consists of 2 races, the first a flat 50 mile circuit race, the second a bumpy 40 mile crit. Our plan was to do our best to control the race, making sure we always had at least one rider in any break.