CBR #1 - Men’s Cat 3/4

Race: CBR #1 - Men’s Cat 3/4

Date: January 18th, 2026

AVRT racers: Levi Ritter

Top Result: Levi 8th/63

Course: 0.9 mile square 4 corner crit, very wide roads

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/17099106785

Nutrition: 400ml water and Gatorade before the race

Recap (written by Levi): Since I was the only Alto Velo rider, the plan was to save as much energy as possible, only getting in dangerous moves and working as little as possible, and contesting the sprint if it came down to it. 

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to conserve much energy since all the strongest people in the race started sending attacks one after another from the start, so I ended up following almost every move. Despite the constant attacks, everything stayed together for the finish. After getting brought back from a small group with around two laps to go, I got shuffled to the back and didn’t have enough urgency to get back to the front, which meant I was sprinting from a really bad position. Thankfully, I came around a few people in the sprint and managed to get 8th.

Overall, not a bad race. I was able to get in every dangerous move, just need to make sure I have better positioning in the end to contest the sprint.