CBR #2 - Men’s 3/4

Race: CBR #2 - Men’s 3/4

Date: February 1st, 2026

AVRT racers: Levi Ritter

Top Result: Levi 2nd/72

Course: 0.8 mile, 4 corner crit with wide roads

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/17255867722

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, but actually for real this time, only getting in dangerous moves and working as little as possible, and contesting the sprint if it came down to it. 

The plan went out the window again when I saw someone attack going into the third lap after the group had slowed, so I knew it was going to get a pretty big gap. I ended up catching him and doing a lap and a half off the front with him going super hard until he sat up. Since I had a pretty big gap, I kept working even though it was only me off the front. Pretty soon after, a bridge group made it up to me with all the big teams represented, and we started working together really well. The group was pretty optimal with 7 riders, all from different teams, so we were all motivated to work and not attack or try to sit on the back. We kept the pace really high until 2-3 laps to go, when we all started looking at each other, waiting for someone to attack. There only ended up being 2 attacks, but none of them got anywhere, so we ended up coming to the finish in the original group of seven. It was a long way from the last corner to the finish, so I was expecting everyone to look at each other and sprint late, but one guy (who ended up winning) started his sprint right from the corner. I tried to get in his wheel and come around him, but I couldn’t gain any speed on him and ended up holding on to second.

Overall, pretty successful race, the only thing I would have done differently is start my sprint even earlier.