Saturday’s Cascade Classic flat crit course set up an unpredictable night of racing. The final 2 turns were especially dicey causing riders to bunch up and required monstrous accelerations. The new Rock Racing rider, Ivan Dominguez, took the win after being back in the US after months of racing in Europe for the Fuji-Servetto Team. The first 40 minutes of the 90 minute crit was fairly standard until a mid-race 4 man break got away. The group was able to build up close to a minute gap and nearly lapped the field. OUCH came to the front to close the gap and the final rider from the break was eventually reabsorbed with one lap to go. With the group back together, the riders charged for the finish. Dominguez (Rock Racing) took the win with Colavita’s Alejandro Borrajo taking 2nd and OUCH’s Andrew Pinfold getting 3rd. BISSELL got through the frenzied crit in one piece and one BISSELL rider, BJM, was especially glad to get the stage behind him. “I’ll be a new man from now on, I made it through the crit that ended my season last year,” says Ben who suffered a broken collarbone in a crash here in 2008.

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