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US Air Force Crystal City Cup
Arlington, VA
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Early Attack Pays Off for BJM who Wins the KOM
The spectacular 175k Crystal City Cup was fast from the start as the race took the riders around the pentagon 14 times in a 12.5k loop. Ben Jacques-Maynes (BISSELL) and Andrew Randell (Planet Energy) were in the day’s first breakaway taking the KOM and sprint points and secured Ben the KOM jersey. After a huge effort, the break was eventually reabsorbed and attacks continued. A poorly timed crash caused some problems for BISSELL when Ben went down. Andy Jacques-Maynes swapped bikes with Ben and with some bike adjustments by Benno he was able to pace a bloody Ben in for the finish within the time limit to keep his KOM prize. On the final lap, a group of 15 were able to get away and an attack by Charles Dionne (Fly V) out of that group formed a 5 man split which included BISSELL’s Jeremy Vennell. Jeremy was very savvy and went to the line in the elite group. Due to a very rough patch in the last lap, Jeremy had some wheel damage which hampered his finish somewhat. Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) took the hard fought win with Jeremy coming across in 5th. Good aggressive riding from the BISSELL Team!
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