This was the race that replaced the Oakland Criterium… The course was like a big track. The S/F was half way down a straight away which lead into a nice long 180 to another 200 yard staright away to 2 90 degree turns on the backside. My goal for this race was points and I talked to a few familiar faces from Tri Valley Velo. About 3 laps in a guy from Santa Cruz broke away with a Junior and no one thought they would last long. 3 laps later when it was decided that no one in the pack was interested in working a TVV jumped off the front and another TVV launched me up where I bridged up and we worked together for the rest of the race and stayed in front of the pack.
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Erik Camacho