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Colavita -Sutter Home doubles up at Indiana's Marion criterium
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Six-time national criterium champion Tina Pic (Colavita - Sutter Home) is ending her career with a bang as she outsprinted Tibco's Lauren Tamayo and Brooke Miller at the Marion Classic Two-Bridge NRC Criterium in Indiana on Sunday.
It was a double-win weekend for Pic's team as Luis Amaran solo'd to a classic win in the men's race, holding off a late charge by OUCH-Maxxis' Karl Menzies.
Technical course
The race was held on a 10-turn, 8/10 mile downtown course, crossed by several bridges that allowed spectators to see most of the course from on high.
“It was a really cool race, really technical,” Pic said, “Ordinarily, you expect a course with that many corners to be tight, but these were wide enough where you could sweep through them.”
The race was held in cool, cloudy conditions, with just a few raindrops to cool off the racers.
Pic found herself battling Miller and Tamayo on the final sprint as the three distanced themselves slightly from the peloton. “(Tibco) did make it rough on me,” said Pic, “I was lucky. My team did a great job of leading out for me.”
In the men's race, Amaran broke away early and the field was not able to organize through the many turns.
“It was a very technical course and very difficult to read,” said Amaron, “Team Colavita thought it was very important to be in the front.”
Menzies moved to the front with three laps to go and brought back nearly 10 seconds of Amaran’s advantage, eventually winning the field sprint for second.
“I’m here by myself and couldn’t really go out and chase,” Menzies said, “I had to settle back and make sure I had enough for the sprint at the end.”
The men’s podium was completed by Eric Barlevav (Mountain Khakis).
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