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Gallery: Red Hook Crit Brooklyn

Fixed-gear racers took on a new circuit this weekend at the 11th Red Hook Criterium

Red — The Red Hook Crit Brooklyn 2018 was again held at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, near the city streets where it originated in 2008. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Now in it’s eleventh year Red Hook Crit has grown into a global four-race series with events in London, Milan, and Barcelona, as well as an apparel line branded with the unmistakable red hook. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — The coures in Brooklyn is one kilometer long with plenty of tight corners to navigate. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — The Red Hook Crit has the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Clif Bar had a photo booth at the expo to get cool portraits of the fixie crowd racers. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Art and design play a major part in the race. This year Specialized supported a booth featuring the street art of LA-based artist Michael Reeder. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — In between qualifiers this group of riders rode wheelies around the one kilometer track. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — If you need a pick me up espresso is at the ready. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Large fields of racers and large crowds of spectators was the scene at the Red Hook Crit Brooklyn. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — The women who qualified for the final lined up for a late afternoon throw-down at the Red Hook Crit Brooklyn. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — The women’s field got rolling with Margaux Vigie (right) leading the charge. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Raphaele Lemieux of Specialized Rocket Espresso won the women’s final. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — The Specialized-Rocket Espresso team had a sectioned off space for their athletes to use for warm up and cool down. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Forecasted weather held off for most of the day until the end of the elite men’s race when the rain came down making the course a bit more scketchy that earlier in the day. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Filippo Fortin riding for Team Bahumer Critlife won the men’s final. Photo: Karl Ockert

Red — Filippo Fortin hoisted his bike in victory at the podium presentation. Photo: Karl Ockert

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