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Saturday, March 06, 2004Poitras and Prazsky take the men to task
Symmetrics Women's Elite Team Report
Saturday March 6, 2004
Langley, BC, Canada
Saturday - Zero Avenue
After 7 years of racing in different jerseys, Marni Prazsky and I have finally come together to combine our strengths and don the same uniform. Although we have always helped each other out in races over the past years, it was very exciting to make it formal in 2004 by racing on the same team. While we are both Symmetrics rookies, we are looking forward to joining forces with second year Symmetrics rider, Corinne Issel for the upcoming season.
As Marni and I lined up with the men in the B category to begin the day, our plan was to stay near the front and make sure nothing major got up the road without one of us in the move. On this rolling course we were both looking for good finishes and were excited about working together. As the race progressed it was pretty clear that nothing would stay away as the wind was quite strong and the group was chasing everything down. Marni was able to get into a break of 4 at about the mid-way point of the race, but unfortunately it, like all the others, was swallowed up by the quickly chasing group.
With two laps to go it was decided that I would lead Marni out for the sprint finish with the help of Jeremy Storie (wearing two hats in this race, Symmetrics director and dEVo race organizer). Our plan played out perfectly until the final 400m, when a Bayside rider attacked, taking a dEVo rider with him. I was able to jump right hard, but Marni had to split left, having to make up a bit of a gap. In the end it was a great day for the Symmetrics women, as we crossed the line 2nd and 5th. This race combined with last weekend's 5th place finish for us in the B group signals a great start for the Symmetrics women's squad.
Results - dEVo/PowerBar Spring Series #2
Neil Hahn (dEVo/Powerbar) - 1st
Mandy Poitras (Symmetrics Cycling) - 2nd
Joel Regimbald (Synergy Racing) - 3rd
Dan Schmit (Bayside) - 4th
Marni Prazsky (Symmetrics Cycling) - 5th
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