Some late results from the Sedalia Historic District Criterium, which was held August 25 and was plagued by rain for the early races.

“I was expecting a lot of no-shows for the 4/5 race, since we had all day, and there weren’t a lot of pre-registered riders,” said Dan Ruettimann, who rode the first race of the day. Just when we were thinking there was a break in the weather, it would start pouring again.” There were rivers of water flowing across the course in places, and turn three was basically a little pond, and turn four was sketchy, with wet bricks through the crosswalk. There were about 35 riders who showed up and rode in awful conditions. Ruettimann stayed safe in an incredibly fast race, but got shed by the main pack with about ten to go and held on for 12th place.

By the time the 3/4 race started, the road was almost completely free of water and 50 riders were ready to get going on a dry course. Average speed was pushing 28 mph, and Ryan Kelley was mixing it up in the front of the group. “I bet all my cards on a break forming because of those two technical corners on the backside, and everytime we got a break started, everybody was like “whew I made the break now I can take a rest.” Then by the time it was seven laps to go, I fell back below 15th place and it was just sprint, brake for corner, and sprint again and I just didn’t have anything left in my gas tank to keep that effort going. so once I got gapped off when Mesa started their leadout, I DNF’d and decided to save it for tomorrow,” said Kelley, who was working as hard as anyone. Kurt Wilson found a comfortable spot in the field and finished in 20th, while Ruettimann held on long enough to get placed in 37th – 5th for Cat 4.

Lynn Wilson moved up to Cat 3 shortly before her women’s open race and was doing fine until the last lap when she made the rookie mistake of leading the pack for half a lap. She vowed to never do that again, and finished in eighth place.