By Ali van Yzendoorn
The second road O-Cup of the season took place in the cute little town of Calabogie. Despite the cold weather (3 degrees), the sun was shining and everyone was eager to race. We arrived at the race course at around 730am, picked up my numbers, and headed toward the Kallisto-FCV trailer for a team talk before the race. After gathering a few strategies and getting on the trainer for warm up, my teammates and I headed over to the start line. As always, butterflies were in my stomach while we waited for the cue to start. There were about 50 women in this race, and the course was actually a 5km race car track, which was pretty cool! There were so many corners and a few slight inclines, which made for some interesting racing. We had to complete 11 laps of this track. By the time we had one lap to go, the speed picked up and around the last corner everyone was fighting for the final sprint. I finished 4th in the junior women, and 11th overall. My teammate, Naomi Desousa placed 1st and Andrea Noordeman -DaSilva placed 5th. Another great day of racing for Kallisto-FCV p/b Toyo Tires!
The second road O-Cup of the season took place in the cute little town of Calabogie. Despite the cold weather (3 degrees), the sun was shining and everyone was eager to race. We arrived at the race course at around 730am, picked up my numbers, and headed toward the Kallisto-FCV trailer for a team talk before the race. After gathering a few strategies and getting on the trainer for warm up, my teammates and I headed over to the start line. As always, butterflies were in my stomach while we waited for the cue to start. There were about 50 women in this race, and the course was actually a 5km race car track, which was pretty cool! There were so many corners and a few slight inclines, which made for some interesting racing. We had to complete 11 laps of this track. By the time we had one lap to go, the speed picked up and around the last corner everyone was fighting for the final sprint. I finished 4th in the junior women, and 11th overall. My teammate, Naomi Desousa placed 1st and Andrea Noordeman -DaSilva placed 5th. Another great day of racing for Kallisto-FCV p/b Toyo Tires!