Point taken. There are some racers who prefer crits. However, I know of two masters racers who refuse to do crits and go out of there way to do RRs. So I think the final analysis is still undertermined as to what racers prefer.
I did crits in the past but haven't done any this year. I broke my collar bone once in one and crashed hard in another. I'm tired of the crashes. I know RRs are not completely safe either but just looking at the description of the St. Gen race, the hill served as a good selector and really reduced the field. A race like that is much safer. If I had more time to train, I would prefer it. As it is, I am doing cyclocross this year. CX is safer than either.
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Point taken. There are some racers who prefer crits. However, I know of two masters racers who refuse to do crits and go out of there way to do RRs. So I think the final analysis is still undertermined as to what racers prefer.
I did crits in the past but haven't done any this year. I broke my collar bone once in one and crashed hard in another. I'm tired of the crashes. I know RRs are not completely safe either but just looking at the description of the St. Gen race, the hill served as a good selector and really reduced the field. A race like that is much safer. If I had more time to train, I would prefer it. As it is, I am doing cyclocross this year. CX is safer than either.