Jeff Fuchs

I realize it could be logistically challenging, but would it be possible to open the whole road further out than 200 meters, say 400 or 600 meters?

It seems like that would give us more room to maneuver as we are accelerating toward the sprint. I think most people realize that they can't sprint for 400 meters, unfortunately a lot of people think they can sprint for 200 meters. This results in a bunch of people sprinting hard and then sitting up somewhere between the 200 meter sign and the finish line. Opening the road sooner would at least give people room to manuever around people who are sitting up.

Last year at the Banana Belt race that finished up hill, there were more than a few masters-riders who started the sprint, realized it was too early, and then sat up and went backwards. Unfortunately, there were other people behind them. This resulted in a pretty nasty crash in what is supposed to be a safe field.

Just a thought...