1st Cari Higgins
SUPERIOR -- Starts were tricky Friday in the first leg of the Superior Morgul Classic on a 300-meter stretch of Coalton Road southwest of Flatirons Mall. Those who found the right gear first generally hit the finish line ahead of the pack in an exciting and unique day of street sprints.
Cari Higgins of Boulder nailed the start in her two qualifying heats and the finals in the women`s pro race. She won all three sprints and earned the leader`s jersey plus valuable points heading into today`s criterium and the first edition of the Superior Morgul road race in 20 years on Sunday.
"It was awesome," Higgins said. "It`s so cool that the city of Superior is putting this on. It`s cool for fans to see us up close going fast."
Higgins said the key to her success was starting in the appropriate gear and then switching gears seamlessly to generate as much power as possible through the brief races that generally lasted less than a minute. Higgins has been racing for four years but had never competed in street sprints prior to Friday. She said she believed training in Boulder`s velodrome helped her with the starts because cyclists often help each other start in similar fashion in training there. Higgins is a strong sprinter and will need the points earned Friday once the format changes to longer, more traditional racing styles today and Sunday. Officials will crown an overall champion Sunday using Omnium scoring over the three different races. The street sprints provide the fewest amount of points of the three races. "I think this was a first for all of us," she said. "It`s festive. It`s huger for me because sprinting is my strength. To maximize my points in this was really important."
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