Cox Charities Cycling Classic

OK, it's been a while since updates, but vacation is over so here's the roundup of what we've been up to.

After Ninigret we stuck around in Rhode Island to provide finish camera services and some equipment to the Cox Charities Cycling Classic.

For this race we had our usual results gear in our tent, plus we provided an elevated stage and tent for the officials.

If Saturdays race at Ninigret was a perfect example of traditional grassroots bike racing, then Cox showed us what the big time looks like. It's a pretty straightforward criterium, but everything gets taken to the next level. You have hard fencing around the course, the big finish line arch, several stages for announcers and officials, a huge expo area and more. And to top it all off there is live music all day and since the event is a benefit for Cox Charities there are even TV stars around working the crowd and serving as race starters. It's impressive to say the least.

While there were just 5 races that day we were on site early to get set up. With all that goes into the event we had to make sure we coordinated with the guys setting up the hard fence, the crew doing the finish arch and all the other assorted set up crews. And with the last race ending at 8pm it was a long day. After getting everything broken down and loaded back into the truck it was a smooth drive back to Mass and the start of a week off!

On site at 8am, back home at 11:42pm...