The Saint Francis Tulsa Powerful professional biking race is on this weekend June 7-9 in Oklahoma. Forward of one of many premiere occasions on the US racing calendar, Kim Lucie of the DNA Professional Biking workforce took a couple of minutes to share some ideas on what makes this race particular.
Please introduce your self and provides us a bit again floor on you and your workforce
My title is Kimberly Lucie. I’m from Tucson, AZ & I race for DNA Professional Biking. That is the twelfth yr for the workforce & my sixth season crit dawgin’ for the squad. I like technical & exhausting races of attrition. Once I’m not racing bikes, I like snacks and petting precise canine.
That’s Kim on the entrance.
What’s your historical past with this race and what do you suppose makes this race distinctive from different races?
Once I first began racing, I bear in mind listening to tales about Tulsa and the way exhausting it was/ how loopy the after social gathering at Sound Pony was. This yr will likely be my seventh time racing Tulsa Powerful and I can affirm that each one the tales are in reality true. I feel probably the most distinctive issues about this race is the crowds. Blue Dome is a real twilight crit and that at all times brings out the followers (& there’s even precise fireworks) however even the subsequent two days at Brady Arts and Cry Child regardless of the instances getting earlier – the quantity of individuals on the market cheering within the blazing Tulsa warmth is simply wonderful!
What are some particular reminiscences from racing right here prior to now?
My first expertise racing Tulsa was pre-barriers on Cry Child Hill and I simply bear in mind being mind-blown by how organized the chaos was. It was wild to journey across the nook and see tons of partially clothed people dancing within the streets after which for them to only half like the ocean for us because the whistles blew after which as quickly as the sphere rolled by, they simply closed again in on the street. Plus, I gained the “Crowd Prime” that yr and bought a backpack filled with sweaty money which is one thing you at all times bear in mind.
Targets for this weekend – what do you and the workforce hope to realize?
Our targets for this weekend embody – successful some bike races, taking dwelling some jerseys, placing on a present for the followers, after which partying at Sound Pony & Membership Majestic on Sunday night time.
What would you say to riders and followers who haven’t seen this race earlier than?
For those who’re a motorbike racer in America and also you race crits that is 100% one thing so as to add to your calendar at the least as soon as. I promise, you gained’t remorse it and when you do, truthfully you in all probability don’t wish to be a crit racer. For followers of motorcycle racing – when you’re within the space come out and take within the environment, and when you’re not in a position to be right here in individual that is fortunately one of many premiere races within the US that you could livestream from the consolation of your air- conditioned dwelling!
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