Blacknell: Pennsylvania Avenue gets its first criterium
Blacknell: A race ends early . . .
Blacknell: Bet you've never seen a DC street this fresh and smooth
Blacknell: IMG_0665
Blacknell: Ramon Benitez - that's him winning the 35+ race as a *warm up* for the 1/2/3 race he entered a few minutes after the first . . .
Blacknell: Men's 1/2/3 field
Blacknell: NCVC - I'm not sure you can actually hold a race in the MABRA region without at least a half dozen of them showing up
Blacknell: Ramon Benitez. Again.
Blacknell: Cycling earns new fans
Blacknell: Men's 35+ Podium
Blacknell: Men's 1/2/3 Podium
Blacknell: Announcer Joe Jefferson Interviews Rock Racing's Freddie Rodriguez for the Crowd.
Blacknell: A couple of guys from Garmin-Chipotle show up
Blacknell: Hey, I know those sideburns!
Blacknell: Freddie Rodriguez decides that Pennsylvania Avenue is as good a place as any to change.
Blacknell: Toyota United's Dominique Rollin at the ING Direct Capital Criterium Start Line
Blacknell: ING Direct Capital Criterium Pro Field
Blacknell: The field hits the only climb of the course, in front of DC's Warner Theatre.
Blacknell: Fast Corners
Blacknell: IMG_1371
Blacknell: No shortage of fans.
Blacknell: The riders feel out the chicane just before the finish
Blacknell: Not in the plan: a Kelly Benefits and Inferno Racing rider lose the field after crashing in the U-turn.
Blacknell: Rodriguez, without a team to work for him, stuck with the plan he announced at the start and sat in for most of the race.
Blacknell: Team Type 1's Dan Holt rounds the corner with Garmin-Chipotle's Danny Pate
Blacknell: Photographer in the field: note the helmet-mounted camera on the Battley Harley rider in front.
Blacknell: Sweeper -the field spreads out over Pennsylvania Avenue
Blacknell: Keeping the race coming to your screens
Blacknell: And the speed picks up
Blacknell: Successful Living's Alessando Bazzana goes down on the last lap