Yah, the GoPro was connect to a Garmin 1030 so it could definitely cause a crash.
The official even told me I did the right thing stopping.
Oh well, it’s a good learning experience.
Hey Nate after you bridged up to the break, were you asking for the time gap when coming thru the start/finish? I couldn’t quite hear. I was timing the gap it started around 12 seconds, a few laps later the peloton got it down to 8 seconds, and then it went up to 15 seconds and stayed there for remainder of race. I learned a lot just watching your first race and talking with the juniors coach and one of the junior dads. By the way, that junior in the break is about to turn 17 and his mom + teammate told me he has done two 6- hour sessions on the trainer in the last month!
It is always right to put the safety of the other racers first and stop if something is about to fall off your bike. But that is not the same thing as applying the specific limited scope rule that allows a racer to go back into the race at the spot where they came out after a stop in the pits.
As a general rule, if it is not a flat tire or damage (bike or you) resulting from a crash, you’re not going to get a free lap, at least not without some serious amateur lawyer arguing skills.
Ah Grasshopper - The Cat 3 move would have been to know that and ripped the GoPro off and put it in your pocket. This is why you have to do the upgrade path 
Yes, I was trying to yell “time”.
I believe both people at the end of the break with me were juniors and were both very strong.
Was it the bigger junior or smaller junior that’s done the 6 hour trainer rides? That’s insane btw 
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Lucas is the one wearing yellow shouldered jersey in your Strava pic. His teammate Artun was in no mans land trying to bridge the gap for many laps. Crazy indoor training sessions!
I was standing in between the parents/coach of Tieni Duro Junior (Lucas team), and Garrett’s mom (he took 4th which I guess became 3rd?). Garrett was a professional long-boarder and just took up cycling - he also podium’d at Snelling and the earlier Merced BRP Cat 5 race. Mom was grateful he is no longer riding 60mph down European mountains on a long-board!
Garret is strong too. He got popped off the break when the yellow shoulder junior did an attack. It was directly in front of me so I got a bit of a free ride and I think Garret had just done a pull (poor guy). It’s on the video so we’ll know for sure later.
Once you bridged up to the break I’m pretty sure it was Trent doing a lot of the pulling, and helped get the peloton from 12 seconds down to 8 second gap. They had two rabbits to chase - Artun in no-mans-land, and the 4 man break. Believe the gap ballooned back up to 15 sec after Trent let others do some work. I was talking with Garrett just before the 4/5 race, and he was tired so his goal was to sit in the pack for the race. When they rang the bell I told Garrett’s mom that he conserved so much energy that he is going to sprint ahead of the pack for 4th.
Garrett, Trent (6’ 5" guy white jersey), and I were doing 3-across cornering drills before the Cat5 race. In that race the 3 of us and another guy chased down the attack from 3 teammates (Revs?). I managed to survive 5 min before my lack of vo2 / just-ok-ftp saw me unceremoniously get spit off the back. At that point I turned it into a TT pulling for as many OTB’ers as could hang on to my wheel - happy face that only 1 college guy was able to hold on for all 25 TT minutes. I’ve got a clear plan going forward, TR training to get me back in shape and a future top 10 crit finish!
BTW, great job organizing the break to share the work and stay out front. Really learned a lot. Looking forward to the race video!