| The third stage was a criterium, a 60-minute race on a one-mile course weaving through the streets of Fairfield. |
| My plan was to sort of take it a bit easy in the criterium, because tomorrow's road race looks really hard. |
| The three-man break went away fairly early in the 60-minute criterium, which was run over a 2 Km course in warm, windy conditions. |
| Events varied from 20-km solo and team time trials to cross-country races, a hill climb and a dirt criterium. |
| The exception, of course, is if you need a saddle solely for criterium racing where all-day comfort isn't an issue, but weight-savings is. |
| There's usually a local time trial series and a weekly evening criterium in which members hone their skills for the real races on the weekend. |
