Third ‘speedpot’ a whir of wheels
Harvard places fifth in cycling event
Co-hosted by cycling teams from Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts, and the Wentworth Institute of Technology, the two-day event featured a 7.6-mile team time trial and a multi-lap road race in Grafton on Saturday (April 9), and a criterium (aka “crit” – cycling’s answer to the Indy 500) through the heart of the Tufts campus on Sunday (April 10).
The Beanpot crit – a tough, technical, six-corner course – tested the best sprinters and handlers, demanding as many as 300 turns and up to 45 laps for the male racers and 35 for the top female cyclists.
![Amy Kerdok](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2005/04/32-cycle6-450-2.jpg)
By Sunday evening, the results were in: Harvard placed fifth overall with 395 points, tallying 244 points in the team time trial on the strength of the women’s A group’s first-place showing. The University of Vermont, meanwhile, captured the weekend with 762 points, topping Dartmouth, Penn State, and the University of New Hampshire.
– Andrew Brooks