Strickland, Elbusto triumph at Red Hook

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The Red Hook Criterium served up a night of crashes and carnage as both the men’s and women’s fields saw riders hit the deck in nasty pileups Saturday. Texan Colin Strickland (Allez Allez – Specialized) and Spaniard Ainara Elbusto (Conor WRC) survived the crashes to win the men’s and women’s races, respectively, at the annual fixed-gear event in Brooklyn, New York.

The men’s event was delayed twice due to mass pileups shortly after the gun, the first of which occurred after an official’s motorbike stalled near the start line. Half of the field managed to speed around the stalled motorcycle before several riders struck the bike, leading to a huge crash.

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