Mara Abbott's up-and-down day at the Redlands Bicycle Classic during Thursday's stage 2 Yucapia Road Race started with a hard fall during the third of four laps but then ended with the win and race lead at the top of the final climb to Oak Glen.
Abbott suffered abrasions to her left shoulder and hip and was experiencing pain in her neck and shoulder at the finish. Medical personnel on scene advised her to have the injuries checked at an urgent care facility, but the slight climbing phenom was reluctant.
She told assembled media that she'd see how she felt Friday morning before making the final decision about starting the stage 3 time trial, but she was optimistic she'd be on the line when her time came up.
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"My plan for tonight is to convince them I don't have to go to urgent care because that sounds lame (laughs), and then tomorrow is another day," she said. "So I'll get a good night's sleep and then we'll see what happens."
Asked directly if she planned to continue, Abbott said that if medical personnel couldn't tell her something was wrong, then the decision hers, and she'd never before dropped out of a race because of injuries.
"If I could ride today, I can probably ride tomorrow, so if it gets worse that might be a problem," she said. "But I mean if you get some ice on it and get some ibuprofen, I think I'll be OK."
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