Andy Bajadali and Chuck Coyle took part in the Bank of America Criterium, the richest criterium in the world. Cyclingnews.com writer Mark Zalewski put it best...“Recipe for disaster...combine the biggest cash purse in the world for a criterium with a tight and fast 1.2 mile downtown circuit - add 125 cyclists looking to make their year's paycheck in one race - and the result is dangerous, with riders taking chances they would usually never rationalise. But in the queen city of the south, where NASCAR is king, the people want to see high drama. (Which probably explains why the local TV highlights of the race consisted of two minutes of wrecks and thirty seconds of win footage!)“
See a photo of Andy and Chuck narrowly missing one of the numerous pileups on cyclingnew.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2005/aug05/charlottecriterium05/BOA_M-02
Bajadali lapped the field in a warmup criterium breakaway the evening before. Bajadali continues to hold good form following his top 10 finish racing for a composite team at the International Tour De Toona.