Road bike recommendations

The original caad8 (and 9) were ideal crit bikes but the current caad8 has a lot of headtube.

There are a few things in that review that make me think the B'twin is maybe not perfect for crit racing:

The Alur is actually a pretty comfortable bike. For a start, if you want a slightly more relaxed ride position than you get on a traditional road bike, that’s what’s on offer here.

Sling a load of power through the cranks and you do get a little flex in the frame around the bottom bracket, but not loads – it’s still reasonably stiff. Here at road.cc we’re used to reviewing super-rigid bikes aimed at very strong cyclists, and the Alur’s frame stiffness does fall a little short in comparison, but then, it’s much cheaper than most of those.

Something like a Felt75 would be a good alternative.