The Team:
Rob Enslin
Tom Smith
Tim Beddingfield
Vince Halpern
Martin Smith
John Tucker
How it unfolded:
As soon as the flag dropped to start the race the attacks started. During the the first 30 mins we had an AW rider in the first 10 places in the peloton covering any potential move. On the first climb, Martin attacked and was quickly joined by Steve Calland and one other rider. Meanwhile, back in the peleton riders were riding all over the road - crossing the central solid white line (looking for shelter against the strong cross-winds). The race comm soon called the race to a halt and warned the riders of the danger and possible disqualification.
Once the race was on again, I attacked and brought with me a group of riders... and then more joined until we were 13. We quickly got ourselves organised and built up a handy 30 second gap by the first climb at the Clare hill. Our group included: Jon (Pain), Grant (Bayton), Keith (Lilley), Tom (Hemmant), Steve (Calland), Nigel (Williams), Andrew (Fenn), Joel (Stewart), Adam (Norris), Colin (Roshier), Luke (Rowe) and me.
The break soon settled into a good rhythm and most of the riders were from different teams so the chase was never really going to happen. The break moved on nicely for most the race and most doing their fair share of turns. The gap soon opened up to 2 mins. Towards the end of the race some of the riders found time to miss turns trying to keep their legs as fresh as possible for the hard finish. I kept coming through and I was feeling pretty good (considering I'm still trying to get race fit).
As we came into the last 2km a GWR rider attacked but I never reponded as I had my eye on some more serious riders. Then more attacks came and they were all neutralised. Mr 'Sneaky' Roshier then attacked on the outside (more like an innocent hard tempo blast - not really an attack - let's say a 'disguised attack') on his own getting across to the lone attacker. He then waited and jumped again over the last few hundred metres to take the win. Our group, meanwhile, started to chase the 2 away, but it was too late for me becuase by then I'd 'popped' and my legs seized and I only managed to get across the line in 10th place.
This, I realised later, was just a lack of anaerobic interval training. All things considered I rode a pretty good race and looks good for the rest of the season.
The final result:
1. Colin Roshier (1 02:57:01)
2. Luke Rowe
3. Adam Norris
10. Rob Enslin
Next race: The BEC RC road race on the 13th May
Rob Enslin
Tom Smith
Tim Beddingfield
Vince Halpern
Martin Smith
John Tucker
How it unfolded:
As soon as the flag dropped to start the race the attacks started. During the the first 30 mins we had an AW rider in the first 10 places in the peloton covering any potential move. On the first climb, Martin attacked and was quickly joined by Steve Calland and one other rider. Meanwhile, back in the peleton riders were riding all over the road - crossing the central solid white line (looking for shelter against the strong cross-winds). The race comm soon called the race to a halt and warned the riders of the danger and possible disqualification.
Once the race was on again, I attacked and brought with me a group of riders... and then more joined until we were 13. We quickly got ourselves organised and built up a handy 30 second gap by the first climb at the Clare hill. Our group included: Jon (Pain), Grant (Bayton), Keith (Lilley), Tom (Hemmant), Steve (Calland), Nigel (Williams), Andrew (Fenn), Joel (Stewart), Adam (Norris), Colin (Roshier), Luke (Rowe) and me.
The break soon settled into a good rhythm and most of the riders were from different teams so the chase was never really going to happen. The break moved on nicely for most the race and most doing their fair share of turns. The gap soon opened up to 2 mins. Towards the end of the race some of the riders found time to miss turns trying to keep their legs as fresh as possible for the hard finish. I kept coming through and I was feeling pretty good (considering I'm still trying to get race fit).
As we came into the last 2km a GWR rider attacked but I never reponded as I had my eye on some more serious riders. Then more attacks came and they were all neutralised. Mr 'Sneaky' Roshier then attacked on the outside (more like an innocent hard tempo blast - not really an attack - let's say a 'disguised attack') on his own getting across to the lone attacker. He then waited and jumped again over the last few hundred metres to take the win. Our group, meanwhile, started to chase the 2 away, but it was too late for me becuase by then I'd 'popped' and my legs seized and I only managed to get across the line in 10th place.
This, I realised later, was just a lack of anaerobic interval training. All things considered I rode a pretty good race and looks good for the rest of the season.
The final result:
1. Colin Roshier (1 02:57:01)
2. Luke Rowe
3. Adam Norris
10. Rob Enslin
Next race: The BEC RC road race on the 13th May
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