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Race Reports - post them here to (hopefully) get in the paper
In an effort to report more widely about what CCA riders are doing and not concentrate on TT's too much, if you have raced in any discipline and you want it reported in the paper (hopefully, no guarantee what they will include) then please post it here.
I tend to keep up to date with TT's but still post reports here, i don't see all result sheets.
I get lost with anything else, for example with Will's second place in the Elvedon 4 I don't know what the actual event name is, and I assume the 4 is 4th cat.
The info I ideally need is:
Full event name
Rider(s)
Time and/or position, and whether it was a PB
A short report about that happened, conditions etc.
Look at the previous reports in the paper to get an idea, short and snappy
And post the reports ASAP from the weekend, the latest i can send them in for that week's edition is Tuesday afternoon.
I tend to keep up to date with TT's but still post reports here, i don't see all result sheets.
I get lost with anything else, for example with Will's second place in the Elvedon 4 I don't know what the actual event name is, and I assume the 4 is 4th cat.
The info I ideally need is:
Full event name
Rider(s)
Time and/or position, and whether it was a PB
A short report about that happened, conditions etc.
Look at the previous reports in the paper to get an idea, short and snappy
And post the reports ASAP from the weekend, the latest i can send them in for that week's edition is Tuesday afternoon.
Comments
Much better than the next day's Paul Simon Holmes race starting in Whitwell. 5 CCA riders were in it, I clashed wheels and came off around 50 miles, Neil stopped to see if I was alright and lost the pack, so dropped out and the other 3 were disqualified for wearing blue jerseys or something just as silly... Not CCA's finest day at the races all in all...
I can make the text a little more "flowery" as required & I might even be able to find some adjectives and descriptive pronouns!
What was the race event and your position?
I posted a brief race report under the Race category.
Position: last? Once the crash had happened, and it involved maybe 10 or so bikes, I went grass tracking, the race to the line seemed somewhat irrelevant for the rest of the riders. Those behind the crash went left or right, I was alongside-ish (it happened slightly forward and to my right, maybe 80 degrees R, and I took avoiding action, thus we crossed line in slow time.
The one unconscious rider (as was) had a huge wobble for no apparent reason mid way through the last lap and being no more than 3 riders back from him and sitting near the front I saw him almost lose it, again, for no apparent reason. He worried a fair number of us.
When I left, 30 mins after the race had finished, two riders were still out on the tarmac being tended to.
Results
43rd. 60 riders? 49 crossed the line.
Noah Felix and I took part in the Mud Sweat and Gears mountain bike race at the National trust grounds at Ickworth Park today. This was the 4th round of a series of 8 races held throughout the eastern region. Only the 2nd time this has happened at Ickworth on a much improved course with a number of technical features.
Shelton and Harley Pell also raced.
In the Mens open event I came 29th in 1.13.47 Shelton came 52nd in 1.20.08
Boys under 12 Felix was 26th
Youth Boys Noah was 6th
Under 12 girls Harley made her first podium by getting 3rd place
Stuart
Richard was lacking in confidence on the day but turned in a sterling and very consistent performance to win Z cat with +6.12 (actual time 38.36) to win by over a minute from one of his regular rivals. This makes it 5 wins out of 5 in the series and puts him in a virtually unassailable position in the series with best 6 races to count. As for my part, and being just my third TT, I was pleased to get a positive score of +1.13 (actual time 40.29) placing 6th in Y cat although according to Richard Im still on my postmans bike and therefore room for improvement. Full results will be available in due course under the above link.
For us, 3.9 laps round a 28km circuit on the fens (echelons aplenty) followed by a couple of droves (rough, narrow farm tracks) and a tight little crit circuit round the town centre, topped off with a crowded finish line... All with police escorts on a rolling road closure. Wonderful stuff.
Chapeau to the organisers who put on a great, and tough event. In the E/1/2 race, 145 riders started, 28 finished (uk youth tore it apart completely taking the top 3 spots in the race)... Ours was a little more merciful, with 60 finishers from 120 starters. The main circuit got off to a rather brutal start, the front of the pack taking advantage of the road thinning over a bridge, causing me to cycle into the rather broad back of Ellis as everybody came to an abrupt halt and clipping out, struggling to get back in and then having to sprint like hell to get on the back of the bunch as the crosswinds pulled the already split pack apart. Shortly after this, somebody pulled out of the line as I was passing him and stuck his rear derraileur into my front wheel, bent a couple of spokes but carried on... For the first hour the race was pretty stop/start in the pack with plenty of sudden accelerations followed by slow patches as attacks went off the front, finally letting a break get away.
When I managed to push my way back up to the front of the pack I was lucky enough to see a strong looking rider head off the front so I jumped on his wheel, eventually picking up a couple of others as we formed a group to bridge over to the chase group that had gone after the break. Lots of hard work into the wind from most people in a strong group kept us away from the main field, but couldn't bring us up to the break. The droves were hard work, I was lucky to be at the front of the group so could pick my own line, but it was still pretty bumpy! At this point I just wanted it to finish, so when we got off the rough stuff and got back on the road, it was a relief to be cheered into the town centre and keep up with the group, crossing the line in the middle of it to finish in 20th place.
Altogether a fantastic race, lovely day and very satisfying to just complete it. Top 10 next year?!
Must get my 3rd cat by then though, might not be open to 4ths next year...
How come? Getting lapped (?) or the fabled & much feared Fen's Triangle, where cyclists and vegetablists simply get swallowed up in the landscape. Spooky!
Sounds good.
I'm taking this thread off as a Sticky - so we can keep it fairly lite at the top of the forum. If people want to submit a report, they can title it accordingly, or Whisper Chris/Pearce directly.
Or I set up a 'For Press' or similar category?
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Martin L