Tuesday 28 August 2007
End of the season racing starts here!
Tonight was the last of the Crystal Palace tuesday League races that have been held throughout the year, although quite a few have been rained off this year which helped me in the overall series standings as I think my worst result was 3rd, won 4 and that put me 2nd overall, although it would have helped if tonights result counted as well as I won tonight in a reduced lap race. 18 laps in total, of which 12 I rode alone out in front after riding away from the bunch on the climb, I need this ride to bring me up to form again as it has been a few weeks since my last race.
I have the Newport Nocturne this Saturday, only has 4 English Tour de France riders David Miller, Bradley Wiggins, Geriant Thomas and Mark Cavandish plus all the best from the UK race scene. The following Sunday is the support race for the Tour of Britian at Crystal Palace and then on the 16th of September is the Warwick Town centre race which I won last year, So a busy finish to the years racing. All 3 are rounds of the National Elite Criterium Series, at the moment I am in 5th overall, not as good as last year.
In general I have been slack with my riding but have just done enough on my bike, over the bank holiday that meant going out at 4.30pm on the Sunday and Monday, did some steep climbs on the North downs which my legs didn't like and the yesterday did 3 hill attacks in my brief ride of 75mins, but thats all I can do as it is to late for any more as it will take the edge off, all about managing what you have, at the moment I feel I am on track, find out on Saturday night I guess.
I have the Newport Nocturne this Saturday, only has 4 English Tour de France riders David Miller, Bradley Wiggins, Geriant Thomas and Mark Cavandish plus all the best from the UK race scene. The following Sunday is the support race for the Tour of Britian at Crystal Palace and then on the 16th of September is the Warwick Town centre race which I won last year, So a busy finish to the years racing. All 3 are rounds of the National Elite Criterium Series, at the moment I am in 5th overall, not as good as last year.
In general I have been slack with my riding but have just done enough on my bike, over the bank holiday that meant going out at 4.30pm on the Sunday and Monday, did some steep climbs on the North downs which my legs didn't like and the yesterday did 3 hill attacks in my brief ride of 75mins, but thats all I can do as it is to late for any more as it will take the edge off, all about managing what you have, at the moment I feel I am on track, find out on Saturday night I guess.
Saturday 18 August 2007
Getting wasted
Had another night out with the boys from work, had a beer and pizza at work before heading to the same pub as last week, had a pint then moved onto our next stop which is a pub I ride past every day on the way home from work, old style original pub, very small and hot inside so after another pint we headed more into the heart of Central London, stopping once more, needed a toilet stop so went into a bar on the corner of St. Martins Lane and Port Street in Covent Garden, had a bouncer on the door, our rounds were getting more expensive the closer we got to Leicester Square.
Encountering the men employed in the washrooms to dry your hands and splash on some cologne etc, all for tips etc, scary stuff.
On to our last stop after a brief moment when I couldn't figure out what direction I was facing once in Leicester Square, just so many people about, eventually found the bar after asking a couple of coppers, revisting an old haunt from my early days in London 9 years ago.
This being the Zoo Bar, once the bouncer allowed us in after looking us over and asked Craig and I for ID. Funny as Craig is 25, Tony 30 and I 35, seven quid to get in but Craig could see that is was happening inside so we pressed on, once in we went and found a vacant spot at the bar, just happened this was also right on the dancefloor, we tried chatting but it was so loud that my voice started breaking up, found it an interesting social experiment for us as we are all in solid relationships etc, so looking on at the crowd and taking in the way people interact and loose themselves the more they drink etc.
We were on bottled beer while Craig was on Southern Comfort and coke, some drinks I can no longer take as I have over indulged in the past so the taste and memorys linger on, found it quite fun and relaxing to be out, Craig was getting worried as he had to work on saturday so we left at 11.30, Craig caught the Tube while Tony and I went back to the shop. I got home at 12.30am, was well wasted so had a shower and ate a very late dinner while drinking Nuun Isotonic drink in my race bottle, watched a movie but cannot remember what it was called or what time I finally went to bed. Kept waking up throughout the night with a dry mouth, managed to finish two bottles of energy drink by 7am in the morning.
By the time I got up at 10am I felt Ok, had breakfast then got ready to go for ride as my wife teaches between 11 and 12.30 from home so I either had to go out or stay in the bedroom, my choice and also the need to start training again, I wired up with my Ipod, drink and a food bar headed to richmond Park, very windy but weather was good, managed to tag on to two riders heading anti clockwise towards Star and Garter into the strong headwind, one rider peeled of to Richmond so I sat on the other rider, went past him but rode at a nice steady pace, did a lap then he came past and we just kept a nice sedate steady pace which was what I needed, was only planning on 2-3 laps but as I had managed to keep it steady I did 4 laps.
On the 3rd lap I had to watch some idiot cyclist try to overtake a car into a headwind and cars coming the otherway, he just sat next to the car as the speed limit in Richmond Park is 20mp/h, He came past me with his head down and on the drops, I wanted to see what sort of numpty he was so let him forget about me by letting him go for it while I rode steady, just that I rode up the climb from Kingston Gate alot faster than him so by the top I pulled right back onto his rear wheel, rode at his speed for abit then rolled past just before the descent leaving him behind, after that he caught back up but was afraid to go past even though I was doing 22 mp/h with a tailwind, not very fast in all, so let him sit on then gradually increased the pace to 30mp/h and he was gone. Getting hot at this point so slowed back to the pace as before and rolled round and then home, legs tired and muscles twitching now even while seated typing this.
So no more late nights out drinking until all my races are over and I am back from New Zealand late October. Also need to save up again to be able to afford to go out again. If we can get Phil and Jules out it would make an interesting night out.
Encountering the men employed in the washrooms to dry your hands and splash on some cologne etc, all for tips etc, scary stuff.
On to our last stop after a brief moment when I couldn't figure out what direction I was facing once in Leicester Square, just so many people about, eventually found the bar after asking a couple of coppers, revisting an old haunt from my early days in London 9 years ago.
This being the Zoo Bar, once the bouncer allowed us in after looking us over and asked Craig and I for ID. Funny as Craig is 25, Tony 30 and I 35, seven quid to get in but Craig could see that is was happening inside so we pressed on, once in we went and found a vacant spot at the bar, just happened this was also right on the dancefloor, we tried chatting but it was so loud that my voice started breaking up, found it an interesting social experiment for us as we are all in solid relationships etc, so looking on at the crowd and taking in the way people interact and loose themselves the more they drink etc.
We were on bottled beer while Craig was on Southern Comfort and coke, some drinks I can no longer take as I have over indulged in the past so the taste and memorys linger on, found it quite fun and relaxing to be out, Craig was getting worried as he had to work on saturday so we left at 11.30, Craig caught the Tube while Tony and I went back to the shop. I got home at 12.30am, was well wasted so had a shower and ate a very late dinner while drinking Nuun Isotonic drink in my race bottle, watched a movie but cannot remember what it was called or what time I finally went to bed. Kept waking up throughout the night with a dry mouth, managed to finish two bottles of energy drink by 7am in the morning.
By the time I got up at 10am I felt Ok, had breakfast then got ready to go for ride as my wife teaches between 11 and 12.30 from home so I either had to go out or stay in the bedroom, my choice and also the need to start training again, I wired up with my Ipod, drink and a food bar headed to richmond Park, very windy but weather was good, managed to tag on to two riders heading anti clockwise towards Star and Garter into the strong headwind, one rider peeled of to Richmond so I sat on the other rider, went past him but rode at a nice steady pace, did a lap then he came past and we just kept a nice sedate steady pace which was what I needed, was only planning on 2-3 laps but as I had managed to keep it steady I did 4 laps.
On the 3rd lap I had to watch some idiot cyclist try to overtake a car into a headwind and cars coming the otherway, he just sat next to the car as the speed limit in Richmond Park is 20mp/h, He came past me with his head down and on the drops, I wanted to see what sort of numpty he was so let him forget about me by letting him go for it while I rode steady, just that I rode up the climb from Kingston Gate alot faster than him so by the top I pulled right back onto his rear wheel, rode at his speed for abit then rolled past just before the descent leaving him behind, after that he caught back up but was afraid to go past even though I was doing 22 mp/h with a tailwind, not very fast in all, so let him sit on then gradually increased the pace to 30mp/h and he was gone. Getting hot at this point so slowed back to the pace as before and rolled round and then home, legs tired and muscles twitching now even while seated typing this.
So no more late nights out drinking until all my races are over and I am back from New Zealand late October. Also need to save up again to be able to afford to go out again. If we can get Phil and Jules out it would make an interesting night out.
Thursday 16 August 2007
Rolling along!
Here I am at home after another of my all conquering training rides from work to home, total distance of 6.5 miles in 23 minutes, thats all I have been doing for the last two weeks basically.
Monday and Tuesday I went north after work from Covent Garden, through Islington to Holloway across to Camden, round Regents Park, right along Marylebone road, down Sussex Gardens, cut through Hyde Park over the Serpentine on into Knightsbridge, right onto Old Brompton road, then a left back towards the river Thames to Cheyne Walk and then the Embankment, get some speed along here then south over the river at Vauxhall bridge, past the Oval Cricket grounds, take a right heading to Brixton on Brixton road, carry on past the choas outside Brixton Tube station and all the buses into Effra road then peel left to Dulwich road, at Herne Hill take Halfmoon Lane into Dulwich Village which leads into College Road, at the traffic lights I take the left which happens to be the South Circular, 5 minutes later I am home in our nice quiet flat. That ride is my normal winter survival route as it is well lit, and even with heavy traffic I can always keep moving, takes about 45 minutes. Allows me to play about with the traffic if I want as well, can normally ride faster than the traffic is flowing, so a little ducking and diving, keeps me in tune I guess, like judging gaps in traffic, still will not take that many risks.
Have a movie to watch on TV(The Wickerman) never seen this so watching tonight.
Monday and Tuesday I went north after work from Covent Garden, through Islington to Holloway across to Camden, round Regents Park, right along Marylebone road, down Sussex Gardens, cut through Hyde Park over the Serpentine on into Knightsbridge, right onto Old Brompton road, then a left back towards the river Thames to Cheyne Walk and then the Embankment, get some speed along here then south over the river at Vauxhall bridge, past the Oval Cricket grounds, take a right heading to Brixton on Brixton road, carry on past the choas outside Brixton Tube station and all the buses into Effra road then peel left to Dulwich road, at Herne Hill take Halfmoon Lane into Dulwich Village which leads into College Road, at the traffic lights I take the left which happens to be the South Circular, 5 minutes later I am home in our nice quiet flat. That ride is my normal winter survival route as it is well lit, and even with heavy traffic I can always keep moving, takes about 45 minutes. Allows me to play about with the traffic if I want as well, can normally ride faster than the traffic is flowing, so a little ducking and diving, keeps me in tune I guess, like judging gaps in traffic, still will not take that many risks.
Have a movie to watch on TV(The Wickerman) never seen this so watching tonight.
Saturday 11 August 2007
saw one of these
Today while riding home from work I saw one of these, a new Audi R8. Everytime I go riding in central london I will spot some supercar or exotic that I will admire as I ride along, pretty much seen everything being driven along the streets of london at some point, some even put there foot down to make a nice wail as they accelerate to 30mp/h or more!!!.
Well my week has been one off not doing to much riding as I have been tired. After last fridays result I thought I would do a road race on the sunday in Surrey. Part of the Surrey League series starting at Handcross. I thought I felt good and had a chance in this race, the moment we started and went up the first climb I was dropped, hung on, but wasn't to be, head and legs not willing so called it quits after 3 laps out of 5. Slightly upset but then as the rest of the day went on I relised how Knackered I was, so that sorted me out to have a mini break from training and racing until I feel strong and ready to go again, which meant that I have just been riding to work and back each day, takes me 25 minutes each way.
Today I went out after work as it is Saturday and we close at 3pm, very hot day, still feel tired but thats my own doing by deciding to have a drink after work with Craig, our mechanic. after 3 pints of Lager shandy I was borderline drunk, so lucky that we called it time at only 9.30pm, so many drunk people out and about at this time already, saw two seperate Hen night groups, dressed in playboy bunny outfits, lots of girls drinking out of beer bottles while staggering along. scary really, of course I then proceded to Work to collect my bike for the ride home, no dramas on the way home. Still after eating dinner and going to bed I had to get up and drink energy drink throughout the night to give myself a fighting chance that I would not feel ruff in the morning. Thankfully I was Ok, just a little dry in the mouth and tired. All went well at work, not as busy as it can sometimes be today, which was good.
Hence my ride to get some sunshine and see whats what, roads quiet for London at 4pm, makes for easy riding, saw the Audi R8 in Putney, add that to the Zonda F I saw in Battersea last month.
Not sure what to do tomorrow, was hoping to race but thats been canceled, so looks like a solo training ride of between 3-4 hours is on the books, see how I feel in the morning, depends a little on the weather as well, but I have my training bike with me which has full mudguards, so depends on my motivation. Next big race is the Newport Nocturne on the 1st of September. So can afford to laze about a little before picking it up again and getting some work in before then.
Regarding last night my bank gave me a call to check on my card usage as the round of drinks I bought on my card flagged up as an out of character purchase, which I guess it was, because I cannot remember the last time I was in a pub, thats good on my part, but also maybe a little sad and shows that I should get out more!
Saturday 4 August 2007
First Loser
What a nice hot day yesterday was, started by washing the car, 2nd time this has been done this year, noticed the neighbour from upstairs has been happily opening his door repeatedly into the side of my white car as there is about 20 black marks from his black Landrover, hope he has chipped the paint and his door rusts.
Aside from that I managed to convince my wife to come to South Wales by saying it is only a 3 hour drive along the M4 motorway, always forget how long it takes to get out of London itself from East Dulwich, so an hour in and just getting onto the M4.
My wife is then going on about how hot it is, 29 degrees showing on the digital display on the dashboard and why has this car not got air conditioning, does have a Bose stereo with 8 speakers and a RCA input jack to plug the monster cable to my Ipod Nano, so all not bad.
Nothing like driving with the fan on 3 with all the vents open, just means your t-shirt sticks to your back, but thats life, you move on, so if I get a car with air conditioning and maybe automatic so my wife can drive I will be sorted.
Made it to South Wales OK, traffic was very heavy but kept flowing so good, had a mild moment on the Severn Bridge trying to find enough cash to pay the Toll for the bridge on the entry to Wales, shouldn't have bought that Magnum ice cream and 2 cokes at the services with the tenner in my wallet before hand, as it was Sawako(wife) had enough coins to get the required £5.10 we needed.
Arrived at 5pm, so had plenty of time before race so went and walked round the circuit, 1km seems along way when walking, first impession was that it was very narrow, rough road surface on certain corners and twisty, actually to many parts to circuit so didn't fully understand the layout untill later while riding it. Went back to sign on and get ready, race start was for 8pm, had a few drops of rain at 6pm, had everyone looking at the sky.
I left my valve extender at home for my zipp 404's so asked a few people with deep section wheels if I could borrow there's, amazing how many wheels have them permanently fixed in place, so riders never let tyres down etc!. Anyway managed to borrow one from Dexter Gardias father, while he borrowed my 2mm allan key to adjust his sons brakes.
Felt nervous for the first time in a while, I think my body knows what is going to happen before my brain does, so to take my mind off this I went for a long warm up ride out into the country, were again I start wondering what would happen if I get a puncture out here, should remember to take mobile phone with me. 40 minutes of riding I am back at the car for the final time, take leg warmers off, splash on some Born Muscle Up lotion, has a nice orange glow to it, makes your legs look more tanned than they are and has a nice shine to it(better than Baby oil anyway) and proceeded to do some laps of the circuit before our race, once riding round felt better as the circuit had a real nice flow to it and a good racing line could be had.
Before our race could start one of the sponsors of the race had a race car blast round the circuit for two laps, popping and banging as it went round, very highly tuned car, racing slicks and all.
I had sat on the start line for 10 minutes in the attempt to keep a close postion to the front, which payed off, also was called forward anyway as one of the top ten in the series.
The race got underway and was frantic, on the first corner I went from tenth to fifth by holding a tight inside line, someone crashed into the barriers on the outside of the corner, the Merlin squad where on the front gunning the pace, everyone scrabbling for wheels, being so narrow the barriers were ever present and with one section being blind entry you where flicking the bike right then left, after the first lap I did not want to be stuck anywere in the bunch so when the pace slowed midway up the short climb leading into the paved allyway past the pubs I attacked to carry the speed through this section knowing no one else would be able to get past the slowing riders, so when I noticed I had someone on my wheel I was suprised as the gap I had got by was tight, as it was that was the move and the only one we needed as we were on our way to build up a lead that no one could match(read race report).
Thinking about the finish I have to have more faith in myself that I have got just as good a sprint as anyone else so why did I kick with 300m to go, as I gapped Simon but then he caught and kicked from my wheel which meant I was shown up again. Need to get more crafty, slow it up etc, still there are more races this year.Nice to be on the podium again spraying Champagne at the camera man, crowd to far away.
Packed up and then drove home, stopping at some motorway service area at 10:30pm, I was not hungry as my body felt close to being sick after the race, although once back in the car I was, so ate the last of Sawako's Panini. Got home at 12:45am, not bad, very tired but really hungry so heated the oven and cooked a Pizza Express pizza, body is sore as did no warm down our any stretches after so better go for an easy spin today as I am racing Tomorrow in a Surrey League race promoted by London Dynamo. My first road race since May.
Aside from that I managed to convince my wife to come to South Wales by saying it is only a 3 hour drive along the M4 motorway, always forget how long it takes to get out of London itself from East Dulwich, so an hour in and just getting onto the M4.
My wife is then going on about how hot it is, 29 degrees showing on the digital display on the dashboard and why has this car not got air conditioning, does have a Bose stereo with 8 speakers and a RCA input jack to plug the monster cable to my Ipod Nano, so all not bad.
Nothing like driving with the fan on 3 with all the vents open, just means your t-shirt sticks to your back, but thats life, you move on, so if I get a car with air conditioning and maybe automatic so my wife can drive I will be sorted.
Made it to South Wales OK, traffic was very heavy but kept flowing so good, had a mild moment on the Severn Bridge trying to find enough cash to pay the Toll for the bridge on the entry to Wales, shouldn't have bought that Magnum ice cream and 2 cokes at the services with the tenner in my wallet before hand, as it was Sawako(wife) had enough coins to get the required £5.10 we needed.
Arrived at 5pm, so had plenty of time before race so went and walked round the circuit, 1km seems along way when walking, first impession was that it was very narrow, rough road surface on certain corners and twisty, actually to many parts to circuit so didn't fully understand the layout untill later while riding it. Went back to sign on and get ready, race start was for 8pm, had a few drops of rain at 6pm, had everyone looking at the sky.
I left my valve extender at home for my zipp 404's so asked a few people with deep section wheels if I could borrow there's, amazing how many wheels have them permanently fixed in place, so riders never let tyres down etc!. Anyway managed to borrow one from Dexter Gardias father, while he borrowed my 2mm allan key to adjust his sons brakes.
Felt nervous for the first time in a while, I think my body knows what is going to happen before my brain does, so to take my mind off this I went for a long warm up ride out into the country, were again I start wondering what would happen if I get a puncture out here, should remember to take mobile phone with me. 40 minutes of riding I am back at the car for the final time, take leg warmers off, splash on some Born Muscle Up lotion, has a nice orange glow to it, makes your legs look more tanned than they are and has a nice shine to it(better than Baby oil anyway) and proceeded to do some laps of the circuit before our race, once riding round felt better as the circuit had a real nice flow to it and a good racing line could be had.
Before our race could start one of the sponsors of the race had a race car blast round the circuit for two laps, popping and banging as it went round, very highly tuned car, racing slicks and all.
I had sat on the start line for 10 minutes in the attempt to keep a close postion to the front, which payed off, also was called forward anyway as one of the top ten in the series.
The race got underway and was frantic, on the first corner I went from tenth to fifth by holding a tight inside line, someone crashed into the barriers on the outside of the corner, the Merlin squad where on the front gunning the pace, everyone scrabbling for wheels, being so narrow the barriers were ever present and with one section being blind entry you where flicking the bike right then left, after the first lap I did not want to be stuck anywere in the bunch so when the pace slowed midway up the short climb leading into the paved allyway past the pubs I attacked to carry the speed through this section knowing no one else would be able to get past the slowing riders, so when I noticed I had someone on my wheel I was suprised as the gap I had got by was tight, as it was that was the move and the only one we needed as we were on our way to build up a lead that no one could match(read race report).
Thinking about the finish I have to have more faith in myself that I have got just as good a sprint as anyone else so why did I kick with 300m to go, as I gapped Simon but then he caught and kicked from my wheel which meant I was shown up again. Need to get more crafty, slow it up etc, still there are more races this year.Nice to be on the podium again spraying Champagne at the camera man, crowd to far away.
Packed up and then drove home, stopping at some motorway service area at 10:30pm, I was not hungry as my body felt close to being sick after the race, although once back in the car I was, so ate the last of Sawako's Panini. Got home at 12:45am, not bad, very tired but really hungry so heated the oven and cooked a Pizza Express pizza, body is sore as did no warm down our any stretches after so better go for an easy spin today as I am racing Tomorrow in a Surrey League race promoted by London Dynamo. My first road race since May.
Abergavenny Elite Circuit Race Report
Abergavenny Elite Circuit Series Criterium
(Taken from the British Cycling Website, edited the spelling of my name, as spelt wrong again and uncensored a quote)
August 3, 2007; Abergavenny
Report & Images by Larry Hickmott
Report
In darkness, Simon Gaywood outsprints Warrick Spence for the win at Abergavenny and strengthen his lead in the series.
British Cycling’s Elite Circuit Race Series leader, Simon Gaywood, was the winner of the Abergavenny round of the Elite Circuit Series tonight (Friday, August 3). Gaywood (Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles) and Warrick Spence (Cyclefit-Serotta) got away within a few laps of the hour long circuit race and the rest of the field never saw them again.
First to chase them was Simon Holt of the Recycling.co.uk team but with the leaders travelling as fast as the tight circuit would allow, the youngster was unable to close the gap and after a half a dozen laps on his own, was caught by the much slimmed down chase group. With sixty riders on the start sheet, within a dozen laps, that was halved and the chase group was soon only a dozen strong. Even after only a single lap, the field had split, so quick was the gas turned on.
Despite numerous attempts by riders to get away, the chase group stayed intact until the closing laps, when first Gordon McCauley and then Russell Downing attacked. It was the Healthnet rider who timed it right and although he had a race on Sunday on his mind, he managed to stay away to take the final podium place and strengthen his place in the table despite losinglose points to the leader Gaywood.
With just a few minutes to spare before the Podium presentation, we caught up with Gaywood who has not only won a round of the Premier Calendar but also three rounds of the Circuit Series so far. “I was surprised it went so early. As soon as Warrick went to the front, I thought here we go again. ‘Mr speedy round the corners’; so I latched right on the back wheel of him and looked behind and there was a gap. I saw a few guys trying to get across but it was shit or bust and I started working with Warrick.”
“I could see them trying to get across but no-one was able to manage it and we just continued to open the gap (almost lapping the field). The race for us was nice and smooth and I felt good through the corners. The first two laps I was about five back and it was a bit scary as it was hard to see where you were going not knowing the circuit to start with so there were a few dodgy moments so it was a lot nicer off the front.”
A rider well known for his ability in circuit races, Warrick Spence said afterwards: “that was good with Simon. We got into a really good groove and I wasn’t sure if there was going to be a serious chase after us but as we were working on the limit from the word go, there was no way the bunch could go any quicker than we were going round here.”
“We worked well round here and I was thinking in the race, how I am going to be able to outsprint a sprinter like Simon -- I couldn’t!” On the circuit, Warrick had this to say “it was alright, the scariest bit was the corner down here (at the end of the start/finish straight, right angle right hander). Simon had that sussed from the word go. The rest of the circuit is surprisingly flowing, really good, good fun.”
Third place getter Russell Downing spoke to us after the presentation saying “the race was good for me. Warrick and Simon went early and I got a bad start. As they were calling the top 10 in the series to the front, everyone just jumped and I probably ended up 15th back and had to take some crazy risks in the first few corners and by the time I had got to the front, it had gone.”
“Plowman did a brilliant job of marking everyone out and to be honest we (those not in Plowman!) could have done with some more guys in there as there were guys in there not attacking it. Plowman in the end only had two in there and we could have done with everyone joining together and attacking it more and not letting them (Plowman) ride at the front.”
“I was trying to attack as much as I could early on and then knew I wasn’t getting anywhere and I thought I’d save the legs and do a big one when it counted and it stuck. I was thinking of Sunday early on when I was attacking and thought I don’t want an hour of this and went and sat at the back.”
“When I was trying to get away, I was taking a few too many risks and where the twisty corners were, a couple of guys stepped out at me (from the side) and I was like, woooh. On one of my attacks, Tony drifted and I had made my mind up to go and we almost clashed on the barriers so then I thought back off because Sunday (Road Race Championship) is a big objective and want to do a good ride there”.
“I’ll be getting out there tomorrow and having a good look (at the course) and see what happens. It’s the national champs and anything can happen. You need a bit of luck like I did when I won it.”
The Get Connected business solution girls flank the top three, Warrick Spence, Simon Gaywood and Russell Downing. Also present is the Mayor of Abergavenny and Chair of Monouthshire.
Results (provisional)
Elite Race
1. Simon Gaywood, Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles
2. Warrick Spence, Cyclefit-Serotta
3. Russell Downing, Healthnet-Maxxis @44 seconds
4. Malcolm Elliott, Pinarello, @ 48 seconds
5. Tom Barras, Merlin
6. Dean Downing, Rapha Condor
7. Tom Murray, Kinesis
8. Tony Gibb, Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles
9. James Taylor, Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles
10. Simon Holt, Recycling.co.uk
11. Gordon McCauley, Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles
12. Ross Muir, Rapha Condor
13. Stephen Adams, Merlin
14. Shaun Snodden, Recycling.co.uk @51
15. Andy Tinsley, Bioracer, Omnipex @53
16. James Millard, Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles 1.03
Wednesday 1 August 2007
Sutton report from London Cycle Sport website
| ROAD | 31 / 07 / 07 |
| Sutton Town Centre Races 07 By lcs |  | ||
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Cycle racing returned to Sutton Town Centre for a day of racing on July 29
Chris Tune (Sigma RT) was the first to show and he soon built an early lead before he was brought back by an active chase group. Wouter Sybrandy (Agiskoviner) followed suit before he also was caught. A lead quartet of Warrick Spence (Cyclefit), Ross Muir (Rapha/Condor), Sybrandy and Daniel Santoni (Pearson Cycles) developed and built a lead over Andy Bye (Kingston Whlrs), Ian Holt (Felt), Chris Tune (Sigma RT), Dan Duguid (Sigma RT) and Gavin Ryan (London Dynamo/Cyclefit). Bye attacked and began a long chase of the leaders, and after many laps he caught and went through to take a brief lead before they responded and he was down by a minute a while later. Muir made a great effort that saw Spence lose contact for a few moments, but the group survived a number of attacks to remained together and the end the race would be settled by a sprint. At the flag Spence out sprinted Muir, Sybrandy and Santoni, whilst Bye rode to a fine fifth. 1 Warrick Spence Cyclefit | |||
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