5 ACC riders made the cut for the National 50 which has a full field of 150 riders plus 10 reserves. Some of them obviously requested early starts :
Dominic Lowe 6.13am
Jon Hemming 6.20am
Paul Tunnell 6.39am
Rob Royle-Evatt 6.52am
Me 7.49am
Only problem is that I'm giving Rob a lift