Hillingdon 27.06.06: Addiscombe break away wins the race

[ajay khandelwal]

Come down and race at Hillingdon tomorrow. I can pick up riders who are new to the circuit outside Victoria train station at 5.50 pm.

Plan is to launch an Addiscombe attack and jump away from the group. We have Jack who came 2nd. He will get promoted very quickly. So plan is for him to jump and me and David to get on and then ride through and off and stay away from the bunch. (Jack doesn't know about this, but its in his contract). Richard V if you are available we'd be interested in your wattage. Sylvain, are you interested? Matt Day, time for an Addiscombe outing ?

[Dr Frigo]

Thanks, but I am recovering from the weekend's 24h and hoping to have the legs for Wednesday's Beastway, so not for me.

Good luck and may the wind be with yous ...

[David Lombari]

Hope it goes to plan, Ajay. See you at 5.50pm.

[ajay khandelwal]

David I know I could rely on you. 5.50 by victoria station taxi rank for prerace espresso and go. Will be riding back to South London afterwards too.

We need a good race to talk about down the pub on Thursday so pump up your tyres nice and hard !

[Toks]

Good luck Dave and Super. I just got a text from Jack who wants to make 3rd cat tonight so he'll be there too. Please make sure, Micheal 'Doughboy' Wilmot doesn't win this week!

[ajay khandelwal]

Thats excellent race intelligence coming in...thanks DS. A Jack-attack could rely open this race up tonight ! The plan is we ride together as a team - which hardly ever happens at Hillingdon - and get a break going. Just got to remember to get it at the right speed so we can keep it together. That would be a good day for us ACC fourth cats.

[David Lombari]

Well, it didn?t go to plan.

A good evening for racing and a strong field led to a fast pace from the off. The three amigos kept their noses out of the wind and their powder dry, early doors. When Ajay finally put the hammer down, Jack and myself followed and we had a gap. It didn?t last long, however, so we sat up and bided our time for the next opportunity. It never came??

Though all three of us kept at the pointy end of the group and went away independently at various times, events were to conspire against us. First Jack broke his pedal, showing the power of the man, and had to retire. Then a crash ahead forced me off the road and onto the grass, and, though I time trialled for three laps to try to get back on, I finally called it a day 4 laps from the end. Ajay finished strongly in the pack.

If we persevere with this plan I?m sure at some point it will pay off. Be good if all three of us can get to 3rd Cat to support the existing ?3s? in their races and we can have a real team to utilise.

Personally, I happy that I?m getting involved with the racing again (3rd race back) and am always trying to be active in the front third of the group, even if only for training purposes.

The evening ended with myself and Ajay getting a lift back to south London in the back of a children?s furniture truck by a couple of Paragon guys (Jack and Charlie). Despite our fears, we didn?t end up getting fly-tipped in the wilds of Kent, but were dropped off with a smile in West Norwood??here?s to good relations with our brothers in the South!

David.