Hillingdon 13.04.10

[Sylv]

Rode to Hillingdon last night to race the E/1/2/3 with Ed and Matt. A strong North/East wind made the ride easy but bode of a tough race especially on the climb. Huge field and I heard a couple crashes behind me, the second one during the sprint. The pace was high at times - this time it was not 30 but 35+mph on the back straight - with a number of attacks, I went with a few but just can't go with every one. One of my few times at the front of a small group I almost died going up the climb, and by the top had slipped almost at the very back. About 2/3rd of the way of the 43min race I think it was 5 that slipped away, probably including Gibb, and stayed ahead to the end. With two to go I was positioned ok, on the climb two guys in front of me almost went down locking handlebars, and I had to think twice about deciding to take part in the sprint on the following lap. The couple skinny juniors were then left to kill themselves at the front, and it went a bit silly being in about 15th place by the start of the last climb with everyone behind trying to squeeze into the stretch of tarmac, had to freewheel a bit and avoid some wheels, had a clear run only in the last 50m or so to finish 5th of the bunch. Avs just under 42kmh, hr +/- 160bpm. Nice fast blast through traffic in a group on the way back.

Will be heading to Palace from now on on Tuesdays it's more fun and safer! And closer too, 3h40 on the bike yesterday

[Toks]

cool, nice one. Did we have anyone in the 4ths?

[Rob W]

Nice one Sylv.Sounds like a hard race.

[Sylv]

I hadn't realised Ed was in the 4ths

There's a report on LCS. 104 in our race!!

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1 17 Tony Gibb www. Cycle Premier-Metalak E 52mins
2 21 Marcel Six Orbea-For Goodness Shakes 1 st
3 7 Daniel Santoni Pearson Cycles E
4 25 Jerone Walters Sigma Sport- Specialised E
5 33 Angus MacAlister Norwood Paragon 1 at 10secs
6 200 Lee Garner Team Quest- The Bike Shop 3 at 56secs 1
7 36 Robert Moore London Phoenix 2 st
8 12 Vince Halpern AW Cycles.co.uk 1 st
9 22 Gianluca Cappello VC Meudon 1 st
10 27 Silvain Garde Addiscombe CC 2 st
11 257 Domonic Gabelleni Rapha Condor 3 st
12 29 Stuart Spies London Dynamo 2 st
13 5 Mark Ottaway VC Meudon 2 st
14 37 Chris Spook BanjoCycles.com 2 st
15 238 Alec Briggs Arctic Premier RT 3J st
16 1 Jake Martin OneLife Development Squad 2J st
17 243 Dave Ladkin Kingston Wheelers 3 st
18 247 Bruce Karsten Prologue 3 st
19 253 Chris Holmes Norwood Paragon 3 st
20 224 Andy Angwin London Phoenix 3 st
21 225 Matt Barker Team Quest- The Bike Shop 3 st
22 206 Mark Smith Welwyn Wheelers 3J st
23 230 Paul Butcher Sydenham Wheelers 3 st
24 233 Martin Evans BC Private Member 3 st
25 213 Lawrence Carpenter Team Quest- The Bike Shop 3J st
26 28 Tim Llewellyn Pearson Cycles 3 st
27 255 Wes Swaffer Kingston Wheelers 3 st
28 13 Gavin Ryan London Dynamo 2 st
29 246 Adam Elderfield Inverse Racing-Bikefood 3 st
30 235 Hugo Robbins East London Velo 3 st
31 239 Dante Carpenter OneLife Development Squad YouthA st
32 ??? Twickenham CC 3 st
33 256 Alex Pantelides Twickenham CC 3 st
34 24 Taylor Johnstone Team de Ver 2J st
35 259 Carmello Luggeri CCAshwell 3 st
36 262 Stuart Lockyear London Phoenix 3 st
37 265 David Murrell London Phoenix 3 st
38 212 Sam Grant West Drayton MBC 3J st
39 227 Anthony Rogers Preston Park Youth CC 3 st
40 207 Brent Skinner Met Police CC 3 st
41 205 Mark Northover BC Private Member 3 st
42 32 Nathan Smith London Phoenix 2 st
43 30 Freddie Clark Spirit RT 2 st
44 222 Ed Robinson Kingston Wheelers 3
45 228 Alex Peters Cycle Club Hackney YouthA st
46 240 Ben Weeks London Dynamo 3 st
47 245 Andrew Barnes Hillingdon CC 3 st
48 216 Tom Bell Twickenham CC 3 st
49 248 Prezmyslaw Radomski Gregarios Super Club Ciclista 3 st
50 19 Brock Duncomb Rogers OneLife Development Squad 2J st
51 202 Charlie Fawke OneLife Development Squad 3J st
52 232 Greg Barber Charloteville CC 3 st
53 219 Sacha Wilson Reading CC 3 st
54 220 Matt Day Addiscombe CC 3 st
55 244 Corrine Hall Team Corridori 2W st
56 223 Nigel Smith Imperial RT 3 st

4
1 29 Tao Geoghegan-hart Cycle Club Hackney Youth A 30mins
2 36 Steve Bell London Phoenix 4 st
3 69 Dan Maslin Hillingdon Slipstreamers Youth A st
4 48 Adrain Chaplin Team Zappi 4 st
5 31 Tanveer Mann Rapha Condor Youth A st
6 59 David Evans Inverse Racing 4 st
7 27 Ralph de Canter BC Private Member 4 st
8 33 Roger Richards Dulwich Paragon CC 4 st
9 46 Clive Green London Dynamo 4 st
10 32 Andrew Mc Combe CC Basingstoke 4 st
11 42 Neil Heffernan Inverse Racing 4 st
12 65 Thomas Rawlinson Durham University CC 4 st
13 9 Lyudmil Smilenov Sigma Sport 4 st
14 30 Natalie Hill Hillingdon Slipstreamers Youth A st
15 47 Gordon Barnes Pearson Cycles 4 st
16 51 Tim Geary Dulwich Paragon CC 4 st
17 26 Ed Osborne Addiscombe CC 4 st
18 62 Clayton Miller BC Private Member 4 st
19 10 Chris Hathaway Kingston Wheelers 4 st
20 34 Alex Osborne High Wycombe 4 st
21 6 James Curry Inverse Racing 4 st
22 24 Dan Bassford BC Private Member 4 st
23 45 Matt Walters Pearson Cycles 4 st
24 5 Graham Pettitt Hillingdon CC 4 st
25 49 Tom Bowering OneLife Development Squad 4 st
26 37 Daniel Bent BC Private Member 4 st
27 63 Tim Cowen London Phoenix 4 st
28 43 Joe Noar London Phoenix 4 st
29 20 Alex Murray London Dynamo 4 st
30 23 Robert Thatcher Sydenham Wheelers 4 st
31 57 Richard Walden Kingston Wheelers 4 st
32 54 Guy Dinsdale Beeston CC 4 st
33 40 David Haggart De Laune CC 4 st
34 66 Tom McLaren East London Velo 4 st
35 67 Adam Basiak Banjo Cycles 4 st
36 58 Simon Edwards-Parton Kingston Wheelers 4 st
37 1 Daniel Cottingham GS Avanti 4 st
38 61 George Kirkin Twickenham CC 4 st
39 3 Mark Maliniak BC Private Member 4 st
40 53 Jonathan Roy Finchley RT 4 st
41 35 Martin Porter Thames Velo 4 st
42 39 Seb Greenwood Hounslow & District Wheelers 4 st

[Andrew G]

104! Blimey must have been a bit crowded. Another good top 10.

[EdO]

Yep raced in the 4ths.
I am feeling pretty knackered today after the late finish.

Better than last week but 17th is simply not good enough. Will try Hog Hill this weekend once I've recovered.


Ed.