Pride in Brighton for Addiscombe Win!!

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Pride in Brighton for Addiscombe Win!!

Postby George » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:12 pm

Hove park tonight for my first ever Brighton Criterium, the circuit was very short just 1km if that a very tight and technical right corner at the bottom of the swooping hill and a slight drag up to the finish line.

The race was 50 mins plus 5 laps sp almost an hour, we were sure gonna get to know the course well at the end of it.

It was a handicap so I set off at the back with all the other 2nd cats, we soon made it up to through the groups and everything was pretty calm for a while, so it surely needed someone to do something :twisted:

I spotted my mate Rodney who lived local and popped down to see me ride, I think this gave me the impetus to attack.
After 15 mins I did a George and attacked with everything up the hill, one other guy joined me and we easily pulled out a 200m gap within 1 lap.

After a couple of laps on the front I twirled my hand to indicate we should work together in a through and off.

This was working perfectly and we were half a lap ahead of the chasing group, my co-worker in the 2 man break was a big strong guy from Corridori, he was pretty strong on the flat but I had to drag him alittle up the last bit of the hill.

After 20 mins of this we were doing swell and were looking good to stay away for the finish, then he started to fade and wasn't taking so many turns on the front, at one stage I was litrally towing him round for several laps.

I knew I would be able to get him for the win but with only me working hard the pack were catching fairly rapidly :shock:

5 laps to go and I was feeling good the pack were just 50 m back, Mr Corridori pretty much gave up then and sat up to be swallowed up, I was having none of it, I wasn't doing all that work for 35 mins for nothing :wink:

Just as the Peloton caught us with 2 laps to go we handily caught a pack of lapped riders, I used this to sneek off again on my own and in all the confusion I had gained a 100m advantage.

Cool 8) All I had to to now was slam it into top gear and go for it, that's exactly what I did and crossed the line in 1st position for the win :D :D
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Postby Ian A4size » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:50 am

You are going to be unstoppable ,if you start training and riding regulary.

Well done mate.
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Postby Toks » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:03 am

If you've never raced before its tempting to get a little blase' about your success George. I won't cause I know how bloody hard it is to win a race. As you know yourself just being strong ain't enough. There's quite a few people that have been racing for a few years that have never won a race -yep 1st and 2nd cats. :oops: You seem to have got it sussed mate so perhaps it'll become a habit - roll on, what your doing is inspirational :D
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Postby Andrew G » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:42 pm

[quote="Ian Munnery"]You are going to be unstoppable ,if you start training and riding regulary.

Well done mate.

Riding regularly! I think George must have covered half the country with his commutes :wink: .

Fantastic again George, it's a joy to watch you race with your attacking style and power, and good fun reading about your results as well.

A truly superb season for you.....so far, and it ain't over yet :D .
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Postby Ian A4size » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:01 pm

Pride in Brighton.......

What sort of race was this exactly?
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Postby Sylv » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:18 pm

What a week! And George would be racing again tomorrow morning if he wasn't stuck with work ...

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Postby kieran » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:04 pm

well done george, good stuff! obviously in form and on a winning streak, go for it!
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Postby Tamar » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:30 pm

Invincible George! Great win. I just love your total self-belief - it really brings in the results.
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Postby Sylv » Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:10 pm

Any links to those recent results George to see who you have beaten? (or was it all a big lie!!!)
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Postby Toks » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:29 am

[quote="Sylv Choufflard"]Any links to those recent results George to see who you have beaten? (or was it all a big lie!!!)


Hove Park Circuit Race Series 6; Road & Track - 2/3/4

1 George Brent Addiscombe CC Over 23 2nd 10 0 8)
2 Adam Gent In Gear Cycling Development Squad Junior 2nd 8 0
3 Steve Atkinson GS Stella Over 23 2nd 7 0
4 Lewis Earthrowl-Gould In Gear Cycling Development Squad Junior 3rd 6 0
5 Thomas Humphrys Team Dever-Neovite Youth A 5 0
6 Daniel Clark Brighton Mitre CC Over 23 2nd 4 0
7 George Higgs Brighton Excelsior CC Over 23 2nd 3 0
8 Philip Herborn Brighton Mitre CC Over 23 3rd 2 0
9 Driss Jones VC Etoile Over 23 2nd 1 0
10 Brian Curtis Team Corridori Over 23 2nd 1 0
11 Paul Thatcher Brighton Mitre CC Over 23 2nd 0 0
12 Phil Allen 0 0
13 Nigel Foskett GS Stella Over 23 4th 0 0
14 Michael Bentham Brighton Excelsior CC Over 23 4th 0 0
15 Christopher Campbell London Dynamo/Cyclefit Over 23 3rd 0 0
16 Bruce Samuel Brighton Mitre CC Over 23 3rd 0 0
17 Rebecca Thompson Evans Cycles Race Team Youth A 0 0
18 Arkadiusz Peryt Brighton Mitre CC Over 23 4th 0 0
19 Gabriella Coates Evans Cycles Race Team Junior 2nd 0 0
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:38 pm

Terrific ride George - the circuit that I had a win on a few years ago, but only managed a bunch sprint - great feeling (and £30 better off!!)

I can only dream of getting there again.
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Postby Toks » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:00 pm

[quote="mrpvt"]
I can only dream of getting there again.
I don't think thats too much of a stretch :D
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:07 pm

I'll try my hardest - I've managed a 2nd place this season - and now have a new go-faster machine :D Bring on the road race

Should come out of winter this year in better condition without having to lose 3 stone :wink:
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