Alfold 3/4

[Marek]

Not sure of the exact results yet, but I think that Luke got a seventh place at Alfold today. I will give you my summary of the race below:

In the first km a break got away, with Darren in the break. David F, Luke and myself were spread out in the peloton at this point as race had only just started and were trying to find position.

7 riders went away in the break and the peleton was going extremely slowly.

David went off the front to try and bridge the gap, he was working tirelessly on his own, about 50 yards ahead of the peleton. Luke and I realised that he was going to need help so chased him and we worked together for a bit, but then the peleton caught up. We attempted to pick up the pace and keep the peleton attacking so that we could try and catch the break.

We all ended up doing a bit too much work on the front. At one point Luke got away with another couple of riders, but the other riders blew and Luke slowed up to get back into the peleton. We again tried to get the group working to see if we could chase down the break, but it was pretty lonely at the front and I was getting more and more tired. I decided to give up with the chase as was getting bugger all help apart from one guy from Freerider who unfortunately sat up near the end of the race.

I went and hid in the pack and was feeling pretty tired by now. Luke and Dave got away again near the end of the race, and then surprisingly a weak looking Darren came into sight, about 5 km from finish. He had blown big time in the break. Bummer after working his socks off all morning.

I believe that Luke came in around 7th after the sprint, and David must have been close behind. I came in with the Peleton after a last effort to try and catch up with Luke and Dave had failed.

All in all a fun race, although next time I want to be in that break, just need to be closer to the front at the beginning of races.

Luke, David, Darren what did you think of the race?

Cheers

Marek...