Barcombe

[Marek]

After last weeks windy weekend at Thruxton it was refreshing to get out on a reasonably nice day, in fact I got away with wearing shorts, first time this year.

This was a 3/4 race of 95km, quite a lumpy course I have 1120m ascent on my HRM at the finish.

The race started off at a reasonably comfortable pace after a lap Darren and Luke went away for an early break, let them get a bit ahead and then I jumped up to them as well. We stayed away for a bit but none of us were feeling particularly strong to be able to stay away from the chasing peleton.

I went back into the pack. A little later Steve C (Pacific RT) attacked and Luke and a couple of others went with him. The break lasted for about half a lap, and then they were reeled in. Steve C went out the back after this jump, he had cycled down to Barcombe and been on the club run the day before, not the best way to rest before a race.

As the race went on a small break developed with Lewis Atkins going out with another couple of riders. Atkins apparently was flying up the hills and he blew the other riders in his break and went on to win.

The ACC riders, Daren, Luke and myself spent a lot of time trying to chase down the break, with not much help from anyone else. I had another go to get away into the race, but again could not keep it up.

Closer to the end of the race I had decided that this was not going to be my day, so I decided to use the race as training and sat on the front for the last lap and a half chasing down anyone who tried to break off. Excellent training and I really enjoyed my day.

The race finished on a hill and unfortunately I was shot by the time I reached it for the finish. Luke and Daren managed to get a 5 and 6 between them, I think I was close to last of the finishers. Still enjoyed it though, will have to target a particular race to do well in at some point and stop doing all this work on the front.

What did the rest of you think of the race?

Cheers

Marek....

[steve c]

great circuit and it felt good to be getting a good workout
just wish that i had stayed with the bunch instead of taking off.
don't know what i was thinking of
sorry daren for alledgedly saying it was flat
i mean't the bits either side of the lumps
but hey well done guys great result and its only march
plenty of results gonna go the way of the acc with rides like that this early
keep it up.
regards
steve c
2nd claim member

[siwickm]

1 Lewis Atkins PCA Ciclos Uno J 2:32:30
2 Simon Felmore Dbennett Training RT 4 @ 5:05
3 Martin Williamson London Dynamo 3
4 Niall Digby Sigma Sport RT 3
5 Seth Kay Private 3
6 Luke Scott Addiscombe CC 4
7 Daren Lowndes Addiscombe CC 3
8 Mario Manelfi Freerider Cycles 3
9 Paul Gosling Brighton Excelsior 3V
10 Dan Bennett Dbennett Training RT 3
11 Andy Cox Lewes Wanderers 3
12 Thomas Eichholtz South Eastern RC 3V
13 Andy Taylor Crawley Wheelers
14 James Woodward Dbennett Training RT 4
15 David Finlay Addiscombe CC 4V
16 Dave Worsfold Private 3V
17 Marek Siwicki Addiscombe CC 4
18 Rik Taub In Gear Racing Team 4V
19 Chris White Worthing Excelsior 3V @ 5:30
20 Tom Davies London Dynamo 4
21 Mark Beaumont Dbennett Training RT 3 @ 5:41
22 Joss Davies Sussex Nomads CC 4 @ 8:26
23 Mark Paton Sussex Nomads CC @ 11:26
24 Kevin Blann Team Luciano 3 @ 1 lap
25 Steven Charrington Pacific Racing 3V

[David Findlay]

As you can tell by the "no mention" of myself in the original thread (thanks Marek!), I was a bit of an alsoran for this one. Whoever said the course was 'rolling' has obvioulsy never cycled round it!. After the first lap my aspirations quickly switched from points to survival. It was interesting watching all the action from middle of the peleton. Marek, Daren and Luke certainly did ACC proud as they controlled most of the race from the front.

Big congratulations to Luke who is now a third cat after only 3 races. Great achievement for someone who has never raced before. I need another 3 points before achieving this grand status.

[Ian A4size]

I wanna play too! Give me 2 weeks to get back up to speed and count me in!