British National Points Series #1 Thetford

[Sylv]

To round up the results for the weekend and after George's great result, just a short post to say I came 9th /62 on Saturday in the Masters field (which contained a few ex-Elites, and one current pro [url=http://www.samgardner.com/results.html]..[/url] ). Managed to beat Richard John this time (in a finish sprint!). Should've raced in Experts though, that time would have got me 5th place

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[George]

That is one big forest in Thetford lucky you didn't get lost.

Well done Mr Smoothylvain,

[Andrew G]

Well done Sylv. What's the difference between Masters and Experts, are you not one or the other?

[Sylv]

Masters is what it says on my BC licence, I know if you want to ride in Elite you have to have earned some UCI points, but for Experts I am not sure, I think you might have to ask BC if you do not have points.

At the top there is Elite, in which will be mostly professionals and semi-pros, sponsored athletes. Then below is Experts (I don't think there are age limits for either category), and it seems the Masters category (30-40 year) is a bit controversial these days, if you look at the results you can see that the total time for the top 10 in Masters is actually 1/2h less than in Experts, and the pro triathlete who won had over 3 minutes lead and has been criticized for riding in Masters (imagine having to race against Steve Bayliss!).

I will do the full report later

[quote="Andrew G"]Well done Sylv. What's the difference between Masters and Experts, are you not one or the other?

[Stu Merckx Man]

well done sylv, great result!

[sid_day]

Full BCF write up:

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