SL Handicap - Charlwood 19th June

[Andrew G]

June 19, 2008 - Redhill CC - Surrey League Handicap Series #8 - Charlwood - E/1/2/3/4 - 30 miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat
1 Ishmael Burdeau agiskoviner.com 2V
2 Chris Moores Norwood Paragon CC 1
3 Andrew Bye Sigma Sport RT E
4 Andy Betts Twickenham CC 1
5 Nigel Carpenter Norwood Paragon CC 2V
6 Andrew McKie Norwood Paragon CC 2V
7 Andrew Middleton Pearson Cycles 3V
8 Russell Childs Racing Team 316 3V
9 Kevin Davey Norwood Paragon CC 3V
10 Simon Hazeldine Norwood Paragon CC 3V
11 Jonathan Masters Redhill CC 3V
12 Leigh Smithers Redhill CC 3
13 Daniel Gower Addiscombe CC 3
14 Nathan Chamberlain Redhill CC 4V
15 Marek Glowinski VC de Londres 3V
16 Ian Vincent Norwood Paragon 3V
17 Christopher Scarlett TriSportNews.com 4
18 Mario Manelfi agiskoviner.com 3V
19 Trevor Chilman Redhill CC 3V
20 Paul Gosling Bayeux Landscapes 2V
21 George Brent Addiscombe CC 2
22 Richard Barrowclough Private Member 3V
23 Lisa Scarlett TriSportNews.com 3W

[Daniel Gee]

Andrew where do you find the results so quickly?

Had an excellent race last night. Did loads of work on the front with the four norwood paragon guys who finished ahead of me.

The four man scratch group ambushed us on the penultimate lap while the group I was in struggled up the hill. I was stuck behind a tortoise disguised as a cyclist when this happened & had to veer crazily round ten others to try and chase them down; I dragged the pack along for about 2 miles trying not to let them get away but eventually admitted defeat.

Loads of work on the front for the last lap and in the final two or three miles, doing about thirty mph dowm the road form the charlwood cafe, I went off the front three times in the hope of getting a break for a solo finish. Each time I tried this I got a little bit further away and on the final attempt I got about fifty metres ahead, every time though the merciless paragon reeled me back in.

Was nicely positioned for the finish which was uphill but probably should have been paying more attention to my gearing. I have now learnt that sprinting uphill in 53/14 is simply not possible

I completely ground to a halt @ the crest and had to watch an apparently endless procession go round me to what was probably the slowest sprint finish in the histroy of cycling, which was nice.

Best race I've had so far though, really, really, enjoyed myself and must resolve to just stay near the front and ride myself into the ground rather than lurk @ the back of the pack simply making up the numbers

[Andrew G]

I'm registered to the Surrey League Yahoo newsgroup and get an email of the results of every SL race sent to me. On the SL website if you scroll down there is a box to fill in your email address and then just click to join.

Sounds like you had a great race, and getting some good results. You seem to be racing almost every day at the moment.

[Toks]

Excellent effort Daniel - Chapeau

[Daniel Gee]

Andrew,

I'm hoping it's one of those things that you get better @ the more you do it + i'm deternined to get better @ it

Toks,

Thanx-i'm looking forward to being at the front of the bunch @ palace with you in the not too distant future

[Snoop Doug]

Nice one Dan and Team TSN. What happened to the smiling assassin......outside the top 20

Snoop

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[quote]I have now learnt that sprinting uphill in 53/14 is simply not possible