SL Handicap Newchapel - 24th July

[Keith]

[img]http://i33.tinypic.com/2e5t6bb.jpg[/img]

Does he make it? .........

[Toks]

Oooo what a great photo...so nicely poised. Mmm I hope its not true but it looks like guy on your left is gonna take ya Keith. Come on let us know!!

[Keith]

Guess again Toks. That ain't me.

[Grahame]

The sun must be behind them - it's the shadow isn't it?

[Sylv]

i know it's not the shadow, and doesn't look like Stu. Andy E?

[Toks]

[quote="Keith"]Guess again Toks. That ain't me.

[Andrew G]

[quote="Sylv"]i know it's not the shadow, and doesn't look like Stu. Andy E?

[Andy E]

Yep, it's me Couldn't quite believe my luck to be honest. Arrived at sign-on with about 3mins to spare, just enough time to pin the number on and hand over my cash. It was my first RR of the season (not counting twice at palace) and with it being a handicap was a bit unsure what to expect. Our group went off first and the pace was pretty hot from the off. I think about 11 of us started which very soon became 9, with Jim (TSN) and a Sigma guy (on my right in the photo) doing most of the work and the group keeping up a really good pace. After a lap or two settling in everyone started sharing the work well with Jonathan doing some monster turns on the front. After a few turns myself i thought i'd test the water and put a few attacks in. Nothing stuck, think i had about 5secs at one point but with it being flat and no-one coming to join me they were doomed to failure.

So, with 4 laps to go it was back to doing turns in the hope we would stay away. Amazingly we started the last lap without any of the chase groups in sight and we kept the pace going. Coming into the final turn i was sitting about 5th, Rob W was at the front and strung the group out, with Mr Sigma in 2nd and Jim in 3rd. Not wanting to get boxed in i moved to the outside and pulled up alongside Jim, blocking him in (sorry jim ) and waited for Mr Sigma to make his move. About 100m out he clicked up a gear and got out the saddle and i was straight on his wheel. Once he was up to speed and with about 50m to go i started stomping on the pedals and just managed to come past him on the line

Great work all round from everyone in the group, and 3 ACC'ers in the top 10 , including Rob W in his first ever race.

[Keith]

Well done Andy.

As a 3rd cat, I'd normally expect to get put in the 3rd group. Instead, I got put with the 2nd group. We had 4 of us (including Dan) regularly working on the front out of a group of around 12 of us. Some occasional help from others but lots of sitting-in. Eventually this gets demoralising, and the pace slackened a bit by lap 7. We didn't get a sniff of the front group. Had we kept the pace up, we may have kept away from the scratch group behind. We were caught 1/3 of the way around the last of 10 laps.

The remainder of the last lap with the scratch group way interesting. An attack on the hill, which was covered, then the pace backed right off before another attack before the last corner. The run in to the finish was rapid. I'd not much more speed in my legs for a sprint. I need to be braver with my positioning in the front group such that I'm nearer the front at the end.

What with Palace on Tuesday and this race yesterday, my legs feel a little jaded. I'm trying to ignore the prospect of 180km and 3700m of climbing on Tour of the Black Mountains tomorrow.

[Toks]

[quote="Andy E"] Once he was up to speed and with about 50m to go i started stomping on the pedals and just managed to come past him on the line

Great work all round from everyone in the group, and 3 ACC'ers in the top 10 , including Rob W in his first ever race.

Full results

[quote="mrP(Boonen)VT"][quote]24, 2008 - South Eastern RC - Surrey League Handicap Series #13 - Newchapel - E/1/2/3/4 - 30 miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat Time
1 Andrew Ellis Addiscombe CC 4 1:09:03
2 Andrew Gill Sigma Sport RT 4V
3 Nick Mann Metropolitain Police CC 3V
4 Christopher Scarlett TriSportNews.com 4
5 Jim Burdett TriSportNews.com 4
6 Jonathan Bailey Addiscombe CC 4
7 Marek Glowinski VC de Londres 3V
8 Allan Hopkins Redhill CC 3V
9 Rob Wright Addiscombe CC 4
10 Mike Hawkins Norwood Paragon CC 1 @ 1:24
11 Jason Edwards Wildside RT 1
12 Gary Dodd Sigma Sport RT 1V
13 Ken Prince VC Meudon 2
14 Mark Bremner VC Meudon 2V
15 Ishmael Burdeau agiskoviner.com 2V
16 Frederick Schwarz Addiscombe CC 3
17 Joshua Cunningham Bayeux Landscapes 2J
18 Stuart Chamberlayne Addiscombe CC 2J
19 Russell Childs Racing Team 316 3V
19 Doug Baldock Beyond Mountain Bikes 3
19 Keith Lea Addiscombe CC 3
19 David Kennett Norwood Paragon CC 2V
19 Kevin Davey Norwood Paragon CC 3V
19 Alex Mackmin Norwood Paragon CC 3
19 Ian Vincent Norwood Paragon CC 3V
19 Andrew Davies Fit-For 2
27 Daniel Clark Brighton Mitre 2
28 Philip Glowinski VC de Londres 2
29 Gary Williams CC De Berta 3
30 Andrew McKie Norwood Paragon CC 3V
31 Jason Salter Bayeux Landscapes 2V
32 Simon Hazeldine Norwood Paragon CC 3V
33 Graeme Hadlow Bayeux Landscapes 3
34 Thomas Eichholtz South Eastern RC 3V
35 Daniel Gower Addiscombe CC 3
36 Guy Powdrill London Dynamo 2
37 Andrew Middleton Pearson Cycles 3V
38 James Graham Festival RC 3
39 Graham Wood AD Cycles RT 3V
40 Michael Leonard Brighton Mitre 3V
41 Jonathan Masters Redhill CC 3V
42 Stephen Kemsley TriSportNews.com 4
43 Vyvyan Langley Brighton Mitre 3 @ 1 lap
44 John Powell Crawley CC 3
45 James Hodge Brighton Mitre 3
46 Anthony Chandlen Norwood Paragon CC 3

dnf Marek Siwicki Addiscombe CC 3


Bonus Points
1st 4th Andrew Ellis Addiscombe CC 4
1st 3rd Nick Mann Metropolitain Police CC 3V
1st 2nd Ken Prince VC Meudon 2
1st J Joshua Cunningham Bayeux Landscapes 2J
1st Vet Andrew Gill Sigma Sport RT 4V
1st W n/a

[Michelle]

Well done Andy, we share the joint crown of 1st place ACC road racers so far this year. Fingers crossed for another one (for us both?) before too long.

Well done to all you other ACCers, especially Rob W - points already! Bodes well for the remains of the summer.

Chapeaux to everyone.

Sorry about the class of photo, I am no Sylv, but I think after this weekend and TOBM Keith might put some of the better one on the Flikr website.

It was a good race to watch, it was brilliant when you guys stayed away. Just shows what you can do when the group works really well together. I know others were disappointed with their groups, you would have thought people would learn after all this time and be willing to expend some energy. I am definitely coming back next year when it's at Newchapel again - this time to ride my bike in anger.

[Jon H]

Is anyone else having problems viewing that photo?
All I can see is an empty bit of road and some bushes, I'm assuming there must be some cyclists somewhere.