A beautiful sunny afternoon at Hillingdon for the Dulwich Paragon Club Championship. This was a handicap race with the 4th Cats, women - (just one) and non-BC members setting off first, followed by the 3rds (6 of us) and then the 2nds/1sts (4 of them). We're racing for 1 hour followed by 5 laps. No points, so all for fun and a bit of glory.
We 3rds set off just under a lap behind the 4ths and working well together we closed in after 25 minutes. 3 of us made a couple of attempts to escape the peloton but we were brought back in and we were soon joined by the 1sts and 2nds.
The extra pace soon led to 5 of us breaking from the pack and this was the decisive split. A lap or two later we were down to 4 and the cycling chess began with 4 laps to go. Dan (1st Cat) eventually accepted the responsibilty of leading us in. On the final straight Dan made the jump and the rest of us got a bit tangled. I made a good charge to the line to get second.
Andy W made a great video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuMmDbh4Drs
Photos are from Kev.
RESULTS:
1 Dan Felstead 1
2 Alan Strang 3
3 Matt Plikington 3
4 Mark Perry 2
5 Kieron Redmond 4 First 4th cat
6 Jai Watson 3
7 Greg Rowlands 3
8 Wayne Van Ry day licence First non-BC member
9 Mark Brown 4v First veteran
10 Matt West 4
11 Mark Orphan 4v
12 Delia Beddis 3W First woman
13 Guy Phillips 3v
14 Nigel Wood 3v 1 lap
15 Mark O'Donnell 4 "
16 Peter Thornton 4 "
17 Lee Coomber day licence 2 laps
18 Eoin Keating 4 "
19 David Rees 2 3 laps Lantern Rouge
DNF Andy Waterman 2
We 3rds set off just under a lap behind the 4ths and working well together we closed in after 25 minutes. 3 of us made a couple of attempts to escape the peloton but we were brought back in and we were soon joined by the 1sts and 2nds.The extra pace soon led to 5 of us breaking from the pack and this was the decisive split. A lap or two later we were down to 4 and the cycling chess began with 4 laps to go. Dan (1st Cat) eventually accepted the responsibilty of leading us in. On the final straight Dan made the jump and the rest of us got a bit tangled. I made a good charge to the line to get second.
Andy W made a great video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuMmDbh4Drs
Photos are from Kev.
RESULTS:
1 Dan Felstead 1
2 Alan Strang 3
3 Matt Plikington 3
4 Mark Perry 2
5 Kieron Redmond 4 First 4th cat
6 Jai Watson 3
7 Greg Rowlands 3
8 Wayne Van Ry day licence First non-BC member
9 Mark Brown 4v First veteran
10 Matt West 4
11 Mark Orphan 4v
12 Delia Beddis 3W First woman
13 Guy Phillips 3v
14 Nigel Wood 3v 1 lap
15 Mark O'Donnell 4 "
16 Peter Thornton 4 "
17 Lee Coomber day licence 2 laps
18 Eoin Keating 4 "
19 David Rees 2 3 laps Lantern Rouge
DNF Andy Waterman 2
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