2010 Race Season Starts!

First race of the new season at Hillingdon and the usual mix of fun and danger. The 3rds set off first and soon caught the large mob of 4ths. Chaos ensued as some of the 4ths tried to mix in with the 3rds - but at least this gave us an opportunity to have an enjoyable rant at those riders.The occassional futile break thankfully strung out the peloton but these were brought back easily and led to some dangerous bunching. There was some dubious riding on display and I was almost unseated twice during these regroupments. Inevitably, there was a bunch sprint finish. I got on to the second wheel on the final drag and ended up 4th over the line. Happy with how I raced and reckon I could have upped my sprint a notch. A few points in the bag and looking forward to next week.
3rd Cat Race Imperial Winter Series - Saturday 5th December 2009 (Hillingdon)
Place Series points
1stw 40 Tim Benham (DHCYCLESPORT.CO.UK) 200
2ndw 28 Ben Jacobs (London Dynamo) 150
3rdw 23 Andrew Brown (Gregarios Superclub Ciclista) 130
4thw 41 Alan Strang (Dulwich Paragon) 120
5thw 42 William Platt (Kingston Wheelers) CC 110
6thw 33 David Murrell (London Phoenix) 100
7thw 29 Ralph Keeler (Cambridge CC) 90
8thw 6 Mark Northover (CC Giro) 80
9thw 13 James Lowden (Lewes Wanderers) 70
10thw 27 Steven Noble (London Dynamo) 60
11thw 3 Jon Noton (INVERSE RACING/BIKEFOOD) 50
12thw 38 Stoyko Bussarov (Imperial Racing Team) 40
13thw 1 Rob Pelham (Lewes Wanderers) 30
14thw 48 Justin Lord (GS Henley) 20
15thw 16 Charlie Pearch (Rapha Condor) 10
16thw 17 Calum MacLean (Edinburgh RC)
17thw 34 Russell Painter (Norwood paragon)
18thw 36 Tav (Inverse Racing)
19thw 8 Chris Morris (Pontypool RCC)
20thw 45 Rich Cooper (Willesden CC)
21stw 22 Mark Smith (Welwyn Wheelers)
22ndw 32 adam elderfield (Inverse Racing / Bikefood)
23rdw 25 Adam Gellatly (Epic-Viner RT)
24thw 31 Steven Jackson (Rollapaluza CC)
25thw 19 Simon Alexander (Southend Wheelers)
26thw 14 Joseph Frend (South Western RC)
27thw 43 Phillip Burgess (Norwood Paragon CC)
28thw 26 Patrick Hawkins (Dulwich Paragon)
29thw 18 Andrew Harvey (Kingston Wheelers)
30thw 35 Andy Lack (Kingston Wheelers)
31stw 9 paul shoobridge (private member)
32ndw 12 Joe Holloway (VC10)
33rdw 39 Dave Ryan (Imperial Racing Team)
34thw 44 Nathan Smith (London Pheonix)
35thw 20 Rob Robbins (Sydenham Wheelers)
36thw 2 Paul Redman (Thames Velo)
37thw 7 Mike Diggins (Gregarios Superclub Ciclista)
38thw 11 Robert Lard (Behind The Bike Shed)
39thw 5 Tom Neale (Spalding CC)
40thw 47 Thomas Sutherland (Twickenham CC)
41st w 4 Robin Osborne (London Dynamo CC)
42nd w 24 Chris Browne (private member)