Thursday NMRRL Race 3

[bennyburrito]

The third race in the TLI Thurs Road League took place on the Torworth circuit last night although the weather was not great in comparison to the previous week it was balmy (Well almost!).

The two groups this week were A (my group) and C (The fast lads!). The pace in our group was very steady and apart from a couple of breaks, notably Pete Ward in an early break after the 3nd lap and Richard on the penultimate lap the group remained together for the duration.

The finish involved a bunch sprint of nearly every rider in the pack which proved to be very interesting to say the least, crossing the line first though was a Dinnington rider. Well done to Scott fantastic effort and a well deserved victory, he was followed over the line by John Downing in third (poss 4th not sure) I managed a 6th and the exceptional result of the night was Cameron finishing 7th. Apologies for not mentioning those that finished after 7th but didn't get chance to find out last night. Please update this thread if i have missed you.

Once again notable mentions must be go to Andy who is becoming a bit of a legend with yet another huge effort this week. Keith also put in several massive turns on the front when no one else wanted to get involved.

However as i mentioned earlier the ride of the night in our group was Cameron, different class.

I am not sure what happened in the C group although i believe Jordan managed a 7th and Ian after a massive effort on a lone breakaway finished in the bunch. Apologies if these details are a little sketchy if anyone from group C could update this thread with result details that would be great.

Next week i am marshaling so will be able to provide better details regarding who finished where.

All in all Dinnington's start to this seasons racing in group A has been a good one and with a little more organisation between all of us i would like to think we could end the Torworth series with hopefully a few more victories.

Ben

[iandv]

I really enjoyed my ride last night and I am definitely getting more out of the new format rather than the old handicapp days of thrashing round to close the gaps.

The initial pace was frantic as 2 lads went for it from the start and it took me most of the first lap to recover from the opening mile!

There was an early break and the bunch didn't respond, I stayed tucked in at the back and enjoyed the race and changes of pace.

In the last mile a group of 3 were away and contested the finish, I made a long effort and got well clear but died in the last 300m and finished having learnt a little more about road racing. Jordan finished very strongly as usual and got some more points.

All in all a good night.

Ian D

[oll]

Really enjoyable racing. The new format is making it really interesting. Well done Scott (or Steve!) on the the victory in group A. A great night for Dinnington. We are packing the top ten, having seen the video I am hoping I managed to sneak tenth place. I felt I rode strongly but got caught out along the straight as I was on the inside and had to drop back before I could move through. I therefore entered the finishing straight too far back. A lesson learned.
Glad to see Johny wasn't as cold this week!
Lots to chat about on our way to Lincoln tomorrow.