Thursday Night Road League May 13th

[iandv]

Really enjoyed my ride last night. Weather was good and the race was much livelier than last week, instead of hanging around at the back I managed to get involved and was quite active in the race. It was very hard work, lots of breaks and lots of frantic chasing - overall the pace was a lot quicker than the first couple of races and I was hanging onto wheels at times.

I managed to get in break on the last lap, flat out up the long hill but we got caught by the Ranby turn. 2 lads were already away and the bunch sprint was for 3rd which Jordan won in style, I finished about 20th but really happy after a hard ride.

A real buzz afterwards to have got round another one. Definitely enjoying the race format. My new Project wheels were excellent but one small oversight, I forgot to transfer my computer magnet so I had no idea how fast we were going, maybe that was a good thing!!

Team tactics have been discussed for the A group race next week, we are expecting a result!

Ian D

[oll]

Well done Jordan on the sprint. Good to see you having a go Ian. Interesting that all the group C races so far have been won by a breakaway.

[bennyburrito]

Well this weeks race was my favorite of the series to date, it was so nice to be able to sit in my car as the following marshall with a cheeky bag of crisps watching everyone else doing the hard work. In all seriousness though, to be able to follow and watch the C group boys was a real eye opener, not sure what the average speed was but would definitely say 30mph+ and for the final sprint my speedometer was reading 42mph!! Wow!!.

It was good to see Ian and Jordan giving it a bit of a go, and once again Jordan blasted his way up to the front with an impressive burst of speed from 150 metres out. I am definitely fancying Ian going with a lone breakaway at some point in the series.

This week us group A's are back in the saddle and i for one am raring to go. Looking forward to trying to get a bit more organised and see if we can pull something off for Dinnington.

[Ian D]

Boys,

You need to get together before the start and plan an attack, fairly early in the race. Give 110% working together for 5 mins then get a good rythmn going. If 4 or 5 of you go together you will stay away.

good luck

Ian D