21 riders this week and although most were expecting to be slower than last week that wasn’t the case. Tim Phillips was fastest and posted another personnel best. His time of 22.07 is one second quicker than Jack Burgins PB and is now the third fastest time by a St […]
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For the first time year it wasn’t cold and there was virtually no wind either. I had suggested in the morning that conditions might be very good and they turned out to be almost perfect. About half the field set course personnel bests and those that didn’t were mostly not […]
15 members of the St Ives CC raced at the 5th round of Mud Sweat and Gears. This event was also the joint South East and Eastern regional championships. The race was held at Carver Barracks in the village of Debden in Essex. Whilst the sun was shining brightly today […]
Like last week the weather was overcast, windy, cold and not especially quick, so having 23 riders was a good turn out. Descending Woodwalton Hill was a bit scary with the strong crosswinds, especially for those of us either brave or daft enough to ride with deep section or disc […]
Not sure anyone actually enjoyed racing this Wednesday, with most agreeing the cold, strong NNE winds made for very slow and miserable riding conditions. Chris Penney summed it up: “it seemed to be either uphill or into a headwind all the way”. With a few exceptions most riders were around […]
Sean Purser is celebrating a triple podium success over the last couple of weeks. Purser took the win in the Monument Spring Crits at the Redbridge Cycling Centre in IIford in the junior race category. He broke away in an early attack with another rider and the two of them […]