5 of us out tonight Phil, Dave C, Broomwagon, Dave B and me with Tom doing his marshaling stint, Top 10 place going to Phil with Dave C just a few places behind, Broomwagon and I was on the back of the bunch but at least we all stayed away from the scrach group.
Garmin stats below with 6 lap splits.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/8795423
TLI Bishopwood
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Enjoyed this race, last event before next weeks Etape.
Good report already by Ian and in the other thread by Phil and Steve.
I was in the middle of the pack coming out of the last corner and hung onto a wheel I thought would go and I got to about 15th, still learning.
Tom and Tim were marshalling this time.
Dave
Good report already by Ian and in the other thread by Phil and Steve.
I was in the middle of the pack coming out of the last corner and hung onto a wheel I thought would go and I got to about 15th, still learning.
Tom and Tim were marshalling this time.
Dave
The marshall's view (had to choose one thread, so it's this one):
I was stood on the penultimate corner with Tim J, closing the road as the bunches came by. It all worked pretty much OK with no disasters or abuse, but because it was a crossroads, we had to close two approaches, leaving us exposed to cars driving *down* the course against the race, who could catch riders going wide on the bend (ie. most of them...). Still once we spotted this threat we managed to contain it with a bit of frantic waving.
It's odd to stand around looking at the race go by - I definitely fancied being in that second group which seemed to ride away from the Scratch on every lap after the first. A Chevin guy who'd been dropped told us that, since the 3rd group, full of Chevin riders, had kept away from the Scratch in the previous race, Cliff had quite reasonably decided to put a lot of those riders in the Scratch group this time round; but apparently those guys weren't willing to work, seeing as they had enough in group 2 already and (I suppose) didn't want to help close the gap and let the scratch heavies outsprint their own riders at the finish.
At any rate that's certainly what it looked like; after 3 laps, Group 2 had caught Group 1 and were still going fairly quick if raggedly; while the Scratch group were plainly frustrated, with a handful of riders off the front trying to get over in ones and twos, while the rest looked happy to plod on. Result was obvious: the attackers couldn't keep up the pace on their own, and the whole lot were losing ground on the lead group each lap. No fun if you're a scratch rider, but a good day for the middle starters.
And then I foolishly turned down a lift home and got soaked by a sudden shower after the race...
I was stood on the penultimate corner with Tim J, closing the road as the bunches came by. It all worked pretty much OK with no disasters or abuse, but because it was a crossroads, we had to close two approaches, leaving us exposed to cars driving *down* the course against the race, who could catch riders going wide on the bend (ie. most of them...). Still once we spotted this threat we managed to contain it with a bit of frantic waving.
It's odd to stand around looking at the race go by - I definitely fancied being in that second group which seemed to ride away from the Scratch on every lap after the first. A Chevin guy who'd been dropped told us that, since the 3rd group, full of Chevin riders, had kept away from the Scratch in the previous race, Cliff had quite reasonably decided to put a lot of those riders in the Scratch group this time round; but apparently those guys weren't willing to work, seeing as they had enough in group 2 already and (I suppose) didn't want to help close the gap and let the scratch heavies outsprint their own riders at the finish.
At any rate that's certainly what it looked like; after 3 laps, Group 2 had caught Group 1 and were still going fairly quick if raggedly; while the Scratch group were plainly frustrated, with a handful of riders off the front trying to get over in ones and twos, while the rest looked happy to plod on. Result was obvious: the attackers couldn't keep up the pace on their own, and the whole lot were losing ground on the lead group each lap. No fun if you're a scratch rider, but a good day for the middle starters.
And then I foolishly turned down a lift home and got soaked by a sudden shower after the race...
"after 3 laps, Group 2 had caught Group 1 and were still going fairly quick if raggedly.."
Ian's Garmin split times show that the first/second groups combined were quicker than the second group alone while chasing them down - there were quick people in the first group who were willing to work and by this stage we all realised we stood a chance of staying away - so there was quite a bit of shouting at people going on!
Ian's Garmin split times show that the first/second groups combined were quicker than the second group alone while chasing them down - there were quick people in the first group who were willing to work and by this stage we all realised we stood a chance of staying away - so there was quite a bit of shouting at people going on!
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