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Sat 05 Jun 2010 |
SPIRIT ROAD RACE CRANFIELD LARGE CIRCUIT |
| 10am2/3/4/WSee link below... | |
| http://www.spiritracing.co.uk/Cranfield_RR_flyer_v2.pdf | |
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Sat 13 Jun 2009 |
SPIRIT RT RR MK BOWL |
| lvrc RACE AT THE BOWL... | |
| Spirit_RT_Bowl_LVRC.pdf | |
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Sun 31 May 2009 |
SPIRIT RC 10 MILE TT |
| Our event this year is going to be good on a better/safer co... | |
| Spirit_RT_Bowl_2_3_4.pdf | |
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Sat 04 Apr 2009 |
TOUR OF FLANDERS SPORTIVE |
| there is a mad lot called Jim, Dave , Alistair and Rus who a... | |
Though the objective of a race is quite simple (namely, to be the first rider to cross the line), a number of tactics can be employed to achieve this goal.
Usually a rider or group of riders will try to break from the peloton (main body) by attacking and riding away to reduce the number of riders competing for the win.
If the break doesn't succeed and the body of cyclists comes back together the winner will often be someone whose strength is explosively sprinting past the bunch to reach the line first.
Teamwork between riders (both pre-arranged and ad-hoc) is important in many aspects: to prevent a break from getting away, helping riders in a break get clear of the bunch, and sometimes in delivering a sprinter to the front of the field
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Chiltern Challenge Sportive 27th June | by Andy Brown on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| Andy Brown rode the 100 mile (and a bit) Chiltern Challenge on Sunday to get in some good training miles and raise a few quid for Action Medical Research. After seeing that it was due to be the hottest day of the year and that there was a football match on I decided to sign on very early. As did everyone else. After standing around for 30 mins we were off. The course started off with some challenging climbs, not that we needed warming up. After a couple of mechanicals, many water stops and a few melted energy bars later the end was in site. After a drive home and a long cold bath I had also managed to miss the footy, which was an added bonus. Overall a good day out! | ||
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TT Race Result 19th June | by Andy Brown on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| Geoff rode strongly and quickly at the VTTA (EA) 25 on Saturday 19th and got under the hour with a time of 57:04. It was cold wet and very windy making the time even more impressive. He ended up in 20th place overall. No stealth bike for Geoff but a few positional changes seem to he helping the times tumble. | ||
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Another TT Race Result | by Andy Brown on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| Geoff also rode the 50 on the 13th June and finished with a good time of 2:1:36. Not bad considering the time spent lying on the rode. No prizes unfortunately just a lot less skin on his undercarriage. | ||
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Race Results | by Andy Brown on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| Jim was at it again on the stealth bike and rode a ‘50’ at the crack of dawn on the 13th June. Although the Legs were aching because of the 25 the day before he rode into it, and went on to post a time of 1.51.20 beating the only other 50 he has have ever done (2 weeks previous on the same course) by 5 minutes. Giving him 5th place and the vets standard prize. | ||
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June Results | by Andy Brown on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| Jim Rode a ‘25’ on his new stealth Cervelo on 12th June and did a 52.15 so beat the time he did in the 25 last year by 2.30. 5th overall on a windy but fast course. | ||
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Geoff's Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast | by Andy Brown on Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| Well done to Geoff who completed his C2C2C challenge last week. 265 miles and 7500m climbing later Geoff arrived back in Tynemouth after 2 days of what sounded like arctic northern conditions. Good training though, as Geoff then went on to put in a strong ride in the Spirit 10 on the Leighton Buzzard bypass on Sunday morning. | ||
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MTB Race Result | by Andy Brown on Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| Mark raced at round 2 of the Southern XC series at Pippingford in the sport category on 23rd May, and got his 2nd podium of the series finshing in 3rd. Which now means after 2 rounds he leading the series. | ||
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Race Result | by Andy Brown on Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| A fantastic TT ride on Saturday 22nd May when Geoff rode the Sotonia CC M/M 10. And Clocked 22:32 which is his fastest 10 for 13 years, Coming 2nd out of a full field with the winner clocking 22:14. | ||
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Race Result - MK Bowl - 20th May 2010 | by Andy Brown on Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
| Mark Baines claimed his 3rd win of the season on thursday night in the 3/4 bowl race. With 5 laps to go the spirit train got on the front of the bunch winding up the pace and leading Mark out to win the bunch sprint. It also now means that following 3 races wins and a 2nd place Mark moves up to 2nd cat | ||
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Race Result - MK Bowl - 13th May | by Andy Brown on Monday, May 17, 2010 |
| Mark Baines took 2nd place in the 3/4's event at the bowl last week, which means he now needs only 7 more points to move up to 2nd cat. | ||
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