Everybodies favourite event of the year saw another great turnout of club and team members and another set of respectable results in most cats. Conditions were good, dry and warm with a slight breeze helping to dry the damp sections out on course which was the usual mix of lung bursting climbs, roots, drops and off camber sections that tested the skills of every rider on course.
The male team of Steve Calland, Will Taylor and Darren Rawlins(Strada Wheels) led from start to finish, winning by nearly 4 minutes and Will was just 2 seconds off the fastest lap of the day recorded by the legendary Jody Crawforth.
Harry and Hugo Underhill teamed up with a close friend and as last year stood on the podium in 4th place, great result guys.
Our Ladies Solo Champion from last year Emma Craddock tried valiantly to defend her title but was beaten into second place my arch rival Iwona Szmyd.
Endurance rider Ben Connor managed 10th in a loaded 6hr Male cat with consistent lap times between 36 and 39 minutes followed home by Peter Wilsdon in 26th and Alex Palmer in 32nd.
John Reay rode an impressive 7 laps in Grand Vets 6hr to come 10th.
A new pairing of Olive O and Andy H rode the mixed pairs and came a admirable 11th after an unfortunate 1st lap puncture for newbie Andy.
Two other podiums in the Vets team saw Ian Petherbridge and French Dave(Strada Wheels) battle for lead the whole race narrowly missing out finishing 2nd and Andy G and John D coming in 4th with an amazing effort by Andy to get in a 9th lap narrowly failing by 15 - 20 secs.
Riders statements:-
Well that was an awesome day! Course was fantastic although it felt 90% uphill...
I've no idea who the woman at marshal point 4 was but she just didn't stop shouting encouragement and jumping a foot off the floor:-
Tough as usual, will we be back? Of course, we love the pain...
Big thanks to organisers and marshals - it is a truly unique event because of you...
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