Week One Race Report
Boxwood Criterium - Tuesday Evening
In a week of wildly fluctuating weather we got lucky and couldn't have asked for better conditions for the first Criterium on Boxwood Road in two years. Ten racers took the line for a 30 minute plus three laps race around our 1.1km course. Several attempts at breaking away from the main pack but were all quickly absorbed by the main bunch, finishing in a tight Sprint for the finish, with long time regular Iain Hay showing everyone how it's done. Youth rider Jack Mace managed to hang with the bunch for the majority of the race, dropping back to recover then hopping back in to finish only 2 laps down at 16 years of age.
River Road 15 km TT - Thursday Evening
Our good luck with the weather held for Thursday night’s 15k time trial, with the day’s rain finishing and giving way to the occasional patch of blue sky. The road conditions were still definitely wet and the riders stayed cool. Six came out to race the TT but only Jack Mace took up the offer of running an extra 3 km after the 15 km on the bike setting a total time of 47:24.508. Jason Basaur was the fastest cyclist with a time of 22:39.216. Hopefully as the weather warms we’ll see more people coming out to test themselves against the clock.
