Another day, that was touch and go with the weather. However, it did turn in to an absolutely beautiful evening. Again numbers were down with only 15 riders. Only three Juveniles raced, seeing Holly showing the boys how’s it done. Zach rode well, Nick blamed jet lag for his poor […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
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13/07/2016 Unfortunately, we had to cancel the idea of using the N1/10 on the night; after making every attempt to obtain the magical number of marshals (11). However, all the riders were ok on using the NX15/10 so we were still in business. Not a great turn out of riders, […]
Unfortunately, we had to cancel the idea of using the N1/10 on the night; after making every attempt to obtain the magical number of marshals (11). However, all the riders were ok on using the NX15/10 so we were still in business. Not a great turn out of riders, 14 […]
o I have now completed L’Etape du Tour, the hardest stage of the Tour de France! The pros will be doing it this coming Saturday, so it will be worth watching and seeing how beautiful but tough the route is. As it happened it was somewhat less mountainous than expected […]
After a beautiful warm day, the evening had turned a tad overcast around the time of our weekly Time Trial. However, for a change the event was on!! With our usual starter Colin Brooker off duty on the evening, we had Jules Hernandez, take the task on. On his first […]
I took part in La Marmotte on the 2nd July. I arrived in Boug d’Oisans a few days before the event to acclimatize the legs and to ensure the bike set up was right. My acclimatization rides included Alp d’Huez, Glandon and Croix de Fer. The 107 mile event started […]