Portreath Crit 25/04/09

Portreath Crit 25/04/09

An extremely windy and wet afternoon made for some very hard racing. Gary, Andy and Stuart rode in the elite race, whilst Chris rode in the 3/4 race.
Two riders escaped early on so Gary went on the attack to try and bring the riders back, in doing so he took with him James Smith (Somerset RC) a Mid Devon CC rider and Chris. They didn’t manage to bring back the leading two riders but worked well together and stayed away from the main field. Chris was the only rider from the 3/4 race in the group which meant he was far and away the winner of his race, a great result for Chris who was very happy with this result. Considering he came off his bike hard and carried on for the win makes it an even more impressive result! Gary was just pipped to the line by the other two elite riders in the group after doing a lot of work on the front in the closing laps so finished 5th in the elite race which earned him a good amount of points. He is now chasing his 1st cat licence!