Penzance Crit 08/05/10 - first race of the year after waiting an age to get BCF licence! although it did help in doing some much needed training. A decent field with 35 riders dry conditions although very cold and windy with a strong headwind along the back straight. This played a major part in the race as it split the field at halfway resulting in a group of 10 riders at the head of the field which included myself. This group stayed away for the race duration. Some poor positioning on the final corner meant only a 3rd position I should know better!This was my first race on the Giant TCR Advanced 1 exceptionally stiff frame but still comfortable with slick gear change from the new 6700 ultegra groupset really pleased with the bike just need to improve the fitness.
St Austell TT 09/05/10 - Thought I felt ok being day after the crit but the first TT of the season was a shock to to the system just scraped top 15 nice photograph though!
Penzance crit 13/05/10 - fine sunny evening which brought out plenty of riders 40+ difficult to get away due to strong tailwind down the main straight however Junior Heffernan slipped out the front of the bunch with 15 mins to go and soloed to a convincing win. I took the sprint for 2nd place so all in all not a bad evening. Photos attached
Penzance crit 27/05/10 - Another fine day and big field (for Cornwall!). Attacking riding from the start. I formed a break with 3 other riders with 20 minutes to go. We worked together well and established a 30 second gap to the main bunch which was maintained to the finish. The sprint was fairly straight forward and I was really pleased to obtain the race victory. Photos attached
Camel Valley 50mile Time Trial 13/06/10 - first time at doing a '50' and was really looking forward to the event. The best time trialists from the South west were present as the event incorporated the Navy/RAF/Marines championship.
A beautiful dawned although arriving at race HQ I was still a bit grumpy from the 0500am alarm call. First time out with a disc wheel (FSA) not to sure if it helped due to the wind conditions. Went through the first 25mile in 57 minutes and was feeling pretty good and catching plenty of riders went through a bad patch between 32 to 34 miles but got it together for the final run and completed the 50 miles in 1 hour 54 minutes. Really pleased with result and finished 6th overall out of a field of 70 riders and was the 2nd cornish rider.
Photographs from WWW.Cornwall-Photos.com
