In true Spring Classics style, 50 or so riders set out in pouring rain down a gravelly, pot-holed farm track towards the start line. The race was clearly going to be a test. A strong field on a tough, but brilliant course, with the added danger of torrential rain. Slippy cornering, standing water hiding [...]
The Road Season Starts It was a pretty unremarkable return to the road racing scene which was about as much as I could expect from some unremarkable training of late. I'm a great believer in specificity and my training of late has been anything but that. Therefore, I can't grumble at an average race [...]
My first race back after the injury in Morzine. Fast paced race that shed a few riders in the first few laps. Managed to hold on until the penultimate lap when some poor race craft meant I was spat out the back of a climbing peloton and ultimately had a lonesome final lap! Can't complain [...]
It's been a crazy 10 months or so learning about the world of road racing. Last week I notched a 4th place finish which tipped me over the 40 point threshold required to go from 3rd category to 2nd category racing. Over the months, I've learned a lot about road racing. The strategy of [...]
