Couldnt find the old thread, so hey, a new one...
Exeter tonight and a cracking fine race... we took a couple of go's round the circuit earlier in the day on a couple of montain bikes, and was obvious it was going to be pretty fast.. Second longest circuit on the tour at 1.5km and they where covering it in well under 2 minutes.. Had a breif chat with Dean Downing afterwards and he confirmed it was fast as hell, also said the crowd was brilliant and packed all the way round the 1.5km circuit..
good nights racing though..
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first sprint, Ed Clancy sneaks it from old man Malcolm Elliot
Second sprint, Clancy second to Macallam, and when Clancy took the third sprint from halfords team mate Rob Hayles that was enough for the sprint prize..
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Good breakaway formed with about ten minutes to go with 3 guys from Rapha Condor (including Dean Downing), a couple of the halfords guys and a few others, with a lap to go a third Halfords rider made it across (the team comp is based on team with first three across the line),
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and a pretty decent final sprint with national crit champ dean downing taking the win... (unfortunately blocked by a bloody tv camera bike )
All in all damn cracking night.. surprised at how many people turned out to see it, with not the biggest amount of publicity prior to the event.. The ToB guys seem very keen on the south west, 2 stages of the tour of britain later this year... all good..
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Just great to see midweek evening crit racing back on british streets again.. Hope it takes off, because its a great nights racing..obviously a few cycling fans out who knew the riders etc, but also great to listen to people as we came home commenting on how much they enjoyed it (and most remarking how damn fast they where going)...
http://dimspace.smugmug.com/gallery/8364370_kvoq7
^ Few pics here because as usual linking to images in posts doesnt work on the forum..
Exeter tonight and a cracking fine race... we took a couple of go's round the circuit earlier in the day on a couple of montain bikes, and was obvious it was going to be pretty fast.. Second longest circuit on the tour at 1.5km and they where covering it in well under 2 minutes.. Had a breif chat with Dean Downing afterwards and he confirmed it was fast as hell, also said the crowd was brilliant and packed all the way round the 1.5km circuit..
good nights racing though..
first sprint, Ed Clancy sneaks it from old man Malcolm Elliot
Second sprint, Clancy second to Macallam, and when Clancy took the third sprint from halfords team mate Rob Hayles that was enough for the sprint prize..
Good breakaway formed with about ten minutes to go with 3 guys from Rapha Condor (including Dean Downing), a couple of the halfords guys and a few others, with a lap to go a third Halfords rider made it across (the team comp is based on team with first three across the line),
and a pretty decent final sprint with national crit champ dean downing taking the win... (unfortunately blocked by a bloody tv camera bike )
All in all damn cracking night.. surprised at how many people turned out to see it, with not the biggest amount of publicity prior to the event.. The ToB guys seem very keen on the south west, 2 stages of the tour of britain later this year... all good..
Just great to see midweek evening crit racing back on british streets again.. Hope it takes off, because its a great nights racing..obviously a few cycling fans out who knew the riders etc, but also great to listen to people as we came home commenting on how much they enjoyed it (and most remarking how damn fast they where going)...
http://dimspace.smugmug.com/gallery/8364370_kvoq7
^ Few pics here because as usual linking to images in posts doesnt work on the forum..
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