Richard takes sprinting lessons from Andy Hayton

Seacroft Road Race - 27/08/2006 - Wistow, York

Richard gets closer to moving up a category at the Seacroft road race.

Richards race diary.....

'After a recent run of results in previous races, I was keen to get a result at the Seacroft Wheelers Road Race run over 7 laps of a flat circuit. Historically, it has ended in a bunch sprint, but with my new found sprinting form, I was quite up for that.

From the gun, Dave Allen (Scunthorpe Poly CC) took a flyer on his own, and stayed away for a lap before being joined by another rider. I followed a Hull Thursday rider up to the two, and we worked together for a short time,
but the bunch never let up, and we were caught coming up to the line after 2 laps.

Carl Saint (Yorkshire RC) tried a move on lap three, but was watched by all in the bunch, and as he worked on the front for two laps, the race fell flat, and nothing much happened.

The bunch were all together for the prime lap after 4 laps. A lone rider from York Cycleworks CC tried his luck on the fifth lap, closely followed by another duo, including Dave Allen again. The same lad from Hull Thursday attempted a move again. I followed him and by the end of lap 5, we were a group of five away with about 20 seconds lead. We worked well together, but with the end of lap six being another prime lap, the bunch never let up, and we dangled in front of them until the end of the lap, where we were swallowed back up. After being away however, I wasn't going the let the prime go, and managed to outsprint the fast approaching bunch to take the spot prize.

While I was recovering on the final lap, I missed the winning move as Carl Saint, and Marcus Nainby (Scunthorpe Poly) slipped off the front of the bunch. With 1km to go they had an unassailable lead, and we were sprinting
it out for third. I managed 5th over the line to take 7th place'.