Plenty of hard work but no result

Gerry Thurlow RR - 10/06/2007 - Lincoln

Gareth race diary...

'It was a flat course with no climbs in at all and with no wind I knew it was going to be tough trying to force a break. As per normal a few people tried to get away in the first few miles including me but without success. As each lap passed of the 65 mile race move after move tried to get away but couldn't stay away. I remained active at the front trying relentlessly to get away until with 3 laps to go a move of about 4 riders finally went clear with a gap of around 15 seconds. Along with 3 other riders I jumped across to this move and we started to work well.

After a lap away, we crossed the finish line but no less than 2 miles later Julian Ramsbottom (Scunthorpe Poly) had jumped across from the bunch but it had all come back together again. This time Julian jumped again and forced another move with about 6 riders in which I just didn't have the legs to go with. This move stayed away by a handful of seconds to the finish leaving me in the bunch at the finish.

It was a pretty fast race and good work out averaging 26.5 mph for race distance.