Tuesday, July 29, 2008
JUNIOR TOUR OF IRELAND
The fund recently sent a team to the Junior Tour of Ireland. The team was managed by Keith Lambert, assisted by Derek Smith the fund 'chairman'.The riders all rode very well.Nathan Edmondson - 5th Overall + Stage 5 winner
Dominic Schils - 6th overall + 1st placed young rider
Tom Scubala - 11th overall
Dan Mclay -Stage 6 winner - 28th overall
TEAM - 3rd overall
detailed results
Nathan Edmondson wins the 'toughest mountain Stage' - (above)
well done to the whole team
# posted by cycling news @ Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
Ups and downs in June !
Hi Everyone,
The end of May and and June i have been really busy with lots of Racing, The last weekend in May i travelled to Holland to ride in a criterium in Puttershoek when i finsihed with a 2nd place. I then had a really bad two weeks off the bike with Bronchitis which wasnt so good.
After coming back from illness i had 3 days to get my self ready for the Rabo ster 1.2uci stage race in Holland.
On Thursday 19th I travelled to Holland with my team. We arrived at Vissingen where the first stage (7.1km Prologue) was going to start, it was right on the coast and the wind was very bad, we wanted to get there early to check out the course and decide what wheels would be used. We had a quick ride round before leaving back to the hotel for our pre race meal. Racing began at 18.30, I wasn't off till 21.10 so I had some time before hand to hear off the other riders in the team what the effort was like and how the wind was, also I had chance to see what kind of wheels the other girls were riding on. I went with the decision to ride with a disc on the back and also a carbon on the front, the weather was very windy but I felt these would be the best wheels to ride on. I ended up having a good time trial finished 23rd with a time of 9.41 the winner was Kirstin wild of AA drinks. After a cool down on the rollers and a rego it was time to go back to the hotel to eat and get some sleep. The next stage was a 109km flat typical dutch course, lots of wind,wide open roads and lots of very fast racing. There was a big crash after just 25km which i came down in, i had to chase back on through the cars and finised the stage in the main peleton. I was awarded the pink jersey for the best club rider which both myself and the team were very happy with. The last stage again was a very fast hard race but i felt more confident today and was able to hold my own at the front and fortunetly didnt get caught up in any crashes , i finised around 20th place and i finshed with a 22nd overall out of over 190 riders. I was very happy considering the week before i had been laid up in bed !.
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080623_jersey_in_holland.asp
The following week i spent doing easy rides before returning home for the road nationals where i had hoped to retain my u23 national title, unfortunely this didnt go to plan and i ended up having a dnf with some bike troubles and also a hole in my training the weeks leading up to the race which really didnt help. I was dissapointed but ive now put it behind me now im back in Belgium and have over 18 races lined up for me in July which i look forward too.
Nikki
The end of May and and June i have been really busy with lots of Racing, The last weekend in May i travelled to Holland to ride in a criterium in Puttershoek when i finsihed with a 2nd place. I then had a really bad two weeks off the bike with Bronchitis which wasnt so good.
After coming back from illness i had 3 days to get my self ready for the Rabo ster 1.2uci stage race in Holland.
On Thursday 19th I travelled to Holland with my team. We arrived at Vissingen where the first stage (7.1km Prologue) was going to start, it was right on the coast and the wind was very bad, we wanted to get there early to check out the course and decide what wheels would be used. We had a quick ride round before leaving back to the hotel for our pre race meal. Racing began at 18.30, I wasn't off till 21.10 so I had some time before hand to hear off the other riders in the team what the effort was like and how the wind was, also I had chance to see what kind of wheels the other girls were riding on. I went with the decision to ride with a disc on the back and also a carbon on the front, the weather was very windy but I felt these would be the best wheels to ride on. I ended up having a good time trial finished 23rd with a time of 9.41 the winner was Kirstin wild of AA drinks. After a cool down on the rollers and a rego it was time to go back to the hotel to eat and get some sleep. The next stage was a 109km flat typical dutch course, lots of wind,wide open roads and lots of very fast racing. There was a big crash after just 25km which i came down in, i had to chase back on through the cars and finised the stage in the main peleton. I was awarded the pink jersey for the best club rider which both myself and the team were very happy with. The last stage again was a very fast hard race but i felt more confident today and was able to hold my own at the front and fortunetly didnt get caught up in any crashes , i finised around 20th place and i finshed with a 22nd overall out of over 190 riders. I was very happy considering the week before i had been laid up in bed !.
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080623_jersey_in_holland.asp
The following week i spent doing easy rides before returning home for the road nationals where i had hoped to retain my u23 national title, unfortunely this didnt go to plan and i ended up having a dnf with some bike troubles and also a hole in my training the weeks leading up to the race which really didnt help. I was dissapointed but ive now put it behind me now im back in Belgium and have over 18 races lined up for me in July which i look forward too.
Nikki
# posted by Nikki @ Monday, July 07, 2008
