The second Mid Devon CC Academy Skills session will take place at the Velopark on Tuesday 21st November at 6.30 pm sharp and will last for around 90 mins.
Building on the first session, Mark Dolan’s plan includes working on sprint finishing and analysis as well as chain gang and break away efforts to include a 3 lap race at the end.
This is open to anyone 14+ that has an interest in racing in 2018. Adults will cost £2, Youth and Juniors are free.
Open TT Update – success for club riders. The past week has seen many MDCC club riders in action. Last Wednesday Andrew Perkins took a fine win in the Tavistock Wheelers 10, recording a super quick 20.30, to win the event from Martin Lewis in 20.52 and Conrad in 21.08. Matt Langworthy recorded an excellent…
After the Christmas break the MDCC cross riders took to the national stage on Saturday, competing in the National Championships held in Abergavenny. At this time of year, with the number of riders taking part, muddy conditions were guaranteed. So equipped with spare bikes, mud tyres and lots of extra clothing, the team made an…
Race Report from Club Chairman Andy Perkins who has recently come out of early retirement to race again: Picked up a 4th place in the Regional Circuit Race champs on Sunday at a slightly damp and very windy Velopark. Haven’t done a circuit race since my crash on the Velopark last August and forgot how…
Next up on our list of MDCC stars enjoying their racing career’s Rob Smail, Since finishing his study’s in Manchester Rob has carved out a career in the University of cycling – Belgium. Here’s a link to an interview with Rob which details his racing so far and his plans for 2016 http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/2015/10/09/robert-smail-oct15/ Rob hails…
There is a certain amount of excitement regarding the dropping of the women’s road race on the day of the Primavera Races for men. I thought the information below might be useful in giving a historical background to the club and its support over many years to women‘s racing. Women’s Racing and the Mid-Devon Cycling…
Bizkaiko Itzulia 2017 (Junior Tour of the Basque country) I’d been offered the chance to be a guest rider for HMT cycling at this race. This race is the biggest junior race in Spain and one of the biggest in Europe. Previous winners have included Mikel Landa now of Team Sky. I’d trained hard up…