HSBC National XC Series RD 4 – 4/09/2021 I had a really good race on a fast and technical course with plenty of climbing, it was a really long race clocking 1’14” minutes of effort, really pleased to have all 5 laps within 30 seconds of each other and didn’t fade at the end like…
This weekend Moorways Leisure Centre in Derby hosted the first round of this year’s HSBC UK | Cyclo-cross National Trophy – and after such an interrupted season in 2020/21, everyone was excited to get started! Six Mid Devon Riders made the trip: Veteran 60+ Robin Delve, Veteran 40-49 Martin Smith, Veteran Women 50‐59 Catherine Kilburn, Youth Under…
Although second year juvenile racers this has been the first focused season of racing. With such a condensed season the girls decided to focus on regional and a selection of national MTB races. For Molly it has been a steady season with many National XC top 10s and some podiums in SW and southern races….
The Junior Tour of Wales is the stand out event for Juniors in this country, its been running for over 40 years and has an illustrious role call over winners including Gerraint Thomas and the Mid Devon’s own Brennan Townshend in 2010. The event attracted teams from the Isle of Man, Wales, Scotland and all…
This weekend sees the Mid Devon Race Team compete in the Junior Tour of Wales – if you’ve been following our results you’ll have seen that we’ve medalled in the National XC mountain bike series and the Time Trial champs and gained lots of valuable experience along the way. Now it’s the Junior boys road…
The team of 3 MDCC U14 girls plus one borrowed U16 JIF racing team member took on this years 12 hours Open female team relay, all the riders were new to this format and were excited and nervous about what was ahead. The team gazebo was erected and pit crews ready the girls had a…
I entered this years 12 hour solo champs quietly confident of taking the jersey, I’ve always done well at Newnham as the course suits me and with a shortened lap tactics would be crucial.Having done a few 12/24 hour events I knew that over planning a long race such as this is not always the…
Evergreen Jason reports on a very respectable 5th place at the National Masters “It was like racing on Dartmoor, just under 5000ft in 50 miles! Wet sideways rain – disgusting for August! I thought I’d just try and take the race to them, living down in Devon, I thought attack was the best form of…
Together with Lex Leisure and Mid Devon Cycling club we have been awarded £33,703 after a successful application to British Cycling’s Place to Ride capital grants programme. Combined with a further £28,028 commitment from Mid Devon Cycling Club, Torbay Velopark is set to benefit from over £61,000 of improvements. The welcome funding will be used…
1st Year Junior Callum Start keeps getting stronger as the season progress’s. After getting in the break at the Totnes Vire Junior Race, Callum ended up with a great 2nd place at the E/1/2 Cruise Critliners at Paignton. He reports as follows “E/1/2/3 race at Velopark on Saturday which went very well did a lot…