Sunday July 30th saw the second running of the Tour of Witheridge Moor. I hadn’t raced the course before, and it became clear from just a 15 minute spin to warm up a bit that it wasn’t going to be flat. The race was to be 2 laps of 26.5 miles, with a total of…
It took us about 4 and a half hours to get to Milton Keynes on the Saturday. I had raced the same course the year before but still wanted to go and look. Thankfully sections had been resurfaced however big potholes and rough road surface still littered the course. The rain poured down when we…
On Tuesday 18th July Tim Hingston from the Mid Devon promoted the Inaugural Mid Devon CC World Circuit Racing Champs at the Velopark. The idea of a club champs had been muted for several years but 2017 was the year it finally came to fruition. First up was a 4th CAT/Go Race event which was won…
The Mid Devon sent Harrison Wood and Louie Priddle to the National Champs this year. Here’s how they got on: Harrison Wood Today was the big one and I was looking forwards to it. I had recovered over the week from my exploits in Spain and after driving the course the day before I felt…
3 races 3 records I’ve been pretty slack with my racing updates, so to those of you who like to follow the clubs racers I apologise for that. After a steady, but strong start to the year I had a bit of a wobble with health. Initially my father was the one taken ill in…
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…
Alp, Alp and Away. Thursday 29th June 2017 – Velopark 4th Cat men’s race. 16:49 – This was a spontaneous last-minute decision to actually participate in this race. So there I was, messaging MDCC rider Dave Lewis seeing if he was keen for a ride, to which he replied “Race Race Race”. At this point…
I joined MDCC in early 2016 and, after some encouragement and advice on how to overcome my nerves, I soon completed my first time trial – the sporting Lustleigh / Teign Valley route normally held over the Easter bank holiday. I didn’t do too badly on my road bike with my cycle jersey ‘flapping about in the wind’ (I…
I had missed the round 3 race as this had also been in North Yorkshire a few weekends previously and it just isn’t possible to do everything! So I was needed a good race again to maintain my 2nd place standing. It was a long journey up to Dalby and the rain held off until…
Monmouthshire Junior National RR. Harrison Wood reports on his continued progress at National level: “Today was my 3rd junior national and after crashing out at cadence and getting caught up behind a crash at the Rutland classic, I was hoping for some better luck! I traveled up on the day with Louie and we’d heard…