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Hove Park Crits 21/5

May 22nd, 2010 - Posted by Euski

Last night Euan and his new housemate Nick, went over to Brighton to compete in round 2 of the Brighton Mitre Hove Park Crit Series. Round 1 was 4 weeks ago which Euan won by lapping the bunch and putting 3/4 of a lap in to a chasing group of 3, so expectations were high. The 4th cat race was first up which Nick was competing in. As Nick is more used to riding off road for 12-24hours at time, it was going to be quite a challenge. With a bigger field than last time, and the course going the opposite way round, it was going to be a fast race. The pace was fast from the gun with 2 riders getting dropped on the first lap, whilst Nick was safely tucked up in the middle of the pack. After about 6 laps he found the change of pace quite challenging and eventually lost contact with the bunch with 4 other riders. They spent the rest of the race chasing hard and picking off other dropped riders, with 1 of the 4 just getting away before the finish. With a bit more speed training nick will hopefully be able to be a bit more competitive at the next race.

Next up was Euan in 2.3 cat race, racing the same circuit for 50min plus 5 laps. After a quick start Euan managed to break away by himself after 3 laps but was chased down by a group of 6. This group of 7 then worked well together for a few laps until a few of the guys started sitting on and missing turns. Sensing the bunch wasn’t far behind, he attacked going up the slight hill on the finish straight immediately getting a good gap. The attacked worked well as the group was quickly swallowed up by the chasing bunch but they couldn’t make any inroads into Euan’s lead, as he continued to pull out a substantial lead by himself. With 2 laps to go the bunch finally gave up chasing and Euan came in to win by half a lap, and very tired. This has cemented his lead in the series with 2 more rounds to go, although he’ll be missing the round to compete in Mountain Mayhem.

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