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July 26th, 2010 - Posted by Euski

It’s been a busy few weeks for the race team. Last weekend it was the National MTB Champs, the Friday before Euan was racing the final round of the Brighton Mitre Hove Park Crit Series and Vicky was racing in the Hamburg Round of the Triathlon World Championship Series.

You can see Ross’s report on the National MTB Champs on the previous blog post. At the Brighton Mitre crit race, Euan was hoping to get his 3rd straight win there and…

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National Mountain Bike Championships

July 26th, 2010 - Posted by Ross - RKC Race Team

Sunday 18th July was the day I had been targeting all year, the day of the National Championships. This year they were held at the Pippingford Estate, about 10miles from Gatwick Airport. After riding well at the Southern XC Series event on the same course in May, I was quietly confident that I could achieve my aim of a top 10 finish. My Whyte 19 was running smoothly after Sean had put some new bearings…

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Southern XC Round 2, Pippingford

May 26th, 2010 - Posted by Euski

On Sunday Ross and Euan competed in round 2 of the Southern XC Series at Pippingford Estate near East Grinstead, using the same course as the National Champs in July. With temperatures incredibly high and some good riders there, the was racing was going to be fierce. With gridding based on the results from the first round, Ross should have been on the first row but missed his call up and to start from the 2nd row. The start rose…

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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,…

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Race Round Up

April 27th, 2010 - Posted by Euski

Last weekend a number of the guys were busy racing around the UK. Ross was competing in the Rutland Melton Cicle Classic, Euan at the Brighton Mitre Hove Park Crits and staff riders Paul and Ben M were mixing it up at the Birmingham CC Crits.

At the Rutland-Melton Ross was riding well with strong legs until he punctured twice. After the first one he chased back on to the main group but whilst chasing on after the second puncture, he…

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