Turning up at an industrial estate in Kirkby for a road race isn't very motivating normally but when it's raining and cold it really puts you off. Anyway we turned up and got signed on, changed ready to go and hit the road.
With a pan flat 53 mile race there was going to be plenty of attacks and maybe something would stick. Straight into the 2nd lap people starting trying to get away from the bunch, some being very strong but they always came back maybe having something to do the soaking wet conditions and surface water. 23 laps to a bunch formed I think of around 8 riders unfortunately no high on bikes riders got in it. I wasn't too worried as there was still 22 laps to race. When people started to realise that this was the break to be in they started trying to get across as they seen the break going off into the distance. I had a few goes myself, working with guys trying to get there but it just was not happening. Apparently the break started to dwindle from 8 riders down to 3. With 3 laps to go and you could feel the pace lifting as everyone was starting to get ready for a bunch sprint but would we catch the break... Not a chance, at 3 laps to go they had a gap of 2 minutes 35 seconds. On such a flat course there was no way anyone could bring that back in a matter of three laps. The break of two remaining riders Mark perry (dirt wheelers) riding away from Michael Ashurst (Maxgear racing) on the last lap and taking the win with Michael ashurst coming 2nd.
Coming into the bell lap you could feeling people starting together twitchy coming into the corners, with it being so wet I didn't want to take a chance so I hung back a bit till the 2nd to last bend before the finish. I could see Maxgear racing were doing all the work on the front leading out. I managed to get between in about 8 wheel coming into the final bed, with the pace pretty high no one was attacking so it came down the a mass sprint with me Ryan Pike (High on Bikes RT) taking 10th. With Dylan Yates (high on bikes RT) finishing in the bunch.
Results
1 Mark Perry (Dirtwheels Cycles)
2 Michael Ashurst (Champion System/Maxgear)
3 Chris Lawless (Champion System/Maxgear)
4 Andy Eagers (Derby Mercury RC)
5 Jack Bowyer (Teamwallis CHH RT)
6 Jacob Ragan (Champion Sysytem/Maxgear)
7 James Claydon (Bill Nickson Cycles RT)
8 Tony Greenhalgh (BC PM)
9 Dan Whelan (Onimpex Bio Racer RT)
10 Ryan Pike (High On Bikes)
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