Friday Sale - More Stuff from Jamie

Bike box and Ksyrium Wheels for sale
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Dan flying in Flanders

Powerman Vlaanderen, Belgium – 1st August 2010 - 10th Place (Elite Race)

Dan McCarthy competes at top level duathlon, here's his report from Belgium where he describes top 10 in a world class field as a "solid" performance!

"Powerman Geel has a special place in my racing history. The previous two occasions I came to Geel resulted in Achilles tendon injuries which took months to heal. Last year it occurred during the first run where I was comfortably running with the lead group. As a consequence I knew I had the pace to position up the sharp end of the field, intent on turning Powerman Geel into a good performance.

The race itself consists of a 10.5km run, 60km cycle, and 10.5km run. The course is pretty much typical East Flanders ‒ pan flat, which actually makes it harder with the lack of recovery on downhills etc. Having not raced for several weeks after a very hard block of training I knew Geel would be a good test of my fitness. As it happened, the first run caught me by surprise. The humid conditions literally sapped my legs of any energy. Up until 5km I had been running with the lead group and feeling pretty good. Fortunately a group of Lee Piercy (GB), Wim de Cort (BEL), and Karl Prungraber (AUT) caught me which allowed me to get to T1 in reasonable shape, with a deficit of 1 minute to the leaders.

Out of T1 I managed to get past the whole group and set my target on catching the group of leaders ahead. Into the corners I was visibly quicker than those around me. Around 5km into the bike I was re-passed by Lee just before a corner which meant that I had to drift to the 10m by 3 m drafting rule. The commissaire on the motorcycle did not like this and slapped me with a yellow card meaning I would have to run an extra 1km into T3. I spent the next few minutes arguing in my broken Flemish, absolutely broken at this point and genuinely considering calling it quits. I even considered a classic ‘Tom Steels’ gesture of chucking my water bottle at them, which fortunately I managed to avoid! In the end I re-grouped and caught up with Lee again which allowed us both work together (draft legally) until the finish of T2.

Out of T2 I usually feel great until after around 1km of running. Today’s 11.5 km (with a nice extra 1km penalty lap) felt awful. Although I was passing the athletes from the earlier start, I had nothing really to run for apart from 10th place, which I ended up with at the finish. As it turned out I was not the only one to struggle with the race. The finish looked like a war zone with bodies everywhere, including last years winner Anthony Le Duey, and multiple world champion Joerie Vansteelent, who fell back through the field during the final run. Matt Moorhouse was also a victim, whose usual fast final run was stifled by the pace and conditions of the race. The post mortem examination of my race would probably put me in 7th or 8th position had the time penalty not stood, but a top 10 in a World Class field was a solid performance, especially on a flat course which was not really maximising my strengths.

My Powerman season will hopefully continue well into October this year with the addition of Powerman Como in Italy to the calendar (on part of the Giro de Lombardi route). It had been my plan to contest Powerman Austria in 3 weeks, but due to travel issues and the need of more recovery time I will not be competing here. The preparation will now be geared around the Elite Race at the London Duathlon on September 12th which I hope to win, and Como where I hope to make the top 5 and bring home some more £££££."

Superfast "10" for Gabriel

Last week Gabriel blasted round the Farnham RC club "10" on the A31 and recorded an amazing 19 minutes 34 secs - beating second place James Millard by a clear margin. (21min 20secs)

Technology plays its part these days but that time is faster than Sean Yates' competition record ride in 1980 of 19:44

The CTT competition record was broken recently by Michael Hutchinson who recorded 17:57 beating Bradley Wiggins' 2006 figure of 17:58.

July Round Up

Keeping everyone in touch with what's been going on this month ...

Jo Munden - National Champion!
Just in case you hadn't heard, Jo is the National Champion in the MTB XCountry Masters Female category after a great ride this month on the Pippingford course. Read more here http://bit.ly/dnuAod



Gabriel beaten 6 minutes!
A slightly cruel headline, especially when you hear Gabriel rode the Charlotteville 25 in just 53:57 - an average speed of 27.8 MPH! Two big names on the start sheet, Richard Prebble and Michael Hutchinson (he's on top form too - see here http://bit.ly/d0buxo) failed to start, but Alex Dowsett, the Trek Livestrong/Radioshack rider did start and blitzed the field with a 47:50
See the results here http://bit.ly/bg1szo


Warren and Steve dust off their bikes
Not seen in a race for quite a while, but Warren Jesse and Steve Richards both turned in creditable results this month. Warren placed 5th in a huge field for a 2/3 race on Bletchingly and Steve placed 6th in 35-39 age group at the recent British Cycling Masters RR Champs held at Southwick on 23rd July.
Read more here http://bit.ly/aYDlXn



Jason competes for the overall at Goodwood
Down at Goodwood our new recruits Jason Edwards and Ashley Holding are racking up the points and placing well in the overall. Before this weeks race Jason was in 2nd Overall behind James Makepeace and Ashley was 7th, just behind Tim Costello, who is also riding well. If you can get down to Goodwood to support the campaign, please do. See the current overall standings here http://bit.ly/aOB76v

Looking for Small Road Bike

Does anyone have a small road bike for sale?

Kirk Chesley from Haslemere is looking for a 40cm size road bike for his son, who is too tall for a child size bike.

Contact Kirk on 01428 604788 or leave a comment or email me and I'll forward it on.

Eelmore 2010 - Youths Races - Overall Results

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POSITION - NAME - CLUB CAT
1 - William Colegate - P.Park Velo - E Boys
2 - Jake Epps - V.C.Meudon - E Boys
3 - Ben Coppola - V.C.Meudon - E Boys

1 - Damon King - P.Park Velo - D Boys
2 - Joe McGuinness - P.Park Velo - D Boys
3 - Jake Kennedy - P.Park Velo - D Boys
4 - Jay Allen - P.Park Velo - D Boys

1 - Lucy coleman - P.Park Velo - D Girls
2 - Liberty Hards - V.C.Meudon - D Girls
3 - Evie Epps - V.C.Meudon - D Girls
4 - Darcey McCrosson - Bigmaggys.com - D Girls

1 - Cormac Scully-King - V.C.Meudon - B Boys
2 - Louis Mashani - Hillingdon Slip Streamers - B Boys

1 - Katie Metalli - BCDS - B Girls

1 - Jason Brown - P.Park velo - A boys
2 - Rory Townsend - Hillingdon Slip Streamers - A boys
3 - Ross king - Velo Schils Interbike - A boys
4 - Liam Keynes - 1st Gear Cycles - A boys
5 - Jamie Fry - North Hants RC - A boys

1 - Ellie Walton - East Street Cycles - A Girls