Racing this month had the best possible start with my first win of the season at Suffolk Cycle Race Series on Wednesday. My last win was in January 2011 which was a 4th cat race now, 2 and a half years later, I have won my first elite race which puts into perspective how far I have come in the last few years. I am hoping this is the first of many wins this season!
I was able to follow up my first win with a solid weekend of racing finishing 2nd on Saturday and 4th Sunday. I was in a break with 4 others on Saturday in a crit and having gained 2 minutes on the bunch it was a sprint for the victory. Unfortunately due to some 'interesting' cornering from another rider I was left with to much work to do in the sprint and finished with 2nd.
Sunday was the VC Norwich race, last time I raced there I ended up on the floor with 200m to go and a broken gear leaver! This time round my legs felt strong and I was able to cover several of the early moves. Eventually a break with 8 or so riders stuck and we were left to chase down a group of 5 that had already formed. We caught three of them but after some mucking around another rider got away and we were left fighting for 4th. I took advantage of everyone sitting up before the sprint and rode away on my own with 3km to go. I stayed away and came within 5 seconds of catching two of the riders up the road. I was happy with the result despite not achieving my aim of winning the event but my legs were there and I am sure I will win a road race before the end of the year!
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