Sep 20, 2012

James Williams reports Wow, that is all I can say. It’s been a long time since I was last in such a brilliant race, and enjoyed it so much. Ok, it hurt like hell, and I can’t stress that enough, but wow! The evening before the Tour of Britain set off from Barnstaple, the town opened its arms and challenged riders to take on its tight and twisting streets. Let’s start with the course. It was tight, it was technical, and it was brilliant....

Jul 22, 2012

July 21st marked another big day on the South West racing calendar with 2nd annual Revo Road Race. The RUTrainingToday Cycling Club showed up in force with Ken Holder, Andy Grey, Owen Owens and Matt Newman representing the club. After a delay of 30 minutes for a wedding the field rolled out under blue skies, 65 strong for yet another fast neutral start. A series of climbs and false flats put a few riders in difficulty early as every move on the...

Jul 22, 2012

Yesterday raced my first E / 1 / 2  last night at Ilton, having just escaped 4th cat! Beforehand I didn’t expect to even stay in the group past the first lap. But I have done plenty of 3 / 4 races this season so thought I would challenge myself to ride with the elites. The weather was nice and the wind wasn’t to bad for Ilton. I got a good warm up in on the roads around Ilton and went to the start feeling ok and I was able to...

Jul 4, 2012

Fraddon Grand Prix With what was to see the return of elite racing to Cornwall for the first time in five years, this Sunday saw the National B road race at Fraddon promoted by Newquay Velo and organized by David Wring taking place. The race comprised of ten laps of what I had been lead to believe was a ‘rolling’ course that I thought would suit my strengths when it comes to racing. This was sadly not the case when we came to drive the...

Jun 11, 2012

On the 20th May it was the Regional Championships in the South of England. Also from the Primal Europe team in this region was Martin Smith and Wayne Coombs. A few of the usual people in the race had gone to do the An Post Ras, but it was still a very strong field.  The race was 91 miles; 7 laps of a very hilly 13 mile circuit which finished up a 1 mile steady climb. The race started off very slowly as most riders knew the circuit and how tough...