Saturday, April 4, 2015

Good Friday Road Race - Picture story

I had good family support today and my brother manned the camera for the E1/2 race so instead of giving my boring story for you to read, I will tell most of it with pictures!
My brother in his first race as a junior!

Family and neighbour support for the day

Junior/E3 neutral start didn't look all that neutral

Alright, E1/2 race. Pack all together except Jeff Schiller...

A few riders ended up getting DQ'd for crossing yellow line.

Schiller crushing it off of the front.

A late chase group trying to bridge to another chase up the road.

Pack coming in shortly after. 

2 chase groups mesh behind Schiller. Think they can catch him?

Back half of the chase. According to twitter, the guy in the green shouldn't have been racing...

Jeff Schiller solo win! Bruce Bird close behind. 

Bird taking an impressive second place. 

New elite 2 rider Larbi Benhabib taking 3rd. 

Sprint from the chase group.

Last two riders of the chase, happy to see the end. 

Sprint from the pack. Ed Veal showing off his track training and blows the field away. 

And a few mins later I thought I would join the party after getting dropped 2nd last lap :(

Done and better luck next time! And maybe better effort. 

Results are here

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