A decent turnout for today's race despite the 'footy' grand final rematch. I was sticking to C grade after already having been for the SPR bunch ride this morning. 8 or 9 punters headed off around the course in quite windy conditions. We settled into a rough version of rolling turns and this was the order of the first couple of laps.
I think it was about lap three that Blair took off on his own and had a gap of about 150m. It took us around three-quarters of a lap to reel him in. T'was around this time that our little group was reduced to five with the others disappearing off the back somewhere. Back to rolling turns with a few little spurts that didn't dislodge anyone. Young Jamie was doing a lot of work and the more experienced Daryl also very strong. Blair was recovering from his efforts and then there was me and Carl, not skipping turns - but not the strongest riders in the group. All was going well until with about three kilometres to go Blair took off again. I couldn't latch on and if it wasn't for Daryl then I would've dropped off right there. As it was he towed me back and powered into the headwind on the long finishing straight. It was Blair, Jamie, Daryl, me and Carl coming over the line with about 25 metres between each of us.
A well deserved win by Blair and a hard ride in windy conditions.
51km
35.5kph avg
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