I rode the season opener at Boulder Valley Velodrome yesterday. It started with time trials in every imaginable distance and ended with scratch, tempo and points races.
The racing is a different than I am used to but the mainly the elevation (1600m), heat and dry air took a toll by the end of the day.
In the flying 200m I posted a 13sec which was near the end of the field
I rode a horribly paced 2km for 6th place with 2:45:19, I was going well till the last 3 laps. What a horrible event!
In the scratch I attacked the field with 5 laps to go gaining a large gap but couldn’t hold it to the line.
The tempo race (points for 1st & 2nd over the line every other lap) I missed a break of two who mopped up all the points.
The final event was a points race. I kept near the front picking up 2nd and 3rd place points, coming into the final 4 laps I attacked and got half a lap solo and barely held it to the line! I got 2nd after all the points were calculated.
It was a cracking day and well organised
tom zittel
Well done Tom!
Where’s Boulder Valley? Somewhere near The Cheddar Gorge is it?
Don’t forget to claim travel expenses.
Thanks Mike, Ill be sure to send Gladys the bill 😉