Results: Riverland Cycling Club, Lindsay Point, SA (Hcp)

Full results & report. 

This week Riverland Cycling Club members gathered at Lindsay Point Road, Paringa for a club handicap race. Sixteen riders nominated making it the largest field of riders for the winter road season so far.

Gordon Lawton was off limit, with John Dalziel at 12.5 minutes. Next off, at the 22-minute mark, in the largest grouping of riders, were Peter Weston, Glen O’Brien, Angelo Ylia and John Eshman…

Five groups remained including Claire Treilibs and Rebecca Ormsby leaving at 24-minutes, followed three minutes later by Peter Evans and Greg Hatcher. Ben Kaethner and John Jeffrey had 28.5 minutes to rein in from Lawton but had a buffer of 1 minute to the chopping block riders of Angus Boase and Mick Gray. Riding off scratch this week was Nigel Willoughby and Lee Stevens 31minutes behind lone rider Lawton.

With Nigel Willoughby fresh from a stint in Pakistan, the scratch group started reeling in the riders. At the turnaround, only six riders remained in front. All riders in the chasing bunch were working well together and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before Lawton was caught. On the return leg, a touch of wheels in the middle of the pack split the riders up with Peter Evans taking an un-expected ride in the gravel. All riders managed to stay upright but now the pack was split with only a few remaining to do the work.

Gordon Lawton was in sight and one rider remained in the lead, John Dalziel. The somewhat reduced chasing bunch pushed hard with Lee Stevens succumbing to the extra pace. It was all too late as Dalziel managed to hold off all the riders to take the win. Nigel Willoughby held off the fast finishing group to take 2nd place and fastest time in 1:13’24. That’s an average speed of 38km/hr.

Well done to all riders. Congratulations to Nigel Willoughby and Rebecca Ormsby who were invited to Pakistan for a Mountain Bike Race with the Australian Team. Nigel placed 10th overall and Rebecca placed 6th in the women’s field.

Riders return to Barmera on the 14th October for a handicap race with the VLCC racing weekend to follow on the 20th October.

For more information please visit www.riverlandcyclingclub.com/wp/

Results 

1 John Dalziel
2 Nigel Willoughby
3 Angus Boase
4 Mick Gray
5 Ben Kaethner
6 Angelo Ylia
7 Lee Stevens
8 Gordon Lawton
9 Peter Evans
10 Glen O’Brien
11 Peter Weston
 Claire Treilibs
13 John Eshman
14 Glen O’Brien
15 John Jeffrey
DNF Rebeeca Ormsby