Iona at Peterborough Crit

Iona at Peterborough Crit

Saturday 25 May 2013

Les Quennevais Jersey Crit

It was a sunny glorious day on the island of Jersey, after a heated debate with a snotty commissar who told Jersey girl aka Charlotte she couldn't wear our respectable colours but had to wear her Jersey kit, we all lined up on the start line gelled up to the eye balls on zip fit. Off we set, after 1 lap Iona strut her stuff on a lone break for 3 laps causing the peloton to wake up after a slow beginning and kick into action. Working as a team effort, Karen took up the next attack to make the peloton work. With various other attacks from champion system max gear,  Karen and Iona did an amazing job controlling the breaks and brining back any that looked threatening to protect me from expending to much energy. This included an attack from Jo Blakely towards the end of the race which Iona single handedly brought back just in the nick of time for the last lap. After a perfect team performance from both Karen and Iona for controlling and making the peloton work in order to bring home a team result, we surged into the last lap with Iona taking to the front and me hot on her wheel for a powerful lead out. Coming into the last corner feeling very strong and fresh due to the hard work of Karen and Iona the excitement of the prospect of winning got the better of me and I lep into my sprint far to early and was consequently taken on the line by Hannah Walker (Matrix Fitness) and Lauren from Champion system. Even though we got a podium I felt the effort the girls put in deserved a win so was lightly deflated as I wanted to do them proud nevertheless it was a podium result and a brilliant team performance. Charlotte rode a solid race sticking in with the main bunch for a good part of the race before soldiering on just off back off the pack but shows some great potential for the future and it was really impressive to see a rider who doesn't give in even when the going gets tough! All in all a super days racing and on to tomorrow's Crit event where we are looking to pull out yet another good team performance.

Brit