Last weekends cycling Otago Chris Tudor memorial handicap race had riders racing over a 60km circuit, completing two laps of the famous Sam’s block and then finishing up the always surprisingly steep Mt Allan.
The strong scratch bunch had 28mins to chase down on the front markers and an unrealistic six minutes to the Break group. The chase went wrong right form the start with Chris Henderson suffering a high speed blow out early on, Paul Gough decided he would save his energy for the race down Mt Cargill latter that night. Ashley Whitehead made a return to racing sporting a new fashion accessory, unshaven legs which looked like he was wearing leg warmers. Alex McGregor grabbed his old mans farm gate put some trek stickers on it and called it a bike.
The front of the race came together around the half way mark with Break catching the front at Outram on the run back towards the climb. Sara “Diesel” MacDonald sat on the front driving the riders sitting on the back of the bunch towards the climb. Scratch still trailed 3mins behind the front at this stage.
Brad Evans was super motivated after his dominating victory over the Cat 1 field last week, riding off break Evans proved to be strongest over the last 300 meters of the Mt Allen climb taking the win from a hulk of a rider in Jeff Notman.
Patrick Williamson easily took fastest time from Shane Melrose who almost tipped over at the finish line.
It was tears for Alex McGregor who could not match Williamson and Melrose; the two hill climbers up Mt Allan. McGregor had his revenge the following day at the cycle surgery time trial however, covering the 20km course in 25mins 39seconds.
There was distress at the prize giving when the key to the club room fridge containing the precious Heineken recovery drink could not be found, however the lock was broken off by a bystander and the riders were able to re-hydrate.
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