Not so much of an early start as my race wasn't till 11am so we arrived for course inspection & practise around 9-30 whilst the U12 races were in progress on a separate course. It had rained overnight but the ground was still fairly firm going & rolling fast but the weather soon turned on us & it started raining quite heavily whilst I started my Warm-up on the rollers with Dad holding the umbrella over me!!
The commissaries soon got us all gridded but start was carnage when they set the elite men and women, expert, juniors and youths all off together, the youths started off at the back so was really hard to move up, The first lap was mainly trying to move up with the group I was in with Tom Nesham (Cardiff Jif), Craig Rogers (BNECC) and Jack Nash (MTRT), we stayed as a group together as a group for the whole first lap until I attacked up the main climb. I managed to open a gap but knew straight away that I would not be able to hold it but still pushed for the rest of the second lap but Craig Rogers was able to bridge the gap and we ended up working together for the next lap but then it turned into a game of cat and mouse as both of us knew after a few attacks that it was going to stay together, so the pace ended up dropping off as we both wanted to save ourselves for the final sprint finish, on the last road straight I attacked from behind craig around 300meteres away from the line and was lucky enough to hold the tiny gap I opened all the way up to the line and take the WIN!
It was a great course and a really fast & flowing and fun to ride with little respite inbetween the short sharp climbs so a big thanks to Matt Page of A_Cycling, Welsh cycling and all the Marshalls for standing out in the Heavy rain for the duration of the race.
The Bike was faultless once again so a Big thanks to Alf Jones Cycles in Wrexham & Fibrax keeping my Cannondale F29r So reliable
Looking forward to the first round of the National Mtb Series at Sherwood Pines In a couple of weeks.
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