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Ilton Races - Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2004
Somerset Road Club/The Bicycle Chain held their annual road races at Ilton airfield on Bank Holiday Monday. There were 3 adults' races as well events for youths:
E, 1, 2 riders
An early breakaway saw Graeme Lackford solo up the road, shortly to be joined by team mate Greg Sandy. They proceeded to ride a 2-up time trial for the rest of the race. The first 2 places were never in doubt, with Greg taking the sprint from Graeme. Veteran Chris Absolom out-sprinted Jules Birks and John Hollier, all 3 a good minutes down on the Alcan/Bianchi duo.
Joe Andrews was a further minute down, followed by Roy Smith at a further 30 seconds.
3rds
Many attacks were brought back to the bunch during the race, which set off at a scorching pace from the outset. With 2 laps (6 miles) to go, Rex Facey started a solo break and maintained it to the finish with a good 30 second margin. The head wind strung out the remaining riders into ones and twos during the last lap as the high speed overall at last took its toll.
4ths
With 30 riders starting, the race went off at a good pace but soon became fragmented as the rising wind took its toll. With a couple of laps to go, a leading group of 7 riders were working well together.
Leading out the sprint, Mark Gibb was first across the line a bike length clear of new junior, Dean Robson. Unfortunately, Mark was disqualified for racing irregularities during the latter part of the race which promoted Dean Robson to his first win in two outings.
Youths - details on Youths page
The winners (click on a picture for a larger version):
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| Greg Sandy | Graeme Lackford | Chris Absolom | Dean Robson |
The races:
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Time Trials:
Meanwhile SRC's John Wynn won the Bristol South CC 25 mile time trial on Sunday morning at Thornbury, in a time of 55 minutes 14 seconds with a clear margin over the next rider of more than 2 minutes. Tim Reeves came 6th, in a field of 50 riders, in a time of 61.47.
Tom Cox was once again racing in Wales, in the Hirwaun Wheelers 25 mile time trial. Tom came 14th from a large field of 116 riders in a time of 56.47.
Summary of this season's time trial results >> riders' results. If you have any results to add, please email them.