There's plenty of racing on the Wellington racing calendar at the moment, all ideal preparation for riders heading up to the club road nationals at the end of April. Meo GP riders will be competing at the nationals so we have been getting in amongst it at the local events.
The first race in the Wellington Cup series was held on the Miramar circuit on Sunday 7 March. A technical 12km loop with a few rollers, 1km power climb, tricky descent and a flat sprint finish – something for everyone. 6 laps, totaling 72km for both A and B grade.
The GP was represented by Lovers, Jono (B grade), JC and Backy (A grade). For a more detailed report of the A grade race see Joe's report over on www.joecooper.me
Some of the other GP boys were at the event including Tom, who was marshaling and sounding a bit worse for wear after a big night of units (boozing). And Barney made an appearance to witness the fast finish of his new boss, Lovers. His first racing appearance of the year, Lovers turned on his customary turn of speed to take out B grade...
Unfortunately Jono punctured for the second race in a row and is now looking at a pair of these for his Boras. In the A grade race, Backy jumped clear to win by a few lengths from Dave Rowlands, JC and Andy Hagan...
Backy raced the Masters National 40km Time Trial championships on Sunday. He had a good day to secure the fastest time of 56:00 on the rolling course near Masterton in the Wairarapa.
This coming Saturday JC will be in action at Le Race in Christchurch, followed by a quick plane trip home to line up for Sunday's Kapiti Cycle Challenge with the other GP boys. The Kapiti race includes the Paekakariki hill climb and the Aka's. We'll need our climbing legs on for sure.
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