Raymond Poulidor is famous in cycling circles as the eternal second because he finished the Tour de France in second place, three times. Despite Poulidor's consistency he never wore the yellow jersey during his long and illustrious career. His tours coincided with that of Jacques Anquetil on the front end and Eddy Merckx on the back end. Two greats of the sport.
Over the past few days at the NZ National Club Road Championships, Meo GP riders stood on the second step of the podium three times. Lawny, competing in the Masters 2 race was second to Lee Johnstone on Saturday morning. Then in the afternoon Backy was second to Dave Rowlands in the Masters 1 race and today Joe was second to Gordon McCauley in the Senior Mens event.
And that's not the end of the story... a txt message came through from Slim this evening, "Ray here, 2nd, but broke both my legs off."
Great racing and a lot of fun had by all, but Ray wasn't far away from our thoughts.
Other GP riders in the results....
- Silas, finished 10th in the Senior mens race, a good result considering he raced without inner soles in his shoes after accidentally leaving them back in Wellington.
- Kirky, who now lives in Timaru finished 7th in the Masters 5 event.
- Glenno, who despite having his new Elite bottle cages installed upside down (and a bottle of Pinot the night before) finished 7th in the Masters 4 race.
- Jono, after his first season of competitive cycling finished 14th in the Masters 3 race. Great stuff.
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