So what has been going on in the Naked Bikes Camp ! .
Notts/ derby CX season kicked off and Matt Barrett went a bagged a 4th overall top ride in a tough race.
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| Barrett geared up for the 2014 cx season |
Mallory Park held a cx race , Our Chris Rathbone rocked up and took the senior win and the vets win :) CX looking good for Rathers
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| Rathbone dominating every race he does at present :) |
September 7th is Isle of Man end to end time! So the team made the ferry ride over ..
And this year Nick Towers and Ross Marriott went over to take on the Challenge , Nick was starting in the top 100 after his great race there in 2013 It was Ross first time away with the team and first time on the event was starting in under 23's , Team Boss was the bottle boy this year having still not recovered from his accident in August so he made the trip with a support car . The weather on the island was fantastic with sun and clear blue skys plus a tail wind to push them along ! .Nick had said he wanted to beat his time of last year I gave him a time of 3hr 25min to beat :)
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| A loo with a view ! |
We wasn't allowed this year to drive upto the start so Nick and Ross where dropped of a couple of miles away and rode to the start line , This gave them time to warm up .. The plan was to meet them both at St Johns the half way point to refuel them both and sort out any problems , I decided to make my way and watch them come past a few miles before the first climb of the day , Then get the St Johns . Nick came flying past in the main bunch with Ross just behind - All looking good and going to plan .
At St Johns Nick came through first with Ross about 5 Minutes behind all looked to be going well , Bottles changed it was time for the first BIG climb of the day ! With the weather as hot as it was I decided to go into the mountains and get to the last feed point to give the lads another bottle and some gels for the last climb before the finish , Again Nick was first through and it was looking as he was well on track to beat last year time and result , Ross was 15 minutes behind and pushing hard , They were both glad of the bottles and gels .. I couldnt leave Ross without a bottle or gels so had to stay and wait but now I had to get the the finish before Nick did ! , Which I didnt ! By the time I arrived Nick had already finished and in a time of 3h.24m 46 seconds ! See I told him 3h 25mins :) top ride by nick on his last race for the team .. Ross came in 3h:47.43and 15th in under 23's great ride for Ross as this was his first attempted at the end to end massive well done mate !
