Marriott takes second overall at Thetford winter series

Ross Marriott made the last trip over to Thetford for the last round of the winter series .

Marriott had another great result and took 2nd place in cat and in doing so moved into 2nd overall in the series ! Massive well done and keep that form going for the 2015 xc series

First European Race For Rodriguez

Naked Bikes Team Rider Rodriguez made the trip back home to spain to compete in the RotorBigRace a MTB marathon race in Madrid , The race is one of the toughest Marathon race's going and has been a success every year . The number of participants is always very high, With  nearly 500 Riders racing , The quality of riders has was amazing some of the top  top riders in Spain would be fighting for the top positions and from Rodriguez point of view this was great ,  This was the hardest marathon Rodriguez has ever competed in and with Really very tough climbs and technical descents it would test all Rodriguez skills .

Rodriguez 10th elite time 3h.29m.44

At intermediate point Rodriguez was placed 13 minutes from the race lead, and among the top 20 riders , and 6º place in elite category , Rodriguez  decided to save his energy for the last 15 km, But in one of the last sections of a climb before starting the long descent to the finish line Rodriguez  punctured the tire, losing some pressure but the liquid sealant did its job., But at the beginning of the descent the tire started to lose air again, but with no liquid sealant to stop the tire going down Rodriguez finally had to run on foot the last few kilometers to the finish line. 

41º overall, 10th Elite, time: 3:29:44 

Velo Coaching Team day at Sherwood Pines

New team sponsor velo coaching kindly held a day at Sherwood pines for the team and brought along Martyn of coaching revolution to help for the day  .

It was great to get together with most of the team before the season starts and have some fun in the woods and the usual team banter and also meet up with some of the new team members Matt & Mark and Mark Grange of velo coaching .

The day was very informative and Mark and Martyn had the day planned to the minute . 

Morning session's where race practice , Starts , Corner positioning , Planning your race lap per lap , Mark and Martyn had planed a small course for us to race around in groups of 2 or 3 to put into practice what we had just learnt .. To say the competitive spirit of all the riders came out was a understatement and it was great to see the lads go all out testing each others pace and fitness  . 

The afternoon was bike skill's and what fun we had doing this , Mark had said flat pedals and apart from Chris Gregory no one else listened ! Mark had a set plan of what skill's he wanted us to do and we all had great fun trying to do most of them . 

If you are looking for a coach get in touch with Velo Coaching , Mark knows what he is talking about and the way he explains everything is great , Everyone in the team came away learning something new . 

Thanks Mark & Martyn for a great day .

Mark Grange is a level 2 and 3 Road and Time Trial Coach with British Cycling  Level 2 and 3 MTB Coach with British Cycling. 

He is also a National Standards Cycle Instructor Trainer. Level 2 Cyclo Cross with British Cycling Strength and Conditioning Level 1 Coach Sports Massage level 3 Trail Cycle Leader with SMBLA

Mark also carry's out tutoring and assessments for British Cycling Coaches across a wide range of disciplines.

Velo coaching packages are aimed to be reasonably priced so that coaching is available to novices and experts a like. I only work with a maximum of 4 riders on one to one coaching plans.

They deliver ‘first class bespoke cycle coaching’ for any level of cycle ability.

The gang from the coaching day 

Thetford MTB's Winter Series

Ross Marriott in the new 2015 kit on his way to 2nd at Thetford winter series round 3 

Rathbone & Popham CX Mallory park

Rathbone & Popham at Mallory Park cx Race ..

Chris Rathbone getting in the zone before the start , Would you want to line up against these riders.. Chris Rathbone will be competing down south in 2015 in xc & cx , Which I am sure will please a lot of Midland riders in 2015 when the cx season starts .. Not so good for the boys down south :) .. 

Bronze for Popham at WMCCL Cyclecross presentation

Nick Popham WMCCL CX season end with a Bronze medal

Well done Nick great effort , Roll on 2015 XC season !

Bronze for Popham at WMCCL 

Great Photo of Popham racing CX