Lisa Barry (right) on the podium.
another 11 locals headed to Collingullie
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Location: Starting at La Trobe Universtiy western carpark. McKoy Street Wodonga
Format: ITT Individual Time Trial
Courses: 18km Plucketts Road
Cost: $5
Commissaire: TBC
Marshals: Brian Harris
Prizes for fastest and most improve time. See individual PBs here.
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Afraid of riding on gravel? Don’t be. The course has been given a thumbs up by all those who have raced the course. In fact one rider even suggested that the dirt section was smoother then the ride out from Albury to the Weir. The dirt section for the Dirtberg race measures exactly 8.58kms with 291 metres of ascent. The final 500 metre pinch is the worst with a max incline of 14.1 %. Our tip is to reset your speedo as you hit the dirt and if you are in the mix at 8kms bury yourself.....
If you fancy yourself on Saturday there are 2 schools of thought:
a) Breakaway early and get onto the dirt first. As the road weaves a lot a lone breakaway could easily get out of sight and out of mind.
b) If you have Philippe Gilbert like acceleration and enjoy a bunch kick it will be all or nothing in the final 500 metres - only the strong will win from here.
Details:
Course Map: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1131236
Date: Saturday 4 May 2013
Distance: Handicap 21.6 km
Race starts in Bethanga. Sign on in front of the Bethanga Pub. Public toilets can be found in the pub and behind the Bethanga Town Hall.
Sign on from 2:00pm unless noted otherwise. Races begin shortly after sign on has closed. Five dollars entry, coins, $5 and $10 notes only please.
]]>1st Brendon Washington
2nd Aaron Last
3rd Declan Gregory
Also went done to Tim Huggins took second in the Greame Daws Memorial at Wangaratta on Saturday. Charly McMillian also won first junior.
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A and B grades were combine into one race with the cream very much coming to the top. C grade contested the shorter course with LPCC President Chris Little bringing them home.
A&B Grade 50km
1st Delcan Gregory
2nd Branden Washington
3rd Matt Hamblin
4th Paul Ingwersen
5th Ryan Clifford
6th Rohan Christmas
7th Callum Dwyer
8th Roger Derick
9th Damien Christian
DNF Charly McMillian
C Grade. 32km
1st Chris Little
2nd Mike Coles
3rd Pat North
4th Steve Prskola
5th Lindsay French
The handicapper gave a generous 12 minute start to newcomer Steve Prskalo and David Hutchinson who has now got a couple of races experience. They had a 4:30 start on the second limit of Mick Coles, Grant Pollard and Pat North. This bunch was always going to be an interesting test of youth working with experience, and they proved no match for the strong block bunch of eventual podium of Bob Bright, Callum Dwyer, Roger Derrick, Charly McMillan and Zach Drury. The block bunch motored out towards Indigo Valley road, making the most of the tailwind, easily catching second limit but only putting a small dent into the limit lead. At the turn they lost first Grant Pollard, then Pat North to punctures, and they would need to work at a consistent rate to get up.
The scratch bunch of Ryan Allen, Steve Fraser, Jon Styles, Declan Gregory and Brendan Washington was swapping turns, but chasing with a tailwind, and ridings feeling the pressure and missing turns meant that at the turnaround the had only pulled back 1 minute of the 3:30 start given to block. At this point the race was looking a really possibility for the limit markers, however a dropped chain for David Hutchinson saw the two riders separated and riding solo for the 12km back into a headwind gave the block bunch the sniff of victory, and as the race approached Billy’s Hill, the combined block and second limit bunch had the front markers well and truly in sight, as their minds turned to how to manage the sprint finish.
Scratch continued to ride, but with the gap clearly to big to bridge, Washo hit the bunch looking for fastest time.
At the front of the race, Bob Bright comfortably took out the win, from Callum, and Roger Derrick. The limit riders followed half a minute later, and a further minute on, Washo took out fastest time, with a good 500m gap to Jon Styles who was best of the rest from scratch.
Thanks to Jeff Drury and Tim Allen for marshalling
Paul Ingwersen – commissaire
Full results - 32 km handicp.
1 Bob Bright
2 Callum Dwyer
3 Roger Derrick
4 Mick Coles
5 Charly McMillan
6 David Hutchinson
7 Steve Prskalo
8 Brendon Washington. Fastest Time
9 Jon Styles
10 Ryan Allen
11 Steve Fraser
12 Declan Gregory
DNF Pat North
DNF Grant pollard
DNF Zach Drury
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Lisa Barry (right) on the podium.
another 11 locals headed to Collingullie
]]>There was only 5 minutes between fastest and slowest rider and the top three positions were within 30 seconds of each other. Charly McMillan had fastest time. Kudos has to go to John Styles for finishing second on a road bike without aerobars - we'd better keep an eye on him! Julie Gollan-Forde was the first female home as well as the first triathlete. Condolences to Clancy Lloyd whose trusty steed let him down during a good ride.
P;ease see results below. We are looking forward to another good time trial on May 25th.
| Place | Name | Minutes | Seconds | Average Speed |
| 1 | Charly McMillan | 27 | 12 | 39.5 |
| 2 | John Styles | 27 | 45 | 38.7 |
| 3 | Angus Harris | 27 | 49 | 38.6 |
| 4 | Julie Gollan-Foard | 28 | 25 | 37.8 |
| 5 | Callum Dwyer | 29 | 23 | 36.6 |
| 6 | Mark Dunlop | 29 | 54 | 35.9 |
| 7 | Chris Little | 31 | 0 | 34.6 |
| 8 | Bradley Sewell | 31 | 17 | 34.3 |
| 9 | Lindsay French | 32 | 34 | 33.0 |
| 10 | David Hutchinson | 33 | 31 | 32.0 |
| 11 | Clancy Lyoyd | DNF |
Check out the Wagga to Albury website for more details.
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