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Post by BenKMV on Sept 25, 2011 19:20:36 GMT
Congratulations Dan another excellent win   |
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Post by Tarbo on Sept 25, 2011 19:58:59 GMT
A fantastic achievement from Dan, or 'Hippo' as he calls himself now Here's Dan's write up of how the day went - Jode and I had a "little" drive down the A470 to south Wales for the Welsh national champs up a nice hill called the Rhigos. The course was 3.2 miles of constant gradient without too many ramps and after driving it Saturday evening I was encouraged. We arrived at HQ in the pouring rain and I quickly bagged a spot in the undercover warmup area the UCI had provided (looked like a smoking shelter to me :? ).   Lining up on the start behind Jonothan Schubert (Ystwyth CC - with whom I had some good tussles last year) with my freshly borrowed front wheel. Yep that's right, after a whole season of racing without a puncture I managed to rip my front tub after riding 100 yards up the hill. Talk about messing with my head. Thanks to Ben Simmons (Wiggle) for the loan of his spare, star man!     Here goes nothing! Set off at my usual silly, blow to bits pace, hitting the big ring and getting some speed up before settling down a bit and concentrating on catching Jonothan. I managed to pull him back to about ten seconds at the half way point but his pacing was obviously better than mine and he took fifteen seconds back in the second half of the hill.  Setting off to comments of "bloody hell, has he seen the course?" the starters new what I was in for!  The course flattened out before the finish giving me the opportunity to hit the big ring again and wind the speed up, burning legs/lungs/brain at this point. :shock:    Crossing the line, spent!  Results sheet and confirmation, Dan Evans, Rhos CC is the Welsh hillclimb champion!!! Woo Hoo! 8)  So that's it, the fun's over after today and it's back to eating a lettuce leaf a day up to the British Nationals at the end of Oct. Remember boys and girls, food/beer might be nice BUT CLIMBING'S BETTER! :wink: Thanks to Jode for being my little helper  Well done matey, but I bet you'd have rather gone on yesterday's forum rde |
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Post by summittoppler on Sept 25, 2011 20:35:48 GMT
Absoulutley fantasic news Dan ;D Well chuffed for yer  Good luck with the nationals |
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Post by sally on Sept 26, 2011 15:41:52 GMT
well done Dan, great achievement!!
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Post by rallybiker on Sept 26, 2011 18:04:57 GMT
Good man Dan! ;D
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Good luck with the nationals 
