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I think @Ecunard was the sole lfgss representative at Abergavenny yesterday.
I think Pidcock winning was expected wasn’t it? He was lapping faster than Field at the Nationals in January, and was recently top ten in a race with the likes of Van der Poel and Van Aert. Either way, he’s an amazing talent.
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I think Pidcock winning was expected wasn’t it?
I think so. I don't think he rode a great race. He made a fair few mistakes once he'd got away from Ian Field, but it's a testiment to how good he is that he still managed to win comfortably.
There's some really good coverage of the weekend's racing in Wales on YouTube from S4C (and the incomprehensible Welsh makes a good change from Flemish). Shame they can't sort it out for all of the National Trophy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W57Hrqwv10o
My first ever catastrophic tyre burping on Sunday at Central League. Lost all the air on a fairly innocuous corner despite running higher tyre pressure than usual, which resulted in a crash and a bit of a run. I'd come down with the beginnings of a cold so it wasn't to be my best result ever anyway, but I've lost a bit of confidence in tubeless.
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I had a shocker race.
Had started getting ill on Friday and it just got worse and worse.
But I was there, so I lined up! Fever and unable to breathe, crashed in a pole on the first half of the first lap, got ridden over by other riders. After that, I just rode on noting. Never had such dull legs. I had no kick, was standing up on the bike pushing as hard as I could and going absolutely nowhere. It was depressing. I settled down a little after 2-3 laps and ticked a couple of riders, but I was so relived to be pulled out one lap to go.The season is still long though and I just want to get back to where I was before 3 peaks and Grinduro. Those long races demand something so different out of you.
Jon.
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Did anyone here ride R2 of the National series at Abergavenny yesterday?
Young Tom Pidcock certainly dished out a lesson in how to do it. Very impressive.