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Rob told me this after the event. My approach of hitting it at speed then placing my faith in a higher authority didn't seem to work too well, especially when I crashed there (my right hand brake lever got caught under the tape and I continued whilst the bike stayed put. In my head it looked like a horse refusing to jump a fence!).
You live and learn. I nailed it on the last lap, which enabled me to be in a position to jump a Brixton Cycles rider on the run to the line to move up from 10th to 9th.