Beat Wiggins etc and win a Pinarello

Ha, go illy!

Russ Downing = pwned

^ Here's hoping so.

It turns out we were in the same race Clever Pun - I was on bike 1 and a good few lengths behind you at the finish! Cheated you were.

Ah yes we signed up at the same time. it looked like our heat was a pretty damn fast one. do you know what time you got?

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/rider-collapses-at-team-sky-ig-markets-event-in-london-28539
He is alive, phew!

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I'm told 1:51.something - 4th place (by watching colleagues - I could barely focus once I finished!). I found it very hard to know how far along in the race we were and how I was doing relative to anyone else - I couldn't see the 'race' screen that the audience saw.

Wouldn't surprise me if you were well sub 1:50.

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I'm told 1:51.something - 4th place (by watching colleagues - I could barely focus once I finished!). I found it very hard to know how far along in the race we were and how I was doing relative to anyone else - I couldn't see the 'race' screen that the audience saw.

Wouldn't surprise me if you were well sub 1:50.

I was 1.49 something I eased off when the announcer said well done then realised I hadn't finished and limped over the line.. think I lost the main bike cause of that.. feck

Well done Illy - beat both the Downings and won the bike, that's a hell of a result for a lunchtime ride!!

Chapeau sir!

Wow. The sky's the limit. Pun, as most of the time, intended.

So he gets the bike? Sweet

Look or Dogma, Look or Dogma, decisions decisions....

the best looking jersey wins again.

Congrats on winning the bike whoever won the bike

I thought illy won the bike?

Nick (also Grupetto) was up there for a while with the fastest time too.

I heard from people here the guy made it.

Illy won the bike - It was the fastest time of the person to beat one of the pros, Illy didn't even take his cufflinks off :^]

i got confused.

At least the ugliness of the bike will match illy's shorts. ;P

some illustrious company there Matt…

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/winners-named-for-ig-markets-square-mile-challenge-28612

Grupetto colours an' all.

Go Illy!

Nice work Matt. Does it come with Di2...?

Ha, nice list:

Race Winner Time Av Power (Watts) Av speed (kph) Av cadence (rpm)
1 Ben Swift 01:49.25 538 52.86 116
2 Ben Swift 01:50.47 519 52.28 116
3 Ben Swift 01:48.36 549 53.47 115
4 Brad Wiggins 01:53.95 492 50.81 124
5 Brad Wiggins 01:54.22 472 50.65 134
6 Brad Wiggins 01:52.57 491 51.3 136
7 Mat Hammond 01:53.38 496 50.93 120
8 Russell Downing 01:51.06 508 52 125
9 Matthew Theobalds 01:51.95 502 51.59 112
10 Geraint Thomas 01:51.10 504 51.98 123
11 Geraint Thomas 01:49.40 527 52.89 118
12 Geraint Thomas 01:48.18 545 53.38 119
13 Ben Swift 01:47.17 557 53.88 121
14 Ben Swift 01:51.54 507 51.91 120
15 Matt Walters 01:52.06 499 51.53 120

Illy needs to work on his cadence.

How come all the non pros are called Matt?

Well done Matt!

haha this ^

How come all the non pros are called Matt?

If he carries on like this, illy won't be a non-pro for much longer. :)