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France must have been good for Barry as he returned to a victory. There was some close racing between the non-TT specialists. It was a warm evening with a north-east cross-wind.
Barry Page
24.31
Tony Marriott
24.33
Phil Young
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On Sunday I raced in the Mud, Sweat & Gears event at Thetford. I placed 33rd out of 62 in the veterans category. Once again the course was in good condition and very fast. My race was two hours long with the winner completing 6 … more ->
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Merv was chuffed. He established an East Anglian VTTA Group Age Record for 79 year olds. His time of 2.13.04 was nearly 10 minutes quicker than last Sunday, and only 2 minutes slower than his age record at 77 of 2.11.13.
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Despite many being on tour in France nine riders did make their way to Buntingford this morning. Some took the faster pace return whilst others remained at the easy pace.
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Numbers are picking up as seven took to the streets for an early evening trip.
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A not too disastrous day. Weather reasonable, course reasonable, Merv reasonable, Peter rubbish. As he is about to celebrate his 79th birthday Merv was timed at 2:22:21. Peter had no excuses for 2:16:10.
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Starting 1 minute ahead of Le Hutch, Peter wanted to see if he could get to 4 minutes before being passed. At 5mins 7secs he got his answer. This spurred him onto a course PB of 23:19. (Hutchinson – 18:10).
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In a field of 26 riders, PhilY was 13th in 1:13:39 and Merv was 23rd in 1:22:57.
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Alas the Tortoise Tea Room is living up to its name as it cannot cope when a group turns up. However the ten who went to Parrishes at Thaxted had a good morning out.
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The usual annual Wheelers’ trip to watch the races is planned for the evening of 9th June. Elite Criterium, Womens’ Criterium, Penny Farthing Race, Folding Bike Race and more … Watch out for further details closer to the event.
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