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PrestigeVC.Com/Viner Surrey League

Cutmill, May 31 2004

Attacking straight after the flag went down, the promoting club's Duncan Urquhart (PrestigeVC.com/viner/MAR Support Services) attacked with Matthew Melville (VC St Raphael) on his wheel and was never seen again by many for the whole race! Some of those able to bridge the gap, which went up to a maximum of 2:20 at one point, included eventual winner and renowned strongman Robin Sharman, riding for the newly formed Recycling.co.uk racing team. Robin, who is not often seen down South except for the Premier Calendar races, was fresh from his regional championships, which he incidentally won, so he had a few miles in his legs already! This did not stop him pursuing the disappearing Urquhart - who had managed to drop Melville back into the bunch - along with Tom Hemmant (London Dynamo) and Steven Richards (VC Meudon). Urquhart eventually came back to these three, who contested the finish in the lead up to the final hill, when Sharman proved far too strong, finishing well clear of the remainder of the break. As the rest of the riders came in, there were notable rides by escapees from the bunch Steve Gowar and Tony Kelly (Pacific RT), Craig Peter (VC Meudon) and Matt Melville. The draggy hill up to the finish, which had already been covered nine times made it very easy for the judges to sort out the placings down to 29th, with Justin Hoy (Evans RT) looking the worse for a night out the night before in the lanterne rouge position. That'll learn you!

Overall a well contested and exciting race. Excellent organisation by the PrestigeVC, superb mechanical backup from Jack Halford, who had to deal with about nine punctures in total, and the catering in the village hall was pretty good too thanks to Rob Enslin's better half! Many thanks to all the volunteers, marshal's, helpers, officials, judges, etc, who all know how much they contributed to make this event a success. Weather was nice too!

Results E/1/2/3, 107km

1 Robin Sharman (Recycling.co.uk)          2.43.00
2 Tom Hemmant (London Dynamo)
3 Duncan Urquhart (PrestigeVC.com/viner)
4 Steven Richards (VC Meudon)
5 Steve Gowar (Pacific Racing)
6 Tony Kelly (Pacific Racing)
7 Craig Peter (VC Meudon)
8 Matt Melville (VC St Raphael)
9 James Louter (In-Gear RT)
10 Simon Horton (VC Meudon)
11 Chas Hollosi (Gemini BC)
12 Mark Sussex (Tunbridge Wells RC)
13 David Kennett (Addiscombe CC)
14 James Holland Leader (Principia RT)
15 Julian Bray (London Phoenix)
16 Daniel Duguid (Evans Cycles RT)
17 Gary Flint (In-Gear RT)
18 James Lett (De Laune CC)
19 Darren Santer (VC Deal)
20 Russell Short (London Dynamo)
21 Nigel Carpenter (Pacific Racing)
22 Graham Wood (Team Luciano)
23 Hugo Smuts (PrestigeVC.com/Viner)
24 Gary Kristensen (PrestigeVC.com/Viner)
25 Kevin Davey (Pacific Racing)
26 Dave Larcombe (VC Meudon)
27 Mark Scoular (BC PM)
28 Sean Reid (Eastbourne Rovers)
29 Justin Hoy (Evans RT)

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