Ontario Championships were held July 24th in Heidelberg.
Ilija had a great day finishing with the Silver medal having being narrowly beaten in the mass field final sprint for the line by David Fry of 'Shut up Legs' cycling team. Ilija was competing in the UCI category 40 to 50 years old, which was the category on the day that had by far the most participants with approx 90 taking part.
This was something of a first for Ilija, to finish with such a high placing in a big field sprint, as he's known better as a time trial specialist. Behind him were noted fast finishers such as Ian Scott (Bronze medal) and Radek Lukasik, both of Wheels of Bloor. Just goes to show that it's never to late to evolve and to learn new tricks.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
National Criterium Championships
July 1st saw members of the team compete in the 2011 Masters criterium championships. First up were Jay and Pav competing in the 'youngest' category race of Master 'A' 30 to 40 years old. They distinguished themselves well, being in the front of the action and finally finishing amongst the leading group.
Pav and Jay before the race
Jay in the fight
Next up were the slightly older guys Steve and Kevin. During a fast and furious race Steve spent a lot of time in main 'breakaway' of the day while Kevin covered the moves from behind in the peloton. Surprisingly the break was caught with one and a half laps of one kilometre laps remaining, which meant that it all came down to a mass sprint for the line. Rob D'Amico from Team Z led out the sprint and took the advantageous inner path on the left turning run in to the finish and got to the line first, ahead of Kevin.
Steve in action in the Breakaway
A close finish
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