Sunday, 1 April 2012

Victory!! er..well...


Well finaly we have our new team kit and for its inaugural race Harry was in action at the Ham Hill RR down in Somerset.This is what he had to say about it:
 The race was 60 miles in the sunshine in Somerset. One long drag of a hill and otherwise pan flat and fast (think it averaged 27mph). In the first lap there was a lot of shouting going on as the motorcycle marshals tried to keep us from straying over the white lines. A break of 6 went away but was always in sight and soon closed down, only for another to peel off on lap 6. This included someone from Felt and a couple of Wilier riders, so the onus to chase was on Zappi's as the remaining major team. They didn't get a lot of support, so that come the final lap the lead group had a minute. At this stage the remaining Felt boys took up the chase, realising that Wilier were looking well placed for the win. With 5 miles to go, we could see the break ahead, minus Colin Parry, who unknown to me had already jumped off alone. Coming through the tight corners of Marston Magna, I attacked off the front of the peleton, and was joined by a Cadence Cannondale rider. Together we bridged across to the break, which was no longer working effectively. I found myself coming through for my turn as we approached the final corner, and accelerated through this hard to throw the rest off. It was a few hundred metres to the finish, and I was 50 metres clear by the time I wobbled through  with a full victory salute. My triumph lasted the five seconds it took Will Bjergfelt to finish and politely explain that Colin Parry had won 38 seconds clear. Nevermind: the victory pictures (with surprised spectators) will still look the part.
Harry celebrities, unfortunately for 2nd place.

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