6th Place - Surrey League Cyclopark 3rds-6th June 2015

[AshleyN]

1st race of the year for me this afternoon, had a busy week and not ridden since my aborted Brighton ride last sat.
25 on the line for what was scheduled as 50 miles but turned out to be the usual 1 hour + 5 laps promoted by Danny Shane - Stork Racing.
Mostly single club riders apart from paceline and Maison du velo who had 2 each.
My plan was to race conservatively and stay in the race as long as possible. The start was Fast and furious with quite a few riders trying to get away, I usually suffer with the pace in the first 20mins and today was no exception - once I settled down and got more confidence and speed through the corners it was much easier. 1 nasty crash at the top hairpin 1st rider over-cooked it and went down 2nd man when over the top of him - I was 4th wheel and managed to get around it.
After about halfway I thought that no one would be able to get away so I sat in as much as possible. One group of 4 did get away for a few laps but didn't get out of sight and eventually ran out of steam. The pace sort of dropped out in the last few laps, I wasn't greatly positioned out of the last corner and was a bit late starting my sprint but I came past a few and missed out on 5th by 1/2 a wheel. All in all a good result given where I am and onwards to 3rds only at cutmill next week