On Saturday the 25th February, I raced in the second round of the Youth Icebreaker Omnium Series at Newport Velodrome. I have been training on the track every Saturday since September and I was quite pleased with how I got on in the first round back in January. The first race was the scratch. I […]

Mid Devon CC Race Team were en masse at the Modbury 2/3/4 race on 12th March. 1st year Junior Louie Priddle gives the low down on his race where he took 2nd following a day in the break This was my 2nd road race and I was very excited and ready to get stuck in

Friday started with packing kit and a pre race ride on the turbo. Car packed and by 2:30 we were on our way to a Premier Inn about 20 minutes from the Eurotunnel. 4 and a half hours later we arrived after spending a fair amount of time sat on the car park that is

After last week’s successes at the Primavera RR, I knew a decent result might be on the cards for the Severn Bridge RR however the standard would be another notch higher. I travelled down from London the night before and stayed with my cousins in Bristol (thank you!) which meant I wasn’t time pressured the

Soggy Bottom Round 2, Newnham Park, Plymouth A grey Sunday morning saw three Mid Devon riders lining up on the startline for the Under 8s race. Newest member Matthew Holmes riding his first race on a bigger bike, got away well and into 2nd place after the initial climb. Not getting such a good start,

Sunday 26th February 2017 saw the Mid Devon CC promote the annual SW Road Race Season opener, the Primavera Road Races. This year saw two races run on a revised course from Hatherleigh out to the Halwill Junction circuit and back to Hatherleigh. The Elite race covered 4 laps of the circuit and the Support race

The 2017 Road season started at the Velopark on Sunday 19th February. Mid Devon CC Race Team managed to place a rider on every race podium! Dave Lewis unleashed a killer sprint to take 3rd in the 4’s only. Mark Coombe took 3rd in the 3’rd Cat only to be knocked off a few days fracturing

Mid Devon CC took 3 out of the top 5 places in this early season tester on the popular S4 course at Buckfastleigh. Matt Langworthy took the win with an an outstanding 19.19 with Ian Cullen taking 2nd 20:41 and Gary Fouracres 3rd 20:54. Mid-Devon took the team prize with Harrison Wood (21:18) as the

After a winter of reasonably consistent training I decided to start the season with the Kingston Wheelers sporting 14. It’s a tough two lap circuit just outside Woking on some seriously grippy roads. Dean had me doing some threshold stuff for the past few weeks on the turbo so I felt pretty strong going into