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Another great result in Youth A from Louie Priddle in North Devon on 1st May. Here is Louie’s report Today I competed in the second race of the tour of Tesco series. I turned up to the race in pouring rain and cold conditions. I was worried that the car park would be greasy and […]

Jenny Corser’s Race report Westpoint 26 April 2016. Just wanted to say that this Tuesday at Westpoint I finally managed to pull a sprint out of the bag and win. Thank-you to everyone who has helped me. How it felt? Good. And a silly amount of happiness for such a small moment. ‘Has it ever

Jenny’s impressive form show’s no sign of abating. Here’s her report from her two races last week Having written about cakes and lines, perhaps it finally time to write a race report about cycling.  Velopark. Thursday 21 April. – 2nd Overall I was pretty nervous as I’ve cycled just once previously at the Velopark at a

Mark Coombe came 2nd in the CAT 4 only race @ Westpoint and has now moved up to Cat 3 level. Below is his report Last winter I decided that if I wanted to be competitive, I needed to follow a structured schedule to get myself fitter. So I invested in a new turbo, dongle and

John Andrews Road Race, Somerset ‘Cullen In At the Kill Again’  Sunday saw the 6 members of the race team travel to Langport in Somerset to compete in the John Andrews Memorial Road Race for 2/3/4 category riders. The race takes place over 12 laps of a 5 mile circuit before heading off on a

This weekend saw the Northover Vets RT 10 and 25, with the 10 being held on Saturday evening followed by a brief sleep and early start at 7am on Sunday for the 25. The course was the U30 at Yeovilton, utilising the A303 for a large part of it. The 10 has the potential to

Race report for Noel Jones RR from Mid Devon CC Race Team Junior Steven Jones. Steven’s been getting some good results as the season progresses: On Saturday afternoon we traveled to Hereford for the Noel Jones Memorial road race. I knew the course from the junior national earlier in the year – the only difference

Youth A Rider Brad Messenger takes 2nd in the Youth A race at the Velopark with a strong ride. Louie Priddle came in fourth as well with some impressive attacks! Here’s what Brad had to say post race: When I arrived at the Velopark this morning it was cold but sunny. As my warm up

Jenny Corsers fantastic start to the season continues! As always a very thoughtful  and engaging report from Jenny follows below: Race report Jenny Corser. Tuesday 12 April 2016 Westpoint Circuit Exeter Holding a line. Last race report I wrote about cake. I considered this topic carefully for this report but decided to write about lines instead.

Sunday 10th April saw a return to the Modbury road race circuit, with strong winds, cold temperatures and rain in the forecast – conditions promised to be challenging! The race started fairly steadily, the strong winds made for tough conditions on the front. MDCC’s Dave Johnson, feeling strong went on an early attack and distanced