Interbike Road Race - Peldon

Sunday 22nd March

VCR’s Andrew Elderfield, Brett Travers and Ben Wright lined up on Sunday 22 March for the Interbike Road Race at Peldon, just outside Colchester.

This event was held over a distance of 75 miles with Elite, 1st, 2nd and 3rd category riders eligible to compete.

With a good quality field including former Tour of Britain King of the Mountains jersey wearer Duncan Urquart, the pace was high from the start with Andy managing to find himself involved in some small moves though, unfortunately, these came to nothing. With an hour of the race gone, the winning move went away. Andy suddenly felt that his legs had gone but on closer inspection it turned out he had broken a spoke which resulted in the wheel rubbing on his frame. Sadly Andy had to withdraw from the race due to this mechanical problem but considering he had been off the bike for 3 weeks, he was pleased with his form.

Ben and Brett rode a quiet race in the bunch with Brett being the victim of cramp on the final lap but with a ride back to his parents afterwards, he’d got 90 miles in his legs in total. Winner of the day was Steve Lumpier (KUK Kinesis) with Jason White second and Chris McNamara (Team Corley Cycles / Alpha RC) coming in third. Former VCR man Joe Skipper was forth.