National Points Series #1 in Sherwood Pines

They raced only 10 minutes short of two hours and the New Zealander Rosara Joseph emerged as a winner who dominated the race all the way through.

I had two lovely assistants for this race, my friends Bea and Balazs, and they enjoyed the race quite a lot, even though this was the first time they were are a bike race.

The juvenile and youth races started right after the elite female race
and the impressive amount of cyclist had an exciting race in the woods.

Not long after the noon started the Elite Men race with all the pros. The first obvious place to check was the log where almost all of the pros flew through without any problems.

However

There was one, very unlucky racer, who lost his saddle in his first lap, but didn`t give up and carried on saddle-less – kudos!

The front pack of the elite riders formed a formidable train as they rambled through to course. In each lap, a different rider was in the front so we all expected a sprint finish.

It didn`t happen however, Jody Crawforth brought home the win relatively easily, though the gap between him and the following riders (David Fletcher and Oliver Beckingsale) wasn`t big.

We weren`t able to see the closing masters races, so we headed for the parking lot. And that was where we saw this modest ride with a bike rack. Impressive indeed.