MIVA DUKE POINT ROAD RACE – Apr. 1st

There was snow on the ground and a lot more on Mount Benson

at 7am in the morning but by the 11am start time, it had turned

into a beautiful sunny but cool morning. The eight starters rolled

off easily and for the first few kilometres they stayed together but

on the first ascent of Jacks Hill a group of four including Doug

Merrick, Charles Hamer Ian Smith and Iain Hay upped the pace

and caused a split. Phil Birrer and  Keegan Metheringham hovered

a couple of hundred metres back but Dave Steen and Kyle Waring

were already a good way back. The lead four kept up the pressure,

losing Hay to a flat just before the half way mark, and eventually

left Birrer and Metheringham trailing almost half a kilometre down

with Steen (now in his usual time trial mode) chasing steadily and

Waring, showing his state of unfitness, bringing up the rear.

In the final sprint, Ian Smith took a couple of seconds out of Charles

and Doug, who finished in that order. Keegan out sprinted Phil for

fourth and Dave managed to stay away from Kyle to take sixth.

Brodie Hay decided to ride a fifteen kilometre time trial to see how

he had improved since last  Fall and beat his previous best time by

almost a minute and a half.

Everyone had good things to say about the course so, if  the Duke

Point Terminal is still closed, there will be a three lap race on the

same circuit in two weeks.

RESULTS