Bath CC has an active small group of "roadies" who mainly compete in the local Regional A and B races. These local races can be divided in to circuit events, usually 50km long and the open road race events which can be up to 100km in length.
Regional Champs 3/4 Road race was run on 23 May in high temperatures over a hilly course near Pewsey. Graham Wade, Peter Phillips and Matt Hargreaves represented Bath CC. Unfortunately Graham punctured after three miles due to the poor road surface and had to retire, which is all he needed after recovering from a heavy bout of flu. As the temperature heated up so did the race and a breakaway of 10 riders finally got clear on the last long climb past Trenchard Lines which included Matt. The group stayed away for the last 5 miles with Matt picking up 6 points for fifth place. Peter led in the chase group to finish 12th about 15 seconds back.
Non Champ 3 / 4
Congratuations must go out to Iain Stanton, who joined the club just a few months ago. Iain riding in Quinetiq Regional B Race, part of Wessex Cycle Racing League, performed excellently. Part of a 4 man break away, he stayed clear and took 4th place. That Iain has done so well, so soon after starting racing, shows great promise for the comming season.
Details of events held in previous years can be found 2009 2008