Predictably is the word you might be looking for! I sat behind Phil for a large part of the race and he just tottled along, chatting along the way. Five of us got a little breakaway happening, leaving Phil stranded with a few guys who didn't have much to offer for the chase. So he just cruised up to us casually, bringing them with him!

He put his first tester in at 30 minutes so i jumped onto his wheel just to get a feel for what he was doing. Two laps later he jammed it up the 'hill' and halved the field. I made it about half way up before secumbing to the urge to assume the foetal position.

Oh yeah, he won. Very small fields across all grades. Bit disappointing.