Originally Posted by 531Aussie
eh, wind is good coz it sorts out the wheel-suckers
Did you race B grade?
What was the turn-out like -- were all the big guns there?
Did the wind break up the field?
I raced C grade and you're right... the wind absolutely disintegrated the bunches. 2 southern riders broke away so we went after them - we being 25 odd riders - by the time we caught them, we were 8 riders... and that's how it stayed 'till the last lap when our bunch broke in two.
We lapped just about all of the dropped C graders which surprised me cos I some of 'em usually place really well. All but one of the C grade guns were there, but only 2 finished in front of me (I was 6th) - the other 3 were Southerners.
That wind though!! We were going 50+km/h away from it and around 22km/h into it and the direction meant one straight with and 2 straights against it .