Wansbeck....Result

Another talent heavy field lined up in three groups for the Wansbeck Australian Pursuit on Sunday 20th March. The larger clubs/teams had at least one representative in each of the three groups so it was to be anyone's day.

Dave Charman (Picture by Phil Marks)

Blackhawkbikes.com had 6 riders (Simon Davison, Alan Nixon, James Alder, Marcus Smith, Tony Macgouran and Dave Charman), split across the groups.

Simon Davison & Tony Macgouran (Picture by Phil Marks)

The front group were given a 3min lead over the middle group, which was reduced down to 2mins after the first lap of chasing. The chasing continued and the front group were caught during the 4th lap of the 7lap race.

With the front and middle group now together they continued to push hard and make life difficult for the chasing group made up of Elites/1st & 2nd cat riders. 

Alan Nixon (Picture by Phil Marks)

At the start of the final lap Thomas Bustard (Velo29) made a power move up the finishing straight over the line to start the final lap and moved clear of the main field, Blackhawkbikes.com rider Simon Davison covered the move and road clear with 5 other riders to form a breakaway group of 7 for the final lap.

The breakaway group established a 20second lead over the main peleton who were still yet to be caught by the elite group. Coming into the final run in the lead only dropped to 10seconds before the breakaway 7 swung left onto the final ascend upto the finish line.

Again Thomas Bustard (Velo29) displayed the power of 10men to ride clear on the climb to take a deserved win. Simon Davison launched his sprint and was only able to secure a thrid place for Blackhawkbikes.com narrowly being beaten to the line by a Fiesten Tempo rider.

Simon Davison crossing the line 3rd (Picture Phil Marks)

The elite group made contact with the chasing peleton on the final lap and now the race was on for the minor places. James Moss (Endura) and Mike Dales (Velo29) attacked off the front on the final run in to take 8th and 9th. Alan Nixon from Blackhawkbikes.com also broke free from the charging group and stayed away to take the final point of the day coming home in 10th place.

Alan Nixon 10th (Picture by Phil Marks)

Another good result for the Blackhawkbikes.com road race team with another two riders placing top 10 in a quality line up.