European Masters

by **philh207** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:46 am

Well, the European Masters start tomorrow and having fallen off on Thursday at Newcastle my right knee is still a little tender :eh:

Still as alway i'll give it my best shot :thumbup:

My races are:-

Tuesday :- 750m Time Trial
Wednesday :- Sprint
Saturday :- Team Sprint

I'll let you know how i go on :thumbup:

by **billsy** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:34 am

Sock it to 'em Phil!!

by **philh207** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:30 am

OK, leaving here at 1300, car is packed and ready to go.

but most important of all...

i'm ready :thumbup:

by **DAVWOD** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:45 pm

Best Wishes Phil , sore knee or what Y'll do ok kid :thumbup:

by **philh207** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:43 pm

beat my PB by 2 10ths and it was only good enough for 8th :eh:

Very disapointed :eh:

Sprint tomorrow, i'll take the race to them!!!!

by **alanj** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:08 pm

well done phil, be positive and think how far you have come this year :thumbup:

by **rupe1969** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:47 pm

Well done bro it's all experiance and you will be moving up next year so keep up the good work I know you will be faster next year :wink:

by **philh207** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:56 pm

Event 7
Men's 40-44 750m Time Trial Final 3 laps
World Masters Best Time 40-44 48.033 Darren King(AUS), Melbourne(AUS) 2007
European Masters Best Time 51.01 Ahcen Aggar(FRA), Manchester(GBR) 2009
Result
1 55 Ahcen Aggar FRA 51.132 52.804 km/h
2 82 Neil Potter GBR 51.270 52.662 km/h
3 67 Aderito Da Cruz FRA 52.796 51.140 km/h
4 85 Steven Roe GBR 52.824 51.113 km/h
5 78 John McClelland GBR 53.196 50.755 km/h
6 58 Jean Paul Benvenuto FRA 53.524 50.444 km/h
7 56 Fabio Alberti ITA 53.532 50.437 km/h
8 90 Brendan Whelan IRL 53.580 50.391 km/h
9 73 Philip Houlton GBR 53.651 50.325 km/h

Sorry guys, it was 9th :eh:

Still a PB :yawn:

by **philh207** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:00 pm

Qualified 5th fastest in the flying 200 knocking a 10th off my PB

finished 5th.

still disapointed with the overall :eh:

Here is a photo of me attempting to pass Jean Paul Benvenuto of France

I was in the minor final, 4 up so places 5th to 8th and with only one real guy to watch anyway
Jean Paul started it off so I got on he wheel but I had the run at him but in the last bend When i was passing his in the bend and he pushed me up the track!! Here is the photo evidence

we were very very close to each other coz i wouldn't give an inch!!! :lolno:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48090142@N08/4840978526/

by **rupe1969** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:33 pm

Well done any way phil you've done well and you know it's all good

by **philh207** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:51 am

rupe1969 wrote:Well done any way phil you've done well and you know it's all good

True, need to make a step change for the worlds next :shh:

by **philh207** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:03 pm

OK Monday and Tuesday are like my arse...

behind me now! :lol:

Staurday morning i am riding the Team Sprint.
the team has been put together by Dave Smith and Tony Brooks and is called

Newcastle Track Association, sponsored by Brooks Cycles.

Running order

1st. Dave Smith
2nd. Me
3rd. Tony Brooks.

we have done some testing at Newport and things are looking good,

Good news is having been down about the results :roll:

i'm back on top again and ready for it :thumbup:

by **DAVWOD** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:56 pm

As above post's, good experience which you can only learn from.. :clap:

by **philh207** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:53 pm

Well talk about having a bad week!!!

Arrived at Manchester velodrome at 0845 on saturday morning, as i pull on to the car park i get a text...

it was from Dave Smith telling me that he was not in a fit state to ride, o'how i laughed :lolno:

then Dug Pinkerton (some of you may know him) told me that Dave had crashed in the sprint the night before :evil:

I phoned Tony and he said don't worry we have a 3rd rider in Steve Clayton but we would have to ride in the open not the over 135 :thumbup:

so i'm thinking OK, we should be OK :thumbup:

When out time came i was buzzing, Tony was in the gate as first man and then me and Steve off last man.

they aske if we were ready and then the cound down timer came to life :shock:

10...
9...
8...
7...
6...
5...
4...
2...
1...

Beeeeep

Tony's openig lap was right on them money, he dragged away from my for me to come back at him in the bend and as he pulled up i went through like a train.

I kid you not, i was flying, pushing so hard that after about 175mtrs i was going blind!!!!!!!
still as i come out of my last bend i pulled up just above the red line to allow Steve to come through...

Steve Come through...

he was way off, apparently, at the end of lap one he was three lenghts off and when i put my acceloration on to pass Tony he was 8 lenghts off and never go back on.

it was not good enought to qualify

the sad news is that in training we would have won a silver medal.

by **rupe1969** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:47 pm

You see now that's why you don't have endurance riders riding sprint events. More things that you have learned just a pity that was in compition not pratice. You could not have a worse string of events than you had this week so stick it in your back pocket and save it for later it doesn't matter now so look forward to the worlds and belleve in you self

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