Saturday the 16th April was the opening round of the Northampton & District series, and although not feeling like he was on best form Sam Hayes still managed to take 14th place and gain a very handy 89 points for the season long competition. Sam clocked 48:22 on the 20 mile hilly country lane course.
Steve Robinson suffered his first bad ride of the season in the same event to finish in 53:55 for a very disappointing 47th place, his lowest placing in an N&DCA event.
Despite his hard ride on Saturday Sam then went on to race again on the F1 25 mile course on Sunday. His finishing time of 59:05 may not have been as good as he hoped, but shows that even on his bad days he can still post decent times!
Monday, 25 April 2011
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Rik starts season on form
In his opening race of the season Rik Palmer stormed round the E91/10 in 24:34 to take 13th place in a competitive field. It's a cracking start to the year and signs that a good winters training will pay dividends.
Monday, 11 April 2011
57minute 25 for Sam, 13th place for Steve
This weekend saw 2 members of the team out battling in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. On Saturday afternoon Sam Hayes opened his 25 mile account for the season with a rapid 57:14 on the E2. Although not as quick as he had hoped thanks to a rising tailwind it still ranks as the fastest ever 25 by a Team Salesengine rider, and its only a matter of time before both Sam and Rik Palmer slice more time off it. On Sunday morning Steve Robinson competed in an Interclub 10 representing his second claim club Hitchin Nomads. On a calm morning Steve clocked 24:36 on the lightly trafficked single carriageway course to take 24 seconds off his PB and take 13th place overall.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
3rd place team at the Icknield hilly
The early season form of continues to look promising with Team Salesengine taking 3rd placed team in the Icknield hilly 30k.
Sam Hayes led the team home with a storming 46:32 to take 13th place in the high quality field. Steve Robinson finished in a course PB of 50:24 to take 24th place and Paul King was hard on his heels with 52:03 for 33rd.
The same three are in action again in 2 weeks time at the first round of the Northants & District series, with Sam on the E2 before that looking to further hone his speed.
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Paul & Steve take 2nd place
In their first ride of the season Paul King and Steve Robinson took 1:52 off their course PB in the Hitchin Nomads 2-up 25 to record 1:04:46 and take second place.
It was a mild morning with a cross tailwind on the key part of the course which meant fast times all round. But the amount of time the pair took off their previous best shows that they are going into the season with really promising form.
Next up for Steve & Paul is the Icknield hilly in 2 weeks time, which will also see Sam Hayes in action as well.
It was a mild morning with a cross tailwind on the key part of the course which meant fast times all round. But the amount of time the pair took off their previous best shows that they are going into the season with really promising form.
Next up for Steve & Paul is the Icknield hilly in 2 weeks time, which will also see Sam Hayes in action as well.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Sam in full flight
You can see from the look on Sam's face that when they call it "The North Road hardriders" they aren't joking!
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Welcome to the team - Sam Hayes
So the blog has been off air for a little while now during the off-season.
It's been a good winter with everyone knuckling down and getting the work done to come into 2011 flying.
The big news of the winter is that we have managed to coax another rider to join us, so welcome on board Mr Sam Hayes!
Sam has been one of the areas most rapid testers for a few years now, and his presence in the team should keep Rik Palmer focused for the year!
With Sam and Rik both looking to complete the Northants & District series we now have the strength in depth to challenge for the overall and a few team prizes along the way, happy days!
Sam has already opened his racing account for us this year with a cracking 50:28 in the shortened version of the North Road Hardriders 25 circuit. The field list reads like a who's who of time trialling and Sam finished well up the field in around 25th place. Awesome first ride, with the promise of a lot more to come. Nice one Sam.
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Another top 10 for Richard Palmer
In more Richard Palmer based news; he also stormed round the lumpy F14/25 course at Gamlingay on Saturday afternoon to finish in 1:03:00 for a fantastic 10th place.
The event was only won with a 57 so it was by no means a fast day and it shows what a hard course it was.
Rumour has it that after roughly 100 races this year (maybe a bit exaggerated, but you get my drift) Rik will now be hanging up his wheels for the year. With a new coach on board he will be building for big things with us in 2011!
The event was only won with a 57 so it was by no means a fast day and it shows what a hard course it was.
Rumour has it that after roughly 100 races this year (maybe a bit exaggerated, but you get my drift) Rik will now be hanging up his wheels for the year. With a new coach on board he will be building for big things with us in 2011!
Rik takes 8th overall
In a hotly contested 4 event series, Rik managed to finish in a superb 8th place overall in the Victoria CC 10.2 mile competition.
Had it not been for his dragging his team mates round the 3-up before his final solo ride no doubt he could have finished even higher.
Maybe we should try and win the overall team prize in the 3-up series next year???
Had it not been for his dragging his team mates round the 3-up before his final solo ride no doubt he could have finished even higher.
Maybe we should try and win the overall team prize in the 3-up series next year???
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