Race Report - Chase The Sun, Round 2 - Team CBD 1st!!

Lysterfield Park, 31st May 2009

Jim Hsu and Andrew Downie were team CBD cycles in the 5 hour enduro at Lysterfield Park in the ‘just good friends’ male pairs category. The course was fast and flowing, although there were some sections which caused many of the riders to go over the handlebars.

Jim kicked off the race with the prologue and first lap, always a stellar effort considering the pain induced by the zero to all-out effort for the first 40 minutes. Jim and Andrew took each lap in turns, slowly but surely reigning in the front-runners. Andrew finally caught the first place rider on the last lap, and team CBD Cycles came home first to win the race.

Race Report - Footscray 3-Day Tour - Dominik Dudkiewicz - 3rd!!

I was under no delusions of grandeur before the start of the Footscray 3 Day Tour on the Queen’s birthday long weekend, having only been back to training for about six weeks after a long layoff. To make matters worse I had crashed during the Calder Park Team TT the previous weekend and hurt my knee. Rather than doing the smart thing and resting it however, I decided to race the Criterium later that day and then train hard the next morning. When I woke up on Monday I immediately regretted my previous decisions. My knee was badly swollen and sore so I stayed off the bike for a few days and come the weekend my legs had gone stale and sore from lack of activity.

I decided to stay out of trouble during the first two flat stages on Saturday and it seems that almost everyone else had the same idea. A strange lack of crosswind kept the bunch together with only one successful breakaway occurring during the first stage, when two riders were literally allowed to roll away from the uninterested Peloton. The second stage finished with a bunch sprint, however I had launched my attack too early and didn’t gain any much needed time bonuses. Read more...