Criterium Monash March 31st 2015
A Grade
1st Chris Gartery
2nd Ken Ridley
3rd Lee Stevens
4th Matthew Benson (1 min handicap)
DNF Colby Jachmann (1 min Handicap)
B grade
1st Derek Martinson
2nd Lee Rasheed
3rd Mick Gray
4th Dennis Robinson
C Grade
1st Gordon Pipe
2nd Glen O'Brien
3rd Ruth Strout
4th Angelo Ylia
5th Sue Lahainer (1/2 lap start)
6th Peter Graves (1/2 lap start)
7th Elle Hollamby (1/2 lap start)
D Grade
1st Tracey Benson
2nd Clayton Bond
3rd Josh Ridley
4th Gordon Lawton
5th Tyler Stevens
The
last meeting of the Crits for this summer with Conditions that were
fantastic with 21 riders turning up across 4 grades as follows.
A
grade; Chris Gartery, Lee Stevens, Ken Ridley. Matt Benson & Colby
Jachmann 60 sec handicap. Gartery drove the A grade limit bunch hard
& stayed away from Benson & Colby. Only just! Benson 30m behind
in the finish.
B grade; Mick Gary, Lee Rasheed, Dennis Robinson
& Derek Martinson. Tight racing in this grade, as the duration of
the race went on Robinson was the first to drop. A good sprint finish
saw the speed of Martinson too good for the Rash.
C grade; Sue
Lahainer, Elle Hollamby, Peter Graves all had a 1/2 lap head start over
the rest of the field which included Gordon Pipe, Glen O'brien, Angelo
Ylia, Ruth Strout. The 4 scratch riders in C grade worked hard together
to chase down the 3 riders. Hollamby the first victim finished the race
on her own. With Graves & Lahainer next at the 10 minute mark. That
left Pipe, Obrien, Strout & Ylia to fight it out for the win! A
great sprint unfolded, with young Pipe showing an awesome turn of speed,
after doing much of the pace setting in his grade to take the win.
D
grade; New member Clayton Bond came out for his first ride on a club
loan bike. Tracey Benson, Josh Ridley, Tyler Stevens & Gordon
Lawton. Well Tracey Benson took off at the start & that was the last
the group saw of her! She rode a fantastic TT & easily accounted
for her opponents to take the victory. The rest of the bunch rode well
together & stayed together for the duration of the race until the
sprint.