Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge 2022

by Bike Manawatu | Nov 28, 2022 | Notices

Saturday saw the running of the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge for the first time since 2019.
It was great to see so many Bike Manawatu members and supporters there.
It was a tough day with cold, windy and sometimes wet conditions. Reduced numbers in the 99 Bikes Round The Lake also make things difficult as there were very few bunches and the majority of riders were in groups of 2-3 riders.

Some notable results from our members were Ethan Craine finishing in 9th place in the 160km Round the Lake race, Jessie Coxon was the first female over the line in the 55km length of the lake race, but due to timing finished in 2nd place, 2 seconds behind the winner. Tim Lloyd finished 8th male in the same event
Colin Anderson and Stuart Doidge both rode in the 2 lap Enduro event – the largest on offer this year.

In the Mountain bike events, Caleb Botcher was 1st and Joe Skerman 3rd in the 85km Huka Challenge, while his wife Kym Skerman was 5th female in the same event, Tyler Mumby was 2nd in the 60km Huka Steamer. Jonty Skerman was 3rd in the 30 km Huka Teaser.

Another success was Gavin York completing his goal of cycling round Taupo to fundraise for the Alzheimers Society.

Well done on completing your first lap and for your fundraising efforts – if anyone would like to contribute, here is the link https://laketaupocyclechallenge22.grassrootz.com/alzheimers-manawatu/gavin-s-lake-taupo-challenge?tab=updates&fbclid=IwAR2x2QX3Y5RLiyFaj7p-9nbpAzH_JdbGKLSCI4EYXBsIIcue5QEG2jydJ_M&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Congratulations to all to competed on Saturday
https://www.cyclechallenge.com/results

rbt

Up & Coming Events for week ending 25th November 2022

by Bike Manawatu | Nov 21, 2022 | Notices

Up & Coming Events for week ending 25th November 2022

Saturday 26^th November
Taupo Cycle Challenge

Sunday 27^th November
Bike Manawatu Track Racing 1:00pm – 4:00pm – Feilding

Tuesday 29^th November
A1 Loops

Wednesday 30^th November
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Sunday 4^th December
Trust House Teams Series 5
Combined Clubs Meet – Wellington vs WCNI 1-4pm Levin (Facebook Event Link)

Tuesday 6^th December
Akers Road Race – Linton

Wednesday 7^th December
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Sunday 11^th December
Bike Manawatu Track Racing 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Wednesday 14^th December
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Saturday 17^th December
Bike Manawatu Track Racing Christmas Meeting 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Trust House Race 2 Debrief – 2022

by Bike Manawatu | Nov 21, 2022 | Notices

Yesterday saw the running of Race 2 in the North Island Trusthouse Series.
If you’ve been following my updates, you may be thinking ‘shouldn’t this be Race 4?’ – Race 2 was postponed, but all references on the website and results still call this Race 2.

Some fields were a little smaller for this race, as a lot of people didn’t have this date in their calendars when planning their race season, so they were either busy or resting up before Taupo on Saturday.One of the fields really affected by this was CAT2, with only 13 riders. WCNI again were dominant in this category with Joe Skerman 2nd, Glenn Kirk 4th, Josh Mulcahy 7th, Sam Wade 8th and Charlie Studd 9th. Sam retained the leaders jersey, Josh is sitting in 4th place and Wiremu Kaihau in 5th place overall.
They also took maximum team points, and with 22 points separating them from their nearest rival they retain their lead and will finish first in team points for the series.

CAT3
2 mechanicals affected the Bike Manawatu JT Coaching team, reducing their numbers to support the GC riders, but Chris Harris was able to position himself to finish in 3rd place with enough points to secure the leaders jersey. Andy Richardson finished in 12th place and Carl Dickason in 15th place. Bike Manawatu JT Coaching finished 3rd in the team points and with the difference between them and the nearest rival, they look assured of a 3rd place finish.
On the overall leaderboard, as well as Chris being in 1st place, Carl Dickason, Andy Richardson and James Buchanan are 12th, 13th and 15th respectively.

CAT4
was for the most part, an uneventful race. After losing some riders in the 1st lap, the majority of the riders stayed together in one bunch. Around 10kms from the finish, a Tararua Builders rider broke off the front and the bunch didn’t respond. On the descent of the penultimate climb, with some being more confident descenders, the bunch really spread out, and some riders were dropped. The remaining riders in the bunch climbed the final climb, and from there the race was on , and there was an attempt to catch the rider that got away. They caught him, but in a photo finish between 1st and 2nd, he just edged our Dan MacKay to nab 1st place. Other notable results were Graham Hall, Patrick Johnstone and Logan Mulcahy from Palmfeilds Bike Manawatu finishing 8th, 10th and 13th respectively. Toshi Yamauchi and Mike Thompson from Storage Manawatu finished 9th and 14th. The palmfeilds team picked up 10 points in the teams points, keeping them in 2nd place and with the difference between 2nd place and third place it looks like we should finish the series in 2nd place. Only 2 points separates Pedal Project (18 points) and Storage Manawatu on 16 points, if Storage Manawatu have another strong finish, we could see all 4 Manawatu teams finish in the top 3 for all categories.

The final race on December 4 is shaping up to be an exciting one, trying to protect the leaders jerseys in CAT2 and CAT3. Well done to all our riders, we appreciate your commitment to representing our region in this series.

Full results are available here https://www.webscorer.com/race?pid=1&raceid=298407

Photo Credit – Trust House Race Director & Team