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Sunday morning Crit at Linton Results 15 February 2014

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.
 

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

 

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety. 

 

Although funding  external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.  

 

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race. 

A small field of riders gathered at Linton Army Camp gymnasium for what was to be a criterium.

Due to the size and variety of riders it was decided to run a handicap race.

On the start line after all riders had ridden one lap behind a pace car, riders were instructed how they needed to work together as a group to ensure that their grade could make it to the finish line first.

The third grade which for this event was called C GRADE started first and were to complete 5 laps – a distance of approximately 15km. A minute later A grade consisting of just 3 riders started but with the challenge of completing 7 laps they had their work cut out for them.  B Grade started 30 secs after A grade and had 6 laps to ride.

Due to unfortunate circumstances the trailer was not able to be taken out to Linton and only one stopwatch was available so the winning time went to Kelly Levin in 30 mins 58 secs just proving that the younger ones do listen at times as they all worked together to hold off the A Grade and B grade riders. 

There was a 28 second gap from C back to A, the C grade group rode well together, all finishing within a few seconds of each other.

Steve & Alex had a great sprint to the end, and it was a tight photo finish with Alex just pipping Steve by an inch.

And the B grade group followed in quite quickly about another 20 seconds back.

OVERALL RESULTS

1. Kelly Levin                           64           30:58     (5 Laps)                C

2. Ethan Craine                      70                           (5 Laps)                C

3. Zoe Croton                         98                           (5 Laps)                C

4. James Gardner                 72                           (5 Laps)                C

5. Alex West                           01                           (7 Laps)                A

6. Steve Stannard                 63                           (7 Laps)                A

7. Mike Craine                        76                           (6 Laps)                B

8. Nigel Doyle                         68                           (6 Laps)                B

9. Adam Martin                     09                           (6 Laps)                B

10. Mitchel Kinghorn             45                           (7 Laps)                A

Megan Gardner DNF.