Orwell DMS 22/04/10

zzzzzzzz

Just heard niceonetom won the semi-limit race and dirkvoodoo was 4th in limit.

Well done!

Nietzschean

I would just like to say, gratz Tom/Dirk, and haha Tom off to semi scratch with you no doubt!

barrabus

Nietzschean wrote: »

haha Tom off to semi scratch with you no doubt!

????? what a good place to be.

great finish by tom he really got up through the field well and obviously finished the job in style ..

Nietzschean

barrabus wrote: »

????? what a good place to be.

He wasn't looking forward to being kicked up so fast He'll have to compete with Blorg and aidan.offbeat now, stiffer competition! (presuming this gets him upgraded, which i imagine it will)

Chips Lovell

Levitronix also won the limit race. Well done to him, Tom and Dirk on their results tonight.

Nietzschean

well done Levitronix!

blorg

Great win by Tom achieved in some style. I couldn't see him not promoted to semi-scratch; he will be well up for it. Remember he was also second in the semi-limit TT last week.

Phenomenal showing by Orwell in limit/semi-limit with eleven out of the twelve placings.

Well done to Levitronix (welcome to semi-limit and Dirk (you are in danger yourself!)

ROK ON

Well done Tom (again). You are made for racing.

Dirk, well done. Good man. Bit of luck and confidence is sometimes all that is needed. Keep it up. You are way to stylish to be hanging out the back in races.

levitronix

The limit looked like dirks race he ripped everyone apart on the drag just before the finish, if it had of finished there he would of got it, i was lucky to grab montacs wheel going up it, if he hadnt of dragged me up it i wouldnt of had a chance

montac

Dirk, you did some serious damage when you got on the front at the end there! Well done on the win, Levitronix!

I didn't expect that race to be quite as fast as it was. I thought it would be a bit more cagey. Instead, we had a guy in blue, who just wouldn't stop attacking! Relax already!!

Great result in Semi Limit Tom! Well Done!

Diarmuid

That was good fun. Just ran out of steam at the end. I got into a good position with about 2.5k to go, on the two Patrick's wheels, but suddenly found myself on the second wheel with a gap behind me. So we put the foot down. Unfortunately the finish was further than I had hoped and Tom and a few others caught us about 50m short of the brow of the hill. Finish was 400m (I think) after that. One of these days I'll do it right! Did 370W for the last 3.5minutes

EDIT Well done to Tom, Dirk, Levitronix and all the Orwell guys. Good results!

DirkVoodoo

Well done to everyone taking part. Tom, blood tests will have to be carried out if this stellar rise continues!

I'll post a full report in my clog (need the hits to close the gap on ROK ON ), but that was a good old romp. Definitely a lot messier than any of the open races I have witnessed, but I don't think the road surface/joggers/dog walkers/massive truck helped. Montac and Levitronix ended up, along with Caroline, doing most of the work on the front with everyone (except crazy blue man) happy to sit in until the drag.

Really enjoyed that, not enjoying the fact someone switched off the sky box while I was out and the liverpool match didn't record!!!

smithslist

montac wrote: »

I didn't expect that race to be quite as fast as it was. I thought it would be a bit more cagey.

Alot of the semi scratch riders missed the start so jumped into the semi limit group, and were setting high pace, maybe thats why it was less cagey and more faster than normal

levitronix

Will need to get you a bullseye jersey Tom, think you ll be a marked man , well done

montac

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

not enjoying the fact someone switched off the sky box while I was out and the liverpool match didn't record!!!

just watched the 2nd half. You didn't miss much! Yawn...

Caroline_ie

Well Done niceonetom and Levitronix for your respective wins. It was an easy enough race up in the limit group until Levitronix attacked. Good job also to Dirkvoodoo who did some nice work at the front but I would to take some merit for being his directeur sportif during this race that got him a 4th place :P

I had a hairy start, a bird pooped on my bike and my chain broke before the start, but tom saved the day and found a quicklink lying in his bag and fixed my chain ( hero )

I am enjoying the racing really. It's my 1st year doing all the races and it's addictive no matter the result.

dave.obrien

Well done to everyone, especially those who picked up points, the two guys in the limit group I congratulated I now realise were DirkVoodoo and Levitronix. It was my first race, not counting last weeks tt, and my tactics were definitely off! Misjudging the distance from the bridge to the finish, I went for it then, stayed away for a while but was swallowed and spit out by the time the hill came around, very much a newbies rush of bood type of thing! Great fun, though, will definitely be back next week.

Chips Lovell

D'oh:

Complaints have been received against the Usher IRC from the garden centre in Batterstown where the League Races start from.

The complaints were made in relation to acts of public indecency on the premises of the garden centre which has now upset and caused offence for the owners.
The Irish Road Club is a sponsored club and as such looks appawling for the complaints to be made directly to the sponsor.

All riders be warned: The Garden Centre in Batterstown is out of bounds. The League Committee will shortly update what will happen in relation to the garden centre.

If other riders want to disgrace their club/sponsors name by carrying out such acts in the public eye, so be it. It will not be tolerated by the Usher Irish Road Club!!!

Caroline_ie

I also wanted to say thanks to the UCD guy who tried to drag me up that final hill after the limit group split up for the finish

Lumen

Well done all.

Not much to report from me.

The race was shorter than I expected, very quick. Sat at the back for the first lap, moved up after the bridge on lap 2 then got boxed in towards the finish and couldn't be bothered to fight my way out.

I think next time I'll just go early and hammer it out. It may be ultimately fruitless but it's a hell of a lot less frustrating than getting boxed in and just cruising home.

Sorry about all the moaning before the race, need to vent. Thanks El Tonto for the energy bar and DirkVoodoo for donating your bottle.

Need to sort out my logistics, cycling out to races with a heavy backpack is a pain (literally). If anyone fancies a Friday challenge, try and program "Brittas" as a destination into your Garmin 705 in under 15 minutes. I don't think it is possible.

Marshalling next week, so I don't expect to race alongside Tom in the league any time soon.

Right hamstring is buggered so a weekend off for me...

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Sorry about all the moaning before the race, need to vent.

Please, don't apologise. Pre-race comic relief helps to settle the nerves. I just wish I had recorded it.

Caroline_ie

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Please, don't apologise. Pre-race comic relief helps to settle the nerves. I just wish I had recorded it.

Yes I agree, it was very funny we were laughing about it again after getting home.

DirkVoodoo

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Yes I agree, it was very funny we were laughing about it again after getting home.

I think the accent makes it funnier, much like when Astramonti similarly yelled "f**k the Garmin!" it was the way he said it.

levitronix

dave.obrien wrote: »

Well done to everyone, especially those who picked up points, the two guys in the limit group I congratulated I now realise were DirkVoodoo and Levitronix. It was my first race, not counting last weeks tt, and my tactics were definitely off! Misjudging the distance from the bridge to the finish, I went for it then, stayed away for a while but was swallowed and spit out by the time the hill came around, very much a newbies rush of bood type of thing! Great fun, though, will definitely be back next week.

David were you the guy in blue who kept doing suicides off the front on the last lap ?

garminguy

these league races sound like pain and fun at the same time, you lucky jackeens!
well done to everyone this week

dave.obrien

levitronix wrote: »

David were you the guy in blue who kept doing suicides off the front on the last lap ?

No, I was the guy in the Orwell kit (not that that really helps, given the amount of us!)who went for the break at the bridge on the second lap. Black and red Trek, if that helps?

Chips Lovell

Updated league table now available.

Caroline_ie

el tonto wrote: »

Updated league table now available.

I am joint 2nd ... for now

Nietzschean

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I am joint 2nd ... for now

confident you'll be up in 1st soon eh?

ROK ON

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Please, don't apologise. Pre-race comic relief helps to settle the nerves. I just wish I had recorded it.

+1
It was the only reason I used to cycle with the guy when in Dublin. Nothing like some comic relief to help one forget about ones own suffering.

zzzzzzzz

el tonto wrote: »

D'oh:

From the irc site:

Next weeks race is in Black Bull. The sign on will take place back at the Black Bull slip road.
A bit more discretion needed with toilet requirements in front of the public before we lose this sign on location also.

DirkVoodoo

I see some people have been moved around. Sorry to see Levitronix go, I think we could have formed a Bennati/Pozzato partnership in limit.

Just need to stay there a few more weeks!

Lumen

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I see some people have been moved around. Sorry to see Levitronix go, I think we could have formed a Bennati/Pozzato partnership in limit.

Where did you get that info?

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Where did you get that info?

Orwell forum:

Lots of movement this week.

Paul O'Brien and Sean McKenna added to Limit.

Cian Donnelly and Patrick O'Brien moved from Limit to Semi-Limit at their own request.
Patrick Kindillon moved from Semi-Limit to Semi-scratch at his own request.

Ian Mellor demoted to Semi-limit at his own request because he's a crybaby.

Barry Dunne moved to Semi-Limit.
Patrick Conlon and Tom moved to Semi-scratch.

Or did you mean my aspirations to ride for liquigas? Well, I used to think Contador was a good role model, but I think Bennati suits me better, I'm going to turn myself into a sprinter for next year!

Diarmuid

Patrick Conlon and Tom moved to Semi-scratch.

There go my plans of shadowing Tom in the next club race . Congrats Tom!

EDIT: no wait, next race will not be DMS so my plan is back on.

levitronix

Just keep 500 meters more in the tank for next week and your be bumped up dirk !

niceonetom

It's a lot easier to write a report when you don't win. That's a nice thing to learn, so I'll leave it at that. I'm sure I'll have plenty to say now that I'm competing against the semi-scratchers though.

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement in this thread though.

sy

Just catching up on posts and have to say well done Tom & Dirk also levitronix and montac.
Caroline, your day is fast approaching so hang in there!

levitronix

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I see some people have been moved around. Sorry to see Levitronix go, I think we could have formed a Bennati/Pozzato partnership in limit.

Just need to stay there a few more weeks!

Yeah then we ll do a naked oiled up sidi commerical :eek:

Caroline_ie

sy wrote: »

Caroline, your day is fast approaching so hang in there!

I very much doubt so. lol