Gorey 3 day 2015

michael196

Over subscribed by some 50 riders.

Lets discuss the race and the race developments.

German teams, Verkersheim team, Chester, Comeragh entry of 14.

16 from Lucan, 9 from wex wheelers.

Hopefully a great weekend.....

wav1

michael196 wrote: »

Over subscribed by some 50 riders.

Lets discuss the race and the race developments.

German teams, Verkersheim team, Chester, Comeragh entry of 14.

16 from Lucan, 9 from wex wheelers.

Hopefully a great weekend.....

AFAIK if you include withdrawls etc everybody has been catered for now..Looking forward to it and good luck to all..If you are looking for me i'll be approx. car num 40.

buffalo

I'd love to see this take on a more open competitive nature - limit to teams of six, get more clubs sending their top A2/A3/Jun riders, rather than swamping the field.

Tenzor07

Lucan had 19 last year I think, plenty of foot soldiers!

Bambaata

Would that not potentially ruin it as it would have so many to hand to try shut things down? i like the idea of limiting numbers per team, would make it a fair bit fairer for others with only a few riders

Lumen

Or just ban Lucan? :pac:

rigal

I felt last year's winner was a very worthy one, with or without the big team. His team mates played a blinder for him though it has to be said.

Looking at this year's start list I think it'll be a a lot tougher than last year for any one team to control things. There's plenty of big teams and a lot of talent in there - young and old!

royrogers

Some lead-out trains there with Comeragh and Lucan!!!

laraghrider

royrogers wrote: »

Some lead-out trains there with Comeragh and Lucan!!!

Would you call it a train or a peloton?

12 sprocket

laraghrider wrote: »

Would you call it a train or a peloton?

I would call it, great promotion recruitment and development work by the named clubs to have such a great number of riders enjoying racing their bikes at that level!

wirelessdude01

Lumen wrote: »

Or just ban Lucan? :pac:

Said very tongue in cheek

wirelessdude01

12 sprocket wrote: »

I would call it, great promotion recruitment and development work by the named clubs to have such a great number of riders enjoying racing their bikes at that level!

Plus Lucan also have a team up North as well.

MichealD

wav1 wrote: »

AFAIK if you include withdrawls etc everybody has been catered for now..Looking forward to it and good luck to all..If you are looking for me i'll be approx. car num 40.

I'd say I'll be car 41 in that case. Got car no 2 last year in stage one draw. 1st time in 12 years I was up behind the comm and able to see what was happening. Never be that lucky again!

We were one of the clubs on the waiting list and allocated places following withdrawals. Fair play to Alice Sherratt who has had to cope with an unprecedented entry. Very hard please everyone.

Looks like dry weather which is great. Hopefully everyone gets around in one piece. Wouldn't look forward to a field of 200 barrelling down those roads in the wet.

Have to agree with comment that restricting the number of riders per team would be a good idea. Larger variety of teams taking part and you'd imagine a better quality if clubs had to select their best six or eight riders.

Tenzor07

MichealD wrote: »

I'd say I'll be car 41 in that case. Got car no 2 last year in stage one draw. 1st time in 12 years I was up behind the comm and able to see what was happening. Never be that lucky again!

Have to agree with comment that restricting the number of riders per team would be a good idea. Larger variety of teams taking part and you'd imagine a better quality if clubs had to select their best six or eight riders.

Last year I had car number 1 and 2 on day two/three, so got a great view of the race, just sorry not to be involved this year...

A limit on team sizes could be a good thing, could lead to the racing opening up a bit, more attacks etc...