Thursday night was round 3 of the Castle Combe summer series on the motor racing circuit. It's a very exposed course, often affected by the wind and tonight was no different. I took it steady for the first 10 minutes, keeping up near the front and out of trouble. The pace started high, and after a while I followed a move initiated by Ben Stockdale (Metaltek-Scott), he was away with one other guy, and 3 of us bridged across to them after half a lap. This was a strong move, but a rider from Wilier was stuck to the back intent on disrupting the break and never came through to the front, meaning the smoothness needed in a break wasn't there. We lasted a couple of laps before being brought back. More attacks came and went but nothing was sticking until a large group got away with about 20 minutes to go. The bunch chased very very hard and brought it back with under 2 laps to go. With half a lap left Colin Parry from Wilier jumped off the front and soloed to victory, while the bunch sprinted for 2nd. I was too far back and couldn't make enough places up to get into the top 15.
I was happy with my legs, felt good after recovering from a cold over the previous few days. Good signs for the national 10 on Sunday.
Ciao.
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