PTW

Nevermind that chipper in France, this is where the real action is for the next week.

The Squadra have been deployed in this race:

Dan Pearson (Fresh from his win on the weekend and with a new jersey to show off)
James Tank Lewis (On form and will be dangerous on the flat)
Hefin 'Sausage' Price (Won Pembrey Tuesday night - will he repeat the feat in this race?)
Rowan 'Bynea' Marshall (Our man from the West who has guested in the Squadra before)

Updates as I get them!

yoyo. man in the in race bringing you the news from the race.
after the prologue which consisted of 3mile of rolling roads between usk and caerleon which then turned left up a nasty climb. which was 1 mile long. first home was dan with 12.26 putting him in 13th place. second was hefin with 12.34 putting him 20th then was myself with 12.37 putting me 22nd. (if only it finished at the bottom of the climb) then was rowan 13.33. which put him 86th he's the man to help dan on the climbs.
more to come!

Nice report James. All the best lads!

BTW That's quite some race!


Stage 1
Wednesday 6 July 2011 (15.15) 4.3 miles / 6.9km
Rolling prologue time trial with climb to finish
Llangybi/Llanhennock


Stage 2
Thursday 7 July 2011 (10.30) 60.1 miles / 96.5 km
Rolling road race
Three Cocks/Glasbury/Llyswen/Three Cocks (6 laps)


Stage 3
Friday 8 July 2011 (10.00) 59.5 miles / 95.5 km
Hilly road race
Brecon/Defynnog/Brecon (3 laps)


Stage 4
Friday 8 July 2011 (15.00) 10.8 miles / 17.3 km
Gently rolling team time trial
Brecon/Bronllys/Brecon


Stage 5
Saturday 9 July 2011 (10.30) 51.4 miles / 82.5 km
Hilly road race
Caerleon/Usk/Devauden/Mitcheltroy/Raglan/Abergavenny/Raglan


Stage 6
Sunday 10 July 2011 (10.30) 47.2 miles / 75.8 km
Flat road race with mountain top finish
Abergavenny/Brecon/Talybont/Llangynidr

Nice one guys, Keep up the winning ways............ and keep us informed at the end of each day

Mixed bag for the boys in red and white yesterday.

On a rolling circuit Hefin made the break and got 10th, moving him up into 6th overall. Dan finished safely in the bunch, leaving him 19th overall, with Rowan also finishing safely in the bunch.

Tank on the other hand had a nightmare. Hoping to emulate his 3rd place on the same stage last year he instead found himself with a loose front caliper, which by the time he had fixed had left him far behind the bunch and riding around on his own just to finish.

A tough day beckons today, with a hilly stage (over Defynog 3 times) and a TTT. Good luck boys!

Results here:

http://www.newport.ac.uk/about/departments/Sports%20Centre/sport-news-and-events/Documents/Ras%20results%202011/RdC%20Stage%20Race%20Results%202011%20-%20STAGE%202.pdf

http://www.newport.ac.uk/about/departments/Sports%20Centre/sport-news-and-events/Documents/Ras%20results%202011/RdC%20Stage%20Race%20Results%202011%20-%20STAGE%202%20GC.pdf