Just before the start, I bumped in to fellow PTWCC Jeremy (Jones) who was 2nd last week!
We talked about tactics, how the race would start off slowly etc and I thought ok, we got a chance to do something here!
So from the gun Jeremy shoots off up the track taking another rider with him! Bang goes the plan to start off slowly I thought, and as I've spent most of the year dressed in my Lederhosen and drinking german beer and eating Bavarian steak, I was suffering from the off!
5 laps later Jeremy's back in the bunch and 5 laps later again, he's on the side suffering from severe side cramps - so his race was over!
So feeling a bit better I sarted to mix things up with a few Ajax guys (one of whom had a Llandow win under his belt) and suddenly the bunch was split and the were a few of us away. This continued for a couple of laps, then it was altogether again. The attacks continued over the next half hour and little by little the bunch started to dwindle until there were only 8 of us left to fight out the sprint. Coming in to the last corner I was badly placed, 1st place was in the bag for the Ajax rider and we were sprinting for second. 4 of us in a line and I was assured of second then bang! the rider next to me touched wheels with the guy next to him and he came down. I performed some quite nice manoevers that the BMX community would be proud of and managed to stay upright, but unfortunately got passed by 2 guys on the inside and rolled in 4th! All in all a really enjoyable night! Just a pity its September! But I guess it bodes well for next year!
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'There are few things you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself'
'There are few things you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself'
(Unless it's raining 
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