2009 World Masters Games - Track

[mikesbytes]

Kicked off yesterday

DHBC riders;
Alex R - MMAS2
Shaun C - MMAS3
Ian D - MMAS4
Mike Cl - MMAS4
David L - MMAS5
Des K - MMAS9

Some Photos to kick the thread off, will get to the results after some ferreting

Alex



Shawn

He got up and started again


Ian



Mike (yeh me)



David

[Trouty]

What was the cause of Shaun's stack at the gates?

[mikesbytes]

What was the cause of Shaun's stack at the gates?

I think he tried to go before the machine let him go, but Shaun can correct me on that.

[mikesbytes]

Most of the results, sorry don't have the missing ones


Saturday 10th October 2009

1000 Metre Time Trial
M2
22nd Alex 1:16.761 45.71kph

750 Metre Time Trial
M3
12th Shaun 55.905 48.30kph
M4
11th Ian - 57.677 seconds 46.81kph
14th Michael - 1:01.591 seconds 43.84kph

500 Metre Time Trial
M5
19th David - 42.569 seconds 42.28kph

3 lap sprint qualifications and rounds (200 mtrs)
M2 - Event 37 - Qualification
20th Alex 12.723 seconds 56.59kph
M4 - Event 35 - Qualification
10th Ian 12.721 seconds 56.60kph
M4 - Event 40 - round 1
Heat 7 Ian vs Grahame Allbon, Grahame wins 12.393 seconds
M5 - Event 34 - Qualification
10th David - 14.615 seconds 49.26kph
M9 - Event 27 - qualification
10th Des Kidd 15.005 seconds 47.98kph
M9 - Eevent 31 - round 1
Des looses to Bill Neville 14.570 seconds

Sunday 11th October 2009

3000 Metre Individual Pursuit Qualification
M2 - event 48
15th Alex 4:15.300 42.30kph
M4 - event 50
10th Michael 4:14.124 - 42.50kph
11th Ian 4:16.896 - 42.04kph

2000 Metre Individual Pursuit Qualification
M5
David - didn't see the official result, but I think it was 2:59.7s

[mikesbytes]

I've written my race report in my racing thread

Tour de Mike

[timyone]

nice work lads!!!

[mikesbytes]

Monday 12/10/2009

I wasn't there, but I hear that Shaun got Bronze in the final of one of the events, something like matched sprints, sorry don't know exactly what event.

Tuesday 13/10/2009

Crazy crazy day

Alex R
Ian D
Mike Cl

Scratch Qualification 20 laps - M2
Alex R
They changed the qualification from first 12 to first 10. In the end Alex had to lunge at the line, speaking to him afterward's he was cheesed off about the qualifying and then went to see the officials to see if he made the finals, but wasn't clear. In the end the officials couldn't separate Alex and another rider and they both made it to the finals.

Scratch Qualification 20 laps - M4
Ian D
Mike Cl
This qualification was changed to the first 8. Pace was high, Peter Banard estimated afterwards average speed 46kph with some laps around 52-53kph. However apart from some riders being shedded, the bunch stayed together, with Ian and I in it. At the end we at the back of the bunch, but one rider in the bunch wasn't going to make the final, Ian was at his limits where I was still good, so I rolled Ian in the final straight - sorry Ian. If Ian had some kick left in him, I could of moved up a bit more, I didn't feel that I wouldn't make the finals, but Ian was spent, so I qualified and Ian didn't.

Team Sprint Qualification 3 laps - under 135
Mike Cl
Ian D
Mark Ferguson (Melbourne)
With Shaun C missing, Ian found Mark Ferguson, a Melbourne rider, however he was 35, so our combined ages came to 130 which moved us from over 135 to under 135. After a bit of discussion, we decided to go;
1. Mike
2. Ian
3. Mark
I was in the starting machine, while Ian and Mark were held.
I had some sort of hickup going out of the machine and lost about a second, then accelerated well, apart from the hickup I was happy with the result, I rolled and Ian was really quick, perhaps too quick as Mark blewup with about 80metres to go, however we got a time of 56.something seconds, which made us 4th fastest.

Team Sprint Final under 135 - Bronze shootout
After discussions, we decided to keep the same order, though we refined some of the tactics. I changed my start position slightly, so to use more hamstring and a little less quad. I got a good start out of the machine, my lap was around a second faster, Ian was a little slower, but that left Mark fresh and he powered to the line, 55.2 seconds a solid improvement, but alas not enough to win, so we ended up 4th.

At the end of the day we were a team thrown together with no practice or specific training and we weren't that far off the worlds best, despite giving away up to 25 years. We are dam pleased with our result.

Scratch Final - 40 laps - M4
Mike Cl
Pace was really high then 3 riders attacked off the front, 2 other riders went with them but were soon dropped. We worked together, but they just got further and further away and then they lapped the entire field. I said that the heat was quick, but we were going quicker in the final and despite this those 3 riders lapped us. In the end I was racing with a group of riders for 4th when we were ordered off the track, leaving those 3 riders to race for the medals. Crazy crazy crazy.

Scratch Final - 40 laps - M2
Alex R
From what I saw, the pace got hammered early on but it stayed as one group, Alex looked stressed for a while and then looked good. Then an attack happened and there was a split of 3 riders with Alex caught in no mans land, Alex burnt a lot of energy, while one strong rider went across the gap, then there was a response from a group of 4 riders including Comptuer and Brett Fenton, but as Alex had burnt himself he wasn't able to tack on and ended at the back bunch. Eventually that bunch was ordered off.

Conclusion
Well that ends the track portion of the World Masters Games, I think I speak for all of us when I say that its being a huge experience.

Coming up tomorrow is the Crit heats, Alex R at Dunc Gray Crit, while Ian D and I are at Lansdowne.

[orphic]

I hear David's bike was under the UCI weight restriction and had to tie a spanner to it?

[Michael Chidgey]

awesome reporting Mike. Got luck in the Crits boys.

[Trouty]

Yeah great result guys

Any of you boys entering the UCI Worlds? I am hoping to watch some of the events next week. Wednesday night and Friday night I hear are the scratch and sprints.

[mikesbytes]

I hear David's bike was under the UCI weight restriction and had to tie a spanner to it?

Correct, he had to add 100gms, so he cable tied his spanner to the underneath of the seat

Yeah great result guys

Any of you boys entering the UCI Worlds? I am hoping to watch some of the events next week. Wednesday night and Friday night I hear are the scratch and sprints.

David isn't, I am. Don't know what the others are doing.

[mikesbytes]

Going thru the photos, most are no good as phone cameras don't do a good job of action stuff

Ian and Mike


"Australia 1" under 135 sprint team;
- Mark Ferguson
- Ian Decker
- Michael Clement

[timyone]

ok i didnt totally look through this, but good to see you all putting in a sprint team! i would have loved to be coach! i got alotof advice from good riders and coaches for our stuff!!