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General Category => Road Races => Topic started by: NeilRhys on September 29, 2016, 09:36:44 PM
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Just a quick update on the World Press Cycling Championships...it was the sprint today...and I won it :-)
(http://www.ogmorevalleywheelers.net/Users/neilpoulton/Desktop/Podium.jpg)
I tried to attach a picture...but not sure if it will work!!
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Fantastic achievement,over what sort of course and distance?
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Wow, we have a World Champion!
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Awesome, great effort Neil
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Thanks guys...It's 4 days of racing, Sprint was yesterday (200 meters!!), today is a TTT, (25km rolling and windy). Tomorrow is a ITT (6.5km half of which is up a big hill) and then a road race (60km) on Sunday.
Thanks,
Neil
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Very well done and good luck with the remaining races!
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Well done and good luck
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Thanks Guys, turned out to be 16 km TTT...Silver medal this time
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Silver again in the ITT...well beaten by the German :-/ 45 seconds
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Silver in the road race...in 45 degree heat...it was tough!!
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Better check your suitcase for weight with all that 'silverware'!
Congratulations.
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So how did you get on overall?
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There's no overall...4 individual world championships, one gold and 3 silvers for my efforts :-) Really fun 4 days of racing, though I am absolutely shattered!!
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Arise Sir Neil!
May the road rise to meet you..and all that,and your local postboxes be painted gold
Fantastic work there
Did you enjoy?
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It's been brilliant...I'm a bit sceptical of the rush to honour 'young' sports stars...so I better not be a hypocrite!! Plus better start working on being a sports star ;-)
The people have been amazing to meet and though there were not as many competitors as we would hope, the one that were here all came in great shape and it was really fierce competition. The road race was 40 miles in the end in unreal heat! It was 3 laps of a course with a 5km 600ft climb...not really my forte, but it was really cool as the better climbers new they most likely needed to drop me before the sprint and so kept attacking me constantly. It was awesome and a bit like the kind of racing I grew up watching with attack and defence on a long climb :-)
The finish of the RR was up a decent little punchy hill and proved too much as, having matched every attack all day, the Belgian guy managed to finally get away leaving me to sprint it out for Second with the German.
The next Press World Champs is in Germany same time next year, so anyone who is a writer or in the media should definitely look at giving it a go...great fun and great people :-)
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I've put a load of pictures up on my website if anyone is interested :-)
http://www.physioblogger.com/world-press-cycling-championship-pictures/
Thanks,
Neil
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Kudos to the Welshman-married-to-a-Greek!!
Your blog makes interesting reading,however had some difficulty understanding the press clippings,it's all Greek to me!!!
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Beautiful place Crete
Honeymooned there many many years ago(er,my first honeymoon that was!)
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It certainly is a beautiful place. The races were all based around my wife home town, which is the only reason I was aware there was such a thing as the world Press CC...however, now I know about it I'm going to be there in Germany next year to defend my title :-)
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