2012 Club League race 4

Club League race 4 - time trial (handicapped)

The fourth round of the Club League was a 16k time trial, on 26th June.

Riders set off at 1 minute intervals on a fast route from Kinnegad to Milltownpass on the old Dublin to Galway Road returning on the same route to finish at Kinnegad.

The riders were set off in reverse order of the league table, with the Yellow Jersey off last.

Everyone had a target of beating their previous times by as much as possible to try for a win, as the race was using a handicap system.

The times showed that some riders have made great improvements over the past couple of months, and resulted in a great win by young Brad Brennan, taking maximum points on the night, with a 3m17s improvement over his previous time.

Niall Slattery took second place, with a 2m57s improvement, and 3rd place went to Ed Walsh with an improvement of 2m43s.

Here are the results from Round 4, and the points awarded (see below also for the times, sorted by fasted first (just for curiosity!)).

Race Results:
round 4
results

Sorted By Times:
fastest first

(Overall league table, after round 4 is here )

The handicap system was the same as used by the ICVA - you are racing against your previous recorded time (e.g in Round-1 of the league), and whoever beats their own time by the biggest margin is the winner. You can check your previous time for the 16km course here (or if you rode last year, but didn't take part in this year's one, you can check your 2011 time here)

Tips for warming up correctly can be found here.
Warming up correctly is very important, not only to get the best performance out of yourself, but also to avoid possible injury by trying to ride the race from a 'fresh', rested state (see here for some of the science behind it all).