Thursday,
9 May 2024
Not racing and racing in the rain

Cycling

A WISE, anonymous cyclist once said: “The way to end a drought is to put on a bike race”.

So it proved last week.

The dry September abruptly ended on Tuesday forcing the cancellation of the season’s first session of Dirt Crits at Rifle Butts MTB Park; and then on Thursday we thought the rain had eased off in time to race in the dry.

Wrong.

A drizzly evening saw 17 entrants reduced to 14 ...

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