THE Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club was out in Jamieson this week racing along the Woods Point Road for the Bakker Plumbing Handicap, with a total of 19 riders.

Craig Wilson set off on his own in the Limit group, followed by Adrian Dowd, Oliver Hall, Janine Appleton and Steve Curnow.

The next group in line consisted of Steve Duke, Simon Hall, Jason Parker, Mick Pearce and Heath Hammond. Darren Bakker, Ant Bateup and Dave Moore were the next group.

Steve Brown, Damian Grundy and Ryder Chadd rode in the ‘Block group and Andy Garret and Carl Simmons were up the back off Scratch.

Woods Point Road, being a twistier road with little hills, makes seeing the groups ahead quite tricky.

The six groups only really get a gauge on where everyone was at the turn around point, roughly 15km out, at Sailor Bill’s Creek.

By that point the second, third and fourth groups had almost merged together, making the push for the Block and Scratch groups just that little bit harder.

Steve, Damian and Ryder managed to pull back the big group in the lead with less than 5km to go.

And this is where the racing got exciting!

With less the 500m to go, Dave Moore set off the first attack.

Damian, Steve and Ryder followed over the final rise.

Steve and Ryder push to the line, though Ryder not having enough gears, Steve couldn’t hang on slipping Ryder the win going for the fastest time of the night too.

Darren Bakker crossed the line in 3rd, with Simon Hall and Dave Moore rounding out the top five.

Adrian, Heath, Oliver, Damian, Janine, Jason and Ant closed out 6th to 12th (in that order) all being part of the finishing bunch.

Next week it’s the Whitfield Road to Long Lane, then clockwise around the Barwite Loop, finishing on Graves Road.