Round 1 - Sizzling Summer Series

Condy has continued the teams great start to the season with 5th at Crestmead. The race was really fast as usual, with an average speed of over 46kph. The race was punctuated by several early attacks, however with such a high speed, it was clear a bunch sprint was going to decide things.

Once again Condy displayed great patience to save his energy for when it mattered and managed to position himself well to get 5th. With a hectic finale, it meant Condy's run at the line was impeded by some crazy riding by others. Who knows what he could have done otherwise.

Unfortunately Steve and Mick both crashed in the finale as some lesser experienced riders took unnecessary risks to improve position. Thankfully their injuries were not serious other than 4 stitches in Micks elbow and plenty of skin off Steve.

The next two rounds will be fun.

Condy 3rd at Nundah

The weekend was busy with the boys racing at Murarrie, Tyalgum and Nundah. Condy and Aidan represented at Nundah and managed to get some great results after a crash ridden race. Thankfully the boys missed the carnage.

The race was status quo for much of the race until the finale. With 20 minutes to go Aidan found himself in a hard working breakaway. This break looked to be going the whole way, where Aidan was looking to be in with a great shot for a result. However, with 5 minutes to go there was a big crash in the chasing group, which meant the race had to be neutralised to ensure those who crashed were alright. Once the race recomensed, the break didn't have it's same advantage and were quickly brought back.


Once the break came back, Condy was waiting for the bunch sprint where he managed to take 3rd place.

Toowoomba Two Day Open

This years Toowoomba Two Day Open (formally the Oakey Two Day) was held at the new cycle facility at Glenvale, Toowoomba, and what an awesome venue it is for bike racing.

Criterium

Saturday was a one hour criterium, and was the first official open race of the year in Queensland. Almost 40 riders were in the A Grade event and the team was looking forward to a good result after the last few weeks of good outcomes for the team. The only concern was the weather, which did prove to impact the race.

As was expected, the first 10 minutes of the race was fast, with Aidan immediately getting into a small break. He remained aggressive early, however it was Matt who followed a counter attack, which saw a group of 6 or 7 riders establish a good gap. Matt worked hard in the group, however his lack of early season form meant he couldn't hold the pace and dropped back to the chasing group to help the chase.

It was at this point that the bad weather rolled in and a large storm brought heavy rain and strong wind, which caused many to abandon the race.

Dispite this, Condy and Andy struggled through the conditions to contest a top ten finish.
Peter Thompson won with ease.

Kermis

Sundays 90km Kermis race was what everyone was looking forward to. With a points race format, there was no doubt the pace would be high from the start. Matt and Mick Hill were both looking for the early break, and managed to sneak away on the first lap to form a 4 man break away.

The first points were decided after 8 laps and on the 7th lap, a group of 4 riders were trying to bridge across. Knowing this Matt got to the front of the break and drove the pace hard to ensure Mick was in with a chase for full points. Despite this, Mick was only able to take 2nd, with Matt 3rd in the first sprint. From that point on, the race was to become very different.

The two QAS riders that managed to bridge to the front group then attacked the breakaway and formed a large gap on the rest of the break away. At about half way, the break was caught, while the two leaders forged ahead. They were never seen again and managed to even lap the field which saw all other riders effectively out of the race.

Despite this, Condy was able to claim 6th place, while Jordan Kerby and Dave Edwards shared the prize.

Results at Nundah

The team managed to get a great result today at Nundah by taking 2nd and 4th. With over 60 riders in A Grade, the contest was fierce. Sunny weather after so much rain was sure to draw a crowd, and so the team put in to ensure a result ensued.

The race was fast to begin with, which meant that no real breaks went until Andy got himself into a two man break that stayed away for several kilometres. Once this was reeled in, the counter attacks began, with Jimmy, Matt, Aidan and Steve all having ago in the breaks. Condy played it smart and waited for the finale.

It was apparent that a bunch sprint would decide the race, however in the last few kilometres of the race, Steve, Matt and Aidan continued to attack to soften up the bunch so that Andy and Condy could wait for the sprint.

The chaotic finish meant that Andy couldn't get position, however Condy was on the right wheels and was in a great position for the sprint. Unfortunately Condy's back tyre was going flat so his sprint wasn't the best and he couldn't do better than second. Without the flat no doubt he would've won. Still a great result. Andy did well to get up for 4th.

It was all round a good team effort. More results to come for sure