At the weekend Witham Wheelers Llewey Byrne, Adam Egner and Reece Egner rode the 2 day Belvoir stage race along with Martyn Ludlam who was guesting for Giant Wattbike.
In stage 1 on a wet Saturday morning , the TTT was a tough effort in which team Witham Wheelers finished 12th out of 16 with Giant finishing in 6th. In the afternoon was stage 2, the 37 mile Road race again in the torrential rain going up Harby Hill 3 times. On the second lap Adam was suffering and after getting dropped due to the high pace pulled out of the horrible conditions. Reece managed to get in a breakaway group of 11 which held on until the end, with Reece finishing in 11th after doing a lot of pulling. Llewey and Martyn both finished in the pack further back.
Onto Sunday, the riders faced a brutal stage 3, a 60 mile road race with 4 times up Harby Hill and finishing up Terrace Hill. Luckily the weather was much better, with the sun bearing down on the 50 strong field. A group of 7 broke away from the start, and then the race split up every time up the Harby climb, with all the Witham Wheelers team and Martyn managing to stay in the remainder of the bunch. Coming upto the finish up Terrace hill, all 3 wheelers broke away to try and get a buffer going up the climb. The climb was brutal at the end of the long race, and first in was Reece Egner, followed by Llewey and then Martyn, with Junior Adam coming in not far behind having a much better day than on Saturday
Finally, the individual hill climb awaited in stage 4. The 2.4 mile course starting at Woolsthorpe and climbing u past the castle, proved a tough challenge at the end of the weekend, with Reece coming in fastest of our 4 locals, finishing 26th with Martyn next quickest, then Adam then Llewey. Overall both Reece and Martyn finished in the top 15 so a good weekends racing for the Witham Wheelers
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4 Stage race for 2/3 category riders based at Woolsthorpe Village hall includes a Team Time Trial, 2 road stages and an uphill individual Time trial, event details attached.
There is a club team of Reece Egner, Â Adam Egner and Llewey Byrne to cheer on and Martin Ludlam is guesting for Giant Rutland Wattbike
