The junior para tandems were given some track time just before Christmas … they used it to have a look at the dark art of tandem sprinting … here’s Ana’s first effort with Lydia (stoker) against Emily and Alice (stoker).
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Para cycling National Road Circuit Champs
Ana’s nod to the yellow Wiggins
This weekend saw club Junior Ana Gill take part in British Cycling’s Para Cycling National Road Circuit Race Championships* in Birkenhead Park with her partially sighted stoker Lydia Hayden aged 12.
Sunday started early with the car rammed with tandem, bike, rollers, spare wheels, tools, etc and we headed of to Birkenhead … via the Eureka Cafe (worth a visit if you’re ever in the area … fab, proper old skool!).
The start line up
The day really heated up with temperatures at about 26 degrees when the riders took to the line … with over an hour of racing ahead of them the nerves were jangling a little!
Racing
The race between Lydia/Ana and Lydia’s twin sister Alice with her pilot Emily Thoday (of Matlock CC) went down the the last 20 metres with Lydia and Ana just winning out, though unfortunately finishing just outside the medal positions in 4th!
Race winners Sophie Thornhill with her pilot Jess Atkinson absolutely stole the race romping away from both boys and girls!
The tandem riders
* This event was open to Categories B, C, H, T which means that there are riders on tandems, hand cycles and solo cycles involved.