3/2/17
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| Riders in action at the Lea Valley Velopark road circuit in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. |
Round 4 finally got underway last Friday despite a threatening storm at the Lea Valley Velopark road circuit in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Luckily the storm didn't fully hit till evening but the riders still faced a strong wind coming up the hill next to the velodrome forcing many off there bikes and running to the top.
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| Year 5 girls start. |
The year 5 girls started off the proceedings. The 23 riders were soon spread out around the circuit as Ashleigh from Millfields stretched her lead over the four laps to win by a large margin from team mate Laila followed by Myeisha from Kingsmead.
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| Ashleigh winning the year 5 girls race. |
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| Myeisha 3rd , Ashleigh 1st and Laila-Grace 2nd in the year 5 girls race. |
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| Year 5 girls results. |
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| Year 5 boys line up. |
Next up were the year 5 boys with the same number of riders also doing four laps it started off being a closer race between the Millfields and Jubilee boys. after two laps Milton pulled away from the rest taking the win again for Millfields followed by Milo and Mylo from Jubilee. These two schools took all top six places showing how strong their teams are.
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| Milton winning the year 5 boys, |
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| Year 5 boys podium -Milo, Milton and Mylo |
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| Year 5 boys results |
The third race saw the closest finish of the day. The year six girls had 21 starters and this time they were racing for five laps of the circuit.
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| The year six girls getting briefed before their race. |
Anna from Jubilee and Molly from Gayhurst quickly built up a lead over the rest of the field with Molly sticking like glue to Anna's back wheel - showing some knowledge of road racing as she kept out of the wind.
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| Molly chasing Anna in the year 6 girls race |
The two girls lead grew considerably as they lapped all but two other riders - the watching spectators eagerly awaited the finishing sprint between the two leaders. In the end it was a very close win for Molly as you can see from the photo but well done to both of them for putting on such a great display.
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| Photo finish from the year six girls race with Molly just pipping Anna to the line. |
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| Elizabeth and Molly on the year six girls podium with a stand in for Anna. |
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| Year six girls results. |
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| Year six boys getting ready to go. |
The last race of the day was the year six boys with 20 riders tackling five laps of the circuit. A group of four quickly established a lead, then Robin from millfields started pulling away and only Murray from Jubilee could stick with him before he too was dropped, leaving Elliot from Millfields and Rueben from Jubilee to battle for third place.
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| Lap 1 of the year 6 boys race. |
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| Robin wins the year six boys. |
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| Year six boys podium Murray 2nd, Robin 1st, Elliot 3rd. |
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| Year six boys results. |
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| Current league standings after round 4. |
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| See you at the next one. |
Thanks to Roderick and Karen for the photos.
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