A solo attack on the last lap saw PNuT win what was only his second ever scratch road race! Well done PNuT! Photo courtesey of race organiser Nigel Grainge.
March 30th: Wins Rolling In!
Wins for Kevin Chambers, Glenn Taylor and a double for Zak Carr now
mean that Api are only one shy of 20 wins for the season, and it's only
March! Chambers took the LVRC Summer Series event at Eastway with a 15-lap
solo breakaway, winning by 45 seconds. Taylor was the outstanding winner
of the Vegetarian C&AC Medium Gear 10, spinning an amazing 128rpm to win by
50 seconds. And Carr led Api to team Victory in the ECCA 10 as he won the
event, and took the Great Yarmouth 25 by three minutes the following day!
March 24th: Chambers wins LVRC Road
Race
Kevin Chambers won a 4-up sprint in the Glendene promotion at Debden
on Sunday to take his first road-race win of the year!
March 24th: Api Romp to Breckland Win
The Api quartet of Zak Carr, Sam Barker, Glenn Taylor and Stuart
Wright powered to a massive five minute winning margin in the traditional East
Anglian team event. The "B" team of PNuT, Murat Ozdenya, Andy
Page and Bruce Hodges were 6th in a tight scrap for the minor placings.
March 16th: Taylor spins to victory
Glenn Taylor won the Diss & District CC medium gear 25 at Scole
in Norfolk, in a time of 58.10. Glenn had a winning margin of over 4
minutes on second-placed Alan Stevenson (East Anglian CC).
March 16th: PNuT take Api's 1st Road
Race win of 2003!
A solo attack on the last lap saw PNuT win what
was only his second ever scratch road race! Well done PNuT! Photo
courtesey of race organiser Nigel Grainge.
March 16th: Barker storms to Course
Record
Sam Barker won the A5 Rangers 10 in a course
record 21:21, and Stuart Wright was 3rd, in the second event of the A5 Rangers
weekend, in which Wright was 3rd overall.
March 9th: Carr Smashes Hainault Record
Returning to a more familiar style of racing,
Zak Carr won the Hainault RC 50km Hilly time trial in a course-record 1.7.56, in
what were very tough and windy conditions. Backed by James Millard, second
for a second consecutive year, and Geoff Frost, Carr led ApiBikes.com to the
team prize to boot.
March 9th: Barker and Wright Take
Border 20
A trip to Hampshire was rewarded with a
46-second victory for Sam & Stuart in the Border CA Open 2-up 20m event, on
the roads that will be used for June's National 25. Sam & Stuart's
time of 43.49 makes light of the tough winds faced by the riders on the A31.
March 8th: ECCA 10
Chris Brooking and Glenn Taylor claimed 3rd and 4th in the first
Counties event of the season at Aythorpe Roding. High winds meant hard
work coming back from the turn. The event was won by John Sullivan
(Vegetarian C&AC).
March 2nd: PNuT 2nd in Maldon Hilly
Mark Arnold collected his second second place
of the weekend in the Maldon and District Hilly 20m time trial, a scant 9
seconds behind winner Stuart Clarke. PNuT lead teammates Martin Meades and
Alan Cornish to the team prize.
March 2nd: Chambers 5th in ERRL opener
Kevin Chambers got the Api challenge for the
Essex Road Race League off to a steady start with 5th place in the Crest CC
Spring Road Race. Kevin started the race-winning break with eventual
victor Simon Howes, and as the break of 10 was whittled down during the event,
ended up sprinting home 3rd in the race for 3rd place.
March 1st: Carr Laps the Field
In the supporting race at the Simon Hook
meeting, Api star Zak Carr lapped the field having attacked from the gun!
Once Carr was safely back in the fold, Mark 'PNuT' Arnold went on the attack,
and his persistence was rewarded with 2nd place! In the main event, a
last-lap puncture put paid to Martin Meades' chance of a top finish. Paul
Pickup (Liphook Cycles) was the worthy winner, breaking away after
half-distance, to finish 45 seconds clear. In the Under-16's, Kristian
Downs was denied back-to-back Eastway wins as he finished 2nd.
Feb 23rd: PNuT 16th in North Road
Hardriders
Mark Arnold was a creditable 16th in this early
season classic, shortened to around 22 miles due to roadworks, in a quality
field won by World Points Race champion Chris Newton. This despite riding
his roadbike - because he wanted to ride home after the event!
Feb 22nd: Downs Wins At Eastway
Talented Juvenile Kristian Downs won in a lone
breakaway in the Lea Valley promotion at the Eastway circuit. Originally
part of a break of three that had escaped earlier in the race, Downs jumped away
with several laps remaining to take the chequered flag. In the E/1/2/3
race, Dean Wakelin was 9th.
Feb 16th: Barker Takes Ely Hardriders
Sam Barker has taken Api's first win of the new season, recording
58.24 for the tough East Anglian season opener, in temperatures barely above
freezing! Sam had to contend with gritty hairpins and corrugated road
surfaces to come in over 30 seconds ahead of the second-placed rider, as only
three riders broke the hour. PNuT put his new lo-pro to the test for 6th
place in 1.01.51.
Feb 14th: Simon Hook: The 8th Simon Hook Memorial meeting, being held on the 1st of March at Eastway, is attracting a quality field, including last year's Premier Calendar winner John Tanner. Details here.
ApiBikes.com announces their 2003 squad! Bolstered by several new signings over the winter, Api are delighted to welcome their newest members to the team. The squad will be officially launched in March at the Simon Hook Memorial meeting at Eastway. The squad roster can be viewed here.