Last week we previewed the running of a night cycling race in the soon to be completed empty streets of Crace.
Andrew Collins has sent in video of the event, which ended up with 79 hardy competitors.
There’s also a lot of brilliant photography on the Vikings Cycling Forum.
Results are:
- Juniors
1 Ryan Coyles
2 Jade Coyles
WC
1 Emily Nicholls
2 Liz Lowe
3 Angela Wren
4 Anna Johnston
5 Verity Linehan
6 Haylee Weaver
7 Shalan Bray
DNF Rachel Green
ME
1 Craig Ritchie
2 Peter Merrick
3 Tony Goldsworthy
4 Chris Knezevic
5 Nigel Huckstep
6 Ray Gorrell
7 Jonathan Lowe
8 David Harries
9 Rowan Mason
10 Travis Schofield
DNF Michael Milton
WB
1 Lee Sheather
2 Shridevi Vasudeva
3 Emma Viotto
4 Yvette Fisher
DNF Alexandria Nicholls
DNF Saly Thomson
DNF Vanessa Essam
DNF Lyn Vasudeva
MD
1 Michael Langdon
2 Patrick Quiggin
3 Adrian Moy
4 Rakin Rahman
5 Adrian Plumb
6 Michael Masters
7 Matthew Larkin
8 Ben Cooper
DNF Liam Stone
DNF Oliver Thearle
DNF Julian Drape
DNF James Fisher
DNF David Brudenall
DNF Darryl Cram
DNF David Johnson
DNF Jesse Kennedy
WA
1 Cheryl Hulscamp
2 Kimberley Wells
MC
1 Matthew Cousins
2 Chris Short
3 James Toole
4 Ed Pellegrino
5 Jared Greenville
6 Andrew Collins
7 Chris Wilson
8 Heath Chester
9 Ross MacPherson
10 Kenneth Webster
11 Mal Bennett
12 Danny Chak
DNF Brad Drew
DNF Rob Fisher
MB
1 Ian Downing
2 Nathan Spillane
3 Mike DeBoer
DNF Andrew Thaller
DNF David O’Neill
DNF Steven Jones
DNF Simon Niemeyer
DNF Myf Galloway
DNF Kane Piper
DNF Jamie Young
DNF Anthony Murfett
DNF Avi Vasudeva
DNF Andrew Lake
DNF Jeff Dau
DNF Jason Chalker
DNF Ben Smith
DNF Simon Claringbold
DNF Andrew Schloeffel
UPDATE: And here’s the race report:
81 brave souls endured sub-zero temperatures to participate in the Vikings Crace Nocturne Criterium.
A big thankyou to the developers of Crace, and Major Sponsor: Crace Joint Venture, who provided excellent support to the organisers.
http://www.crace.com.au/The racing was conducted on a tight 800m circuit, with 4 90 degree turns. Most grades were stretched out in single file, with overtaking very difficult. Riders with good cornering skills were rewarded.
For the spectators, it was hard to tell the riders apart, because in the dark they all looked like a bike headlight.
Riders were out of the saddle after every corner. This meant that the B-grade riders had to do around 200 short sprints throughout their race. This proved too much for most participants, with only 3 finishers in B-grade. Congratulations to Ian Downing on his impressive win. Perhaps a promotion is required for Mr. Downing?
It was great to see so many female participants, especially in the lower grades. I hope we see these riders returning for future local races.
Feedback received from competitors showed that night racing, and new criterium circuits, are extremely popular.
Luckily, there were no crashes involving competitors.
The Lucky Door Prize, of a 1000 lumen bike light, supplied by NiteLights was won by Michael Milton. Milto was at more of a disadvantage than usual, because of the four 90 degree right-hand turns.
http://www.nitelights.com.au/Smaller raffle prizes were won by Lyn Vasudeva, Rachel Green and Simon Claringbold.
There was prize money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Winners that did not collect their prizes on the night will be contacted to arrange prize money collection.
video here:
http://the-riotact.com/vikings-crace-nocturne-criterium-2/46591pictures here:
http://www.vikingscyclingforum.org.au/forum/showthread.php?t=3782A big thankyou to helpers – Steve Callahan, Rob Fisher, Michael Milton, Simon Claringbold, Michael Masters, Tony Goldsworthy, Jane Jones, Michael Langdon, Verity Linehan, Andrew Thaller, Rachel Green, Haylee Weaver, Lee Sheather, Malcolm Paterson, Niva Pryor and Danielle Morris