Race Reports by Chris Anstey

Sydney was fun. Renewing friendships with riders from around the world. All the racing there is tough and brings most riders to there best. The racing is at www.cyclingmasters.tv and they have the whole competition with commentary posted for all to see. My thoughts on the events. In the over view I got stronger as the week went on and this is likely because there were no events I could take part in after Canadian Championships in August.

For the TT I entered mostly to get going and have a race pressure Gate Start with a ride in the lower 39 sec. range that was my best of the year. For the Pursuit with a much lower than expected time to beat the track and conditions were not fast and my preparation was not adequate. I had not considered that slow a time so did not know the speed to ride. Started to fast then corrected a little to much and had a slower than expected final time placing me 4th in qualifying. The final went perfectly with a 2 + lap excell at the end to comfortably win the bronze.

The Scratch race with several attacks going up the road I was conservative and when Mark Rodimaker went with 2 laps to go I didn't think he could hold on that long so chose to stay with the group and win a bunch sprint. The bunch sprint worked out as I wanted however Mark was stronger than expected and came away with a well deserved win.

The Points Race was a ding dong affair with myself just missing the crash in the last 2k. I believed that I would collect enough points during the race to win as long as no laps were taken so I did more work than wanted closing the gaps otherwise I was comfortable during the race. In the last sprint I felt quite strong and only had to hope I had done enough or that the race order behind was right for me.

That's about all the inside on the races.

These events are a great opportunity to make friendships or renew friendships from around the world. I recommend to all that can afford to go to take the opportunity.

Chris Anstey