Haifa Race - Haifa

Today was always going to be tough after the race in Yokne’am yesterday but as it was a class 1 race the riders decided to give it a go. Ben was nursing a severely swollen knee as well as wounds from a practice crash in Cyprus but made a good start in the strong field of riders on another particularly hot day in northern Israel.

For Paul, things did not start so well – some days riders just have bad legs and today was one of those days. A full on effort yesterday left the muscles sore and after two laps seeing if things got better he made the decision to call it a day and start the recovery process for the big race in Misgav next Saturday.

Ben meanwhile had started to make progress until his chain dropped once again – this continued throughout the race making it difficult t gain places and whilst he felt strong he was unable to get into a good rhythm finishing two laps down.

The guys will now look to get the mechanical issues rectified as limited time meant although they did what they could the problems did not go away.

Next Saturday they will travel further north for the race in Misgav – both riders are positive after showing some good form albeit for some mechanical issues. For now its rest and recovery, come Saturday… FULL GAZZ!!!