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Rock Estate had two teams in the Dusk Til Dawn 12 hour mountain bike race at Thetford Forest on Saturday 3rd/Sunday 4th October. |
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The evening started with a nice leisurely ride round Thetford Forest. The 2 groups of Rock Estate Riders doing there own thing. 100% Rock Estate (100%) negotiated their practice lap with no dramas. For Rock Estate featuring Mike Auger (RE) it was a different story. Joe Skipper couldn't transfer his skills from the road to the track and fell off a number of times and crawled through most bits of single track (something he more than redeemed himself on durign the race). This lead RE to decide a small roster change prior to starting. There running order was Gentry, Asher, Skipper and Auger while 100%'s order was Drake, Davies, Cook, Smith.
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The start was interesting and Gentry positioned himself a long way up the field and after the 2km lead out loop crossed the start line in approximately 10th place ending up finishing the loop as 11th in the 4 man teams. Drake started slightly further back and finished the first lap 4 mins down on RE in 21st in the 4 man teams. The second riders went out and Asher posted the fastest Rock Estate lap of the night with a 45.34 to take RE up to 8th overall. This was a position they would keep all night wth consistent riding by all the team. 100% consolidated their position on the second lap and spent the whole night posting good strong times slowly moving themselves up the order all night as others tired. They eventually grabbed 9th place after 10 hours, a position they would hang onto until the end. An excellent nights riding by all involved especially Skipper who after the dodgy practice managed to post 48 min lap times something of an achievement for such a novice.
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Lap times as below;
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Gentry: 51:05- 52:04- 51:17
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Asher: 45:34- 47:01- 47:34- 48:36
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Skipper: 50:50- 48:28- 48:52- 50:05
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Auger: 49:24- 48:48- 50:41- 46:50
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Drake: 55:33- 50:00- 51:11- 51:30
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Davies: 49:43- 53:52- 54:49
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Cook: 49:06- 49:36- 50:37- 49:37
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Smith: 51:01- 50:51- 55:20
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