Steven Couper and his crew provided a well organised event for the first round of the Scottish Cyclo-Cross Series, held at Townhill Country Park, Dunfermline. The course itself with was fast and flowy, with plenty of short technical climbs and swoopy descents. Not being too muddy, lap times were pretty fast around the 5 minute mark.

I got off to a fairly bad start, as I couldn’t get my foot into the pedal, so ended up down in around 15th place. Some close-overtaking on the first lap got me up to about 11th. On the third lap I caught two others including Al Dow, and preceded to hunt down Keiran Hay and Dave Lines. When I caught them they both seemed to have sat up, so I quickly passed on one of the rooty climbs. At this point Kieran’s saddle slipped, leaving the nose pointing upwards, resulting in Dave letting out a loud laugh.

On the closing laps I caught Gary McRae, but was hesitant to pass him and lost out in the sprint for 5th place.

Up front it seemed to be a three-way battle between Iain Nimmo, James Fraser-Moodie and Andy Wardman. James Melville had lead for the early laps, but fell off the pace mid way through. A final sprint resulted in Iain coming around the inside of Moodie on the final bend to take second, with Andy taking the win.

I’ll update these results when I see a proper set and can remember/spell everyones name and team.

Results

  1. Andy Wardman (Glentress / Hub in the Forest)
  2. Iain Nimmo (Stirling BC / Wheels)
  3. James Fraser Moodie (Pedal Power RT)
  4. James Melville (Glasgow United CC)
  5. Gary McRae (Pedal Power RT)
  6. Douglas Shearer (Stirling BC / Wheels)
  7. Dave Lines (Pedal Power RT)
  8. Kieran Hay (Velo Eccosse)

For dates of events in the weeks to come, have a look at the Stirling Bike Club Forum