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LCS/RCUK/SheCycles production guru Denise was the
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The Rollpaluza racing rollers were much used over the Grand Depart weekend, featuring
at the People’s Festival in Hyde Park and at the Rapha/ LondonCycleSport/Shecycles/RCUK
BBQ on Saturday evening.
BBQ
Brimming with the excitement of the Tour de France prologue, a huge peloton of riders
set off from central London on their own "mountain stage" over the
lumps and bumps of North London. The finish line was at the Pub on the Park
in Hackney where a delicious BBQ, a few pints and some leg-loosening roller-racing
awaited.
A great time was had by all and ."Jos da Boss" won V.I.P. tickets
to the hospitality mid-stage area of the Tour de France for the very next day
courtesy of RoadCyclingUK.com, Skoda and Londoncyclesport.
Name /age/time/kmh/mph
1 Jos da Boss………..25… 19.87… 90.59… 56.62
2 Phil Jones (ACF Merc).34… 21.12… 85.23… 53.27
3 Tommy Tomlinson…….35… 21.21… 84.87… 53.04
4 Ray……………….34… 21.32… 84.43… 52.77
5 Phil Hilary………..35… 21.81… 82.53… 51.58
6 Rupert…………….33… 21.98… 81.89… 51.18
7 Biffa Bacon………..39… 22.06… 81.60… 51.00
8 Saeed……………..23… 22.53… 79.89… 49.93
9 Gertie…………….38… 22.54… 79.86… 49.91
10 Jason Bhandari…….36… 22.56… 79.79… 49.87
15 Richard Hallett……46… 23.39… 76.96… 48.10
24 Denise Betts……………26.09… 68.99… 43.12
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Richard Hallett was 15th
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Abi and David tuck in
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Go on Patrick
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Caspar ugres on the rider
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Paul looks seems unimpressed with
Nige’s performance |
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It’s all in the head suggests |
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Rapha’s Simon Mottram is flanked
by members of the Rapha women’s team – Jenny O’Hagan and Jenny Fay |
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Gavin and Clark Povey had a great
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Joss the Boss won
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Hyde Pk
Over 300 people tried the Rollpaluza rollers on Saturday and Sunday.
62 year old Olympian Geoff Cooke recorded the fastest time, whilst Mike Ramsden,
news presenter from BBC London, couldn’t resist giving the rollers a go. After
rolling up the trouser legs on his Saville Row suit he set a pretty respectable
time of 22.23 seconds (50.61mph).
Name /age/time/kmh/mph
1 Geoff Cooke….. 62… 17.78… 101.24… 63.27
2 Anthony Gill… 29… 17.84… 100.90… 63.06
3 John Stuart… 27… 19.64… 91.65… 57.28
4 Simon Jackson… 34… 19.7… 91.37… 57.11
5 Peter Cattermole… 45… 20.00… 90.00… 56.25 VCL
6 David Bieber… 36… 20.01… 89.96… 56.22
7 Maxim Morel… 21… 20.12… 89.46… 55.91
8 Dave Crawley… 18… 20.18… 89.20… 55.75
9 Marcus Macgowan… 35… 20.18… 89.20… 55.75
10 Dave Crawley… 18… 20.36… 88.41… 55.26
