The B-side: a closer look at National B road racing
22-year-old Seb Garry got his season off the best possible start with a win at the Evesham Vale Road Race on Sunday (13 March). The Nopinz Motip RT rider was consistent last season, finishing 16th at the Beaumont Trophy and featuring in the top ten six times in National B races, but this result was Garry’s first win at this level.
Garry won the sprint from a select breakaway, pipping Owain Roberts (Wales Racing Academy), Cameron Biddle (Embark-Bikestrong) and James Harrison (Manx Viking Wheelers CC) to the win.
Farley Barber (Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor) finished in the top ten for the third time in a row this season, a result that should mean he stays top of our national road race rankings ahead of Primavera Road Race winner Samuel Beckett, who led in the bunch to finish 7th.
I was telling myself the whole time that I’d rather come last having tried, than not try at all
“This is my first Nat B win but I was the bridesmaid many times last year! It feels great to finally cross the line first after being so close so many times,” Garry told us after the race.
“On a personal level, having recently started a very demanding job in London I feel a huge sense of relief that I’m still able to be competitive, let alone win. Whilst I’m well aware National B races aren’t the pinnacle of the sport, I feel very proud to be able to get the win for our team, Nopinz Motip. I hope this is a sign of things to come for myself in the National Road Series events later this year.
“The race itself was fairly straightforward. After 40k I snuck into a six-man break which included two Wales Academy riders. I knew this was a great opportunity to win so I was telling myself the whole time that I’d rather come last having tried, than not try at all. I felt very good throughout and a few attacks in the last 5k weakened the best sprinters’ legs which gave me the confidence I could win from the now reduced breakaway.”
The B-side: a closer look at National B road racing
22-year-old Seb Garry got his season off the best possible start with a win at the Evesham Vale Road Race on Sunday (13 March). The Nopinz Motip RT rider was consistent last season, finishing 16th at the Beaumont Trophy and featuring in the top ten six times in National B races, but this result was Garry’s first win at this level.
Garry won the sprint from a select breakaway, pipping Owain Roberts (Wales Racing Academy), Cameron Biddle (Embark-Bikestrong) and James Harrison (Manx Viking Wheelers CC) to the win.
Farley Barber (Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor) finished in the top ten for the third time in a row this season, a result that should mean he stays top of our national road race rankings ahead of Primavera Road Race winner Samuel Beckett, who led in the bunch to finish 7th.
“This is my first Nat B win but I was the bridesmaid many times last year! It feels great to finally cross the line first after being so close so many times,” Garry told us after the race.
“On a personal level, having recently started a very demanding job in London I feel a huge sense of relief that I’m still able to be competitive, let alone win. Whilst I’m well aware National B races aren’t the pinnacle of the sport, I feel very proud to be able to get the win for our team, Nopinz Motip. I hope this is a sign of things to come for myself in the National Road Series events later this year.
“The race itself was fairly straightforward. After 40k I snuck into a six-man break which included two Wales Academy riders. I knew this was a great opportunity to win so I was telling myself the whole time that I’d rather come last having tried, than not try at all. I felt very good throughout and a few attacks in the last 5k weakened the best sprinters’ legs which gave me the confidence I could win from the now reduced breakaway.”
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