Mat Hammond, Rasmas Feldballe, Nick Greenhalgh ..... just watch the video, amazing racing in West London VR Race 6.4 .... Wouter Claes suffers techanicals and gender identification issues all add to the tale .... Ellen Lockett is back like a rocket, but Anastasiia Afanasieva finishes not far behind in Ladies League....

Race 6.5 Wednesday 7th December at 7.30pm UK Time … the slightly undulating Fifield course

The RACE 6.4 short sport report

There were 159 entries, 119 starters and 111 finishers, and the whirr of Smart Trainers around the world was, no doubt, punctuated with gasps for air and the occasional rhythmic sound of keyboards being tapped. Another West London VR Race had burst across the starting line and both battles and banter amongst the assembled bretheren ensued. Welcome to community e-Racing.

The Round of Pennsylvania course has produced some great results over the years, the climb up to the finish straight on each of the three laps allowing attacks and draining energy for the sprint finish. This course was back by public demand. Hitherto the finish line hasn’t always been visible until late, which has caught out a few riders but now with Wahoo RGT’s fences with banners along the side, there is some degree of warning, so most riders were primed for a bunch sprint finish..

But Rasmus Feldeballe had other ideas. Rasmus, who rides foe eCKD, lights up races and characteristically surged towards the end of the race in search of a glorious solo victory, only for Rasio Racing’s Matt Hzammond to put in a stunning sprint and take the win. But the action wasn’t over Nick Greenhalgh won a tight group sprint for third place, adding to the drama. The video is worth watching (see link above), courtest of Sweatflix.

The controversial and dramatic upset of the day was Wouter Claes suffering a short dropout as the race thundered towards its climax, ultimately costing him several places but the warrior in him saw him fight for every place right up until the line … entertaining stuff.

Meanwhile, Ladies League champion Ellen Locket hasn’t been able to ride recently due to some surgery on her hand. Freed from her medical banishment she was clearly raring to go and won the Ladies Race with aplomb, but just look how close Anastasiia Afanasieva was, and Anastasiia looks like being a serious contender across this series. Ellen has only ridden one race, but we suspect we’ll see her climbing the rankings as she settles back in. Meanwhile, the leading lady before the race, Judith Newton, was unable to ride for domestic reasons, but remember that with the best six races counting, all of the girls can miss a race or two…. Judith will be back!

With Judith sidelined, Caroline Reuter took the opportunity to claim top spot in the Ladies League Classification, and her team RIAK, consolidatted their position in the Ladies Teams Classification. We think there may be more twists in this plot though, if Judith and Ellen can both ride regularly and pick up more points for West London Ladies..

With Rasio’s Mat Hammond and Nick Greenhalgh both in podium positions, Rasio Racing consolidated their position in top spot of the Teams Classification but NoPinz R3R and Moon Riders are closely stalking them…. it ain’t over until race 13 spins.

…and finally….. sadly, one rider appears to have their gender set incorrectly and, initially, the results suggested a man won the Ladies League race. We spent around one and a half hours looking for a fix as it messed up the Ladies League points and standings. Sadly, we reached a point where it was clear that the only way to rectify the Ladies League would be to disqualify the male rider. We really didn’t want to do this, but we had no choice in the end. We have contacted the rider and alerted them to their settings error, and hopefully they will be able to sort this out before the next race. We really do regret having to have had to do this, and we tried for some time to find an alternative fix with this being a last resort.

FINAL RACE RESULTS BELOW

FULL STANDINGS AVAILABLE HERE

RACE 6.4 RESULTS

	West London VR
	Ladies League Race 6.4 (RACE ORDER)	Total	Races	Race 6.4
1	E. llen_Lockett	100	1	100
2	Anastasiia Afanasieva	190	2	96
3	CAROLINE REUTER (RIAK)	364	4	80
4	Holly Larsen	251	3	79
5	GESINE JUNKER – RIAK	230	3	76
6	SERENA ACE (RIAK)	226	3	68
7	LAURA WHITTINGHAM	231	3	65
8	Claire Miller (tcc)	129	2	63
9	Karen Bailey [ṀṚ]	140	2	60
10	Wendy Wonderwheels:)RK	264	4	59
11	DANIELLE GAUNT	259	4	56
12	Shona Fraser TCC	180	3	53
13	Chantal Mendes [riak]	178	3	52
14	Lisa West TCC	235	4	49
15	Lisa Snell	202	4	46
16	.. Jessica Wright	147	3	41

RESULTS – RACE 6.4 The Round of Pennsylvania 23 November 2022

Psn	Name	Team	Time	Avg Power	Av.Pwr Best 20	w/kg	Points

1	Mat Hammond [ЯƦ]	Rasio Racing Black	20:22.1	337	335	4.06	100
2	RASMUS FELDBALLE[WR]	eCKD	20:23.2 + 1.056	343	341	4.57	99
3	Nick Greenhalgh [ЯƦ]	Rasio Racing Black	20:24.0 + 1.922	309	305	3.96	98
4	John Sammut (A)	Pocomotion	20:24.1 + 1.983	302	297	3.97	97
5	Jan Vanaudenaerde	NoPinz R3R	20:24.1 + 1.996	306	302	4.03	96
6	Steven Brierley (nopinzr3r)	NoPinz R3R	20:24.1 + 2.011	295	291	4.1	95
7	Moritz Kauper		20:24.1 + 2.026	322	318	4.54	94
8	1.Doug Hart [pdl] (c)	Pedalers	20:24.2 + 2.123	372	368	4.33	93
9	Jared Millar		20:24.3 + 2.174	320	317	4.44	92
10	Jack Samways[wvs]	Watford Velo	20:24.3 + 2.197	365	363	4.45	91
11	KJELL GUNNAR GJERDAL [NZBRO]	NZBRO Parched As	20:24.3 + 2.197	343	340	4.34	90
12	Johan Arrhen		20:24.4 + 2.284	329	325	3.26	89
13	Louis Francis [wvs]	Watford Velo	20:24.5 + 2.398	361	358	4.01	88
14	Ned Bowen	Draft	20:24.5 + 2.423	270	266	3.91	87
15	MARK Rowbottom	Rasio Racing Black	20:24.7 + 2.601	356	355	4.81	86
16	MATHIAS BERGKVIST		20:24.9 + 2.769	339	338	4.08	85
17	DMIT KU		20:25.0 + 2.862	326	326	4.47	84
18	Kamil Waligora [ṀṚ]	Moon Riders	20:25.2 + 3.135	341	339	3.79	83
19		NoPinz R3R	20:25.7 + 3.586	352	351	4.57	82
20	Matt Looker (nopinzr3r)	NoPinz R3R	20:25.9 + 3.825	300	299	4	81
21	Mattias Lundqvist [rgtswe]		20:26.1 + 3.955	310	310	4.43	80
22	Alasdair Mcalpine	Glasgow United CC	20:32.7 + 10.571	269	267	4.64	79
23	Liam Bard	NoPinz R3R	20:32.7 + 10.633	340	339	4.47	78
24	James Melville	Glasgow United CC	20:40.0 + 17.855	269	269	4.01	77
25	Greg Abbott		20:44.0 + 21.929	308	314	3.85	76
26	Jørgen van Bers	Rasio Racing Orange	20:45.6 + 23.527	286	283	4.03	75
27	K. Ing/tubby 🙂 r3r	R3R	20:46.5 + 24.364	320	318	3.9	74
28	Peter Sibley (Watford Velo Sport)	Watford Velo	20:59.2 + 37.048	343	343	3.9	73
29	Jesper Hansen		21:01.1 + 39.007	321	321	4.06	72
30	Wouter Claes	Moon Riders	21:09.6 + 47.494	327	323	4.14	71
31	Paul Hindson		21:09.6 + 47.531	312	307	3.9	70
32	Andrzej Krajewski ЯƦ	Rasio Racing Orange	21:09.8 + 47.670	261	258	3.68	69
33	Julian Fussell	Southborough District Wheelers	21:10.2 + 48.115	278	275	3.86	68
34	William Shiels		21:14.1 + 52.018	390	391	4.38	67
35	Andrew Gower (TCC)	Twickenham CC	21:21.2 + 59.095	316	314	4.21	66
36	Stuart Gillies tcc	Twickenham CC	21:22.9 + 1:00.744	317	318	3.56	65
37	Will Brown	Westerley CC	21:23.5 + 1:01.355	277	277	4.01	64
38	Mike Wareham [ṀṚ]	Moon Riders	22:26.8 + 2:04.711	289	283	3.21	63
39	Kristen Ege poco	Pocomotion	22:26.8 + 2:04.738	296	290	3.29	62
40	David Stewart		22:27.6 + 2:05.505	293	288	3.49	61
41	Andrew Beale c	Westerley CC	22:27.6 + 2:05.510	282	278	3.44	60
42	Stevie Couper	Glasgow United CC	22:27.9 + 2:05.800	275	270	4.04	59
43	Matthew Feely		22:28.1 + 2:05.973	286	285	3.67	58
44	Simon Hall [wvs]	Watford Velo	22:28.1 + 2:06.037	261	259	4.28	57
45	Gt Thakkar	West London VR2	22:29.7 + 2:07.548	248	250	3.94	56
46	BYRON HARDIN OTR	OTR	22:43.2 + 2:21.128	296	299	3.7	55
47	Jurgen Janssens	Pedalers	23:02.9 + 2:40.819	247	243	3.98	54
48	Christian Linares	West London VR1	23:03.4 + 2:41.300	247	248	4.05	53
49	E. llen_Lockett	West london VR Ladies Team	23:03.5 + 2:41.362	273	272	3.74	52
50	David Kent (d)		23:03.6 + 2:41.445	236	233	3.15	51
51	Tim Cummins	Westerley CC	23:03.6 + 2:41.450	296	294	4.11	50
52	David Ogle		23:03.7 + 2:41.594	238	236	3.45	49
53	Anastasiia Afanasieva	OTR	23:04.0 + 2:41.867	275	272	3.48	48
54	Marcin Szkudlarek [ṀṚ]	Moon Riders	23:04.1 + 2:42.001	256	254	3.56	47
55	MATTHEW MORRIS		23:04.9 + 2:42.825	283	282	3.99	46
56	James Dicks		23:17.0 + 2:54.889	282	282	4.34	45
57	lau mai		23:29.1 + 3:07.014	259	256	4.32	44
58	Thobias Björk	West London VR1	23:29.2 + 3:07.122	264	261	3.47	43
59	David wcc Buckley wcc	Westerley CC	23:29.3 + 3:07.236	266	260	3.02	42
60	Andrew Sutherland		23:29.5 + 3:07.394	268	265	3.35	41
61	Nguyen Joe		23:31.3 + 3:09.158	243	246	4.67	40
62	Ian Sudds		23:55.9 + 3:33.745	275	274	3.4	39
63	Stan Stolp		24:24.0 + 4:01.873	262	258	3.4	38
64	Claus KLARIS		24:24.1 + 4:01.970	256	259	3.08	37
65	Wim Van leest		24:29.3 + 4:07.192	233	232	2.95	36
66	Jim Ogilvie m	OTR	24:30.0 + 4:07.872	244	250	3.34	35
67	Jeanfrancois Hebert		24:30.4 + 4:08.275	249	244	3.04	34
68	Robert Shiels		24:30.9 + 4:08.814	232	230	3.36	33
69	CAROLINE REUTER (RIAK)	Riak Women	24:31.4 + 4:09.277	219	217	3.78	32
70	Holly Larsen		24:31.5 + 4:09.427	213	211	3.49	31
71	Robert Gilmour		24:31.8 + 4:09.653	244	245	3.44	30
72	Manu R		24:32.4 + 4:10.253	231	228	3.45	29
73	GESINE JUNKER – RIAK	Riak Women	24:32.6 + 4:10.505	236	233	3.93	28
74	Snazzy Pastel		24:32.7 + 4:10.608	226	228	3.77	27
75	Hartley Andy		24:32.8 + 4:10.696	212	212	2.94	26
76	ALEXANDRE POLO (M)		24:53.2 + 4:31.054	245	247	3.31	25
77	Peter Alizadeh (TCC)		24:53.3 + 4:31.160	223	223	3.6	24
78	Hayes Dave		25:22.3 + 5:00.192	211	205	2.97	23
79	JOOP AARDEMA		25:23.5 + 5:01.342	203	198	3.08	22
80	Bill Sullivan		25:23.6 + 5:01.510	210	205	2.69	21
81	SERENA ACE (RIAK)	Riak Women	25:23.7 + 5:01.587	222	219	2.96	20
82	Kristof Novi (o)		25:23.7 + 5:01.588	207	201	2.69	19
83	GRANT CARRUTHERS		25:23.9 + 5:01.807	229	212	3.23	18
84	LAURA WHIT	Riak Women	25:24.1 + 5:01.973	210	206	2.92	17
85	Tom Mel		25:24.3 + 5:02.213	221	216	2.48	16
86	Claire Miller (tcc)	Twickenham CC Ladies	25:43.4 + 5:21.327	191	188	3.35	15
87	Brett Smith	West London VR2	25:53.4 + 5:31.304	225	229	2.74	14
88	Henry Berg		25:53.5 + 5:31.423	219	219	3.17	13
89	Karen Bailey [ṀṚ]	Satellite Riders	25:53.7 + 5:31.594	186	185	3.21	12
90	Wendy Wonderwheels:)RK	Riak Women	26:07.4 + 5:45.293	187	187	2.79	11
91	Gavin O’Mahony		26:12.0 + 5:49.852	230	237	2.58	10
92	Charlie D sdw		26:15.9 + 5:53.822	238	236	2.56	9
93	DANIELLE GAUNT	West london VR Ladies Team	26:19.5 + 5:57.432	189	191	2.91	8
94	Jo Stead (TCC)		26:25.7 + 6:03.596	219	219	2.74	7
95	David Gutierrez incierte		26:34.5 + 6:12.362	218	219	2.91	6
96	Shona Fraser TCC	Twickenham CC Ladies	26:36.1 + 6:14.035	197	198	2.37	5
97	Chantal Mendes [riak]	Riak Women	27:38.2 + 7:16.093	182	186	2.84	4
98	Michael Lanahan		28:38.6 + 8:16.494	197	195	2.16	3
99	j schut		28:45.8 + 8:23.701	183	187	2.08	2
100	Lisa West TCC	Twickenham CC Ladies	28:57.2 + 8:35.048	179	182	2.18	1
101	Rick Van der laan		29:29.6 + 9:07.492	171	175	2.44	1
102	Seamus Butler		29:33.4 + 9:11.287	181	178	2.13	1
103	Lisa Snell	West london VR Ladies Team	32:03.5 + 11:41.357	133	136	2.08	1
104	Dee Jaybor		32:18.3 + 11:56.178	146	157	2.09	1
105	Teresa Heaton-Adegbile		32:32.0 + 12:09.895	137	142	2.01	1
106	John Holmes		32:39.6 + 12:17.457	139	140	1.43	1
107	Vivek Marwaha		33:12.7 + 12:50.543	140	143	1.92	1
108	.. Jessica..	West london VR Ladies Team	34:38.7 + 14:16.638	127	136	1.79	1
109	Lou Hib		34:38.8 + 14:16.724	147	157	1.53	1
110	Mark L1		36:01.0 + 15:38.856	148	157	1.29	1

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