Coach’s Comments on Junior Performances

Hello Spinners

For results from Sunday see:

http://www.avantiplus.com/Auckland_Secondary_Schools_Cycling/assc.aspx


Junior A 23:00 2nd place (33secs down)

BIG improvement. Well done to all four. Lots of progress and you would have surprised the other teams by what you have achieved in two weeks. We will keep up the hard work and look to halve the gap again (at least) by TTT 3 and then aim for gold at North Islands.


Junior B 24:47 6th place (13secs down on St. Kents JB)

A solid ride guys (10secs slower but in harder conditions). You held your place. We have to really get those legs spinning fast and in each of your programmes you have components for that. We should be aiming top 4 in Auckland but you will need to work to achieve it.


Junior C 26:12 10h place (51secs down St. Kents JC)

A ride we need to improve on. Pity to lose Hugo early. Well down Jackson on stepping up and putting in a solid effort. Endurance is important but in a race as short as a 16km TTT you need speed (through leg turnover/cadence) first. Keep working on this. The Senior A guys tell me that on the way out they had their cadence up around 140 for sections of the course.


Junior D 27:07 13h place (55secs down St. Kents JD)

This is solid compared to your TTT 1 ride and you held your place. A really positive effort after losing Simon early and a long way ahead of where you guys were as individuals last year. Keep up the hard work.


Junior E 29:42 24th place (1:17secs down St. Kents JE)

Not as bad as it looks men. Well done Andrew on getting out there for the first time and really riding hard through to the end. Lots of ability here and you will all improve a massive amount during the year.


See you Tuesday afternoon. I would love to get an F team out there and given that James Watt, Misha, and Michael were not there on Sunday we are close to it when all are fit and well. Keep asking around – 2 or 3 more riders would make a huge difference.

Thanks

Alwyn Poole