SDA Rnd 3 Pitchifie, Aberdeen Scotland
The Summer of Mud...
Last weekend was another double header race weekend whilst team riders from the south where racing the MSS at Bala, the Scottish contingent of the team where riding a new and fantastically difficult track at Pitchifie for the round three of the SDA series. However, whereas in the south we where experiencing hot weather and dry conditions, in Scotland the heavens had opened soaking the track and making grip a hard thing to come by for the most part.
The old open top section drops riders down through the heather and over some local granite outcrops before a rock jump which sent you flying blindly into the soaking wooded section. The track started to drop into a very steep gulley, and things got very tricky from this point onwards soaking wet roots and boulders where major features along with the mud which made it very difficult to ride any of the sections clean. Rock drops on to wet roots make for very sketchy landings sending riders sliding everywhere before taking on the sketchy rock garden an almost impossible section to ride well, before the final rock jump sent you flying into the open and towards the finish.
Onto the racing and Fergus took first in Experts tearing down the track and setting a time, a huge 11 seconds up on second placed Graeme Forrest. As well as maintaining his overall points lead in the series. Dave rode hard to take second in Elite, coming in only a few seconds off first placed Chris Ball. Tony Tsoumalis rode to a well deserved fourth in the Junior category only a few seconds of the podium with an impressive time of 2.33.605.
Well done to them all for some great riding roll on Fort William in only a few weeks time for the fourth round of the series…
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