newcastlecycling

Napalm,

D grade did catch CD C grade, but when you looked about D grade there were some who race B grade @ club level, or are the truly competitive riders in club C grade, who were in CD D grade.  The smart club B graders rode a smart race and finished well.

Vince Keir deserves special mention - drove C grade hard.

Fun to hear some KOCC people angry with other KOCC members for chasing them down in the final lap...cough cough. 

From my unusual perspective (which, before Masso or Ferret get in, might mean actually finishing a race but what I mean is the riding of a SS which really was fun and different) I did not think CD D grade was riding all that hard - the attacks were pretty soft and between these attacks the pace was pretty slow.

Which makes me think CD C grade were riding quite slow indeed.  Sure they had an additional lap, but my feeling is most of those who finished in D grade could have hung in there for another lap - it was not that tough.  Being kind to C grade, perhaps they had a real attack - wait - attack type of race, which can reduce average lap times.