Oakley: Women's Team Race Series

There were heavy grey clouds in the sky as we drove to Oakley in the team car for the next round of the women's team race series. It was great to have Peter and co. from Shutt on the sidelines cheering us on.

The flat course lends itself to fast, aggressive riding and this was certainly a fast, aggressive race!

There was a strong headwind for part of the course. The rain mostly held off until the final 2km when there was a very heavy downpour!

This time, it was Sarah's turn to mess up the finish - riding on the front for the last section, putting the power down as the pace slowed in the rain (aka starting to  sprint far too early) and being passed by most of the bunch before the finish line. Oops! Iona had a great race and finished in 10th place.

It was a fun race with some good, strong riding from the Squadra Donne girls and our guest rider Tracy Dresch. 

Big thanks to the support team (especially Steve Wright for checking the bikes over before the race) and to our sponsors for coming out to watch the race.

(Photo taken by Craig Fletcher)