3 Peaks Cyclocross
2013 winners Rob Jebb of Hope Factory Racing and Delia Beddis of ViCiOUS Velo (photo courtesy of www.3peakscyclocross.org.uk)
Dave Haygarth has a great 3 Peaks Blog which provided us with this excellent YouTube video. We quote Dave, “Film here from Mike Simmonds. As I said to Mike in a comment on Youtube, ” Hard to get enough footage singlehandedly to capture the race but this works succinctly and flows well.” – I love this film.” And so do we.
Our favourite bit, which totally sums up the 3 Peaks, is the scene of early in the race with Hope Factory Racing’s Rob Jebb, bike slung on his back, climbing the hillside, almost on his hands and knees – and he was the winner! And then you see the army of already exhausted riders behind him, also crawling up the hillside as if on some great, mid-war military expedition. It’s how I imagine Rome’s great enemy, the Carthaginian General Hannibal crossing the Alps; a long line of sorry souls trailing after their irrepressible general (Jebb on this case), knowing that worse is to come on the other side… All that’s missing are some elephants; next year maybe?
Finally we had to show this video as well. This is the great Barry Mordue of Crosstrax. He rode a good race to finish in 04:01:59, less than an hour behind the winner. How you might ask, does one prepare for such a gruelling event? Well here’s Barry’s way. Warning its priceless!
If you are interested in taking part in the 2014 3 Peaks Cyclocross Race, then note that online entries will open on June 1st 2014 and if you are one of the successful applicants, you’ll be sent an invitation email from online entry/timing company, SportIdent, to whom you then have to pay the entry fee before the end of June in order to confirm your place.
