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Renshaw’s Pedal Project Lockdown Zwift E-Cycling Event - 21st August 2021

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Renshaw’s Pedal Project Lockdown Special Event - 21st Aug 2021

D Grade Report
Michael Robinson in his first Esport Cycle Race has sprung a surprize in the Weekends RPP Lockdown Cycling Race. Robinson took out the D Grade event defeating current Western NSW Esports D grade Champion Gary Baker who started the event as the hot favourite.

Robinson who is better known as the father of champion female cyclists Kalinda and Ebony, is in fact a trophy race winner himself on both the track and the road, so he certainly shouldn’t of been underestimated in the race, his D grade winning time of 32m21s thought to be a new D grade record for the RPP Events. Western NSW D grade female champ Claire Scott was 3rd behind Mick and Gary, Claire has a long history in local cycling and it is wonderful to have her back in the sport and enjoying her riding after a period out of sport.

Just missing the placings was Josh Jackson who is a young athlete who continues to improve in all his sporting endeavours he finished in front of Dubbo’s Nicloe Purdon and Mark Collett, followed in by Jo Renshaw who has lower her times on the course down to 37minute with a huge increase in the Watts she is putting out in the event.

RESULTS - D Grade Placing
Men - 1 Michael Robinson 2Gary Baker 3Josh Jackson
Female - 1Claire Scott 2Nicloe Purdon 3Jo Renshaw
Green Jersey (TBC) – Mark Collett


Ready to start in the inaugural RPP Graded Race. 21/08/21

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Renshaw’s Pedal Project Lockdown Special Event

C Grade Report
Current Western NSW C Grade Champion Paul Jones defeated an impressive field in the Renshaw’s Pedal Project C Grade Race, with former Bathurst Road Champ Steve Bennett second and the well performed Ray Thorn third in a personal best time. In fact the top 3 all stayed with the front bunch during the 20km event which resulted in Jones, Bennett and Thorn all recording times under the previous C Grade race record.

There was a strong Dubbo contingent in C Grade, who were unlucky to loose contact on one of the climbs with the front bunch, with their chance of a podium finish lost at that point. Recent C Grade Western NSW ESports Championship medallist David Flemming and John Curley finishing in 4th and 6th place respectively, with Dubbo teammate Tim Howlett also riding very well the finish between the pair in 5th place.
 
Also in the top 10 in C Grade were Bathurst World masters rep Peter Wilson and strong triathlete Darren Fenton.
 
Alex B was the leading female rider defeating current C Grade Western NSW champ Michelle Patton. It was an impressive performance by Alex B who also took third place against the male riders in the Green Sprint classification in C Grade behind Ray Thorn (recording 28.52) and Paul Jones (28.74).

RESULTS – C Grade Placing
Men - 1Paul Jones 2Steve Bennett 3Ray Thorn 4 David Flemming 5Tim Howlett
Leading Female – 1Alex B, 2Michelle Patton
Green Jersey - 1Ray Thorn, 2Paul Jones, 3Alex B.


C Grade winner Paul Jones with his Western NSW Esports C Grade Champs Trophy he won recently.

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Renshaw’s Pedal Project Lockdown Special Event

B Grade Report
Cameron Arnold put in his best performance since joining the Bathurst ESports cycling team winning todays Renshaw’s Pedal Project B Grade Race. Arnold defeated former Bathurst Cycling A Grade rider Ryan O'Donnell, with another former high profile Bathurst Club rider Craig McAlister in 3rd place.
 
Female champ Kirsten Howard 4th and the local clubs most experienced Esports cyclist Stephen Jackson rounding out the top 5 in B Grade. Just a hand full of seconds further back was Dubbo Champ Kate Spicer and very experienced Jenn Arnold with David Reece rounding out the top8.

The Quality of the B Grade race in today’s Renshaw’s Pedal Project Chop-off was indicated by the times recorded, with all riders in the category breaking the 30minute barrier.

Jenn Arnold almost defeated all the men in the sprint classification, finishing only 0.03sec behind Craig McAlister who took the green jersey with Stephen Jackson in 3rd position.
 
RESULTS – B Grade Placing
Male - 1Cameron Arnold 2Ryan O'Donnell 3Craig McAlister 4Stephen Jackson 5David Reece
Female - 1Kirsten Howard, 2Kate Spicer 3Jenn Arnold
Green Jersey Sprint - 1Craig McAlister (28.16s) 2Jenn Arnold 3Stephen Jackson


Half way - The lead bunch goes on to their second lap

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Renshaw’s Pedal Project Lockdown Special Event

A Grade Report (Overall Male & Female Races)
The inaugural Renshaw’s Pedal Project ESports Weekend Lockdown Race turned into a classic battle between old rivals Bathurst and Dubbo for the overall win in both Men and Women outright divisions. Bathurst Club having the more competitors proving to be the difference in the end with Bathurst riders Kirsten Howard and Mark Windsor taking the overall honours in front of their Dubbo rivals.

In the A Grade Mens Race it was Nick North who broke clear with around 5kms to go, the top Bathurst triathlete looked to be building a winning lead forcing Dubbo’s bronze medallist from the recent Western NSW Esports A Grade Championships Simon Heppell to go to the front of the bunch with female champ Kate Spicer. This set up Mark Windsor (runner up in the overall Western NSW title) for his winning move on the hill late in the event. Windsor winning from Heppell and North an impressive third on his return from injury.

Meanwhile in the outright Female race it was a similar story with current Western NSW ESports Female Champion Kate Spicer pushing forward with Dubbo team mate Simon Hepple only to have former international cyclist Kirsten Howard go with the big surge in the final kilometres to take the win. Spicer 2nd with Western NSW B Grade female champ Jenn Arnold 4sec further back in 4th place.

At this point still looking at the data on the overall Green Jersey – Results coming soon.

RESULTS – Overall Placing
Overall Male - 1Mark Windsor (Bathurst) 2Simon Heppell (Dubbo) 3Nick North (Bathurst)
Overall Female - 1Kirsten Howard (Bathurst) 2Kate Spicer (Dubbo) 3Jenn Arnold (Bathurst
Green Sprint Jersey Overall TBC – Mark Renshaw (25.68) Mark Windsor Craig McAlister
Green Sprint Jersey Overall Female - Jenn Arnold (28.19)


Great Battle developed between the Dubbo and Bathurst clubs with riders covering each others moves

Mark:
NEXT EVENT: -- ?????

Not sure when our next Renshaw's Pedal Project event will be - as their account has pushed well past the 100 invite limit.
This makes it a lot more difficult to host the event, so not sure when the next event may occur, as RPP plan to ask for extra permissions from Zwift.
In the mean time the Grades have been adjusted for the next event - when ever that may be -

Big well Done Everyone.. Sorry about the regrades - tried to used the criteria documented on the Grading Page -- see Link

To see the new grades go to -- http://www.nswcycling.com/forum/index.php?topic=112.0

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