Ffast Cycling Club

The Russian! Nikolai Razouvaev
wins the ANZAC 25

After a minute's silence, the Elite Men at Lakeside set off in the ANZAC 25. The men didn't mess about setting the fastest lap of the day on Lap 2, in a touch over 3 minutes, around the challenging Lakeside course. The course is unique, originally built for motorsport, it is smooth, wide, has ripple strips and tyre barriers, although none were needed on Saturday. The course starts with a gradually rising false flat, into an uphill 180 degree turn, down again through a few flowing turns before turning up into a fair pinch to test the riders. Once over the hill, riders get to briefly enjoy a fast flowing downhill turn, only to be met by the headwind down the main straight.

With good prize money and trophy on the line, there was a fair field of elites on the start line. There were 4 primes to keep the crowd entertained and a number of breakaway attempts had a crack but were all brought back to the field. When the pace really came on though, the hills and the headwind began to take their toll and the pack was split, the lead pack of about 6 trying to stay away. With 3 laps to go, the lead pack was caught by a smaller chase pack, the chasers dropped a couple of the original breakaways. Down to the line it was a sprint, won by FFast's Nikolai Razouvaev!

Andrew Gerber wins the Masters A
QLD Criterium Championship

In Women B, Jane Walker (FFast) got the Silver, Dianne McAuliffe, the Bronze (FFast) and Shanice Nitis 4th. Masters C Men, Brian O'Connell got 4th, with Ffast members picking up two more Bronzes in Masters B, Michael Walker and Masters A Men, Ned Draydon.

Ffast picked up another 1st in the Womens A with Lorian Graham taking out the event, Patricia Palmer (Ffast) grabbed Bronze.

On Sunday, the Qld Criterium State Championships were held at Nundah. Ffast continued the winning ways with Linda White first over the line Womens Masters 4. Jane Walker got her second Silver of the weekend in the Womens Masters 2. The Masters Men went home with another Gold medal, this time around the neck of Andrew Gerber. And a final Bronze medal in the Under 23 Men going to Benjamin Fleming in the bunch sprint.