At last good weather broke out for the Club Open Road races with a healthy field of 62 riders starting the early morning event for 3/4/J/V/L riders.
The bunch allowed 3 riders to escape on the third lap with the chase being hindered by a crash. The break consolidated to a lead of around 50 seconds with a lap to go and held on to contest the finish with comeback rider Julian Grommeet proving the strongest from Polish rider Wojciech Lakomy and Ray Eden.
Of the local riders Neil Sentance just headed Neil Sentance in the bunch with Nigel Podham and Paul Conneely just behind, Anthony Conneely and Dave Ostler failed to finish after being held up in the crash.
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