Henry should have been a cyclist.

I had two races this past weekend. The Lucan GP on Saturday was fairly uneventful. In contrast the Traders Cup on Sunday was action packed.

Lucan GP

Handicap race, the break from the A2 bunch was gone before we caught up and was never to be seen again. Most eventful thing that happened to me was a puncture. Another €60 out of pocket. Bunch finish.

Traders Cup

I'll skip the boring stuff. 4km to go I was in the break and ready to contest the race win. In the distance we could see a lot of commotion. As we approached it became clear there had been a big crash in the A4 race - It was rumored that there may have been some triathletes involved. The bodies from the crash were spread all over the road, we had to reduce our pace nearly to a stand-still to get past. It seemed to me like there was a decision in the break to sit up and stop racing as the closing kilometers involved spinning around a roundabout and racing back past the accident.

What happened next is either shocking sportsmanship from some lads in the group or the message to sit up was never communicated to them. Anyway, some of the lads from the break ploughed on and statyed away to contest the win.

I have never sat up in a race before because of a crash but it seemed like we had reached a consensus and that it was the right/safe thing to do. The decision to stop racing seemed to have more authority about it as it was taken by Colm Quinn from the organising club. I would find it hard to stomach if the race winners accepted prize money from Sundays shambles.

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