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We started this week’s event on a sombre note as we acknowledged the recent passing of Derek Lusher. Derek played a pivotal role in the Eastern Road Race League for many years, giving enormous amounts of time and energy to the local racing scene. Today’s riders respectfully observed a minute’s silence on the start line … Continue reading ELV Winter Series 2019 – Week 4, 26th January

Week 3 of the Winter Series saw our own Thomas Arkell deliver a jet-pack sprint up the H-Berg to take first place in the men's 234. Boom. Great to see Nesta Furguson (Lee Valley Youth CC) take second place - a return to ELV Winter Series form after some excellent results in last year's series. … Continue reading ELV Winter Series 2019 – Week 3, 19th January

A mild January day greeted the riders for the second event in the 2019 East London Velo winter series. If the temperature was mild, the flag at the summit of the Hogenberg told of a brisk southerly wind blowing in that would strengthen through the afternoon. The women’s event saw a growing attendance and sufficient … Continue reading ELV Winter Series 2019 – Week 2, 12th January

Thank you to everyone who raced the first ELV Winter Series races of 2019! It was great to see old and new faces braving the cold and shaking off the racing cobwebs and mince pies.    Battle that Berg    Go, Chris! It was race one, win one for Sam Llewellyn-Jones of London Dynamo, taking … Continue reading ELV Winter Series 2019 – Week 1, 5th January