Whyte Enduro R4 - Eastridge

With heavy rains returning in the night, hopes were dashed that a completely dry course would lay in wait to entice those hardy souls to tackle a longer lap of this remarkable course. Increasing the distance per lap to 10km seemed on paper to be short changing the enduro riders, as the 100km now was merely a romp over 80km, but as the race unfolded the true hardship of this course coupled with those heavy rainfalls in the night certainly made it a battle of attrition and not for the faint hearted, it was a course that would be etched on the minds forever of those courageous souls that undertook the challenge it threw their way...

Billy Joe Whenman – 75km

“It was alright, I went out pretty hard to try and break the field up, I got away from the start and did a 37mn lap which was quicker than my laps yesterday in the shorter XC course! That was pretty hard! I kept the pace high just to get a good gap then I just cruised the last couple of laps and tried not to make any mistakes.

I caught the entire 100km field by lap 2 and then just eased back a bit so I could make it to the finish. After the mechanical I had yesterday I just wanted a good race today so that’s why I went for it.

The course was much harder even the flats were hard thanks to all the mud, but the downhills were wicked. That has to be the best course I’ve ridden for 4 years, awesome and well worth it.”

If you’d like to read more about this race click on the British Cycling link above.