Sunday evening = teh suxx0r. Noah Philips went down in heat 1 - in which he was the sole rider. Undamaged rider and superficially damaged bike. By the time we'd got the road cleared, re-opened, closed again and got the course car back to the start the wind had picked up to "Criminally Insane". Nevertheless three riders - Russell Bridge, Adam Hari and Martina Stirano - started and three finished, albeit with wind speeds somewhere between 3 & 4 times the legal limit. Martina was particularly stoked after her mishap this morning when she crashed after coming into catch way too fast, crashing spectacularly and being led away in tears. Very much like Ilona Peltier in 2019. Who smashed the women's record twice later in the week
According to team boss Guillaume de France Ilona claimed to be too busy to come back and try to get the women's mark over 80 mph chiz.
The third heat was delayed by 10 minutes in the hope the wind would drop, and further tardiness ensued when a law-abiding citizen passed through just before we closed the road and pootled up at 70 mph. After which François Pervis in Altaïr 6 decided not to run. As Titan had already scratched that just left Peter Borenstadt in the DF velomobile. His wind speed was only twice the legal limit...
MOAR details of today's fun and games in the
Automatic Diary as soon as I've finished padding out the rest of my notes.