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MAD riders in international success.

Mel and Ryan on the Thetford podium

This past weekend saw fantastic success for club members Ryan Sherlock and Melanie Späth in Round 1 of the British NPS XC and Marathon races in Thetford, England. Melanie fended off almost everything Britain had to throw at her with superb 2nd places in quality fields on both days, just losing out to multiple British champs Jenny Copnall on Saturday and Sally Bigham on Sunday by a margin of less than 1 minute over 4 hours and 20 mins of racing in the 100km event. Ryan suffered a nasty crash in the XC race on Saturday while running in about 15th place after starting from the rear of the pack and retired early to prepare for Sunday’s 100km Marathon, where he took a fine 3rd place in 3:55:55 while riding under the Torq team banner.

Both riders document their escapades on blogs, which can be found here and here. Pictures of the XC race and Marathon are online here and here.

Congratulations to both riders from all in MAD and we look forward to seeing more success in the future!

Sean

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9 Responses to “MAD riders in international success.”

  1. paddyobrien Says:
    April 14th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    Deadly! Well done to both of ye, irelands fittest couple strikes again!!

    You would have looked so much cooler in a MAD top though ;-)

  2. Fergal Says:
    April 14th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    Frickin’ A !!!
    That’s an awesome pair of results - really well done Mel and Ryan.
    Can the club now get discounts on Torq stuff?

  3. ryan Says:
    April 15th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Hehe,

    Will have to see about the Torq stuff… Been using it a little while - it’s amazing. Especially the gels (easy to drink) and the recovery mix. I’m a big fan of chocolate milk, which I’ll use for all ‘normal’ rides but when it’s tough, the Torq Recovery will be coming out. Felt great yesterday after the weekend of racing.

    Ryan

  4. Sean Says:
    April 15th, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    p.s. Apolgies about the awful formatting.
    I’m a noobsauce at this wordpress lark…

    Sean

  5. Martin Says:
    April 16th, 2008 at 11:29 am

    excellent results well done lads!

  6. ryan Says:
    April 16th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Your a gas man Morgan… (I’m assuming it was you)

  7. Sean Says:
    April 17th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    Andy Pott’s report

  8. NigelS Says:
    April 18th, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Dude, you forgot to put in his shadow… boo!

    i laughed :)

  9. Morgan Says:
    April 19th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Ryan doesn’t cast a shadow, he’s a radical off-road vampire.

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