Cheating cyclist. Apparently that’s me in this UK crit race at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. Not happy with a late race criterium attack I did, others cyclists went to the commissaire to check if what I did was cheating or not.
0:00 Cheating Cyclist
0:55 Hillingdon Crit Race
1:15 Start of Crit Race
1:45 Nick has attacked
2:19 First chase to Nick
2:54 Another criterium attack
4:18 Rodney from Thames Velo attacks again
5:02 Michael Gray plans attack to breakaway
7:06 10 miles left and I’m getting frustrated
7:37 Assessing my race winning move
9:16 Attempt 1 at race winning move
9:48 Random cyclist on track. Fail
10:06 Rodney attack again
11:12 Attempt 2 at race winning move
13:44 Another attempt ruined
14:36 Nick
16:06 Cheating Cyclist
17:55 Is this cheating?
20:13 Post race shock
20:21 So what happened?
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Nice guys finish last, you’re running out of gas, your sympathy will get you left behind 😂
Unreal the amount of pompous gimps in cycling, its a race end of story.
I think that move was right and legal. Overall, your thinking through the race was excellent (like Chris Horner – master of tactics). Your avg power comparing to the winner was ……rather pathetic.
Dude the "if you feel my frustration click the suscribe button" absolutely worked on me haha
Edit : I don't even race lol
All the best with your racing. Terrible clickbaiting though on the title graphics and intro.
is that avg power difference between you two just from drafting? i know he was in the wind for a full lap but its such a difference.
Proper race on your part when racing one should always attempt to win or place as best as possible as Pre would say to give anything less then your best is to sacrifice the gift. cheers
Sour grapes eh! You did what any good rider would, go for a win! Its called racing! 👍🏻👊🏻
You did everything perfect…. Work hard on the cycle giving it al.. Thats what cycle is about if you are in a competition… Stand your ground let the cry babies do what they do… Cry and its cheating… 🙏🧙♂️
As you Brits would say: WANKERS!!!
I am puzzled. Who came second?
If you'd chased Nick's attack from the peloton and got straight on his wheel and sat there it might be a different story, but you went straight over the top of him! If he wants to sit on then roll turns then there's nothing you can do about that. Some people are so pathetic.
You did absolutely nothing wrong.
Nothing wrong at all
If you crossed the line before Nick then you would you have still had a lap to go as you wouldn't have been lapped.
love your humor
Unless it's written in the rule book, it is not cheating.
When i used to ride stuff like this races chainy's, the amount of riders who'd keep you back was pathetic all for their clubs interest or teams, instead of playing for a win.. they're pulling you and themselves down imo
nick on the juice
Think it's mainly about whether you're getting an advantage or not. When we race at Combe you know we're not allowed to jump onto the back of the E12 group. But there have often been times where we've been snarled up in the final lap because we've caught them back up and are then all sprinting together. I actually lost out on 2pts at Combe because it was deemed I came 5th (because it was a bunch sprint with the E12s as well) when actually I was the 3rd Cat 3 rider to finish. Swings and roundabouts. Win some. Lose some.
Why is that cheating,he is a participant in the race.Not a motorbike
Who the hell thinks they can act as Patron of the peloton at Hillingdon!? 😆 Good on you riding your own race.
Sorry, I don’t race, and this might sound stupid, but may I ask if you got third instead of second? Also, was there no second place on the podium?
Oh, and great video! very easy for outsider like me to understand the race!
Ha, ha, ha, ha. What a lazy bunch of twats!!! As for me, you did all right. You headed for a win, not for some "racing deal". Great job, great video!
After about 30 seconds I almost clicked away because I thought the title had been clickbait however I didn’t and I am glad I didn’t as I really enjoyed this
Nice vid, but the saturation literally hurts my eyes.
Sounds like sour grapes from the others. If they didn't like it they should have just ridden faster and not been in that position.
Only just come across your channel, Michael and despite having never raced before (and at 43, having no intention of racing in the future! 🤣), I found this fascinating and really interesting to watch. Great video and an awesome insight in to the tactics and your thought processes.
Sounds like sour grapes from the other racers to me though, and you thoroughly deserved your podium place. Loved that your folks were there cheering you on, too. Hope to be doing the same for my boy in a good few years.
Congrats on the Cat 2 level up too. 👌🏼
No issue – other than their sour grapes! It’s a race not a time trial so tucking in and drafting someone else in the same race is just fine. Okay he’s lapped you but he’s still in your race. Shame there wasn’t better information available to you during the race – are you sure you weren’t 2nd? Didn’t see anyone else on that podium! G
why the distance between two rider are off so much 1.5kilometer between you and the first winner. i don't get it because you all race in the same place why they got more distance
Congratulations on moving up! You did what you had to do, and it was a smart move.
I remember one race where we lapped a group of 4-6 riders at the beginning of the final lap. I was at the front of the peloton and unobtrusively weaseled my way through the lapped riders, calmly rolled out a gap on the other side, and pulled ahead to win solo. My teammates noticed it but the rest of the peloton didn't. After crossing the line, I went back to admire the sprint for 2nd (which they thought was 1st). I was hopeless at sprinting.
The day I "graduated" from cat 2 to cat 1 was memorable, one of those rare days when one can do no wrong. A cat1/2 race, I broke away at the start of lap 2 with a cat 1 guy, built a 1:15 lead, halfway through he wore out, fortunately a chase group of 5 caught of us, better yet including my mentor (who was fresh because he sat in given I was ahead). My mentor and I gradually whittled it down to 3, took turns attacking the 3rd guy, dropped him, then finished 1-2 (my mentor 1st of course). I got two gigantic trophies (2nd overall and 1st cat 2) and kisses from two Mexican-American beauty queens in traditional attire (the event was in LA, celebrating some Mexican holiday). Back to earth with a thud when I got home and my housemate exclaimed "YOU won THOSE???" Suddenly I was made a cat 1.
Interesting. In the US you are not allowed to work with a rider who is lapping you. If they come through and draft through the field that's fine, but a single rider (like you in this case) is not allowed to go out and work with them. Apparently the rules are different in the UK. Good for you!
Did you do the e12 directly after this race?
You sound like you encountered a bunch of entitled dickheads and sore losers…..congrats!
nice job on the race and the upgrade.
They seem like sore losers to me