Trhas won the Kings's Cross Womens 3/4 cat crit
Gordon Fisher • July 2, 2024
FIRST EVER RACE WIN ON BRITISH SOIL!
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Big day today, its the massive London Cycle Festival, run by the very cool VIA-Atelier bike store in Kings Cross (Central London). This is a 3-day crit racing festival, with many other events and activities taking place.. Trhas was entered in the Women’s Category 3/4 race, at 17:45 on the Saturday evening. Race start time approaches, its hot! 22 women are lined up on the start-line, and all look focused and dialled. The race starts… Its a short 1’28” lap and a group of five leaders came round together after the end of lap one. At end of lap two, they have a gap. This continued with the five riders switching around every lap, until a one rider break around mid-race. She pushed hard but maybe too hard and was reeled back in by the chasing group. At this point somewhere on the tight course, there was a coming together which Trhas skillfully avoids, and comes through for the penultimate lap with a 10m lead on a chaser. She looks confident and her crowd of supporters hold their breath for 90seconds and then see her exit the ramp onto the start-finish sprint and cruise to her FIRST EVER RACE WIN ON BRITISH SOIL! Cue cheering crowds and a very happy Trhas! A prize-giving takes places later in the evening and she wins a par of beautiful Black Inc. carbon wheels, some special edition Tour de France Oakley sunglasses and some goodies from bike insurer Laka. Everyone is so proud of Trhas and she is beaming!"
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