Unfortunately the mornings success was unable to emulated by Ramblers Riders though some very familiar faces in the Hawke's Bay and on Jeremy Yates training rides had success.In the Vet 1 mens, Under 19 Mens and Senior woman's racing was held in difficult conditions and the forecast westerly winds kicked in in earnest. The Vet 1 men had to endure 4 laps of the testing 32.3 km circuit with the long leg straight into the wind. Richard Brough and Mark Coombes hang on for three of the gruelling laps before Herman (Craig Lawn) along with Wellington team mate Brent Backhouse and Ben Eavns from Marsden Wheelers ripped the field apart, Craig outsprinted the other 2 to take the Gold. Richard finished 10th in the chasing pack with Mark 15th further behind.
Bridget Robertshaw finished 13th in the Senior Womans Road Race over the same 124km distance as the Vet 1 and under 19 Men. The race was won by Serena Sheridan (riding for Star and Garters) after Southlands Dale Tye who was minutes ahead after 3 laps ended up blowing and pulling out.
The under 19 mens also in difficult conditions was won by New Plymouth's Tom Findlay outsprinting Star and Garters George Bennet and Tinwald Jason Christie close behind. Sean Joyce finished a creditable 7th coming 2nd in the main chasing pack sprint nearly two minutes back. Rory MacKenzie and Jeremy Stephens both in their first year at this level did not finish along with 26 others of the 46 starters reflecting how poor the condtions became. The spectators had an exiting few moments hanging on to the tents after one concertina aluminium shelter took off and damaged several cars and a bus
