Sprint finishes & hangry finishes 🍕💨 Upper Moutere, Tasman ⛅

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The break didn’t stick, and it came down to a sprint finish. I hit the last corner in third wheel — feeling mint. Then a newbie let rip early, bold as brass at 500m out, and I tucked in thinking, “Let’s go!”\n\nBut behind me? A certified track beast quietly dialling up to about 1500 watts (I heard the wattage, I swear), then whooshing past like a freight train. I jumped on his wheel, and right there, a 13-year-old (who looked 12!) was glued to it like a seasoned pro. No chance of coming around — Symon launched the other side, boxed me in, and that was that.\n\nKid took 1st. Track sprinter 2nd. Symon possibly 3rd. Me? A proud 4th. Not the podium, but mate, what a ripper of a race.\n\nThere’s just something about the rawness of club racing — proper efforts, tactical moves, and the occasional pre-dinner bonk. Forget your café cruise. Give me an hour of threshold, elbows out, and family cheering every lap.\n\nShoutout to Tasman Wheelers — 10 bucks for that kind of fun? Absolute bargain.\n\nPost-race chaos? Yeah, the hangry ones (Mckenzie Mann \u0026 Joey) weren’t impressed when all the local chippies had shut. Plan B was a dash to Motueka for emergency Domino’s. 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