Arblaster given quite a shock by Walden

Wednesday 30th April 2008, 2:29PM BST.

Eventual winner Ben Walden leads the way around a bend during the GVC’s handicap road race on the Pebble Bank circuit. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0571125)

DAN ARBLASTER thought he had sprinted to another victory in the Guernsey Velo Club’s handicap road race on Sunday.

It was not until a few minutes after he had crossed the line that he realised he had been preceded by Ben Walden, who had had time to dry off and get changed before seeing the battle for runner-up spot reach a climax.

On a day when fog and heavy rainfall descended on the 30 riders, making conditions very tough, the 15-lap race around the short two-mile Pebble Bank circuit had four different starting groups based upon previous performance and so some confusion over positions was understandable by the end.