TRIAL SUCCESS: TLD Racing rider Darren Rolfe powers on to second in the time trial during the opening round of the Queensland Road Teams Series round in the Lockyer Valley. Contributed TOOWOOMBA-based Team TLD Racing remains optimistic about its chances of gaining a place in its home town National Road Series race after the Lockyer Valley round of the Queensland Road Teams Series on the weekend.
The top Queensland teams contested the three-stage Lockyer Valley round, with a major crash in Saturday's road race delaying the release of official results.
They may not be known for days which leaves teams like TLD Racing in the dark as to how they went in the opening round on the weekend.
The leading non-NRS team in the Queensland series after the Lockyer Valley round also gets a start in the FKG Tour of Toowoomba, so TLD Racing team manager Aaron Haycock is keen to know whether his riders get a start in their home-town NRS event.
"It looks like we're in the top three non-NRS teams so hopefully we get a start," Haycock said.
TLD Racing made a great start to the weekend with Darren Rolfe finishing second in the 17km time trial, one second behind stage winner Correy Edmed.
Rolfe and Dean Russell then made early breaks in the 115km road race later on Saturday but were brought back by the peleton.
About 1km out from the finish line nearly the entire peleton was brought down which played havoc with final results.
Chris Maycock managed to ride on after the big crash to finish behind a two-man breakaway that avoided the mayhem behind them.
Maycock was again in the thick of the action in the 100km road race on Sunday as he was part of a 16-man breakaway that consisted of all riders from NRS team Budget Forklifts.
He attacked on the final King of the Mountain but was caught by a chasing pack.
And in a boost for TLD Racing, the remainder of its riders finished in the peloton to pick up some crucial teams points.
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