Horton sprints to eighth after a mid-race change of plan

TOBYN HORTON has started his 2012 season well after an impressive eighth-place finish at the Ster van Zwolle in the Netherlands.

Racing for Team Raleigh, the 25-year-old Sarnian ended up being his team's sprinter for the one-day race after a change of plan mid-race, as he explained.

'After a frantic start, the race changed pace and it was a pretty leisurely ride around the Holland countryside with everyone watching each other and waiting for something to happen.'