Another occasion on which the alternative Stony course was required - due to the same roadworks issues as before. Mind you, no one had repaired the dodgy road surfaces on this course! On a muggy and hot evening, a stellar field of 10 veterans turned out to contest the event.

No much to report really - it was tough all the way round, though I’m getting closer to being able to correctly down-gear for that nasty nip after the lengthy descent from Whaddon on the return leg. I finished in 26:48 to take the win - also good enough to win on veteran standard. It was a close thing - the top four places were withing 25 seconds. I rode the event on the P3 - mostly because it’s set up with H3 trispokes with alloy braking surfaces - the weather forecast suggested it might be wet (though it wasn’t at all wet for the race as it turned out).

Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	5	Robert Saunders	NBRC	26.48	V54	28.43	.+ 1.55	1
2	6	Ant Newland	Bossard Wheelers CC	26.53	V48	28.13	.+ 1.20	2
3	8	Mark Ellis	TeamMK	27.05	V50	28.23	.+ 1.18	3
4	9	Jason Lee	TeamMK	27.13	V45	27.59	.+ 0.46	5
5	10	Andy Wickham	NBRC	27.47	V44	27.54	.+ 0.07	7
6	2	Andy Smith	TeamMK	27.50	V57	29.00	.+1.10	4
7	1	Graham Line	NBRC	28.04	V49	28.18	.+ 0.14	6
8	3	Geoff Perry	TeamMK	28.53	V54	28.43	.- 0.10	8
9	7	Trevor Watson	Bossard Wheelers CC	31.10	V55	28.48	.- 2.22	9
10	4	Luke Daniells	NBRC	32.16	V41	27.39	.- 4.37	10