This was the Beds Roads slowest 90 '25', and it was the first solo '25' of my 2008 season. I travelled over to the event with Richard Moule (Bossard Wh), who was riding the medium gear event held immediately prior to the main 90 rider event.
Before we set off, I'd popped out to see what the weather was like, and was pleasantly surprised at how mild it appeared to be: No Frost! However, by the time we got over to Tempsford, where the race HQ was in the village hall, we discovered that over there there had been a hefty frost. I had of course made a decision not to bring fleecy gloves, a decision I was regretting when I met Stuart Tarry in the hall - Stuart was smart and had packed a variety of full fingered gloves, a pair of which I borrowed. Richard was due to start shortly after 7am, with me following at 7:34. I duly made a vague attempt at a warm-up, but felt pretty chilly as I lined up for the start.
All seemed to click into place as a rode off down the starting stretch, and in fact I caught my minute man before joining the A1. However once out there on the dual carriageway, I found it very difficult to breathe properly in the cold air. I grovelled down to the turn at the Baldock intersection with the A1(M) in about 32 minutes (partly due to the cold air, and partly due to the steady headwind). Anyway the return leg was much as expected - considerably quicker due to the tail wind and the overall descent from the turn to the finish line near Tempsford. I ended up with 59:52. The original scratch rider was my club mate Tony Parks, but he was a DNS (rumour had it he was in Majorca getting even faster). I believe the winner was Sam Barker (one of the reserves) with a 55.
RESULTS - Slowest 90 Riders Event
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| Actual | Vet Std -/+ | LTS -/+ | |
| Sam Barker | Planet X RT | 55:43 |
| -06:00 | |
| Stuart Wright | Planet X RT | 56:01 | +09:59 | -04:23 | |
| Stuart Tarry | Tean Sanjan Design | 56:58 |
| -03:19 | |
| Kevin Gill | PCA CICLOS Uno | 57:11 | +19:26 | -04:01 | |
| Sam Hayes | Bedfordshire RCC | 57:53 |
| -01:31 | |
| Ian Waddilove | Fenland Clarion | 58:18 | +13:53 | -01:14 | |
| Martin Jones | Fenland Clarion | 58:19 |
| -01:01 | |
| Andy Sharman | Team Milton Keynes | 58:22 |
| -03:02 | |
| Richard Webster | Team Welwyn | 58:34 | +07:26 | -03:05 | |
| Nicholas Pitt | Team Sanjan Design | 59:01 |
| -03:47 | |
| James Struthers | Lindsey Road CC | 59:06 |
| -04:51 | |
| Paul Davis | St Ives CC | 59:26 | +07:34 | -02:49 | |
| Gavin Hinxman | Welland Valley CC | 59:48 |
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-04:03 | |
| Robert Saunders | North Bucks RC | 59:52 | +10:12 | -03:40 | |
| Phil Jenkins | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:00:05 |
| -01:29 | |
| Richard Howell | Coventry RC | 1:00:08 | +09:56 | -05:46 | |
| Ian Bibby | Finsbury Park CC | 1:00:10 | +07:50 | +01:07 | |
| Christopher Lodge | Finsbury Park CC | 1:00:13 | +12:30 | -03:57 | |
| Mark Cook | Planet X RT | 1:00:13 |
| -04:14 | |
| Kevin Jones | M&D Cycles | 1:00:36 |
| -02:41 | |
| Darren Jewell | Gloucester City | 1:00:37 |
| -01:53 | |
| Phillip Young | Herts Wheelers | 1:00:37 | +15:26 | -03:45 | |
| Leo Bonito | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:00:44 | +06:46 |
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| Simon Fitzhugh | 45 Road Club | 1:00:54 | +06:06 | -03:08 | |
| Gordon Spencer | Team Milton Keynes | 1:00:56 |
| -02:31 | |
| Richard Gray | Icknield RC | 1:01:36 | +11:40 | -02:31 | |
| Ian Markham | Team Sanjan Design | 1:01:38 |
| -06:06 | |
| Stephen Madeley | Ogmore Valley Whlrs | 1:01:58 | +07:04 | -04:00 |
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| Paul Durrant | M&D Cycles | 1:02:22 | +15:58 | -05:02 |
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| Tom Silverlock | Hemel Hempstead | 1:02:22 | +05:08 | -02:44 |
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| Alan Kidd | Team Cambridge | 1:02:24 | +09:15 | -05:23 |
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| Tony May | North Road CC | 1:03:00 | +08:07 | -04:00 |
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| Peter Harridge | Icknield RC | 1:03:08 | +09:03 | +04:41 |
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| Malcolm Ash | Aylesbury CC | 1:03:10 | +13:27 | -02:52 |
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| Gareth Evans | Army Cycling Union | 1:03:21 |
| -03:05 |
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| Eric Angell | Redbridge CC | 1:03:27 | +12:02 | -03:37 |
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| Marina Bloom | Rugby RCC | 1:04:03 | +06:32 | -02:45 |
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| Clifford Grant | High Wycombe | 1:04:06 | +13:05 | -02:53 |
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| Ian Stokes | North Bucks RC | 1:04:17 | +05:47 | -04:49 |
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| Simon Layfield | Team Welwyn | 1:04:26 | +03:04 | -03:36 |
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| Mark Booth | Kettering CC | 1:04:33 |
| -04:02 |
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| Trevor Avis | Team Cambridge | 1:04:36 | +10:53 | -05:01 |
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| Colin Whitechurch | Ely & District CC | 1:04:43 | +08:00 | -06:46 |
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| Angus Wilson | CC Ashwell | 1:05:05 |
| -08:20 |
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| Murray Kirton | A5 Rangers CC | 1:05:35 | +15:06 | -04:14 |
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| Justin Browne | Glendene CC | 1:05:41 |
| +00:19 |
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| Andrew Ilsley | A5 Rangers CC | 1:05:54 |
| +04:32 |
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| Andrew Bright | Team Sanjan Design | 1:06:04 |
| -06:14 |
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| Rakesh Kumar | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:06:05 |
| -00:26 |
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| Lance Woodman | Archer Road CC | 1:06:50 | +03:45 | -00:51 |
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| Kevin Worsley | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:07:04 | +00:56 | -05:35 |
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| Tom Boulton | Finsbury Park CC | 1:07:20 |
| -11:00 |
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| Trevor Parrish | A5 Rangers CC | 1:07:21 | +10:59 | -04:20 |
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| Mike Cole | Huddersfield CC | 1:07:39 | +10:41 | -07:27 |
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| Melanie Conibear | Hemel Hempstead | 1:07:49 |
| -02:43 |
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| Matt Chudley | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:08:14 |
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| Robert Hemming | Team Economic-Energy | 1:08:46 | -00:46 | -09:32 |
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| Chris Hartley | North Bucks RC | 1:08:49 | +02:18 | -05:31 |
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| Joanna Spragg | Aylesbury CC | 1:08:52 |
| +00:20 |
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| Ian Finch | CC Bexley | 1:09:11 | +03:32 | +00:06 |
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| Mike Bloom | Rugby RCC | 1:09:20 | +11:21 | -02:44 |
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| Paul Gee | Hainault RC | 1:09:25 | -01:55 | -04:20 |
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| David Ledgerton | Icknield RC | 1:09:30 | -02:00 | -10:09 |
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| Dominic Whitehead | 29th Wheelers | 1:10:03 | +00:32 | -07:55 |
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| Colin Holmes | Icknield RC | 1:10:14 | +09:16 | -05:10 |
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| Thomas Evans | Welland Valley CC | 1:10:50 |
| -06:14 |
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| Andrew Burnett | Team Mi lton Keynes | 1:11:49 | -03:18 | -09:20 |
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| Jurgen Stetter | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:12:23 |
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| Howard Ashmore | Welwyn Whlrs | 1:12:27 |
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| Jim Ithell | Meltom Olympic CC | 1:13:04 | +08:13 | -05:40 |
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| Dave Jones | Cambridge CC | 1:13:27 | +07:14 | -05:12 |
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| Tom Bailey | Kettering CC | 1:13:44 | +08:46 | -06:00 |
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| Clifford Tremaine | Kettering CC | 1:14:01 | +16:54 | -08:25 |
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| Alan Hassall | South Pennine RC | 1:14:56 | +02:49 | -09:19 |
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| Samantha Jenkins | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:15:48 |
| -03:58 |
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| Celia Whitechurch | Ely & District | 1:17:33 | -00:22 | -07:54 |
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| Martin Arnold | Met Police CC | 1:17:54 | -10:54 | -02:12 |
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| Bob Brabbins | Victoria CC | 1:18:01 | +00:54 | -10:58 |
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| Bernard Smith | Kettering CC | 1:19:33 |
| -15:13 |
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| Birgit Scott | Fenland Clarion | 1:20:06 | -04:03 | -02:44 |
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| Norman Roshier | Middlesex RC | 1:22:34 | +04:22 | -13:38 |
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| Michael Richardson | Icknield RC | 1:24:37 | -03:56 | -10:59 |
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| Dave Crane | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:25:33 | -17:52
| -10:56 |
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| Isabel Stetter | Bedfordshire RCC | 1:25:33 |
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D.N.S = 30,35,46,67,69,85,87,104
D.N.F = 16,33,90