Bedfordshire Road CC 25 13/4/08


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




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


-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


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


Paul Durrant

M&D Cycles

1:02:22

+15:58

-05:02


Tom Silverlock

Hemel Hempstead

1:02:22

+05:08

-02:44


Alan Kidd

Team Cambridge

1:02:24

+09:15

-05:23


Tony May

North Road CC

1:03:00

+08:07

-04:00


Peter Harridge

Icknield RC

1:03:08

+09:03

+04:41


Malcolm Ash

Aylesbury CC

1:03:10

+13:27

-02:52


Gareth Evans

Army Cycling Union

1:03:21


-03:05


Eric Angell

Redbridge CC

1:03:27

+12:02

-03:37


Marina Bloom

Rugby RCC

1:04:03

+06:32

-02:45


Clifford Grant

High Wycombe

1:04:06

+13:05

-02:53


Ian Stokes

North Bucks RC

1:04:17

+05:47

-04:49


Simon Layfield

Team Welwyn

1:04:26

+03:04

-03:36


Mark Booth

Kettering CC

1:04:33


-04:02


Trevor Avis

Team Cambridge

1:04:36

+10:53

-05:01


Colin Whitechurch

Ely & District CC

1:04:43

+08:00

-06:46


Angus Wilson

CC Ashwell

1:05:05


-08:20


Murray Kirton

A5 Rangers CC

1:05:35

+15:06

-04:14


Justin Browne

Glendene CC

1:05:41


+00:19


Andrew Ilsley

A5 Rangers CC

1:05:54


+04:32


Andrew Bright

Team Sanjan Design

1:06:04


-06:14


Rakesh Kumar

Bedfordshire RCC

1:06:05


-00:26


Lance Woodman

Archer Road CC

1:06:50

+03:45

-00:51


Kevin Worsley

Bedfordshire RCC

1:07:04

+00:56

-05:35


Tom Boulton

Finsbury Park CC

1:07:20


-11:00


Trevor Parrish

A5 Rangers CC

1:07:21

+10:59

-04:20


Mike Cole

Huddersfield CC

1:07:39

+10:41

-07:27


Melanie Conibear

Hemel Hempstead

1:07:49


-02:43


Matt Chudley

Bedfordshire RCC

1:08:14




Robert Hemming

Team Economic-Energy

1:08:46

-00:46

-09:32


Chris Hartley

North Bucks RC

1:08:49

+02:18

-05:31


Joanna Spragg

Aylesbury CC

1:08:52


+00:20


Ian Finch

CC Bexley

1:09:11

+03:32

+00:06


Mike Bloom

Rugby RCC

1:09:20

+11:21

-02:44


Paul Gee

Hainault RC

1:09:25

-01:55

-04:20


David Ledgerton

Icknield RC

1:09:30

-02:00

-10:09


Dominic Whitehead

29th Wheelers

1:10:03

+00:32

-07:55


Colin Holmes

Icknield RC

1:10:14

+09:16

-05:10


Thomas Evans

Welland Valley CC

1:10:50


-06:14


Andrew Burnett

Team Mi lton Keynes

1:11:49

-03:18

-09:20


Jurgen Stetter

Bedfordshire RCC

1:12:23




Howard Ashmore

Welwyn Whlrs

1:12:27




Jim Ithell

Meltom Olympic CC

1:13:04

+08:13

-05:40


Dave Jones

Cambridge CC

1:13:27

+07:14

-05:12


Tom Bailey

Kettering CC

1:13:44

+08:46

-06:00


Clifford Tremaine

Kettering CC

1:14:01

+16:54

-08:25


Alan Hassall

South Pennine RC

1:14:56

+02:49

-09:19


Samantha Jenkins

Bedfordshire RCC

1:15:48


-03:58


Celia Whitechurch

Ely & District

1:17:33

-00:22

-07:54


Martin Arnold

Met Police CC

1:17:54

-10:54

-02:12


Bob Brabbins

Victoria CC

1:18:01

+00:54

-10:58


Bernard Smith

Kettering CC

1:19:33


-15:13


Birgit Scott

Fenland Clarion

1:20:06

-04:03

-02:44


Norman Roshier

Middlesex RC

1:22:34

+04:22

-13:38


Michael Richardson

Icknield RC

1:24:37

-03:56

-10:59


Dave Crane

Bedfordshire RCC

1:25:33

-17:52


-10:56


Isabel Stetter

Bedfordshire RCC

1:25:33




 

D.N.S = 30,35,46,67,69,85,87,104

D.N.F = 16,33,90