Flies and Bikes Blog

Once again (again), the forecast was for rain, and this time (unlike Wednesday), it turned out to be a pleasant morning for a time trial.  This was only my second solo 25 of the season, and it was held on the F1/25, using the version with turns at the Sandy and Buckden roundabouts.  In past seasons, I've never had a good ride on this course. On the day, it was pretty mlld, and in fact I felt a bit too warm with my arm warmers on.  Once again, I rode the Cougar with the trispoke clinchers - a configuration I'm very happy with.', '

I had quite an early start, at 7.16 (number 31, bizarrely).  The seeding of the field seemed a little odd.  Not that I am disputing being on a 1.  What little wind there was presented a headwind for the southbound legs (i.e. to the Sandy RAB, and from the Buckden RAB to the finish.  This didn't present too much of an obstacle, in contrast to my inability to keep the speed up over the undulations in the course.  I suppose that offers some pointers to how I should modify my training.

My result was a 57:43 (and no punctures in contrast to my clubmate Ian Stokes, who was a DNS due to a puncture before he started).  Out of a full field, I came 32nd...

1	Sam Barker	Planet X	00:51:17	S
2	Ian Cammish	Planet X	00:51:40	V	+19.59
3	Paul Mill	Team Edwardes/Elite Cycling	00:51:59	V	+14.01
4	Barry Charlton	Lyme RC	00:52:09	V	+14.51
5	James Heaton	Rugby RC	00:52:16	V	+13.44
6	Jason Gurney	Team Milton Keynes	00:52:58	S
7	Neil Kirk	North Notts Olympic RC	00:54:02	V	+14.29
8	Dan Staite	Python RT	00:54:10	S
9	Andre Dyason	PCA Ciclos Uno	00:54:27	V	+15.06
10	Dave Kendall	Finsbury Park CC	00:54:31	S
11	Tony Stott	Wheelspin Cycles	00:54:39	V	+23.41
11	Ian Waddilove	Fenland Clarion CC	00:54:39	V	+17.32
12	Martin Jones	Fenland Clarion CC	00:55:08	S
13	Stuart Tarry	Team Sanjan Design	00:55:10	S
14	Simon Cannings	Team Milton Keynes	00:55:15	S
15	Mark Simmons	Team Milton Keynes	00:55:21	S
16	Ian Wroblewski	Leicestershire RC	00:55:56	S
17	Paul Lilley	Fenland Clarion CC	00:56:00	V	+14.04
18	Zak Moore	45 Road Club	00:56:04	V	+10.26
19	Neill Coventry	www.agiskoviner.com	00:56:10	V	+14.57
20	Dave Green	RAF CC	00:56:20	V	+11.40
21	Hugh Vivian	Finsbury Park CC	00:56:21	V	+11.09
22	Paul Davis	St Ives CC	00:56:30	V	+10.30
23	Darren Jewell	Glos City CC	00:56:39	S
24	Nick Jackson	Cambridge CC	00:56:51	V	+9.39
25	Ian Mackerness	FVS Tri	00:56:55	V	+10.35
26	Steven Madeley	Ogmore Valley Wheelers	00:57:04	V	+11.58
27	Ken Roesner	Fat Birds CC	00:57:14	V	+12.50
28	David Pearson	VC Lincoln	00:57:24	S
29	Nicholas Pitt	Team Sanjan Design	00:57:30	S
30	Dean Clarke	Fat Birds CC	00:57:36	V	+10.24
31	Andrew Murphy	Haverhill Wheelers	00:57:42	S
32	Robert Saunders	North Bucks RC	00:57:43	V	+12.21