Cycling: Trio triumph after time trial success
NEWMARKET Cycling and Triathlon Club members excelled on Saturday in the Victoria Cycling Club's 10.2 mile time trial.
Paul Barnes, Gage Lloyd and Steve Peck rode very strongly to win the three-up event with a time of 23mins 55secs.
A little later club junior star, Gage Lloyd, rode the course again in the individual event recording a time of 25:20, which made him fastest junior and 15th overall. Rob Taylor also rode recording 29:52.
In the two-up event Martin Graves and Michael Sheridan recorded 25:32 for fifth place and Lee Dickerson and Nigel Barber 27:13 for eighth place.
Club members have been active in the following recent open events: Shaftesbury CC 10-mile TT with Steve Peck 23:08; Gage Lloyd 23:57; Paul Barnes 24:22 and Lee Dickerson 26:13. The Eastern Counties Cycling Association 50-mile TT: Paul Barnes 2:13:41.
Last Wednesday's club evening TT was on the popular Red Lodge circuit with 29 finishers.
Full results are: Mark Arnold 19:50; Steve Peck 22:08; Martin Graves 22:41; Richard Carrington 22:43; Jamie Wightman 23:31; Craig Pack 24:20; Adrian Turner 24:25; Harry Fowler 24:35; Alan Trulove 24:43; Juliet Vickery 24:44; Paul Jay 24:50; Philip Waring 24:57; Stuart Bilcock 25:00; Simon Thompson 25:34; Michael Lowther 25:50; Kenneth Mocford 25:59; James Cunningham 26:13; Richard Newell 26:32; Simon Palmer 26:33; Emma Thorpe 26:36; Maxine Burgess 26:46; Dennis Frangleton 26:54; Sarah Wightman 27:10; Peter Cotton 27:40; Debbie Town 27:46; Jane Segust 28:05; Linda Hones 29:11; Jo Milne 29:34; Susan Boles 30:01.
On June 14, the club is promoting a Come and Try five-mile cycle time trial at Fordham.
This is for anyone who has never ridden and fancies having a go and also for those who used to do a bit but have not done so for for years. It is essentially for novices of any age over 12 years and no special clothing or bike is necessary, but a cycle helmet is compulsory and a flashing rear light is advised.
Full details are available from: Revel Outdoors Cycle Shop, Newmarket; Richard Newell 01638 601028, or Steve Peck 01223 811736.
For general club information go to www.newmarketcyclingtriathlon.co.uk.
* ON FRIDAY, the Reveloutdoors mountainbike race team continued their summer race campaign and were in action in the third round of the Friday Night Summer Series at Daventry.
The conditions were perfect after a week of dry weather which made the course very fast.
The course had changed from last year to include fewer grass sections and more single-track and fast open fire road sections which suited the team. The race format was a short course with multiple laps.
Jamie Wightman, James Dyke and Neil Payne were all in the 18-39 age category while Garry Houghton rode in the 40+ category.
Arriving in plenty time, the riders were able to warm-up well which is critical with this format of racing.
The start saw 60 riders in each class.
In the mass start, Wightman got away well near the front of the field settling into a high position in the highly competitive field.
He was strong throughout the evenly paced five-lap race eventually finishing sixth only five minutes behind the winner.
Dyke was chasing hard with Wightman still in his sights at the end of the first lap.
Dyke tried to keep up this pace but found it was too much as the race progressed and after a minor fall in the tight single-track section, Wightman pulled away.
Dyke eventually finished in tenth place 3mins 40secs behind Wightman.
Houghton had a good first lap only 30 seconds slower than Dyke but, during the second, the hectic last few weeks started to tell and fatigue started to have its effect.
With Houghton struggling to keep momentum he fell back through the field.
He managed to keep going but was passed by Payne who was much further down the field after a poor start.
Payne was now getting used to the course and using his power on the open sections and, spurred on by the sight of Houghton upfront, pushed hard.
However, he nearly came unstuck when he had a minor collision with a tree while chasing hard, making up places as the race continued to eventually finish in 21st place, 30 seconds ahead of the struggling Houghton who ended up a disappointing 18th and one lap down on the leaders in the 40+ class.
Results: over-40s Houghton 18th four laps in 51.34; under-40s Jamie Wightman sixth five laps in 56.26, James Dyke five laps in 1.00.41; Neil Payne 21st four laps in 51.01.
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