Evening TT League Event 6 Report & Racing Round Up

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A lovely warm summer evening greeted riders at Event 6 of the evening TT league held on the nine mile Langthorpe-Kirby Hill-Skelton circuit.  Pacing is usually key to success for this two lap event – do you go out hard and then try and hang on for the second lap, or set off steady and hold something back for a strong finish?

Nova’s Duncan Mullier took a slightly different approach – even paced riding for the whole eighteen miles – and this proved to be an excellent strategy, giving him the win in a time of 39:58 (and split times of 20:03 and 19:55).  Second placed Pete Watson, Performance Coaching, opted for the ‘steady out/strong finish’ tactic with lap splits of 20:55 and 20:32 giving him an overall time of 41:27.  Third placed Simon Cave opted for the ‘go out hard/hang on’ tactic, finishing just six seconds behind Watson with 41:33 after posting lap times of 20:41 and 20:52.

Glen Turnbull, Patron, followed Cave’s lead and recorded laps of 20:43 and 20:54 to finish in fourth place, just four seconds off the podium with 41:37.  Craig Stephenson, Performance Coaching, completed the top five with an overall time of 42:28 (with lap splits of 21:28 and 21:00).  Prologue Race Team’s Dylan Flesher knocked eighteen seconds off the junior course record, stopping the clock at 42:32 to finish sixth overall.  Schoolboy Gus Gardner completed the event in 46:05, just three seconds shy of the school boy course record set by Edwyn Oliver-Evans back in 2010.

Roger Bromiley was the most improved rider on the night, knocking a minute an a half of his previous best for the course to record 43:47 and a place inside the top ten.  Tim Jarvis continued his domination of the Vet-50 competition, recording 43:48 in tenth place.  With Richard Bellerby off-course on the first lap, Chris Smith claimed fastest Vet-60 honours with a time of 50:12.  In another strong performance, Josh Gardner, Chevin Cycles, was the quickest on a non-specialist bike, stopping the clock at 44:04 in twelfth place.

In the ladies event, Ele Haresign’s Ironman Triathlon strength showed with a negative split for her two laps (23:04, 22:49), and an overall time of 45:53, just ten seconds slower than the ladies course record she set twelve months ago.  Corrine Mitchell’s excellent League season continued with another Lady-Veteran course record of 46:53 in second place.  Alison Sarmiento completed the podium with 48:04.

Racing Round Up

Matt Dalby secured his first road points of the season with tenth place at the Velo Club Beverley/Wilson’s Wheels Summer Road Race.  Experienced road racer and Nova second claim member Glen Turnbull, Patron, managed to save just enough to contest the uphill sprint to the finish, claiming a fine second place on the 54 mile undulating course around the South Dalton Wold, near Market Weighton in East Yorkshire.

In Open Time Trials, Walter Wilkinson recorded an excellent 21:42 in event two of the Team Swift Wednesday evening series on the 10 mile V718 course near Hull, setting a new Club Vet-70 record.  At the Drighlington BC event on the same course on Saturday afternoon, in form Corrine Mitchell set a new Club Lady Veteran 10 mile record with a time of 23:45, lowering the previous best set by Alison Sarmiento by twenty-eight seconds.  Reasonably favourable conditions also helped Al Mitchell to a strong time of 20:49 and Mike Hudson to 22:18 in the same event.

At the Tour of Cambridge, second claim Nova member Jess Bacon, York Cycleworks, won a silver medal in her age category for the 16.4 mile time trial, securing qualification for the UCI Amateur World Championships to be held in Denmark in September.

Cycle4Jenny Land’s End to John O’Groats

Good luck to Nova member Dave Moss-Blundell and the Cycle4Jenny team taking on the epic Land’s End to John O’Groats route this week.  You can follow their progress via Twitter @Cycle4jenny