Many thanks go to Adrian, Mark, Matt, Lee and the rest of the good people of Sid Valley CC for giving up their time on this glorious summer’s evening to run the ‘ten’. 16 riders signed on, the conditions were reasonable, with the wind being a crosswind.
Fastest on the night was Luke Osborne (Banbridge CC), settled in now on his new TT machine, who rode the second fastest ride of the series, in a time of 21minutes and 11 seconds. Luke is off to compete in the CTT National 50 Mile TT Championship on Sunday, on a course near Poole in Dorset. ‘Spindata’ currently predicts him a 24th place of the 130+ competitors with a time of 1:50:5. Good luck Luke, hope all goes well and that you are ‘on one’.
Young local roadman Felix Whetter (Mid-Devon CC) took runner-up spot on 22:59 with Exeter Wheeler’s Gideon Aroussi in third just over a minute back at 24.04.
Good to see EWCC rider Dave Wilkinson back out there, after a long period of struggling with long Covid. Get properly better soon Dave, the SW cyclo-cross season awaits….
Of the 16 who took part, 6 were over the age of 60 . . . . where be the young’uns to?
A reminder that the event on 17th July is Women and Juniors only. Spread the word.
I will get the updated league table up here tomorrow.
Pete B
Vets. Age Categories: A = 40>44, B = 45>49, C = 50>54, D = 55>59, E = 60>64, F = 65>69, G = 70>74
| 1 | Luke Osborne | Banbridge CC | M | senior | TT | 21.11 |
| 2 | Felix Wetter | Mid-Devon CC | M | senior | road | 22.59 |
| 3 | Gideon Aroussi | Exeter Whs. CC | M | D | road | 24.04 |
| 4 | James Greenaway | Exeter Whs. CC | M | senior | TT | 24.13 |
| 5 | James Salter | Sidmouth SC | M | senior | road | 25.48 |
| 6 | Doug Parker | Sid Valley CC | M | E | TT | 25.49 |
| 7 | Steve Flanagan | Podium Addict | M | C | road | 27.20 |
| 8 | Steve Cooper | Revo Racing | M | F | road | 27.27 |
| 9 | Pete Bishop | Exeter Whs. CC | M | E | road | 27.31 |
| 10 | David Thomas | Podium Addict | M | A | road | 27.40 |
| 11 | Dave Gray | Axe Valley Pedallers | M | E | road | 27.46 |
| 12 | David Wilkinson | Exeter Whs. CC | M | E | road | 28.46 |
| 13 | John Baker | Exeter Whs. CC | M | D | road | 29.03 |
| 14 | Bettina Kluettgeus | Podium Addict | F | B | road | 29.19 |
| 15 | Macauley Vincent | Boost Bike Club | M | senior | road | 29.20 |
| 16 | Colin Bennett | Axe Valley Pedallers | M | G | TT | 29.35 |