Competition News

A rather windy one tonight on the F20/A10. Six Wheelers and five private entries. 

Wheelers:

On Wednesday evening Hertfordshire Wheelers ran the fifth round of their 10-mile time trial league. In cold and windy conditions eight riders contested the event and Karl Willis of Herts Rouleurs Racing Club came home the winner in 21 mins 52 secs, 29 seconds ahead of the Wheelers’ Gareth Wignall - the same result as in the previous two rounds as these two continue their tussle at the top of the order. The race was run on the E64/10 route which takes the riders out and back on the A414 between St Margarets and the outskirts of Harlow.

Organising Club: ECCA

Course: E2/50c

Wheelers' Times

GarethW 1:47:45

Lots of PBs!

A tough evening in the strong cross-wind

Organising Club: Shaftesbury CC

Course: E2/25

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GarethW 53:59

Cancelled due to heavy mist.

Cold start to Wheelers’ Time Trial league

An excellent turn-out for the first event of the season

I'm not sure why I entered this.  Thirty miles of racing in October shouldn't have appealed to me.  But some inner demon persuaded me to give it a go.  A forecasted very windy day did nothing to convince me that I'd made the right choice, but the A11\A14\A11 can be a weird course, and it turned out to be a bit of a flyer.

Gareth climbs fastest!

Organising Club: Leo

Course: E2/30

Wheelers' Times

PeterW 1:14:36

Final time trial ends with win for Wignall

Organising Club: Lea Valley CC

Course: E1/30

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GarethW 1:10:45

With a choice of events, either on the A63 (Hull - V718) or the A11 (Six Mile Bottom - E2), I went for the former as I'd done the E2 many times (never quickly) but had only been to South Cave once before.  The weather was not good as I made my way north.  What I hadn't realised (in the car) was the strength of the wind.  Got there to hear various tales of woe from the early starters about the rain, the difficult return into the wind etc.

I've never enjoyed early morning racing and this event did nothing to dispel that thought.  I entered as it was a local event, with the HQ at Thundridge.  Then found out that we needed to supply some Marshals for the A10\A120 Puckeridge RBT.  Fortunately 4 club members stepped into the breach thus fulfilling our club requirements - many thanks to them.  There weren't many entries at the foggy start but within minutes it had brightened so for me it was clear once I'd made the aforementioned RBT.  Then a whizz down to Turnford.  Except that I didn't whizz.  I just couldn't get going.  And I n

The sky was as black as a black thing as I waited at the start of this event.  With a few seconds to go I was as ready & raring as I'm ever going to be, but it wasn't raining.  Then I was off.  And I was totally soaked through within 100 yards as the heavens opened.  As I was drenched, I thought that it wasn't worth stopping but came off the tri-bars as a precaution against being buffeted by the wind.  Eventually found a bit of shelter on the A11 and rode down a river that by now had formed.  After a couple of miles the rain eased down a bit (ie from torrential to not quite so torrentia

Organising Club: Team Swift

Course: V718

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PeterW 23:55

Organising Club: ECCA

Course: E2/10

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GarethW 21:26

Organising Club: Norlond TT Combine

Course: F10/25

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GarethW 57:00PeterW 1:08:33