Great ride today.... although lost you at the second lot of traffic lights and saw the "blue train" blur dissapear into the distance! Decided to ditch the long route and glad i did, as it had a few good lumps and the wind picked up towards the end.
Rolling out with a CCA peleton of 10/11 and then quickly 7: MC, Robbie, PhilK, TimS, TimD, Ian and Shaun. Rainy conditions throughout but not too bad really. A couple of early punctures for Robbie and Phil sadly reduced our number. Quite a hard pace out (mostly MC's fault) despite a helpful tailwind. This had us to the half way point at 31kmh+ ave. A quick turnaround had Tim x2, Ian and Shaun back on the road sharpish. MC faffed a bit (cream tea and cucumber sandwich, I believe) and we didn't see him again, unfortunately. We could have done with his help on the way back! Quite a headwind home made things a bit slower and we missed a couple of turns due to sign issues but my Garmin kept us on course, just about. Ian stopped for a Mars bar somewhere near the end, leaving Tim x2 and me to finish together.
Nice day out! I layered up nicely and never felt cold, although very wet and dirty by the end. After finishing, I kissed my Michelin Krylions for not puncturing!
Hmmm, a bit damp. thanks for the ride chaps and after a couple of rear wheel slides, appologies for my terrible cornering. was a bit like the titanic trying not to hit an iceberg...starboard, starboard, turn damnit turn!!
Tim, we could have come joint 4th! With Shaun in 6th!!! there's a couple of results which are down as 112k but looks like they switched to the shorter route.
My sincere apologies Shaun, I realised my error while reliving the days events while lying in bed wondering how on earth you could have been two mins behind us when you were literally behind us!! Then i remembered the time chip error, sorry again matey!!! Also, the TRIO that came in fourth, would not have managed it without your efforts in that lovely wind!! And keeping us on course!!!!!
I believe the organisers are adding a 15 minute time bonus to accommodate the horrendous conditions. Golds to the trio then happy days!
Just waiting on the final confirmation of the positions then
I'm reasonably happy, Gino and I did 4.39 which put us in the first half of the field ... although we got an advantage from Gino's satnav as a lot of them got lost. And we had quite a leisurely tea break.
James
That Mars Bar stop put pay to any gold glory for me - especially as i saw phil and robbie ride past just as i peeled the wrapper off. best mars bar i've ever had though.
cheers for the ride though.
Iain
Bib Overall Place Time ChipTime Route First Name Last Name 175 1 13:26:49 03:43:44 112km Tom McEvoy 71 2 13:33:49 03:53:09 112km Tim Duckett 224 3 13:33:48 03:53:09 112km Tim Skelding 24 4 13:36:05 03:53:09 112km Shaun Bonney 88 5 13:52:49 03:56:00 112km John Gatrell 84 6 13:42:10 03:57:10 112km Mark Frodsham 297 7 13:48:47 03:57:47 112km Alexander Lockett 290 8 13:37:31 04:00:20 112km Joseph Warren 162 9 13:48:44 04:00:51 112km Dan Lucken 154 10 13:43:37 04:02:51 112km Robbie Laughton 135 11 13:43:34 04:02:57 112km Philip Keen 16 12 13:48:44 04:04:07 112km Sascha Berger 13 13 13:53:40 04:05:47 112km Jamie Barton 102 14 13:49:30 04:08:40 112km Paul Gribelyuk 173 15 13:45:52 04:08:48 112km Stuart McCain 95 16 13:53:41 04:11:42 112km Peter Gottlieb 80 17 13:52:31 04:11:54 112km Iain Foulkes 184 18 13:41:13 04:15:03 112km Gavin Nolan 236 19 13:41:15 04:15:04 112km Ben Spiers 86 20 14:07:39 04:15:50 112km Andy Furnell 194 21 13:43:36 04:15:54 112km Andrew Perrin 143 22 13:49:17 04:16:42 112km Colin King 115 23 13:55:00 04:17:48 112km Sam Hawkins 72 24 14:10:12 04:19:47 112km Adrian Durran 247 25 13:52:37 04:20:08 112km Adrian Trenholm 29 26 13:40:48 04:21:40 112km Giovanni Brighi 64 27 14:07:38 04:21:56 112km Paul Delves 5 28 14:07:39 04:21:57 112km James Baggott 63 29 14:01:01 04:21:58 112km Mark Davison 195 30 13:50:57 04:25:29 112km Gianluca Pisano 138 31 14:23:30 04:26:41 112km Steve Kemp 180 32 14:23:59 04:26:50 112km Steve Morgan 145 33 14:02:32 04:30:22 112km Mark Kirley 215 34 14:26:49 04:31:36 112km Paul Saunders 171 35 14:26:53 04:31:39 112km Paul Martin 131 36 13:59:51 04:33:40 112km Reece Jones 50 37 14:14:59 04:34:31 112km Mark Constable 219 38 13:56:43 04:34:45 112km Ewan Scott 239 39 13:58:23 04:35:30 112km Richard Sullam 82 40 14:25:51 04:36:58 112km Graham Freer 196 41 14:25:54 04:37:07 112km Bob Pisolkar 94 42 14:25:47 04:37:55 112km Joel Goodman 69 43 14:20:23 04:39:42 112km James Dow 187 44 14:20:21 04:39:48 112km Gino Parete 248 45 14:23:32 04:40:22 112km Simon Tulloch 127 46 14:23:38 04:40:31 112km Richard Jelfs 62 47 14:20:47 04:44:05 112km Gareth Davies 126 48 14:25:47 04:44:16 112km Vanda Jeffreys 45 49 14:25:51 04:44:21 112km Sarah Cary 183 50 14:23:29 04:46:44 112km Stuart Le Neveu 122 51 14:47:19 04:50:39 112km Calum Innes 35 52 15:17:45 04:51:45 112km James Buchanan 73 53 15:17:48 04:51:48 112km Stephen Ellis 201 54 14:32:07 04:55:27 112km Simon Ridgway 93 55 14:32:08 04:55:30 112km Joe Goddard 27 56 15:02:49 05:02:28 112km Kristoffer Boye 4 57 15:02:57 05:02:48 112km Britta Augsburg 159 58 15:02:55 05:02:49 112km Kevin Linehan 176 59 15:03:01 05:02:53 112km Roslyn McGinty 199 60 15:03:00 05:02:54 112km Luis Rendon 65 61 14:47:37 05:03:06 112km Peter Dickinson 300 62 15:03:29 05:03:20 112km Matt Lambert 7 63 14:32:55 05:06:40 112km Samuel Baker 155 64 14:32:57 05:06:42 112km James Lee 37 65 14:44:55 05:09:00 112km Chris Burley 56 66 15:03:30 05:09:01 112km Natalie Creswick 52 67 15:03:30 05:09:02 112km John Coolahan 14 68 15:11:57 05:11:42 112km Ian Baxter 74 69 15:15:08 05:14:55 112km Alan Elmi 267 70 15:31:24 05:27:29 112km Kevin Wright 33 71 15:20:34 05:29:20 112km Graham Brown 166 72 15:20:49 05:29:28 112km Steve Mahon 165 73 15:20:50 05:29:47 112km Fiona Mahon 51 74 15:20:41 05:30:54 112km Cory Cook 178 75 15:23:26 05:32:27 112km Dawn Mcnulty 252 76 15:23:28 05:32:32 112km Dean Wakelin 49 77 15:23:37 05:34:55 112km Philip Coleman 76 78 15:23:40 05:34:58 112km Mike Evans 151 79 15:23:42 05:35:04 112km Jon Lacey 177 80 15:23:41 05:35:05 112km Damian McNamara 174 81 15:23:46 05:35:12 112km Jon McColl 211 82 15:33:37 05:41:20 112km David Russell 6 83 15:28:42 05:42:51 112km Simon Bailey 258 84 15:27:37 05:42:52 112km Paul Weald 259 85 15:28:45 05:42:53 112km Dan White 292 86 15:16:08 05:43:32 112km Edward Rulton 133 87 15:21:00 05:45:00 112km Kat Jungnickel 206 88 15:23:17 05:45:39 112km Simon Roost 207 89 15:21:20 05:49:56 112km Nigel Routledge 19 90 15:34:15 05:51:58 112km Mike Biss 234 91 15:58:57 05:57:22 112km Oliver Southgate 235 92 15:53:03 06:01:55 112km Glenn Spearing 209 93 15:53:02 06:02:00 112km Kathy Ruggiero 214 94 15:53:21 06:02:16 112km Roy Sargeant 118 95 15:53:23 06:02:24 112km Julie Hogg 134 96 15:59:51 06:15:47 112km Asanga Karunadhara 191 97 15:58:54 06:21:19 112km Bob Pedersen 289 98 17:20:00 07:53 112km Robert Panting 61 99 17:20:00 07:53 112km Sara-Ann Datta 149 100 16:50:00 112km Alex Kornfeld 192 101 16:50:00 112km Gordon Peel
The reality is Tim, Shaun and myself all rolled over the line together but there seems to be slightly differing start times which gives us the positioning above.
a fantastic effort by all the CCA on a pretty grim day weather wise! :-)
Actually it could've easily been 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 without the two deflations, a cup of tea and a mars bar...
It was a group effort, MC. (After all, it ain't a race!). I had an advantage on some of the later climbs, but I was benefiting nicely on the flat in the group and that fast stretch just before the halfway point, I was hanging on the back breathing out of my bottom.
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Nice day out! I layered up nicely and never felt cold, although very wet and dirty by the end. After finishing, I kissed my Michelin Krylions for not puncturing!
Stats from Garmin: 114km, 3hr:48m (3hr:53m elapsed), Ave. speed = 30kmh, HR = 155 bpm average.
Thanks james
Loved it
Good riding with you Phil. Better luck next time tho.
Tim, we could have come joint 4th! With Shaun in 6th!!! there's a couple of results which are down as 112k but looks like they switched to the shorter route.
Nice...
I believe the organisers are adding a 15 minute time bonus to accommodate the horrendous conditions. Golds to the trio then
Just waiting on the final confirmation of the positions then
thanks robbie, enjoyed it.
Just thinking Phil, if we had waited would we have been even faster? Same with MC and his cuppa tea? Maybe...
James
cheers for the ride though.
Iain
Bib Overall Place Time ChipTime Route First Name Last Name
175 1 13:26:49 03:43:44 112km Tom McEvoy
71 2 13:33:49 03:53:09 112km Tim Duckett
224 3 13:33:48 03:53:09 112km Tim Skelding
24 4 13:36:05 03:53:09 112km Shaun Bonney
88 5 13:52:49 03:56:00 112km John Gatrell
84 6 13:42:10 03:57:10 112km Mark Frodsham
297 7 13:48:47 03:57:47 112km Alexander Lockett
290 8 13:37:31 04:00:20 112km Joseph Warren
162 9 13:48:44 04:00:51 112km Dan Lucken
154 10 13:43:37 04:02:51 112km Robbie Laughton
135 11 13:43:34 04:02:57 112km Philip Keen
16 12 13:48:44 04:04:07 112km Sascha Berger
13 13 13:53:40 04:05:47 112km Jamie Barton
102 14 13:49:30 04:08:40 112km Paul Gribelyuk
173 15 13:45:52 04:08:48 112km Stuart McCain
95 16 13:53:41 04:11:42 112km Peter Gottlieb
80 17 13:52:31 04:11:54 112km Iain Foulkes
184 18 13:41:13 04:15:03 112km Gavin Nolan
236 19 13:41:15 04:15:04 112km Ben Spiers
86 20 14:07:39 04:15:50 112km Andy Furnell
194 21 13:43:36 04:15:54 112km Andrew Perrin
143 22 13:49:17 04:16:42 112km Colin King
115 23 13:55:00 04:17:48 112km Sam Hawkins
72 24 14:10:12 04:19:47 112km Adrian Durran
247 25 13:52:37 04:20:08 112km Adrian Trenholm
29 26 13:40:48 04:21:40 112km Giovanni Brighi
64 27 14:07:38 04:21:56 112km Paul Delves
5 28 14:07:39 04:21:57 112km James Baggott
63 29 14:01:01 04:21:58 112km Mark Davison
195 30 13:50:57 04:25:29 112km Gianluca Pisano
138 31 14:23:30 04:26:41 112km Steve Kemp
180 32 14:23:59 04:26:50 112km Steve Morgan
145 33 14:02:32 04:30:22 112km Mark Kirley
215 34 14:26:49 04:31:36 112km Paul Saunders
171 35 14:26:53 04:31:39 112km Paul Martin
131 36 13:59:51 04:33:40 112km Reece Jones
50 37 14:14:59 04:34:31 112km Mark Constable
219 38 13:56:43 04:34:45 112km Ewan Scott
239 39 13:58:23 04:35:30 112km Richard Sullam
82 40 14:25:51 04:36:58 112km Graham Freer
196 41 14:25:54 04:37:07 112km Bob Pisolkar
94 42 14:25:47 04:37:55 112km Joel Goodman
69 43 14:20:23 04:39:42 112km James Dow
187 44 14:20:21 04:39:48 112km Gino Parete
248 45 14:23:32 04:40:22 112km Simon Tulloch
127 46 14:23:38 04:40:31 112km Richard Jelfs
62 47 14:20:47 04:44:05 112km Gareth Davies
126 48 14:25:47 04:44:16 112km Vanda Jeffreys
45 49 14:25:51 04:44:21 112km Sarah Cary
183 50 14:23:29 04:46:44 112km Stuart Le Neveu
122 51 14:47:19 04:50:39 112km Calum Innes
35 52 15:17:45 04:51:45 112km James Buchanan
73 53 15:17:48 04:51:48 112km Stephen Ellis
201 54 14:32:07 04:55:27 112km Simon Ridgway
93 55 14:32:08 04:55:30 112km Joe Goddard
27 56 15:02:49 05:02:28 112km Kristoffer Boye
4 57 15:02:57 05:02:48 112km Britta Augsburg
159 58 15:02:55 05:02:49 112km Kevin Linehan
176 59 15:03:01 05:02:53 112km Roslyn McGinty
199 60 15:03:00 05:02:54 112km Luis Rendon
65 61 14:47:37 05:03:06 112km Peter Dickinson
300 62 15:03:29 05:03:20 112km Matt Lambert
7 63 14:32:55 05:06:40 112km Samuel Baker
155 64 14:32:57 05:06:42 112km James Lee
37 65 14:44:55 05:09:00 112km Chris Burley
56 66 15:03:30 05:09:01 112km Natalie Creswick
52 67 15:03:30 05:09:02 112km John Coolahan
14 68 15:11:57 05:11:42 112km Ian Baxter
74 69 15:15:08 05:14:55 112km Alan Elmi
267 70 15:31:24 05:27:29 112km Kevin Wright
33 71 15:20:34 05:29:20 112km Graham Brown
166 72 15:20:49 05:29:28 112km Steve Mahon
165 73 15:20:50 05:29:47 112km Fiona Mahon
51 74 15:20:41 05:30:54 112km Cory Cook
178 75 15:23:26 05:32:27 112km Dawn Mcnulty
252 76 15:23:28 05:32:32 112km Dean Wakelin
49 77 15:23:37 05:34:55 112km Philip Coleman
76 78 15:23:40 05:34:58 112km Mike Evans
151 79 15:23:42 05:35:04 112km Jon Lacey
177 80 15:23:41 05:35:05 112km Damian McNamara
174 81 15:23:46 05:35:12 112km Jon McColl
211 82 15:33:37 05:41:20 112km David Russell
6 83 15:28:42 05:42:51 112km Simon Bailey
258 84 15:27:37 05:42:52 112km Paul Weald
259 85 15:28:45 05:42:53 112km Dan White
292 86 15:16:08 05:43:32 112km Edward Rulton
133 87 15:21:00 05:45:00 112km Kat Jungnickel
206 88 15:23:17 05:45:39 112km Simon Roost
207 89 15:21:20 05:49:56 112km Nigel Routledge
19 90 15:34:15 05:51:58 112km Mike Biss
234 91 15:58:57 05:57:22 112km Oliver Southgate
235 92 15:53:03 06:01:55 112km Glenn Spearing
209 93 15:53:02 06:02:00 112km Kathy Ruggiero
214 94 15:53:21 06:02:16 112km Roy Sargeant
118 95 15:53:23 06:02:24 112km Julie Hogg
134 96 15:59:51 06:15:47 112km Asanga Karunadhara
191 97 15:58:54 06:21:19 112km Bob Pedersen
289 98 17:20:00 07:53 112km Robert Panting
61 99 17:20:00 07:53 112km Sara-Ann Datta
149 100 16:50:00 112km Alex Kornfeld
192 101 16:50:00 112km Gordon Peel
The reality is Tim, Shaun and myself all rolled over the line together but there seems to be slightly differing start times which gives us the positioning above.
a fantastic effort by all the CCA on a pretty grim day weather wise! :-)
It was a group effort, MC. (After all, it ain't a race!). I had an advantage on some of the later climbs, but I was benefiting nicely on the flat in the group and that fast stretch just before the halfway point, I was hanging on the back breathing out of my bottom.