Aaron McCaffrey improved by 15 secs.
Chris Dunwoodie improved by 59 secs.
Brian Primett improved by 1min 28 secs.
Darren Haydon improved by 1sec.
All capped by Trevor Hook's improvement of 2min 25secs!
And Robert continued his return to form by doing his best ride at Astwood since 2006. Also good to see a visiting rider get round on her mountain bike. After the event she disappeared back towards Cranfield University across the fields.
| Pos. on | ||||||||
| Pos | No | Name | Club | Time | Cat | Vets Std | .+ / - | Vets Std |
| 1 | 10 | Tony Parks | NBRC | 22.42 | V45 | 26.30 | .+ 3.48 | 4 |
| 2 | 19 | Aaron McCaffrey | AW Cycles.co.uk | 22.49 | V40 | 25.30 | .+ 2.41 | 6 |
| 3 | 15 | Will Hilton | Virgin Active | 23.06 | S | |||
| 4 | 13 | Robert Saunders | NBRC | 23.21 | V50 | 27.33 | .+4.12 | 2 |
| 5 | 16 | Chris Dunwoodie | TeamMK | 23.37 | S | |||
| 6 | 6 | Brian Primett | NBRC | 24.01 | V43 | 26.06 | .+ 2.05 | 7 |
| 7 | 12 | Darren Haydon | NBRC | 24.20 | S | |||
| 8 | 7 | John Buchanan | TeamMK | 24.58 | V40 | 25.30 | .+ 0.32 | 11 |
| 9 | 8 | Trevor Hook | TeamMK | 25.15 | V52 | 27.59 | .+ 2.44 | 5 |
| 10 | 14 | Karlo Porter- Price | Private | 25.46 | V46 | 26.42 | .+ 0.56 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | Clive Faine | TeamMK | 26.12 | V63 | 30.30 | .+ 4.18 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | Richard Pratt | Beds Roads CC | 26.43 | V51 | 27.46 | .+ 1.03 | 8 |
| 13 | 17 | Gilbert Wheelwright | NBRC | 27.26 | V67 | 31.30 | .+ 4.04 | 3 |
| 14 | 1 | Alan Lawson | NBRC | 28.02 | V42 | 25.54 | .- 2.08 | 12 |
| 15 | 2 | Eddy Page | NBRC | 28.36 | S | |||
| 16 | 9 | Nick Crook | NBRC | 28.41 | V59 | 29.34 | .+ 0.53 | 10 |
| 17 | 5 | Emma Bradley | Gillingham & Dist. Whls. | 31.38 | L | MTB | ||
| DNF | 3 | Chris White | NBRC | Off course | L | |||
| Tandem Event :- | ||||||||
| 11 | Kevin Stokes | TeamMK | 21.21 | V47 | ||||
| Geoff Perry | TeamMK | V50 |
Time Keepers :- Steph Cousins & Tony Farmborough NBRC