A beautiful sunny morning greeted the 20 riders who started. However it wasn't actually very warm, despite the sunshine! Several riders could be seen shivering before starting, and at least one timekeeper was very cold at the end...

Congratulations to Barry Connolly for the win, and commiserations to Ant Newland for puncturing out on the course.

Photographs by Claire Stanton (shows how steep the Bow Brickhill climb is!)

        Lap 1 Finish        
Pos No Name Club Time Time Cat Vets Std .+ / - Vets Std
1 10 Barry Connolly TeamMK 25.15 50.49 Sen.      
2 19 Richard Wood TMG Horizon Cycling Team 26.00 52.03 V40 52.31 .+ 0.28 1
3 20 Steve Torley TeamMK/NBRC 26.19 52.21 Sen.      
4 9 Chris Manko TeamMK 26.19 53.27 Sen.      
5 15 Matt Exley Flamme Rouge CT 27.19 53.29 Sen.      
6 18 John Friend Bedfordshire Roads CC 27.49 56.38 V51 54.16 .- 2.22 2
7 1 Andrew Martin Leighton Buzzard Roads CC 29.31 58.41 V45 53.20 .- 5.21 3
8 4 Ian Markham Chronos RT 30.12 60.19 V48 53.48 .- 6.31 4
9 13 Darren Haydon NBRC 30.19 60.27 V46 53.30 .- 6.57 6
10 8 Michael Pattinson Bonito Squadra 30.44 61.19 V40 52.31 .- 8.48 9
11 3 Alan Crane Chronos RT 30.36 61.21 V48 53.48 .- 7.33 8
12 7 Nathan Woodhouse Leighton Buzzard Roads CC 30.02 61.37 Juv.      
13 17 Nathan Gallavan NBRC 30.43 61.52 Sen.      
14 11 Geoff Perry Born to Bike 31.16 62.47 V57 55.19 .- 7.28 7
15 16 David Price NBRC 31.24 62.59 V49 53.58 .- 9.01 10
16 5 Deb Vanner Broughton Cycling Group 32.55 65.28 LV51 58.37 .- 6.51 5
17 2 Clive Faine TeamMK/NBRC 34.26 69.22 V70 58.52 .- 10.30 11
18 12 Trevor Watson Bossard Wheelers CC 35.08 72.40 V57 55.19 .- 17.21 12
19 6 Franco Schirinz Broughton Cycling Group 43.00 83.38 V51 54.16 .-29.22 13
                   
DNF  14 Ant Newland Bossard Wheelers CC Puncture V51      
                   
Time Keeper :- Steph Cousins. NBRC            
Pusher Off :- Bryan Scarborough. NBRC            
Signs and On-course Marshalls :- Katja Rietdorf. Born to Bike & Robert Saunders. NBRC

 

Handicap Results

A good turnout of 20 riders (3 NBRC 1st Claim) on a brisk (4 degrees C), bright and breezy morning. Only 2 riders had previously ridden this course and the attached handicap results are uncommonly sparse.

Many thanks to Robert Saunders and Katja Rietdorf for setting out (and retrieving) the signs and for standing as marshalls,  to Steph Cousins for timekeeping and well done to all the riders.

Psn

Name

Club

Time

 

1

Richard Wood

TMG Horizon

52.03

  

2

John Friend

Beds Roads CC

55.09