What a beautiful Sunday morning for a Time Trial with warm weather and relatively light wind. There was a bit of confusion caused when the car park hadn't been opened, so after a rushed transfer to the Golf Course for sign on, a small field of 13 riders lined up for the start, setting off at minute intervals.

St Neots' own Simon Richardson was first off and the first back, setting the benchmark at 28:24. That time was toppled a few riders later by Ade Taverna, still keeping St Neots in the lead. The next few riders couldn't touch Ade's time, but the last four riders to go were expected to be fast and they didn't disappoint. Hugo Hocknell (Team Salesengine.co.uk) smashed Ade's time with a sub-27 minute ride, but Richard Hancock wasn't going to stand for that going over a minute faster with 25:51. It was enough to hold off Team Swift's Andre Dyason for Richard to make 2nd place, but the clear victor was Cambridge's David McGraw. With a time of 24:46 he had set a new course record for the Abbotsley circuit by seven seconds. Something for you all to aim for on a Thursday evening...

Well done to everyone who raced, and thanks to the marshals and timekeepers.

Name

Club

Time

Position

David McGraw

Cambridge CC

24.46

1

Richard Hancock

St Neots CC

25.51

2

Andre Dyason

Team Swift

26.08

3

Hugo Hocknell

Team Salesengine.co.uk

26.58

4

Adrian Taverna

St Neots CC

28.05

5

Simon Richardson

St Neots CC

28.24

6

Darren Preston

St Neots CC

28.28

7

Dan Baxter

St Neots CC

28.29

8

David Lindsey

St Neots CC

28.33

9

Graham Wright

Peterborough CC

29.49

10

Andrew Bright

Chronos RT

30.01

11

Dominic Whitehead

29th Wheelers CC

31.42

12

Stuart Hocknell

Team Salesengine.co.uk

35.53

13

Geoff Perry

Team Milton Keynes

DNS

Stephen Muchmore

St Neots CC

DNS

Anthony Hutton

Welland Valley CC

DNS

Hancock

Ade looks on as he's pushed into 3rd place by Richard Hancock with two riders still to finish

David McGraw

David McGraw (Cambridge CC) powers to a new course record