Hayes on fire
Published Date:
16 July 2008
Sanjan riders clean up at Icknield event
Sam Hayes streaked to victory at Beds Road Club's Evening League 11.3-mile race on Thursday.
He clocked 27.05mins, to beat Phil Jenkins into second in 28.23mins and Maciej Weremko into third, whose chain kept coming off, in 28.34mins.
Max O'Driscoll was fourth in 28.42mins and James Elworthy fifth in 29.01mins.
Fifteen Beds Road Club riders competed at the Sowest 120 Entries 10-mile time-trial on Saturday, with Mark Cook, riding in the colours of Planet-X, quickest of the club's members in 21.40mins, while Hayes was second in a new best of 21.56mins.
At the North Middlesex & Herts Cycling Association 100-mile time-trial on Sunday five riders represented Beds Road Club four of them riding the distance for the first time. Fastest was Hayes in 4.09.28hrs, followed by Matt Chudley, 4.40.16hrs, Lyndon Lewis, 4.45.11hrs, Jurgen Stetter, 4.55.13hrs, and Samantha Jenkins, 5.08.45hrs.
Visiting Team Sanjan Design riders Stuart Tarry and Nick Pitt were fastest at Icknield Road Club's 25-mile Evening League time-trial this week.
A total of seven Icknield members and six visiting riders competed, with two-up pair Tarry and Pitt fastest in 54.39mins. Icknield's Richard Gray was next in 59.11mins followed by Andy Parrish, 1.02.05hrs, and Paul Valks 1.04.15hrs. As a result Gray won the club's Skidmore Bowl trophy with a season's best 25-mile ride.
In a 10-mile time-trial,ss a strong field of 17 riders competed, with visiting rider Mark Cook, of Team Planet X, fastest in 22.08mins. Best of the Icknield riders were Richard Noon and Gray riding as a two up pair in 23.17mins, followed by Andrew Paisley, 23.26mins, and Andy Parrish, 24.45mins.
Eight Icknield riders competed at the 15-mile inter-club time-trial hosted by Beds Road Club on the A600 between Cardington Hangers and Shefford. Despite the win, Icknield's best times came from Noon in 37.55mins, Barry Gilzean, 40.31mins, and Parrish, 41.39. The overall points event was won by the host club.
On Sunday, Peter Harridge was the quickest of Icknield's three-man team at the North Mids and Herts CA 100-mile time-trial. In good conditions he clocked 4.23.03hrs, Gray, 4.31.00hrs, and Gilzean, 4.42.57hrs.
Peter Hopkins, meanwhile, entered two events over the weekend. On Saturday evening he finished the Team Economic Energy 10-mile time-trial in 26.10mins and on Sunday afternoon he clocked a season's best 24.18mins in the Yorkshire Ladies CA 10-mile event in Hull.
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Last Updated:
16 July 2008 5:33 PM
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