Ten Try 25 TT

BAR Race 3

25m TT Norwood Paragon 10th May 2009
Broadbridge Heath – Quite good conditions if a little cold and a bit windy.

10 athletes from MSTC took part in the 25m TT. It could have been 13, but Callum and Jon could not get in in spite of entering early and Loz could not make it. This was a race dominated by excuses. James Dear ( I'm feeling below par) won comfortably in 56.43. Graham Bond (it's my first TT in several years) finished 3rd in 61.51 behind Stu who stormed to a 58.11(no excuses – just a good ride!) Rob Hoodless was 4th (I struggled riding with triple or was that quadruple pneumonia) in 64.20. Kevin James was 5th in 64.53, narrowly edging out Dave Lashbrook 64.55 (PB in spite of having an extended break in South Africa and missing out on a lot of training). Last home was Steve Alden in 67.20 (The bike felt a bit heavy going uphill towards Pease Pottage so I jettisoned one of my tri-bar arm rests to save weight! Unfortunately that seriously hampered the bike's aerodynamics and balance and made for a very difficult last 15 miles – probably would have been much quicker on a complete bike!)

The girls were again dominated by Rachel Baker who is getting quicker all the time. This time she did 72.02 (PB) nearly 5 minutes faster than last year, Lucy Williams improved her PB by about 4 minutes to finish 2nd in 77.55. Claire was doing her first 25, so also had a PB in 81.08

MEN - Winner 52m45s Veteran winner 52m45s!

1st James DEAR 56m43s (7.53%) 10pts
2nd Stu NISBETT 58m11s (10.29%) 9pts
3rd Graham BOND 1h1m51s (17.25%) 8pts
4th Rob HOODLESS 1h4m20s (21.95%) 7pts
5th Kevin JAMES 1h4m53s (23.00%) 6pts
6th Dave LASHBROOK 1h4m55s (23.07%) 5pts PB
7th Steve ALDEN 1h7m20s (27.14%) 4pts
Callum Murray and Jon Webster and Andy Heath 1 pt as unable to get in due to rules of time trialling

WOMEN - Winner1h04m26s

1st Rachel BAKER 1h12m02s (11.8)% 10pts PB
2nd Lucy WILLIAMS 1h17m55s (20.94%) 9pts PB
3rd Claire CRESSWELL 1h21m08s (25.92%) 8pts PB

BAR overall standings after 3 races
Rob Hoodless 26pts - 1st
Steve Alden 21pts - 2nd
James Dear 20pts - 3rd
Stu Nisbett 9 pts - 4th
Matt Record 8 - 5th
Graham Bond 8 - 5=
Callum Murray 8 - 5=
Andy heath 7 - 8th
Kevin James 6 - 9th
Dave Lashbrook 5 - 10th
Jon Webster 1 - 11th


Rachel Baker 30pts - 1st
Lucy Williams 18 - 2nd
Claire Cresswell 17 - 3rd