Welland Valley CC Three Stage TT Event
After a weekend of glorious weather, we were brought back to normal English temperatures on Tuesday evening. There was the option for riders to enter the three stage event, which consisted of a two mile prologue and a 10 mile time trial on the Tuesday evening and a 20 mile two up time trial on the Wednesday evening or to just enter the 10 miler.
The two mile Prologue started at the cross roads in Clipston, and finished at Sibbertoft, with the road rising upwards for the majority of the distance. Matt Plews was the fastest over the short course, riding to a time of 5:01, followed by Hans Van Nierop with 5:03 and Mitch James third 5:05. Youngster Tom Harrison put in a great performance riding to fourth place with a time of 5:06, with Julian Rathbone a further three seconds in arrears with 5:09.
In the Ten Mile event, David Clarke stormed to a convincing victory, with a 58 second winning margin. Clarke recorded 24:03 for first place, with Hans Van Nierop covering the ten miles in 25:01. Adrian Killworth took third place with 25:03, followed by Matt Plews in fourth 25:19 and Ian Waterfield in fifth place, 25:27.
The two up time trial on Wednesday was run in much cooler conditions and throughout the event there was a threat of rain, which held off until the last few minutes. The fastest duo on the night were Matt Plews and Ian Waterfield, covering the twenty mile distance in a time of 50:11, 44 seconds ahead of Julian Rathbone and Vic Barnett, 50:55. Nick Clarke and Mike Smith took third place, 52:34 ahead of Tom Harrison and Rob Jacks, 53:33.
There were two solo rides on the evening, David Clarke finished the 20 mile course in the fastest time on the night, 48:55 and Russ Raybould recorded a time of 56:10.
Results:
2 mile Prologue
Matt Plews 5.01, Hans Van Nierop 5.03, Mitch James 5.05, Tom Harrison 5.06, Julian Rathbone 5.09, Ian Waterfield 5.12, Jack Hall 5.23, Los Cox 5.24, Vic Barnett 5.25, Andy Twigg 5.26, Stuart Dawkins 5.28, Sam Crabtree 5.29, Jeremy Pole 5.31, Russ Raybould 5.32, Rob Jacks 5.35, Steve Cocker 5.36, Nick Clarke 5.36, Wayne Henderson 5.4, Paul White 5.4, Rich Stannard 5.4, Matt Clasper 5.41, Steve Boat 5.42, Simon Ward 5.54, Jeff Green 5.56, John Chell 5.59, Erin Billington 6, Ron Beach 6.08, Pete Scarlett 6.11, Rex Wilkinson 6.11, Mick Scrimshaw 6.13, Grant Warwick 6.18, Andrew Weatherby 6.18, John Davidson 6.3, Diana Craig 6.48,
10 Mile:
David Clarke 24.03, Hans Van Nierop 25.01, Adrain Killworth 25.03, Matt Plews 25.19, Ian Waterfield 25.27, Tom Harrison 25.38, Bill Barrie 25.45, Julian Rathbone 26, Mitch James 26.11, Nick Clarke 26.29, Matt Clasper 26.58, Dave Birch 27, Lucy Hall 27.02, Sam Crabtree 27.05, Paul White 27.11, Andy Twigg 27.16, Ian Murdey 27.16, Vic Barnett 27.31, Los Cox 27.33, Jeremy Pole 27.4, Russ Raybould 27.4, Steve Boat 27.54, Rob Jacks 27.57, Rich Stannard 28.03, Steve Cocker 28.13, Stuart Dawkins 28.16, Jack Hall 28.37, Wayne Henderson 28.49, Rex Wilkinson 28.5, Pete Scarlett 29.05, Ron Beach 29.08, John Chell 29.08, Grant Warwick 29.15, Simon Ward 29.16, Jeff Green 29.24, Katie Hubbard 30.03, Mark Bosence 30.04, Erin Billington 30.09, John Davidson 30.14, Jake Hubbard 30.21, Tom Evans 30.41, Andrew Weatherby 31, Mick Scrimshaw 31.07, Diana Craig 31.45, Louis Killworth 32.13,
20 Mile 2up
David Clarke 48.55, Matt Plews/Ian Waterfield 50.11, Julian Rathbone/Vic Barnett 50.55, Nick Clarke/Mike Smith 52.34, Rob Jacks/Tom Harrison 53.33, Jeremy Pole/Andy Twigg 54.14, Los Cox/Mitch James 54.34, Russ Raybould 56.1, Rich Stannard/Steve Cocker 56.14, Rex Wilkinson/Simon Ward 56.56, Pete Scarlett/Steve Boat 58.29, Wayne Henderson/Kevin Webb 59.12, Grant Warwick 59.43.