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Scunthorpe RC 10 (13/03/2004) C10/27– Second victory of the year for DaltonIn his second race of the year, Ian Dalton again proved to powerful for his nearest rivals taking 1st place in the Scunthorpe RC 10 on Saturday 13th March 2004. The event, which was run on the A15 from Redbourne to the M180 roundabout and back again, was run on a reasonably mild day and with all the riders missing the intermittent showers, the wind prove to be the major obstacle as it blew strongly from a south westerly direction making for a hard return leg to the finish. Ian recorded a winning time of 21:40 to beat his closest rival Julian Ramsbottom (Newark Castle CC) by 2 seconds in a close run event with Tony Stott (Science in Sport.com) finishing third in a time of 22:42. With Julian staring number 30, 9 minutes before Ian, the race was always a close fought affair. Only 1 mile from the start Ian was already 6 seconds ahead of Julian but with a final time check with 1 mile to the finish Julian had clawed back the deficit and was ahead of Ian by 5 seconds. A strong finish from Ian on the final downhill section was enough for his second victory in 7 days. Andy Lintin was the only other Cherry Valley RT rider on the day and finished a very disappointed rider in a time of 25:20. So disappointed was Andy, he immediately changed after the finish and rode the 30 miles home from the event for training.
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Rudy Project Series Round 1 (27/03/2004) – Dalton 2nd in National Time Trial Series
Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) continued his early season form with a stunning ride in the first round of the national time trial series in Cambridgeshire on Saturday afternoon. Starting as the third fastest seeded rider, Ian rode strongly in the fading light of Saturday afternoon to complete the 25 mile sporting course in a time of 55:07, 1 second ahead of third placed rider Ben Hallam (Data Phonics RT). Event winner and National 50 champion Michael Hutchinson (MDT-Giant) completed the course in a time of 51:02 posting his intentions early on in the Rudy Project Series.
With a total of 6 counting events towards the overall National Series League table, Ian is scheduled to ride the National round 2 in April at Keswick and then National Round 3 in May at Knaresborough. These events will be complemented by counting district rounds including the Lincoln Wheelers Hilly in April, the Kettering CC event in May and the Doncaster Wheelers race in June.
The Cambridgeshire event was the first round in the national time trial series sponsored by Rudy Project and covered two laps of a circuit that Ian describes as being 'undulating with long drags, unlike Hutchinsons description in the national press saying it was a flat course'. Pleased with his ride, Ian described the course as a triangular circuit with plenty of shelter from a cross wind on two of the sections and a helpful tailwind on the last section. With riders covering two laps, Ian started as earlier riders were passing to start their second laps. 'I was a bit concerned', Ian commented, 'I started as two riders had just passed me to start their second lap and it took me longer to catch them than expected'. 'When I finished and saw the results, I was quite surprised to be 2nd fastest so far ahead of others such as Dominic Sweeney (Lutterworth Cycle Centre) and Gethin Butler (Preston Whls) who won last weekend'.
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CTT Report
The 10th annual RTTC Time Trial Series got off to a flying start with Cambridge Town and County CC’s promotion of round one of the 2004 national series at Stetchworth, near Newmarket, on Saturday.
With the biggest field seen in the series history the Rudy Project backed event was won in fine style by national 50-mile champion Michael Hutchinson (Team Giant-MDT), who is making the Series one of his aims for the season.
Hutchinson covered the 25-miles in 51-02 to beat Cherry Valley RT’s Ian Dalton by 4-05 while Ben Hallam (Data Phonics RT) in third was just one second slower.
Former national Espoirs circuit champion Neil Coleman (Alcan-Bianchi) claimed fourth place with 55-21 while pedalling fireman Gavin Pardoe (Stourbridge CC) slotted into fifth, three seconds faster than sixth placed Paul Pickup (Liphook Cycles) home in 55-53.
It was the veterans who kicked off the racing on the E2/25b course, two laps of a triangular, undulating course that had attracted 177 entries. Well marshalled, with plenty of race warning signs displayed for the benefit of other road users and the course `Risk Assessment’ displayed at the signing on point riders had a very safe ride.
With the scratch race and target time event to battle for the veterans once again provided the biggest entry, 79 men and women.
It was the `younger’ vets who obviously dominated the scratch race, with 40 year-old Mick St Ledger (Sotonia CC) coming out on top ahead of Kevin Tye (Posh Bikes.com), 42, Stewart Wigglesworth (Vegetarian C&AC), 41 and Paul Holdsworth (Hounslow & District Wheelers), 40.
A first lap 27-39 gave St Ledger an early advantage of 38 seconds over Wigglesworth while Tye was in third at 54 seconds along with John Ingham (KVRC).
The second leg saw St Ledger holding the lead to finish with 56-19 while Tye (57-27) pulled back enough time to push Wigglesworth (57-38) down to third.
Target time saw the evergreen John Woodburn (Maidenhead & District CC) set himself up for the rest of the series claiming first with +16-04 ahead of Eric Marsh (Pca Ciclos Uno), +13-46, Chris Moon (Team Clean) +12-09 and John McMillan (Kenton RC) +12-06, who would liked to have seen “some climbs on the course.”
There is no accounting for taste is there!
Two of the `older` boys who would have challenged, Geoff Platts (Team Clean) and Roger Iddles (Stourbridge CC) were non-starters; Geoff laid low with an abscess and Roger at his daughter’s bedside awaiting a happy event. The woman followed the vets and it was last year’s RTTC-Rudy Project series winner Julia Shaw (GS Strada) who proved the fastest, no doubt helped by having spent the winter months in New Zealand’s sunshine.
Shaw’s 1-03-39 gave her a winning margin of 26 seconds over cyclo-cross rider Brenda Pennell (Eastern Region Velo), with Helen Carter (Eastbourne Rovers CC) in third spot at 1-06, a slim four seconds better than fifth placed Louise Schuller (Finsbury Park CC).
A familiar face was in fifth, former national 10-mile champion Julia Freeman (Easterley RC) who got round in 1-05-35.
“I did plenty of miles during my stay in New Zealand and even rode a road race where I finished third,” Shaw said. “The weather was great, it’s a bit of a shock to the system to come back to the cold.”
Shaw is chasing after her third consecutive overall win in the TT Series and may have a crack at some road racing.
“It is good to see so many women (32) riding, I hope the rest of the series is as well supported. I met a couple who rode today who I haven’t seen since I used to compete in triathlons some years ago. They both enjoyed it and say they will be back “ Runner-up overall in the 2003 junior series, James Sampson (Race Scene RT) managed the only under-the-hour ride to take the junior event with 59-54 after he had trailed Will Dorsett (API Bikes.com) by 1-20 after the first lap.
A troubled second lap put paid to Will’s hopes and he had to settle for second, with 1-00-33.
Best of the disabled riders was Miki Barker (Yello Velo) with an adjusted time of 1-07-28, seven seconds better than Wayne Holton (Websters Cycle.co.uk), who is owed a vote of thanks for his work on designing the new and lively CTT web site.With a course record of “ somewhere around 50-30” to his credit Hutchinson was odds on favourite and as the result shows he wasn’t far offof it on a dull and cold day.
“My ride was as much as I expected, it is a good course, the kind that should be used now and again for the series. The lack of hills probably helped attract the big entry and I expect a few went away thinking that circuit time trials are not a bad thing and might enter more of the series,” Hutchinson said.“The only trouble was it was getting dark by the time I was finishing, there wasn’t enough light to see my stopwatch.”This weekend Hutchinson is out for more Rudy Project points when he rides the Haverhill Wheelers event. “Then it’s a bit of road racing in Ireland with the Tour of the North at Easter,” Hutchinson said, his weekend made complete when his former university, Cambridge, won the Boat Race. “That gave me something else to celebrate,” Hutchinson said on Monday.
Third in the senior race and best Espoir, Ben Hallam has been laid low by illness over the least few weeks and unable to get any speed work in.“But I’ve got 4,000 miles of basic miles in so I was still able to get through the 25 miles,” Hallam said.
“I’m riding the early qualifying rounds of the series before I have to concentrate on the track. Tomorrow (Sunday) I’m riding the Great Yarmouth event as I want to get a good lot of points before track racing takes up my time.” CTT committee man Peter Stone congratulated event secretary Bill Clough and his club for a job well done. “I’m delighted by the size of the field,” Stone said adding that it augured well for the rest of the series.
Round two of the national series takes place on April 18 when VC Cumbria promote on the Bassenthwaite Lake circuit
The
photo of Ian racing has been reproduced with the kind permission
of Paul
J Wright. Take a look at his web site, great racing pics.
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Spalding Hilly (28/03/2004) – CS/9 - Fine 3rd place for Andy Moore
Whilst Ian is away riding the Rudy Project National Time Series, Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) is continuing his good early season start with a fine third place in the Spalding CC Hilly Time Trial on Sunday 28th March 2004. Event winner was Joel Wainman (Pete Read Racing) with James Perkins (Zenith CC) 2nd and Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) in 3rd spot. A cool and breezy morning greeted the riders for the 29.5 mile course between Bourne and Grantham. Showing signs of good early form Andy Moore completed the course in a time of 1:07:36, only 2 minutes behind in form Wainman and only a further minute behind Perkins.
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Joel Wainman (Pete Read Racing) 1.05.37 2. James Perkins (Zenith CC) 1.06.27 3. Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) 1.07.36 4. J. Snoddin (Team Bradgate) 1.08.27 5. S. Bledon (Pete Read Racing) 1.08.38 6. A. Wright (Ashfield RC) 1.09.15 7. A. Plumb (North Notts Olympic) 1.09.28 8. E. Humphreys (Argon 18) 1.10.30 9. D. Strickson (Witham Whls) 1.12.09 10. R. Robinson (Alford Whls) 1.12.15 |
April 2004 - Continued good form
Lincoln Wheelers Hilly (03/04/2004) – C25/23 -Three top 10 placings for Cherry Valley Riders
With 3 Cherry Valley riders in the top 10 results, the 2004 Lincoln Wheelers Hilly TT drew to a close as another successful early 2004 race for Cherry Valley RT had been hard fought on the open roads north of Lincoln. This latest round of the Rudy Project District series, which counts toward the overall National Series, saw Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) attempting to consolidate his position in the National Points table by trying to score maximum district points.
With Ian Dalton 2nd, Andy Moore 6th and Andy Lintin 10th, the three riders were generally pleased with their performances for different reasons. Andy Lintin showed good signs of gaining some form as the season continues whilst Andy Moore can be please with his efforts of the day and Ian, still suffering the effects of the previous weekend was happy with his final time.
With a very strong south westerly wind helping the riders on the outward stretch on the exposed ‘middle street’ road north of Lincoln and long and hard slog back to the finish was guaranteed as the high winds took their toll. With comeback rider Michael Hope (Doncaster Whls) the first of the seeded riders to start, it was Julian Gromett (Cottingham Coureurs) who set the pace on the outward stretch as he was already 30 seconds up on hope at 4 miles. Next hopeful through was Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) 20 seconds down on Gromett, then came Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) 90 seconds down with Tony Alcock (North Notts Olympic) coming through a further 30 seconds down. The last of the seeded riders saw Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) passing the outward check point at 15 seconds down on Gromett.
As the wind collected pace and rain clouds beaconed, Hope set the fastest time for the 25 mile hilly course with a rapid 59.37. Hopes lead lasted less than 15 minutes as Gromett returned with a scorching time of 56.58. As Andy Moore came to the finish it was clear he had suffered in the increasing headwind on the return leg to the finish and completed the course in a time of 1:00:20. With Alcock closing in on Andy Lintin in the closing miles, Alcock finished with a time of 58.47 and Andy Lintin with a time of 1:4:21. It was left to Ian Dalton and Nigel White (Sherwood CC) to challenge Gromett with White finishing in 59.27 and Ian Dalton finishing fast in 57.45 for an eventual second.
Andy Lintin was relatively pleased with his improving form whilst Ian Dalton had complained before the start of heavy legs probably resulting from the lack of recovery from last weeks rudy project ride.
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Julian Gromett (Cottingham Coureurs) 56.58 2. Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 57.45 3. Tony Alcock (North Notts Olympic) 58.47 4. Nigel White (Sherwood CC) 59.27 5. Michael Hope (Doncaster Whls) 59.37 6. Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) 1.00.20 10.Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) 1.04.21 |
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Sleaford Wheelers 10 (10/04/2004) – C10/10 - Dalton back to winning ways
Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT), overcame cold and breezy conditions tom win the Sleaford Wheelers 10 on Saturday 10th April 2004. The event was held on the A15 south of Sleaford and turned at Osbourneby roundabout before finishing just a few hundred yards short of the start on the A15. With the win blowing from a North Easterly direction, it made the shorter return leg harder for the riders in the comparatively small field of only 35 riders.
Ian recorded a time of 21.29, a new course record, and 7 seconds ahead of 2nd place rider and last years winner Jon Surtees (LUKracing.net) who finished with a time of 21.36. A guaranteed 3rd place was missed by non-starter Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) and which went to Lee Cairns (Pete Read Racing) with a time over a minute and a half behind Ian. Surprise ride of the day was Pete Saint (Yellow Velo) who was placed 4th with a final time of 23.14.
Ian happy to get back to winning ways after last weekends second place, was almost 14 seconds up on Surtees with around 3 miles to the finish. Using slightly lower gears than normal, Ian was surprised a little by his time.
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 21.29 2 Jon Surtees (LUKracing.net) 21.36 3 Lee Cairns (Pete Read Racing) 23.04 4 Pete Saint (Yellow Velo) 23.14 |
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VTTA 25 (10/04/2004) - A25/24R - Andy Lintin finds his legs in VTTA 25
Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) found some good form to finish the VTTA East Midlands 25 with a creditable top 20 finish in a full field. Andys time of 59.04 gave him a top finish with the best still to come from the Bardney based rider. Event winner was the ever youthful Roger Idles (Stourbride CC) with an awesome 53 minute ride based on the A1 around Long Bennington.
LRRA 2up TTT (18/04/2004) – C25/4 - Andy Moore and Andy Lintin win LRRA 2up Championships
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Cherry Valley Racing Team dominated the LRRA 2up Team Time Trial held on the Saxilby, Lincoln, Torksey course as used for the first time in last seasons event. With Ian Dalton riding the National round 2 of the Rudy Project Time Trial Series, Andy Moore and Andy Lintin recorded a winning time of 57.35 nearly 3 minutes ahead of second placed riders Craig Lamb and Chris O’Rourke (Alford Wheelers) finished in a time of 1.00.10 and third placed riders Jim Boyle and Nick Stephen Poole (Sleaford Wheelers) 1.00.34. A windy and wet morning greeted the riders who effectively faced 2 laps of a course starting at Drinsey Nook, turning at the Burton Waters roundabout before heading north again to turn at Torksey. The second lap saw the riders taken back from Torksey and past the start line, back through Saxilby and to turn for the second time at Burton Waters before returning back through Saxilby and staying on the A57 to finish a mile after the A156 / A57 junction. The Cherry Valley Riders were already up on their nearest rivals at about the 5 mile mark increased that lead by 7 miles and with a strong south westerly wind blowing, the Cherry Valley pair of Andy Moore and Andy Lintin consolidated their lead in the quickest section of the race heading North through Saxilby to Drinsey Nook. By the time the Cherry Valley pair were well into their second lap at 18 miles, a victory was certain barring any mechanical failure with an unassailable lead of nearly 3 minutes over Craig Lamb and Chris O’Rourke and finishing in an eventual winning time of 57.35. The real battle for the placings was taking place between the Alford Wheelers pairing of Craig Lamb / Chris O’ Rourke, Rob Brewer / Adam Hodson (Lincoln Wheelers), Carl Hawkins / Nick Panton (Sleaford Wheelers) and Jim Boyle / Stephen Poole (Sleaford Wheelers). With times hovering around 30 seconds difference between the 4 pairings of riders, the Alford Wheelers pair eventually came out on top with the second place ride of 1.00.10 followed by Jim and Stephen (Sleaford Wheelers) in third with 1.0034. Fourth place was even tighter and eventually going to the Lincoln Wheelers pairing of Rob Brewer and Adam Hodson in a time of 1.00.46 only 1 second ahead of Carl Hawkins and Nick Panton (Sleaford Wheelers) in 1.00.47. The LRRA 2 up also incorporated an open event, which saw LUKracing.net pair of Barry Charlton and Jon Surtees win the open 25 mile event with a storming time of 54.19 but still nearly 1 and half minutes slower than the course record of 52.56 set last year by Ian Dalton and Andy Moore (Cherry Vallery RT) in the same event. Both Andy Moore and Andy Lintin both commented on the poor weather that deteriorated as the event went on throughout the morning. The rain became heavier for the later riders and the Cherry Valley pair almost had an incident with a Range Rover towing a horse box at the Drinsey Nook turning of the A57 which pulled out right in front of them forcing the pair to stop. The quick reactions by the Cherry Valley men averted an almost certain accident but whilst not upsetting their rhythm too much, the two Andy’s quickly got back into their stride. Neither of the Cherry Valley pair felt they had a particularly good day with both riders commenting on tired or sore legs, which was not helped by the poor weather and the 6C temperature which was compounded by the rain making tired legs feel even more heavier. 1 Andy Moore / Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) 57.35 2 Craig Lamb / Chris O Rourke (Alford Whls) 1.00.10 3 Jim Boyle / Stephen Poole (Sleaford Whls) 1.00.34 4 Adam Hodson / Rob Brewer (Lincoln Whls) 1.00.46 5 Carl Hawkins / Nick Panton (Sleaford Whls) 1.00.47 |
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Rudy Project Series Round 2 (18/04/2004) - Dalton gets 4th in National Round of Time Trial Series
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Ian Dalton
(Cherry Valley RT) scored a magnificent 4th
place in the second round of the Rudy Project National
Time Trial series on Sunday afternoon. Adding to his
surprise second place in Round 1, Ian admitted to being
pleased with his performances when competing against
some of the top time trialists in the UK. Ian covered the 31.2
mile course in a time of 1.08.21 at an average speed
of 27.38 mph whilst dropping to 17 mph on some of the
climbs on the ‘B’ roads around the back
of the circuit. Event winner, by a considerable margin,
was Michael Hutchinson (Team MDT-Giant) with a time
of 1:03:37, ahead of former world points champion Chris
Newton (Team Persil) 1.05.47. Another margin of over
a minute to third placed rider Jason Macintyre (Velo
Ecosse) with a time of 1.06.59 before Ian Dalton just
managed 4th spot with a time of 1.08.21, just holding
off 5th placed rider Julian Ramsbottom (Newark Castle)
1.08.24.
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Michael Hutchinson (MDT Giant) 1.03.37
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Lincoln Wheelers Charity 10 (24/04/2004) - C10/28 - Dalton Wins in the sun
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As the fine weather returned to time trialling for the first time this season, Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) secured another victory in the Lincoln Wheelers Charity 10. Ian covered the course in a time of 21.45 to win by a clear 47 seconds from second placed rider Andrew Moore (Barton Wheelers). Ever improving form got Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) into 5th spot with his ride of 22.59. As the sun shone and temperatures reached 22C, 40 rdiers faced a course running along the ‘middle street’ from Ingham top to Harpswell roundabout and back again, just North of Lincoln. The course, which undulates slightly and has a rough road surface for most of its length, is not noted for being a quick course, so no rapid times were expected. With the quality of the field not too high, Ian took the opportunity to ride his high-pressure wheels he uses for warming up. With no real competition for Ian, he cruised to victory on this warm day and the real battle was for second to fifth spot As early starter Andrew Moore (Barton Wheelers) set the pace with a 22.32, Rob Brewer (Lincoln Wheelers) then set the next fastest time with a 22.58. Next to finish was Richard Robinson (Alford Wheelers) in a time of 22.52, which pushed Rob Brewer into fourth spot and with Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) coming in next with a time of 22.59. |
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LRRA 25 Middle Markers 25 - (25/04/2004) - C25/4 - First and Second places for Cherry Valley Riders
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As the fine weather continued over the weekend, Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) scored a find win in the LRRA middle markers 25 held on the Saxilby based course around the A57 in a ‘scorching’ time of 55.32. Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) continued to shown great signs of improvement finishing second with a time of 57.34. A calm and warm morning meant the riders, who 7 days earlier faced the same course in appalling windy and wet conditions, were in for a fine ride with the promise of some relatively fast times. With only 4 miles covered Andy Moore was already leading by 5 seconds over Andrew Moore (Barton Wheelers), closely followed by teammate Andy Lintin at 10 seconds and then Rob Brewer (Lincoln Wheelers) at 15 seconds behind. Andy Moore was stretching his lead and consolidated those times by 8 miles and was leading by 28 seconds from both Andrew Moore (Barton Wheelers) and Rob Brewer who were tying for second spot. At this stage Andy Lintin was only 35 seconds behind team mate Andy Moore and holding fourth spot behind only 7 seconds down on Andrew Moore and Rob Brewer. By the time the riders were halfway through their second circuit it was clear that there was no threat to Andy Moore with a clear lead of 1.47 over Rob Brewer closely followed by Andy Lintin a further 13 seconds behind. The battle continued for the other placings which was tight with Andrew Moore (Barton Wheelers) showing continued good form from the previous day and was in fourth spot at 2.26 behind Andy Moore closely followed by Chris O’Rourke (Alford Wheelers) at 3.15. Into the closing stages it was a close battle for the second spot as Andy Lintin and Rob Brewer were only seconds apart in the closing miles. Andy Lintin eventually won the battle for second place with a finishing time of 57.34 closely followed by Rob Brewer in third place with 47.40 and Andrew Moore finishing fourth with a time of 58.07.
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Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) 55.32 2 Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) 57.34 3 Rob Brewer (Lincoln Whls) 57.40 4 Andrew Moore (Barton Whls) 58.07 5 Aaron Tuplin (Alford Whls) 58.59 6 Chris O’Rourke (Alford Whls) 59.09 |
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Glossop Kinder Velo Hilly 26 - (25/04/2004) - J8/4 - Ian flies in the hills and sets new course record
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) scored an impressive win at the Glossop Kinder Velo Hilly time trial event held on Sunday 25th April 2004. The Glossop based course included some of the toughest climbs in the peak district and covered a course over 26 miles long passing many tourist attractions and using many B roads. The riders, not having time to take in the wonderful views on offer and the many attractions, fought their way up 20% climbs and descents reaching speeds of nearly 50mph. The riders faced a course starting Glossop taking in the villages of Hayfield, Chinley, Chapel en le Frith and Sparrowpit, passing the top of Winnats Pass and Mam Tor and then along Rushup Edge returning to Chapel en le Frith and Hayfield before finishing just over the crest of the Chunal climb. Ian covered the course in a new course record time of 1.10.39 which reflected the fine weather conditions and meant a full three minutes slashed off Ians winning time of 2003. Starting
in Glossop, the riders faced an immediate climb taking
around 7 to 8 minutes which got the legs burning and
lungs bellowing. ‘As I got towards the top of
the climb, a car pulled out from a side road and went
in my direction which concerned me as I knew I would
catch them on the descent but not have room to pass
them. On the last corner the car braked harder than
I expected which resulted in locking my rear wheel’
later inspection showed the tyre worn down to the canvas. The decent of Chinley Head into Chinley was just as interesting for Ian. As Ian followed the cars on the top part of the descent at speeds over 40mph into the village below, the cars braked for the 30mph speed limit, giving Ian the opportunity to over take some of them at over 37mph. Approaching the by-pass, Ian continued to increase speed and passed the rest of the cars at 41mph. Descending off Rushup Edge Ian caught his 2 minute man Darren Otter (Rutland CC) in an effort to gain more time over Darren Otter Ian passed speed cameras at 45mph in a 40 limit and caught and passed a motorcyclists, by the finish Ian had gained a further 36 second on Darren who’s time of 1.13.15 was good enough for 2nd place, 3rd place want to local ride Sam Clark (Buxton CC – Set Valley Cycles) with a time of 1.14.45 Pleased with his ride, Ian commented, ‘I didn’t feel as though I was going as well as previous years when the weather was worse. The last two years the weather has either been really windy or wet so the fine weather today was really pleasant and welcome. I think looking back at the records from this event I actually set a new course record today’. 1
Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 1.10.39
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May 2004 - Warm weather returns
VTTA National Championship 25 (02/05/2004) - O25/13 - Poor Luck for Andy Lintin
Despite
recent signs of returning form, Andy Lintin was once
again struck with poor luck in the VTTA National 25
championships held in South Yorkshire. After a quick
start and catching several riders starting in front
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Rudy Project National Time Trial Series Round 3 (01/05/2004) - V266 - Dalton has an 'off day' but still manages 7th place in National TT Series
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Despite being minutes off his normal pace, Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) still managed a very creditable 7th place in the Rudy Project National Time Trial Series around the beautiful countryside of Bedale in North Yorkshire. Event winner and series leader was Michael Hutchinson (MDT-Giant) with a winning time of 59.01. Hutchinson, who is dominating the Rudy Project Series Table, was closely followed by National 25 bronze medallist Mathew Bottrill (Jim Walker RT) in a time of 1.00.21. Gethin Butler (Preston Wheelers) took third spot with a time of 1.00.47 and Carl Saint (Yorkshire RC) took fourth place in a time of 1.01.03. The Senior riders faced three laps of a testing course covering 27.5 miles which included many short undulations on rough road surfaces which was not too Ians liking. The course was based around undulating lanes around Bedale, Snape and Masham and was probably suited to those riders who had some road racing miles in their legs. Hutchinson, like Dalton, also commented that he had a poor day but it was clear from the results, as Ian commented later, that he was at least 2 minutes off his normal pace with no explanation other that an 'off day'.
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North Midlands VTTA 30 - (07/05/2004) - O30 - Narrow Victory for Dalton
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) continued his successful season with his sixth victory of the 2004 season in the VTTA North Midlands 30 held on Saturday 8th May 2004. Following closely behind Ian were team mates Andy Moore in 7th place and Andy Lintin in 12th place. The VTTA 30 was held on an A1 based course starting just outside Retford, heading south to the A1 at Markham Moor before heading North to Five Lane Ends and Blyth and following the same route southbound finishing near the start just outside Retford. Dalton, who recorded the fastest 30 time of the year so far, recorded a winning time of 1.3.43 to beat Barry Charlton (LUKracing.net) by 15 seconds. Both Charlton and Dalton were neck and neck throughout the race with no significant gap between them. With Dalton starting 10 minutes ahead of Charlton, it was Dalton who set the fastest time to the turn and slowly pulled a gap out of 20 seconds by the halfway point battling hard into a strong North Westerly head wind. With Dalton unable to concentrate on the return leg with the wind helping, Charlton started to claw back some seconds before Dalton picked up the pace again in the final few miles to the finish ahead of Charlton. With Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) starting early in the field setting the second fastest time when he finished with 1.9.00, Andy was surprised to be caught by the rider starting a minute behind him. Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) finished 5th but was disappointed with his ride. Andy Moore, still suffering from the effects of some heavy and intensive training sessions over the last few weeks was still at least 2 minutes off his normal pace but put this down to the heavy mid week training sessions. Dalton, happy to get back to winning ways, commented ‘that he could not concentrate on the tailwind section and found it a bit harder than he thought it would be. I only got the 11 sprocket going on some of the tailwind downhill sections, I thought it was going to be faster than it was on the way back from the turn’. 1
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Scunthorpe RC 10 (12/05/2004) C10/27– Second in 3 days for Dalton
Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) scrored his second win in 3 days and his 7th of the 2004 season with a winning time of 21.21 in the Scunthorpe RC 10 on Tuesday 11th May 2004. The event, held on the A15 from Kirton Lindsey to the A15/M180 roundabout and back, was Ian’s fastest on tha course in many years of trying. Despite a moderate northerly wind making the slightly longer 5.5 mile northerly stretch to the turn hard work, Ian was still 39 seconds clear of second placed rider Tony Stott (Science in Sport) with a time of 22.00. Third place on the night in the Scunthorpe promotion went to Adam Wright (Ashfield RC) who was a further 24 seconds behind Stott and a full minute behind Ian with a time of 22.24.
Ian commented ‘he was please with his ride, although it was only 19 seconds quicker than the same event and course in March, but the wind was a South Westerly on that day which helps more at the start, especially as you ride a longer stretch to the turn. I didn’t try to hard at the start as it drags up a little after half a mile and I didn’t want to loose too much speed up that drag because the wind was coming from the North’.
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 21.21 2 Tony Stott (Science in Sport) 22.00 3 Adam Wright (Ashfield RC) 22.24 |
Nottingham to Skegness (15/05/2004) AS1 –Top 10 for Andy Linting in VTTA Nottingham to Skegness
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Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) scored an impressive 9th place in the VTTA promoted Nottingham to Skegness event held on Saturday 15th May 2004. With Andy the only Cherry Valley rider attempting this endurance race, there was plenty of support on the road side as the Andy neared the finish in Skegness nearly 3 hours after starting in Nottingham. An early start from Nottingham at 0730 meant the riders didn’t have to deal with the raising temperatures to much as a cold start was quickly followed by a rapidly warming morning. Starting just outside Nottingham, the riders faced a short ride to the A46 before heading toward Newark and onto the A17 toward Sleaford. After only 20 miles Andy was caught by the rider starting a minute behind him, but Andy didn’t panic as he knew this is an endurance event and not a short sprint to the finish. By the time the riders got to Sleaford, the temparture was warming up to 22C and at this point Andy started to find his legs once again and make headway on gaining time back. The riders were taken off the Sleaford A17 by-pass and onto the coast road toward Conningsby and towards Spilsby via Keal Hill. Once past Gunby roundabout and with only 5 miles remaining of the 74 mile event, Andy finally caught and passed the rider who started a minute behind him and had passed Andy nearly 50 miles earlier. Not quite having enough time to calw back the full minute, Andy eventually finished in a time of 2.57.30 for a fine 9th place overall. 1
Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael) 2.35.59
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Chesterfield Spire 25 (15/05/2004) O25/10 – Fast time for Andy Moore gets 9th in Chesterfield Spire 25
With other Cherry Valley riders racing elsewhere at the weekend, it was left to Andy Moore to represent the team in the Chesterfield Spire 25 held on Saturday afternoon on the popular A1 Ranby based course. With a light North Westerly wind blowing across the course, it was still one of the best days on this course all season. The good weather was reflected in some of the fastest 25 mile TT times of the season to date and non more so than Andy Moores impressive ride into 9th spot with a superb 52.46. Andy still affected by an intense training schedule was pleased with his time and overall position as the previous weeks heavy training session start to kick into action.
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Ian Cammish (Sonic Cycles) 50.46 2 Joel Wainman (Pete Read Racing) 51.32 3 Oliver Jones (Hampshire RC) 51.41 4 Tony Stott (Science in Sport) 51.44 5 Nigel White (Sherwwod CC) 51.47 6 Barry Charley (Stourbridge CC) 51.51 7 John Tanner (Planet X CRT) 52.17 8 Mathew Howitt (Yorkshire RC) 52.17 9 Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) 52.46 10 Alan Cooke (VC Chesterfield) 52.49 |
Kettering CC Hilly (16/05/2004) NC15 –'A few seconds more'
Whilst Andy Lintin and Andy Moore were riding locally on the Saturday, Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley) was 6th in the Kettering Hilly event, which was a district round of the Rudy Project National Time Trial Series. After a disappointing performance in the last national round of the Rudy Project Series in North Yorkshire, Ian was hoping for a stronger ride. On a course that suited Dalton, it appeared he was riding much stronger than the previous national round which reflected in his final overall time.
With the riders covering 2 laps of a hilly circuit, Ian finished 6th with only a handful of seconds separating fourth, fifth and sixth placings. Event winner was up and coming rider Ben Hallam (Dataphonics RT) with a winning time of 39.44 closely followed by Geoff Platts (Team Clean) in second place. Dalton pleased with his ride felt he rode stronger this week and is heading back to the ford he showed in some of the early season events.
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Ben Hallam (Dataphonics RT) 39.44 2 Geoff Platts (Team Clean) 40.02 3 Gavin Pardoe (Stourbridge CC) 40.11 4 Dominic Sweeney (Lutterworth Cycle Centre) 40.25 5 Sam Barker (API Bikes) 40.27 6 Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 40.33 |
National 10 (23/05/2004) A10/20 – Fine rides in National 10 for Andy and Ian
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This weekend saw the UK’s
top 150 time triallist assemble in Nottinghamshire for
the National 10 mile Time Trial Championships. Favorites
to take the honors were Michael Hutchinson (Team Giant-MDT)
and Stuart Dangerfield (Scienceinsport.com). Cherry
Valley RT were represented by Ian Dalton and Andy Moore
who were ceded 29th and 6th respectively.
The course was based on the A1 starting in Tuxford, then joining the A1 southbound for about 5.5 miles and then turning Northbound at Carlton on Trent to head North on the old A1 finishing 1.8 miles before the start. With the win blowing from the North East, the southbound stretch was the fastest with riders keeping speeds around the 40mph mark to Carlton on Trent. When the riders turned to head Northbound, they were greeted by a strong wind to battle into. The hard slog back to the finish was also compounded by the rough road surface and small inclines into the win with very little shelter to aid the riders. First of the Cherry Valley riders to start was Andy Moore, opting not to ride his newly acquired disk wheel, Andy still turned in a fine performance with a time of 21.19 and a final overall result of 72nd place. Struggling with his recent form, a disappointed Ian Dalton completed the 10 in a time of 20.18 still finishing a creditable 21st overall. The event was won by Stuart Dangerfield (Sceinceinsport.com) in a scorching time of 18.40 with Michael Hutchinson a disappointed second only 8 seconds behind Dangerfield in 18.48.
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Gainsborough Aegir 10 (29/05/2004) C10/27
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Another win for Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) saw the teams tally of victories reach a total of 11 for the 2004 season. Ian won the Gainsborough event with a time of 21.20 with team mate Andy Moore a further 31 seconds behind in second place with a time of 21.51. With Ian and Andy taking a fine 1st and 2nd, the next Cherry Valley rider was Andy Lintin with a time of 22.51 to take 8th place and come back rider Gareth Williams was 10th with a time of 22.54. A warm day with threatening rain and a moderate south westerly wind meant a fast outward stretch to the turn and a harder return leg along the course based on the middle street just north of Lincoln and turning at Harpswell Hill roundabout. Pleased with his win but not too happy with the quality of his ride, Ian commented he ‘could not really get going and was held up slightly at the turn by traffic’. On the way back from the turn Ian felt to get going a bit better and then the wind increased before a small rain shower about 2 miles before the finish which slowed Ian down a bit. Both Andy Moore and Andy Lintin were pleased with their rides showing some good signs of returning form after some time off the bikes. Gareth Williams was also pleased with his time today commenting that ‘I could not really get going today and I felt quite poor really but that’s all to be expected with my first race of the year’.
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 21.20 Team (Dalton, Moore & Lintin)
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June 2004 - Back to winning ways and a full team
Boston Wheelers 25 (02/06/2004) C25/35 - Superb ride for Dalton secures another win
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) scored his second win in 4 days with a lung busting ride in the Boston Wheelers 25 event held on Wednesday evening 2nd June 2004. With ever improving team mate Andy Lintin close behind in 4th place, it was a successful outing for the Cherry Valley RT pair. Ian recorded a winning time of 54.00 with Andy only 4 and half minutes back in 58.36. The course, which is not the fastest around, is based on a route starting outside Donnigton on the A52 heading toward Grantham, before then heading north on the A15 toward Sleaford where the riders turned and followed their outbound route to return and finish just a mile short of the start. With a moderately strong wind blowing from the north, the riders faced a cross wind from the start to Osbourneby before heading into the wind for the stretch up to Sleaford. The Cherry Valley pair made easy work of the breezy conditions and establishing good split times at the 10 mile mark with Ian already ahead of his nearest rival, Adam Wright (Ashfield RC), by nearly 2 minutes with Andy Lintin closely behind 3rd placed rider on the road Aaron Tuplin (Alford Wheelers). As the night continued the wind slowly dropped which meant a faster leg from Osbourneby to the finish than expected. Making the most of these conditions, Ian crossed the line in a time of 54.00 pushing early leader Adam Wright into second spot with his time of 57.08. Then followed a closely fought scrap for 3rd place with Aaron Tuplin finishing in 58.21 pushing Andy Lintin into 4th spot with a time of 58.36. Only other rider to get under the hour on the night was Pete Saint (Yello Velo) who recorded a time of 59.26. Andy Lintin was pleased with his ride on the night and is still looking for more power as we move into June. Ian was also pleased with his time and is showing signs of returning form just in time for the weekends National 25 Championships to be held in cockney land (where the birds are fat and the beer is queer)! 1
Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 54.00
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Rutland CC 10 (05/06/2004) O10/1 - 7th place for Gareth
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In his second race of the season, Gareth Williams recorded a 22.51 in the Rutland CC 10 to gain 7th place overall in the event. On a subsiding road, the Cherry Valley rider was pleased with his return to racing over the last week and felt a little more settled whilst riding. The course, based on the A614 from Hatfield Woodhouse to Blaxton near Doncaster had a cross wind blowing across the course which helped the riders more on the 4 mile return leg from the turn. Favourite to win and scratchman was Kevin Dawson (Planet X), who won by over a minute with a time of 20.49 and was in a class of his own. ‘I was pleased with the way I rode’, commented Gareth, ‘but I thought I might go a bit quicker than the time I actually did, but all things considered I am still quite pleased with the way I rode’. 1
Kevin Dawson (Planet X) 20.49
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Scunthorpe 25 (06/06/2004) C25/33 - Great victory for Andy Moore
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A fine win for Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) closely followed by a 6th place for team mate Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) sealed a good days racing for the Cherry Valley pair in the Scunthorpe 25 on Sunday 6th June 2004. The Scunthorpe event was held on the slower of all the C1 based courses from Gainsborough to Lincoln. A fine and still morning greeted the early starters in the event which quickly turned humid. A promising still and quick morning eventually turned into a ‘real slog’ in both directions for the later riders which was reflected in many of the times on the day. Off number 30, Andy Lintin was setting a good pace out to the turn and followed that up by a good first lef back from the turn to Drinsey Nook before starting to suffer. Exiting the woods at Drinsey Nook, Andy Lintin started to suffer and the speeds were dropping off considerably but Andy still hung onto the finish to record a fine time of 59.44 for the day. Meanwhile, Andy Moore, starting behind Andy Lintin at number 35, was expecting a fast leg to the turn and a hard slog back to the finish into the win, but as most of the riders found, it felt just as hard in both directions. ‘it was just really hard and the rough road surface over the first and last 7 miles of the course did not help the times either’ said Andy Moore after the race. Andy Lintin commented after the race, ‘I had all weekend off work and was expecting to go a bit better today, but I was really tired and slept most of yesterday and perhaps I was more tired than expected and that may have affected my performance today’. 1st
Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) 56.44
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National 25 (06/06/2004) G25/53 - Superb ride by Ian in National 25
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) was the highest placed Lincolnshire rider in this weekends national 25 mile Championships held near Horsham in East Sussex on Sunday morning 6th June 2004. A superb 53.35 secured a 25th place overall despite being held up by traffic at many of the 20 roundabouts on the course which would have pushed Ian further up the result sheet. Still finishing in the top 30 in the National Championships and 1 second ahead of ‘Me Old’ Steve China was still an impressive result for Ian who has shown very intermittent form recently. ‘I didn’t touch the local hooch last night and stuck to the imported Batemans’ Ian commented, ‘but I felt to go quite well today despite the early morning start and those confusing roundabouts’. ‘It’s a bit much for a simple Lincolnshire lad like me’ Ian said, ‘they all talk funny and do strange things down here, not least with each other – it’s a bit like living in a soap opera’. Defending National 25 champ Stuart Dangerfield again retained his title with a stunning ride of 48.44 and eternal silver medallist and current National 50 champion Michael Hutchinson was again second with the only other sub 50 minute ride in a time of 49.09. Ian should be back to the top of the leader board this weekend when he takes on another foreign trip across the Trent at Gainsborough in the ‘comfort’ wheelers district time trial series this coming Sunday 13th June.
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Brocklesby CC 10 (09/06/2004) C10/6 - Another top 10 placing for Cherry Valley rider
Gareth Williams (Cherry Valley RT) was the only teams rider in the Brocklesby CC 10 held on Wednesday evening 9th June 2004. Riding on the harder of the two courses based on the A18 between Limber and Laceby, the start was at the bottom of the hill and finished at the top of the hill into a tough westerly headwind.
Event winner, Julian Ramsbottom (Newark Castle) flew around the course in a time of 21.09 closely followed by Stuart Wells (JC Cook RT) in a time of 21.38. There then followed a small scrap for the third place between Eddie Woolock (Wil-lec Panarmoria) and Aaron Tuplin (Alford Wheelers) with the up and coming Tuplin piping the more experienced Woolock with a great time of 22.37 and Woolock close behind with a 22.39. With third place taken, only a few seconds separated Sam Tuplin (Alford Wheelers), veteran Mike Shacklock (Otley CC) and Gareth Williams. With Sam Tuplin, older brother of Aaron, recording a 23.02, followed by Shacklock with a 23.06, Gareth Williams took 7th spot with a 23.07.
'I was a bit disappointed' claimed Gareth, 'I did a 9 hour ride on Sunday and felt to be still suffering the effects today and probably lost half a minute today. This is my second week of racing and with that in mind I should not be too despondent'.
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Julian Ramsbottom (Newark Castle CC) 21.09 2 Stuart Wells (JC Cook RT) 21.38 3 Aaron Tuplin (Alford Wheelers) 22.37 4 Eddie Woolock (Wil-lec Panarmoria) 22.39 5 Sam Tuplin (Alford Wheelers) 23.02 6 Mike Shacklock (Otley CC) 23.06 7 Gareth Williams (Cherry Valley RT) 23.07 |
Meersbrook 25 (12/06/2004) O25/10 - Cherry Valley riders battle in hard conditions
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A blustery shower affected race saw Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) secure a fine 9th place in the Meersbrook 25 held on the Ranby based O25/10 on Saturday evening, 12th June 2004. Andy Moore recorded a time of 53.48 in very difficult conditions on the A1 course with a very strong wind blowing from a northerly direction. Cherry Valley team mates Gareth Williams and Andy Lintin both recorded respectable times to finish 24th and 30th respectively. Andy Lintin, early off at number 6, got the finish in a time of 56.16 and Gareth Williams recorded a time of 55.59 to complete a fine night for the Cherry Valley riders. Race winner and in form rider who finished 8th in the National 25 championships the previous week, Carl Saint (Yorkshire RC) won the Meersbrook event in a time of 51.42. Andy Moore, like Gareth Williams thought it would be quicker on the return leg with the wind behind them from Blyth to the finish, but both riders found it quite difficult and the wind not as helpful to the finish. 1
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Doncaster Wheelers Hilly (13/06/2004) O16C - Demolition Dalton
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Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) completely dominated the Doncaster Wheelers Hilly time trial on Sunday 13th June 2004. Dalton also scored maximum points in the Rudy Project time trial table as this event was a district counting event and carried a 1st place tag of 30 district points towards the national overall points table. Dalton scorched his way around a hilly course on a very hot day covering two circuits around Wheatley, Gringley on the Hill, Clayworth and Clarborough. With each lap consisting of 16 miles per lap, Ian covered the 2 laps and 32 miles in a time of 1.12.33 over 2 and a half minutes ahead of second placed rider Alan Cooke (VC Chesterfield) with a time of 1.15.09. The last three riders of the day started at 2 minute intervals. With Ian starting slowly in the heat of the day and taking some miles to get into a rhythm, Ian caught his 2 minute (Alan Cooke) man just after the start of the second lap at Wheatley. After settling into his rhythm and taking in the climbs at Gringley on the Hill and Clarborough, there was a visible difference in speed between Ian and the rest of the field as Ian ploughed on right to the finish to completely demolish the rest of the field leaving him the clear winner. As the winner of the Doncaster Wheelers event Ian collect precious points which count toward the overall Rudy Project National Time Trial Series. ‘I found it difficult to get into a rhythm’, claimed the Cherry Valley rider after the race, ‘you only get a couple of miles to get your legs going before you reach the long climb upto Gringley on the Hill which was made harder by the strong headwind, but I seemed to go better on the second lap despite the rising heat’. 1 Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) 1.12.33 |
