National Team Time Trial - 03/07/2005
- Course - Boston
A great ride by Cherry Valley trio Andy Moore, Ian
Dalton and Andy Lintin saw the three riders take 11th
place in the National Championship Team Time Trial held
near Boston on Sunday 3rd July.
The Cherry Valley team covered the 50km course in a
time of 1.8.21 despite most of the work being done by
Andy Moore and Ian with Andy Lintin still struggling
with his form and being unable to contribute to the
pace setting. The course was mainly flat starting near
Frithville before heading to Sibsey and up the A16 to
encounter the only small climb of note on the circuit
at East Keal. From East Keal the race moved onto to
the A155 through Revesby and onto Tumby roundabout then
heading south through New York and turning left once
again to complete the loop through Gipsey Bridge. With
the wind behind the riders Ian and Andy Moore set the
tempo for the day as they headed Northwards with the
speed rarely dropping below 30 mph. A short break in
the momentum ensued for Andy and Ian at the top of Keal
Hill while Andy Lintin drew his breath for the next
leg of this epic team time trial.
Now fully warmed up, Andy and Ian were putting in some
long hard turns to keep the speed high before they turned
into the headwind and down the featureless straights
through New York. As the ever increasing breeze from
the South took its toll on the riders, Ian and Andy
Moore pressed on harder to keep the speed as near to
28mph as possible. As the trio turned left at Langrick
to Gipsey bridge is was an all out effort for the line
as the Cherry Valley team were caught and passed by
De Rosa RT who took the bronze medal.
With the finish line in sight, and not a moment too
soon for the suffering Andy Lintin, a final huge effort
saw the Cherry Valley trio cross the line in 1.8.21
to finish 11th at an average speed of 27.2mph. The Cherry
Valley team could only now wonder what they might have
done if Andy Lintin had the same form he had shown just
a few weeks prior to the race.
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1 Rob Hayles,
Paul Manning, Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) 1:01:20
2 Duncan Alexander, Sam Barker, Michael Hutchinson
(API-Metrow) (A) 1:02:23
3 Matthew Bottrill, Andy Collis, Julian Ramsbottom
(De Rosa RT) 1:03:34
4 Danny Axford, David Law, Andy Proffitt (Arctic
Shorter Rochford RT) 1:03:40
5 Zak Carr, James Millard, Geoff Platts (Team
Clean) (1:04:01)
6 Jon Sharples, Peter Tadros, Steve Walkling (In-Gear
Quickfit RT) (A) 1:04:26
7 Richard Bradley, Charles McCulloch, (Stuart
Shawcross Leo RC) 1:04:53
8 Douglas Bradshaw, Gary Empson, Stuart Wright
(API-Metrow (B)) 1:06:05
9 Simon Berogna, James Dear, David Pollard (In-Gear
Quickvit RT (B)) 1:07:32
10 Paul Monaghan, Neil Walker, Nigel White (Sherwood
CC) 1:07:35
11 Ian Dalton, Andrew Lintin, Andrew G
Moore (Cherry Valley Racing Team) 1:08:21
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