Winning ways continue as Andy Moore repeats his 2004 victory

Bourne Wheelers Hardriders 25 - 13/03/2005 - Course CS/13

Another cold, windy but this time sunny day saw the start of the racing season for Andy Moore (Cherry Valley RT) with a stunning victory on the Bourne Wheelers Hilly event held around two laps of the Essendine circuit near Stamford in Lincolnshire on Sunday 13th March 2005. Andy rode strongly on his recently converted road bike over the bumpy and hilly Lincolnshire roads battling a strong and bitterly cold North Westerly wind finish in a time of 56.39 to beat his team mate Ian Dalton by a comfortable margin.

Ian, also opting to ride his road bike, was suffering the effects of his first double racing weekend after his rapid ride in the Scunthorpe 10 the previous day recorded a time of 57.21. With Ian and Andy fighting it out for first place, Gareth (Cherry Valley RT) was a further minute behind team mate Ian to take third spot and dominate the overall placings with a time of 58.18.

A further minute behind teammate Gareth was Andy Lintin (Cherry Valley RT) with a time of 59.16 to finish in fifth spot. Andy who was suffering with mechanical difficulties still managed to complete his second lap stronger than his first. Just missing out on 6th place and finishing 9th overall was Aaron Tuplin (Cherry Valley RT) with a fine time of 1.00.23.

With all 5 of the Cherry Valley riders gaining top 10 placings, the team dominated the Bourne Wheelers Hilly. This was a good day for the team so early on in the season especially with so much more to come from Aaron, Sam and Richard who have barely started training.

‘Just glad to get the first race out of the way’ was Andy’s response to his first ride and win of the 2005 season. Meanwhile, Aaron was in reflective mood admitting to over training during the week and performing 500 sit-ups at the Gym on the Thursday evening was the best preparation for his first weekend of racing but its still so early the counting events for the team don’t start until next weekend.

The team now prepare for the LRRA 2up next weekend 20th March which will see Richard Robinson (Cherry Valley RT) partner Aaron in his first race of the season. The other partnerships are Andy Moore and Ian Dalton who will be favourites to retain the championship and Andy Lintin and Gareth Williams.

Team - Cherry Valley RT (Andy Moore, Ian Dalton, Gareth Williams)