Cherry Valley duo regain first Lincolnshire Title of the year

LRRA 25 mile 2up Team Time Trial - 20/03/2005 - Course C25/27

Underlying their recent good form at the opening of the 2005 racing season, Andy Moore and Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT) won the Lincolnshire 2up Team Time Trial championship on Sunday March 20th. The Cherry Valley duo powered their way around a 25 mile circuit based in the Boston area in a superb time of 55.40. After previously warm temperatures throughout the week preceding the championships, it was surprise for the riders to be faced with a strong cool wind blowing in off the east coast in a south westerly direction on this dull and overcast day. However, this did not deter Ian and Andy from putting in a performance that proved too strong for any of the other teams on the day as they averaged 26.9 mph over the 25 mile circuit to finish in first place.

The day was made even sweeter for the Cherry Valley Team as team mates Andy Lintin and Gareth Williams made it a one two in the Lincolnshire Championships covering the 25 mile circuit in a time of 58.14, a clear 37 seconds ahead of Alford Wheelers pairing Chris O’Rourke and Craig Lamb.

The Cherry Valley domination of the Lincolnshire 2up Championships was consolidated with a 5th position for the Cherry Valley pairing of Aaron Tuplin and Richard Robinson. With Richard riding his first race in Cherry Valley colours, got his season off to a good start today following a series of painful back injuries that saw his pre-season training start only 5 weeks ago – Impressive stuff. Aaron also showed his continuing good start to the season was no fluke by performing around 60% of the work at the front of their race.

Andy Moore commented after the race ‘I was relieved that my win last week was not a one off fluke as I still felt quite strong again today’. Andy Moore’s partner Ian Dalton was also pleased to find some consistency with his ride claiming ‘I really only settled into a good rhythm over the last 9 miles of the course from Revesby to the finish’.

Andy Lintin and Gareth Williams (Cherry Valley RT), found it more difficult to keep an even pace until the final 9 miles of headwind where the work and pace was shared more evenly between the two team mates. ‘I found it hard to hold Gareth’s wheel when he was at the front and I just couldn’t recover for long periods of time, but when we hit the head wind from Revesby, I used a lower gear and that helped me settle into a more reasonable cadence’ Andy said. ‘Andy and myself decided not too use disc wheels today’, said Gareth, ‘which I think made it harder for us than other teams who used discs but we still managed to get second place so with Ian and Andy winning and Aaron and Richard getting 5th, we had another really good day out for the team’.

The following images have been supplied courtesy of Sue Dalton