Tough day out for Jon

Cambridge 10 TT - 03/06/2006 - E10/2

Despite the sun making a rare appearance and the temperature returning some sort of seasonal norm, the afternoon wind remained strong which did not go in Jon Surtees favour. Starting early in the full field of 120 riders, Jon had a storming ride out to the 5 mile turn reaching this point in a staggering 8 mins 38 seconds.

With such a quick ride to the turn it could only mean 1 thing for the return 5 mile leg to the finish and that was a hard slog into a strong headwind. As Jon turned into the wind exiting the turn, he could instantly feel the wind making life hard work and with no letup on the return leg Jon crossed the line in a time of 20.40 which he knew was off the mark for him. As the afternoon progressed the wind began to drop in strength and although this meant less advantage outbound to the turn for the later riders, more significantly, it mean the last leg to the finish was not as hard. This was reflected in some of the times as Ian Cammish (Sonic Cycles) posted the 2nd fastest time of 19.54 whilst the winner and the only other rider to break the 20 minute barrier was Sam Barker (API – Metrow).

Jon was later relatively pleased with his ride after realising what tough conditions they really were after placing 10th overall.

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