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Rudy Success for Ian
Rudy Project TT Round 3 - 21/04/2007 - Harby, Notts
Saturday 21st April saw Nottingham Clarion promote the third
round of the 2007 Rudy Project Time Trial Series on a course
based near Harby and Belvoir Castle.
The race distance was 26.5 miles for all categories covering
two laps of a circuit that started 2.5 miles east of the village
of Harby on Long Lane, a left turn in Harby and it was on
to the long climb of Harby Hill, which had it’s steepest
section near the top. Left again and through the village of
Eastwell heading towards Belvoir along the ride top, this
section of the course was fast with the riders getting some
help from the wind, but it was not all good news at road surface
was rough making it difficult get a good rhythm going. Left
at Belvior and down the hill back to Long Lane for two miles
to complete a lap.
Cherry Valley rider Ian Dalton was competing in the veterans
(40+) category which had it’s best quality field to
date, been one of the seeded riders Ian was starting towards
the back of the field of riders and it was local rider Darren
Hodgkinson from Sherwood CC who set the early target with
a time of 1hr 7mins 37sec, Darren held the lead until Simon
Keeton of Rutland CC some ten minutes later bettered the time
with a 1.06.04. The next rider to top the leader board was
Scotland’s Equipe Velo Ecosse Garry Brown with a 1.04.53.
With the seeded riders now finishing the top placing were
changing quickly, Stephen Marchant of Swindon Road Club now
had the fastest time of the day with a 1.03.18, next rider
to finish was Boston Wheelers Jim Boyle who’s 1.04.33
put him into second place, for now. The next three riders
that finished were to take the top three places overall, they
were local fast man Nigel White of Sherwood CC, and joint
series leaders Cherry Valleys Ian Dalton and Dave Dent from
Wightlink / Offshore Race Team.
Time checks at the top of Harby Hill for the first time after
less than 5 miles of racing had Cherry Valleys Ian Dalton
5 seconds faster than Nigel White but 15 seconds slower than
Dave Dent. After the climb for the second time the time gaps
were Ian 40 seconds faster than Nigel but still behind Dave
by only 6 seconds. It was going to be the last 8 miles of
racing the would separate Ian and Dave, the second time along
the ride top Ian felt to be going faster than his first lap
but would it be fast enough? At the finish Nigel White clocked
1.03.04 to take the lead, until Ian Dalton finished with a
1.02.10, Dave Dent had slowed on his second lap suffering
with cramp but still managed to clock 1.02.42 good enough
for second place.
With Ian taking his second win in the series he is now leading
by a single point from Dave Dent.
Round 4 takes place in two weeks time promoted by Doncaster
Wheelers before the series takes a mid season break until
mid August through to October when the final four rounds will
be contested
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1
Ian Dalton (Cherry Valley RT ) 1:02:10 25.673mph
2 Dave Dent (Wightlink/Offshore Race Team) 1:02:42 25.455mph
3 Nigel White (Sherwood CC) 1:03:04 25.307mph
4 Stephen Marchant (Swindon Road Club ) 1:03:18 25.213mph
5 Jim Boyle (Boston Wheelers CC) 1:04:33 24.725mph
6 Roger Iddles (Stourbridge CC ) 1:04:50 24.617mph
7 Garry Brown (Equipe Velo Ecosse ) 1:04:53 24.598mph
8 Geoff Platts (De Rosa RT ) 1:04:55 24.585mph
9 David Barnes (Wyre Forest CRC ) 1:05:04 24.529mph
10 Chris Vasey (Gloucester City CC ) 1:05:37 24.323mph
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