• Will Stephenson (Bournemouth Arrow/Hotel Collingwood) won the South Division junior road race title after a 30 mile solo breakaway. Pretty impressive as there was a very strong wind blowing. Stephenson, enjoying a great season, won by over two minutes on the rolling 50 mile course over Stockbridge Down in Hampshire.
• Strong winds made the going tough in the Wessex Road Club 50 mile time trial, held at Lytchett Matravers Reigning national 12 hour champion, Julian Jenkinson (Utag-Yamaha) was victorious but his time of 1.49.47 was only 18 seconds ahead of Jon Wynn, 1.50.05, with Tom Alliban (Revo Racing) in third, 1.52.56. Terry Icke,66, (Poole Wheelers) rode strongly to claim 4th in 1.56.28. Icke is also enjoying a good season, and is planning to ride the World Masters Track Champioships, at Manchester later this year. Icke will target the 3,000 metre pursuit.
• Last years overall series winner, Jason Eastwood (Hargroves Cycles) sprinted to victory in round 2 of the Moreton Road Race series. A field of 66 lined up for what proved to be a fast race. The scratch group caught the handicap groups in front, with two of the ten 3 mile laps remaining. Eastwood proved unstoppable in the dash for the line. Roland Tilley (ridebike.co.uk) and Andrew Boyd (revo racing) took the minor places. Speaking about his plans for this season Eastwood said, "I am aiming to podium at the world masters track champs in September and also intend to do a bit of time trialling, as i have just bought a TT bike. I have just come back from racing in Holland which was great, so am hoping to do more out there and Belgium too. Also doing a couple of Crits in California in August, just for the experience"
(I dont have many details yet, but a crash in the finishing straight at Moreton, last night, Thursday 25 resulted in ambulance being called)
Paul Hopkins (Merida UK) was a clear winner of the Dorset Rough Riders MTB 2 hour Enduro. Held at Coldharbour, deep in the Wareham Forest, Hopkins led from the first lap. Working well with teammate Gregg Shrosbree, the pair built a healthy lead. However, Shrosbree suffered a punctured and by the time he rejoined the race, he was left salvaging pride. Hopkins pushed on alone and built a lead of over 5 minutes, and looked very comfortable on the mix of single track, fire trails and dusty gravel paths. Roland Tilley (ridebike.co.uk) & James Horton (Primera) chased hard but could make no impression. Tilley finally dropped Horton on the last lap to take second, the Primera rider hanging on for third. Liz Gilmour (ridebike) won the ladies race from Heidi Gould (CC Weymouth) with Carol Tilley third.
Club Events
BJW 10 24/5 P472c 21 STARTERS
1,L PIERCY (DRAG2ZERO) 23.36
2,K RIDGE 25.21
3,C WHITE 26.02
NEW FOREST 10 24/5 P311 33 STARTERS
1,J GILFILIAN (TEAM FEAT) 21.58
2,S BARNES (GA CYCLES) 23.18
3,C HUMM 23.22
CC WEYMOUTH 10 24/5 P451 18 STARTERS
1,B RIGLAR 22.48
2,J CHAPMAN 23.09
3,C LAWSON 23.48
POOLE WH 25/5 P459 22 STARTERS
1,T ICKE 22.44
2,G DIGHTON 23.47
3,S.BIRTWISTLE 23.20
BOURNEMOUTH ARROW 26/05 10 P3II 17 STARTERS
1,J GILFILIAN (TEAM FEAT)
2,J DIBBEN (HARGROVES CYCLES)
3,P MATTHEWS (UTAG-YAMAHA)
And Finally a few lines from Andy Preston (CC Weymouth)
"I was getting ready for, and doing, my first 400 km audax from Shrewsbury to Holyhead and back …first time I've ridden through the night, which really was quite an experience – although I expect more enjoyable for being in a group than being on a TT - I can understand how you'd get into it ;-). Our main problem was the incredible storm that rolled around snowdownia for the whole afternoon and night, which made it more challenging than I'd expected."
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