National 12 Hour Results Delayed: Duggleby & Lethbridge Waiting....

Adam Duggleby (Vive Le Velo) & Alice Lethbridge (DRAG2 ZERO) were forced to put any celebrations on hold as timekeeping issues delayed the result s of the National 12 hour championship.A stiff westerley breeze and rough road surfaces on the Chawton leg making it a far from easy day. Duggeby, who had led from the start, finished in the fading light, his time running out at 20:20 on Sunday evening (17th) on the A31 at Bentley in Hampshire. Duggleby's ride was not without incident, a softening front tyre forcing him to stop and change wheels at 175 miles, whilst behind the scenes, two of his support crew suffered vehicle breakdowns.

A provisional distance of 321 giving him the title and a new competition record ahead of Kieron Davies (DRAG2ZERO), riding his first "twelve", with a provisional 319 miles.

Lethbridge, looking strong all day,despite her saddle slipping down,looks to have won the womens title, the 33 year old provisionally beating her own comp record of 285.64 miles set last year, with 292 miles.

Event secretary Don Ashton of the promoting, Farnborough & Camberley Wheelers club, made the correct and only decision, to delay the results, making the announcement at the Alton Assembly rooms, event HQ, late on Sunday night.

Rider Reaction
Alice Lethbridge
"It was really, really hard to day because of the wind, into the headwind up at Chawton, i was down to 15 miles and hour and the road surface, i have got very bruised arms. Unfortunately i know this course, despite double padding on my armrests my arms are very bruised. I dropped a few bottles (laughing), oh i am really pleased, very happy, to get the 15 mile record last Wednesday and this today, yes very happy. Like last year I just rode on feel, i have my heart rate and power but i was feeling ok, perhaps i went out a bit too hard because i was not expecting the wind to pick up. I dropped the same amount of watts as last year but i was 20 watts higher average. I might ride a 50 next week, the it's the British Cycling Championships, which i am really excited about"

Adam Duggleby
" About 322,!It is really rough road up at Chawton and really windy, in the middle of day it was really hard work going back up. Between 6 and 8 hours i was not great but i had loads of drink and caffeine gels and felt loads better. Even the tailwind did not feel great but soon as it started to calm down towards the end of the day it definitely got better, the last hour and half it was pretty fast in both directions. I thought i should press on with an hour to go, i could see Keiron (Davies) was, i knew what he was doing, he had started gaining on me a little bit so i thought i better try and press on a bit, i knew i was up on him"
Full Final Results
1 Alice Lethbridge Female Senior DRAG2ZERO 290.08 Miles 24.173 Mph 165
1 Adam Duggleby Male Senior Vive Le Velo 321.45 Miles 26.787 Mph 165
2 Jackie Field Female Vet CC Ashwell 273.38 Miles 22.781 Mph 162.643
2 Kieron Davies Male Senior DRAG2ZERO 319.69 Miles 26.641 Mph 162.643
3 Richard Gildea Male Senior Didcot Phoenix CC 301.19 Miles 25.099 Mph 160.286
3 Crystal Spearman Female Senior NOPINZ 269.24 Miles 22.437 Mph 160.286
4 Stephen Williamson Male Vet ...a3crg 299.43 Miles 24.953 Mph 157.929
4 Pip Jenkins Female Senior Southborough & Dist. Whs 268.51 Miles 22.376 Mph 157.929
5 Mark Turnbull Male Vet TORQ Performance 295.72 Miles 24.643 Mph 155.571
5 Katja Rietdorf Female Vet Born to Bike - Bridgtown Cycles 257.88 Miles 21.49 Mph 155.571
6 Matthew Garthwaite Male Senior Rhino Velo Race Team 293.53 Miles 24.461 Mph 153.214
6 Lynne Biddulph Female Vet Born to Bike - Bridgtown Cycles 255.49 Miles 21.291 Mph 153.214
7 Peter Hooper Male Senior Eastbourne Rovers CC 291.91 Miles 24.326 Mph 150.857
7 Emily Middleditch Female Senior Deeside Thistle CC 249.61 Miles 20.801 Mph 150.857
8 Michael Cross Male Vet Yorkshire Road Club 287.80 Miles 23.983 Mph 148.5
8 Steph Mottram Female Senior Torelli-Beastwear-Brother 245.64 Miles 20.47 Mph 148.5
9 Neil Lauder Male Senior PMR @ Toachim House 285.03 Miles 23.753 Mph 146.143
9 Kate Bradley Female Vet Mickey Cranks Cycling Club 236.86 Miles 19.738 Mph 146.143
10 Paul Jackson Male Vet Team Bottrill / Vanguard 281.51 Miles 23.459 Mph 143.786
10 Susan Semple Female Vet Born to Bike - Bridgtown Cycles 236.10 Miles 19.675 Mph 143.786
11 Daren Austin Male Vet Twickenham CC 281.33 Miles 23.444 Mph 141.429
11 Alison Vessey Female Vet Didcot Phoenix CC 218.50 Miles 18.208 Mph 141.429
12 Harriet Somers Female Vet Farnham RC 208.82 Miles 17.402 Mph 139.071
12 Doug Hart Male Vet Ilkley CC 277.68 Miles 23.14 Mph 139.071
13 Suzanne Shaw Female Vet Kingston Phoenix RC 83.81 Miles 6.984 Mph 136.714
13 Theresa Taylor Female Vet Ribble Valley Crossroads Care Cycling Team 83.81 Miles 6.984 Mph 136.714
13 Nick Clarke Male Senior Lovelo Cinelli RT 276.24 Miles 23.02 Mph 136.714
14 Nick Cave Male Vet Lutterworth Cycle Centre Racing Team 274.58 Miles 22.882 Mph 134.357
15 Lawrence Burrows Male Senior Vive Le Velo 272.12 Miles 22.676 Mph 132
16 David Triska Male Senior Velo Club Godalming & Haslemere 269.16 Miles 22.43 Mph 129.643
17 Colin Ross Male Senior Lea Valley CC 266.03 Miles 22.169 Mph 127.286
18 Sean Quinn Male Vet Law Wheelers 265.84 Miles 22.153 Mph 124.929
19 Dan Bromilow Male Vet Ely & District CC/B&T Motor Repairs 259.64 Miles 21.637 Mph 122.571
20 Nick Jones Male Vet Bournemouth Jubilee Whs 258.31 Miles 21.526 Mph 120.214
21 Neil Barford Male Vet 45 RC 256.77 Miles 21.398 Mph 117.857
22 James Fritchley Male Senior Wheels of Dorset | Aero Testing | Bike Fitting 256.43 Miles 21.369 Mph 115.5
23 Angus Swanson Male Vet Stirling Bike Club 255.80 Miles 21.317 Mph 113.143
24 Chris Hopkinson Male Vet Richmond CC 254.65 Miles 21.221 Mph 110.786
25 Steve Burrows Male Vet Vive Le Velo 254.63 Miles 21.22 Mph 108.429
26 Laurence Rose Male Senior Twickenham CC 253.95 Miles 21.162 Mph 106.071
27 Marcus Blagrove Male Senior Mersey Tri 248.01 Miles 20.668 Mph 103.714
28 Alexander Kew Male Vet Kingston Phoenix RC 245.56 Miles 20.463 Mph 101.357
29 Ray Retter Male Vet Born to Bike - Bridgtown Cycles 243.61 Miles 20.301 Mph 99
30 Nigel Sign Male Vet Fareham Wheelers CC 243.56 Miles 20.297 Mph 96.643
31 Philip Wade Male Senior Green Jersey RT 241.68 Miles 20.14 Mph 94.286
32 Gordon Scott Male Vet CC Weymouth 238.56 Miles 19.88 Mph 91.929
33 Martin Arundel Male Vet Verulam CC 237.27 Miles 19.772 Mph 89.571
34 Jp Pretorius Male Senior Vive Le Velo 233.35 Miles 19.445 Mph 87.214
35 Jon Fairclough Male Vet VTTA (Surrey & Sussex) 231.80 Miles 19.317 Mph 84.857
36 Simon Trehearn Male Vet Kingston Phoenix RC 226.25 Miles 18.854 Mph 82.5
37 Ian Neville Male Vet Clarence Wheelers CC 225.50 Miles 18.791 Mph 80.143
38 Malcolm Borg Male Vet West Suffolk Wheelers 224.76 Miles 18.73 Mph 77.786
39 Adrian Watkins Male Vet Tornado Road Cycling Club 219.80 Miles 18.317 Mph 75.429
40 Dave Pemberton Male Vet Born to Bike - Bridgtown Cycles 219.21 Miles 18.268 Mph 73.071
41 Richard Claxton Male Vet VC Elan - Harry Perry Cycles 219.14 Miles 18.261 Mph 70.714
42 Matt Price Male Senior Icknield RC 217.56 Miles 18.13 Mph 68.357
43 Harry Cowley Male Vet Chester RC 193.35 Miles 16.112 Mph 66
44 Brian Hygate Male Vet Fareham Wheelers CC 191.29 Miles 15.941 Mph 63.643
45 Vernon Schutte Male Vet Farnborough & Camberley CC 190.40 Miles 15.867 Mph 61.286
46 Richard Bideau Male Vet Pendle Forest CC 184.57 Miles 15.381 Mph 58.929
47 Paul Tunnell Male Vet Addiscombe CC 183.46 Miles 15.288 Mph 56.571
48 Gray Turnock Male Vet Finsbury Park CC 164.42 Miles 13.702 Mph 54.214
49 Robert Bullyment Male Vet Catford CC 144.27 Miles 12.022 Mph 51.857
50 Ed Neilson Male Vet Vive Le Velo 103.96 Miles 8.663 Mph 49.5
50 Richard Parrotte Male Vet Shaftesbury CC 103.96 Miles 8.663 Mph 49.5
50 Gavin Macdougall Male Vet Tavistock Whs CC 103.96 Miles 8.663 Mph 49.5
53 Andy Jackson Male Vet AeroCoach 83.81 Miles 6.984 Mph 42.429
53 Hadyn James Male Senior Velolife 83.81 Miles 6.984 Mph 42.429
53 Nigel Brooks Male Vet Stirling Bike Club 83.81 Miles 6.984 Mph 42.429
56 Jocelyn Chappell Male Vet Aylesbury CC 63.65 Miles 5.305 Mph