2020 WECC RIDERS IN OPEN TIME TRIALS
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
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Kelvin Newman |
1:01:56 |
43 |
|
|
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Nolan Heather |
DNS(A) |
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Rome Bhamra |
DNS |
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
+/- |
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Kelvin Newman |
5:10.4 |
19 |
|
|
|
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Nik Allen |
5:19.2 |
21 |
+0:01 |
6 |
-0:01 |
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Colin Toppin |
5:50.7 |
27 |
-0:35 |
9 |
-0:34 |
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Rick Hughes |
7:08.6 |
33 |
-1:29 |
13 |
-1:43 |
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John McGrath |
DNS |
And, once again, big thanks are due to Chris Putnam for promoting the event, this being his final season.
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
||
Colin Toppin |
36:54 |
24 |
+3:11 |
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Rick Hughes |
38:31 |
29 |
+2:45 |
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Ian Newbold |
39:40 |
34 |
+0:25 |
|||
Paul Townsley |
40:28 |
37 |
+3:31 |
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Nik Allen |
Unable to finish
due to RTA |
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Nolan Heather |
Unable to start due
to RTA |
Despite a CTT results being published the event was voided as the SCA Championship 15 and also voided as the WECC Championship 15.
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
|
Paul Townsley |
31:04 |
23 |
Utag RT 10
|
P881/10
|
Saturday 5 Sept 2020
|
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
||
Nik Allen |
20:28 |
57 |
+6:17 |
|
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Nolan Heather |
21:45 |
99 |
+4:37 |
|
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Colin Barton |
DNS(A) |
The qualifying entry time is fast indeed. The first 102 riders all finished inside 21:59.
Nik and Nolan secured their fastest 10s of a very brief season.
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|||
Nik Allen |
58:08 |
13 |
+8:37 |
8 |
+9:43 |
|
TT Bike event |
|
Road Bike event |
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
||
Nik Allen |
55:00 |
24 |
+12:51 |
|||
Nolan Heather |
59:27 |
45 |
+7:25 |
|||
Spencer Kirkham |
1:00:03 |
47 |
+8:35 |
|||
Colin Toppin |
1:01:46 |
61 |
+5:42 |
|||
Rick Hughes |
1:03:59 |
72 |
+5:31 |
|||
Paul Townsley |
1:06:05 |
80 |
+8:05 |
|||
Trevor Leeding |
1:10:29 |
90 |
-1:38 |
|||
Simon Steeles |
DNS(A) |
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
||
Nik Allen |
55:13 |
16 |
+12:38 |
|||
Nolan Heather |
58:34 |
34 |
+8:18 |
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Spencer Kirkham |
59:47 |
42 |
+8:51 |
|||
Simon Steeles |
1:00:28 |
47 |
+7:23 |
|||
Colin Toppin |
1:01:14 |
51 |
+6:14 |
|||
Trevor Leeding |
1:02:16 |
56 |
+6:35 |
|||
Rick Hughes |
1:04:18 |
64 |
+5:12 |
|||
Paul Townsley |
1:07:04 |
68 |
+7:06 |
|||
Ian Newbold |
DNS |
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
||
Nik Allen |
21:08 |
19 |
+5:37 |
9 |
Race report from Nik:
On the right day this would be a very nice course (Q10/1). A very slight rolling climb to turn and then reverse to the finish with a slightly dodgy tight, speed draining left turn with half mile to go. This point was proved by winner, Chris Fennel in 18:11. Only 93 seconds ahead of 2nd place!!!!!!! Anyway I made no use of this, as the 10 mph headwind seemed to drain my strength leaving very little to make use of better return leg. And as for the last half mile after turn....... I think that I was being sucked back into the vacuum being left by Chris Fennell.... The search for race legs continues. |
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
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Rick Hughes |
2:14:37 |
43 |
+6:58 |
26 |
+7:50 |
28 |
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Trevor Leeding |
DNF |
|
TT Bike event |
|
Road bike event
|
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
+/- |
|
Pos |
|||
Nik Allen |
1:08:51 |
9 |
+8:51 |
7 |
+12:59 |
7 |
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Nolan Heather |
1:13:38 |
15 |
+3:37 |
23 |
+7:00 |
16 |
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Trevor Leeding |
1:16:25 |
23 |
+6:41 |
17 |
+6:37 |
17 |
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
+/- |
||
Ian Newbold |
26:20 |
1 |
+0:16 |
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Colin Barton |
DNS |
Rider |
Time |
|
Pos |
Comp |
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John McGrath |
58:45 |
7 |
TT Bike |
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Nik Allen |
58:47 |
8 |
TT Bike |
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Simon Steeles |
1:05:41 |
24 |
TT Bike |
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Ian Cheesman |
1:07:04 |
27 |
Road Bike |
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Colin Toppin |
1:07:52 |
29 |
Road Bike |
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Rick Hughes |
1:08:55 |
30 |
TT Bike |
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Dominic Maxwell |
DNS |
Road Bike |
Our riders made their own decisions as to their equipment choice and with John McGrath and Simon Steeles citing riding their TT rigs as "scary" those opting for road bikes may have chosen wisely! It was a difficult ride with a cornucopia of pot-holes and puddles to be avoided and quite breezy at some points. Worthing put in a good and solid performance and if nothing else it would be a good race training ride.
It should be noted that Rick had to deal with a shipped chain which impacted his time but John won his age category and came 3rd on VTTA Standard, as well as taking club honours, just 2 seconds ahead of Nik. Had Dom not been suffering from a cold WECC would have won the road bike category by default.
A good start to the 2020 season with some early points for our riders in the SPOCO competition.