Tuesday 3 July 2012

03/07/2012 - David Gudgin 25 Results

July saw no improvement in the weather, but the final David Gudgin 25 had the best turn out so far with 8 riders, perhaps inspired by the start of the "Le Tour" at the weekend.  Although the rain held off for the event, a previous shower had left the course wet.

Leading the way was Ben Wilson with the fastest time this season for the evening David Gudgin series with an agonisingly close to a sub hour ride of 1:00:10. It later transpired that Ben had stopped half way round to check his bike for a phantom puncture which cost him sub-hour glory.

Deciding that riding a 25 mile time trial was not enough of a challenge, Clive Collins and Nick Hickman decided to add a beer stop at the pub in Old Warden to sink half a pint on the second lap. It was Nick who set the benchmark with a drinking time of twenty seconds, with Clive trailing him by a further six seconds. It is expected that these times will be reduced as the season goes on with some specialised training sessions.

Thanks to Frank Turner for carrying out dual roles of Timekeeping (both riding and drinking) and Pushing Off.

Ben Wilson (J)
1:00:10
Neil Fraser
1:00:49
Ryan Witchell (J)
1:06:00
James Gomm
1:07:09
Jaouade Izzo
1:09:40 BRCC
Nick Hickman
1:13:02
Clive Collins
1:15:23 
Charlie Pugh (J)
1:23:15 FT

BRCC = Beds Road Cycle Club
FT = Freedom Tri