The first major surprise was that despite wide spread consensus from Britain's meteorologists that it would rain, it stayed dry. It was reported at the end of the event that there was a monsoon in neighbouring Stotfold, so the weather gods were obviously smiling on the Nomads tonight. (Shame they didn't last Sunday - SD)
The second surprise was that Andrew Herbert was knocked off the top spot by a brilliant ride by Ben Wilson, with the pair being separated by a meagre two seconds. Another closely fought battle occurred between the "best of the rest" as 25 seconds separated positions three to six.
Nick Hickman decided to ride the event on his Brompton Bike (A folding bike typically used by city commuters for those who are non bike savvy) in preparation for the Brompton World Championships (Details here) in late August. His time included assembly which reportedly took 18 seconds, which is quicker than he can drink beer (see last week's TT report for details). Nick will ride the rest of the time trials on his Brompton, so we look forward to see his progress.
Well done to Stephen Oliver who came out to ride his first Time Trial, we look forward to seeing you on the course again.
There was a bit of a downer to the event as Jason Stewart (CCA) was very nearly knocked off his bike by a (insert preferred phrase from Bradley Wiggins' press conference here) driver in a Land Rover who overtook Jason in Old Warden and preceded to slam on the breaks resulting in Jason having to lock up his wheels and slide sideways just missing the vehicle. He had to break so hard the he wore through his rear tyre to the thread which caused the tyre to deflate. Fortunately he managed to stay upright and avoid serious injury. Hopefully this is just a one off incident by a careless driver just passing through the village.
Thanks to Frank Turner for Timekeeping and to Clive Collins, Richard Bland and Geoff Perry for carrying out Pushing Off duties and assisting Frank.
| Ben Wilson (J) | 24:00 | |
| Andrew Herbert | 24:02 | |
| Paul Ambrose | 25:41 iC | |
| James Gomm | 25:57 | |
| Ryan Witchell (J) | 26:05 | |
| Peter Gell | 26:06 BRCC | |
| Jaouade Izzo | 27:03 BRCC | |
| Jon Traynor | 29:20 | |
| Nigel Wilson | 29:34 | |
| Nick Hickman | 32:19 | |
| Stephen Oliver | 38:48 | |
| Jason Stuart | DNF CCA |
BRCC = Beds Road Cycle Club
iC = iCycle
CCA = Cycle Club Ashwell
