Hutchinson repeated his success of 2012 this year riding a sub-50 minute time of 49:55 to win the Men's competition.
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| HNCC Open 25 event winner, Michael Hutchinson (In Gear/Quickvit/ Trainsharp RT). Picture - K Perry) |
Ashley Cox of CC Luton continues a rich vein of form to take second place ahead of Jonathan Parker of PMR@Toachin House who rounded off the top three spots.
Congratulations also to Michelle Arthurs of Redhill CC who won the Ladies' competition.
Cycling Weekly Report - Hutch wins in Hitchin
It proved to be a fast event with 15 competitors riding sub-hour times including the Nomads' own Simon Doyle who rode his fastest 25 time since his comeback to time trialling. The remainder of the home team had mixed results, with Michael Webb riding his fastest 25 time for three years but Nick Hickman, who was on for a big improvement on his PB, punctured after 14 miles.
Jon Traynor missed out on a 25 PB by 35 seconds and Nick Senechal missed out on a sub-1:10:00 by 2 seconds.
All in all the day was a great success however the event would not have been such a rip roaring success without the help of the many club members who volunteered their time to help run the event through time keeping (Frank Turner, James Spence and the venerable John Pick), marshalling (David Rossall, Paul Riley, Mark Young and Nigel Wilson) and running the kitchen (Daisy Doyle, Hannah Wilson and Janice Wilson).
A big thank you also goes out to all those who provided cakes for the event which were gratefully received by the competitors post-ride.
Well done to James Gomm for putting his neck on the block to organise and take responsibility for an elite level time trial today. Riders were also graciously supported by many of out friends of CC Ashwell along the route - which underlines the good spirit of competition and camaraderie that exists in the District (Ed. Simon).
It would be great to get more Nomads riding next year and if you are in any doubt that you will enjoy it there is one man who seemed to do so and also indicated that he would be back next year...
Images are available from Keith Perry's online gallery: Kwperry>SmugMug
Press coverage: Cycling Weekly
Results
| # | Name | Club | Split-13 Miles | 25 Miles | Pos |
| 60 | Michael Hutchinson | In Gear-Quickvit-Trainsharp RT | 00:26:17 | 00:49:55 | 1 |
| 30 | Ashley Cox | CC Luton | 00:27:37 | 00:52:40 | 2 |
| 41 | Jonathan Parker | PMR @ Toachim House | 00:28:23 | 00:53:57 | 3 |
| 21 | Simon Norman | Bedfordshire Road CC | 00:29:32 | 00:56:10 | 4 |
| 50 | Luke Clarke | TMG Horizon Cycling Team | 00:29:39 | 00:56:23 | 5 |
| 56 | Maurice Brennan | Redhill CC | 00:29:48 | 00:56:23 | 5 |
| 20 | Dave Dent | Wightlink/Offshore RT | 00:30:04 | 00:57:24 | 7 |
| 55 | Jason Stuart | CC Ashwell | 00:30:16 | 00:57:26 | 8 |
| 15 | Steve Torley | www.twenty3c.co.uk | 00:29:07 | 00:57:36 | 9 |
| 10 | Martin Reynolds | Cambridge CC | 00:30:49 | 00:58:20 | 10 |
| 35 | Nick Jackson | Cambridge CC | 00:30:42 | 00:58:32 | 11 |
| 5 | Alan Lovegrove | North Road CC | 00:30:54 | 00:58:42 | 12 |
| 6 | Richard Price | London Phoenix CC | 00:31:40 | 00:59:35 | 13 |
| 52 | Simon Doyle | Hitchin Nomads CC | 00:31:21 | 00:59:45 | 14 |
| 39 | Adam Fisher | St Ives CC | 00:31:10 | 00:59:50 | 15 |
| 9 | Marcus Whelband | Team Milton Keynes | 00:32:03 | 01:00:16 | 16 |
| 46 | Tony Marriott | Hertfordshire Whs | 00:31:34 | 01:00:30 | 17 |
| 51 | Richard Hutt | Lampard RC | 00:31:56 | 01:00:36 | 18 |
| 2 | Kevin Creese | Chronos RT | 00:31:51 | 01:00:52 | 19 |
| 25 | David Creese | Chronos RT | 00:32:12 | 01:00:56 | 20 |
| 32 | Jonathan Scott | Verulam CC | 00:32:19 | 01:01:36 | 21 |
| 11 | Ian Markham | Chronos RT | 00:32:39 | 01:01:44 | 22 |
| 57 | Ellis Dudley | CC Ashwell | 00:32:05 | 01:01:52 | 23 |
| 42 | Chris Pearce | CC Ashwell | 00:32:24 | 01:01:56 | 24 |
| 29 | Julian Pegg | CC Ashwell | 00:33:00 | 01:01:58 | 25 |
| 45 | Alan Crane | Chronos RT | 00:32:37 | 01:02:00 | 26 |
| 16 | Brian Evans | Hertfordshire Whs | 00:32:42 | 01:02:13 | 27 |
| 22 | Chris Symonds | North Road CC | 00:33:25 | 01:02:37 | 28 |
| 13 | Anthony Collier | HA Tri | 00:32:15 | 01:02:45 | 29 |
| 19 | Simon Gray | Cambridge CC | 00:33:19 | 01:02:45 | 29 |
| 26 | Richard Burton | Westerley CC | 00:33:00 | 01:03:07 | 31 |
| 47 | Andrew Smith | Team Milton Keynes | 00:33:22 | 01:04:20 | 32 |
| 1 | Michael Webb | Hitchin Nomads CC | 0:33:59 | 01:04:46 | 33 |
| 12 | Sean Bradley | Team Trisports | 00:34:01 | 01:04:50 | 34 |
| 49 | Barry Page | Hertfordshire Whs | 00:33:43 | 01:04:56 | 35 |
| 37 | Michelle Arthurs (W) | Redhill CC | 00:34:15 | 01:05:19 | 36 |
| 53 | Michael Martin | CC Ashwell | 00:34:38 | 01:06:13 | 37 |
| 58 | Rhian Smith (W) | Team Milton Keynes | 00:35:00 | 01:07:02 | 38 |
| 33 | Peter Bullen | Finsbury Park CC | 00:35:09 | 01:07:03 | 39 |
| 3 | Joel Farrow | Team Trisports | 00:35:41 | 01:07:24 | 40 |
| 31 | Peter Walton | Hertfordshire Wheelers | 00:35:35 | 01:07:28 | 41 |
| 23 | Tony Shortland | Team Trisports | 00:36:03 | 01:08:51 | 42 |
| 43 | Andrew Porter | Welwyn Wheelers | 00:36:03 | 01:09:02 | 43 |
| 14 | Gary Freer | Team Trisports | 00:36:33 | 01:09:30 | 44 |
| 48 | Nick Senechal | Hitchin Nomads CC | 00:36:13 | 01:10:01 | 45 |
| 7 | Leslie Morris | VTTA (L & HC) | 00:36:55 | 01:10:13 | 46 |
| 34 | Jackie Perry (W) | Team Trisports | 00:36:54 | 01:10:19 | 47 |
| 38 | Keith Cockburn | Team Trisports | 00:37:40 | 01:10:19 | 47 |
| 17 | Lee Holmes | CC Ashwell | 00:34:00 | 01:10:47 | 49 |
| 54 | Naomi Woodland (W) | Team Trisports | 00:36:38 | 01:10:52 | 50 |
| 28 | Jon Traynor | Hitchin Nomads CC | 00:36:59 | 01:10:58 | 51 |
| 8 | Michael Russell | Team Trisports | 00:37:13 | 01:11:36 | 52 |
| 24 | Roy Robinson | Team Salesengine.co.uk | 00:38:15 | 01:13:01 | 53 |
| 18 | Ricky Gray | HA Tri | 00:37:46 | 01:13:06 | 54 |
| 59 | David Sullivan | Cardiff Ajax CC | 00:45:45 | 01:29:18 | 55 |
| 44 | Nick Hickman | Hitchin Nomads CC | 00:33:38 | D.N.F | |
| 4 | Michael Richardson | Icknield RC | D.N.S (A) | ||
| 36 | Neil Allonby | Chronos RT | D.N.S (A) | ||
| 40 | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG-Sigma Sport | D.N.S (A) | ||
| 27 | Paul French | Team Toro | D.N.S |
