Once again it rained heavily during the day but conveniently stopped pouring down with sufficient time to ensure that all but the tree covered roads were dry in time for Round 13 of the Briercliffe 10.
The 13th running of the 2013 Briercliffe 10 series proved to be anything but unlucky for the six riders who posted their best times around the course; with two of the riders breaking the magic 24 minute mark for the first time on this challenging SPOCO course.
This week the fastest Nomad was Gavin Ashfield who was one of the riders who broke the 24 minute mark with a 23:52.
James Gomm edged out Simon Doyle by just 11 seconds to round off the top three, with Gomm posting his fastest time around the course. Sadly for Gomm it appears that "Dry July" is having a positive effect on his cycling, so it is unlikely that he will improve on this time this season as all remaining Briercliffe 10's fall outside of this "window of opportunity".
Kieran Todd and Richard Serradinho also posted their fastest times around the course this year as did CC Ashwell's Justin Layne who was the other rider to post a sub-24 minute time. His first but probably not the last.
Number 13 did prove to be an unlucky number for Leanne Cutler who undoubtedly would have improved on her debut time last week, had it not been for a missed turn into Southill which required a U-Turn.
Thanks this week goes out to Frank Turner for timekeeping, Geoff Perry for pushing off and it was nice to have support from Ann Collins and Andrew Stevenson who came out to cheers the riders on.
Next week's Briercliffe 10 starts at the earlier time of 18:30.
Nomads
G Ashfield 23:52, J Gomm 24:23 (CB), S Doyle 24:34, N Hickman 25:41, M Collins 27:24, R Serradhino 27:33 (CB), K Todd 28:15 (CSB), D Summerell 29:40, S Smith 30:12, L Cutler 31:26*
*Off course
Non-Nomads
J Layne 23.56 (CCA), J Roots 28:01 (BRCC) (CB),
S Robinson & R Robinson (2-Up) 27:08 (TSE)
PB - Personal Best
CB - Course Best
CSB - Course Season's Best
