TIME TRIALS

Club TT Champion Adam Topham took part in the Poole Wheelers 25 on a sporting single carriageway windy course.Adam did a 54:26 and beat second place Paul Jones of Bournemouth Jubilee, who is used to winning any local open event he enters, by 1:46. Jones beat Topham by 2 mins in a 30 mile race at the start of the season. The course was about 30 seconds slower than last year due to wind (Dave Pickering was last year’s winner in 56:35 because Paul Jones punctured and today he was 3rd ^{with a 57:02) Adam was 2:30 quicker than last year so gained about 3 minutes, Adam feels that over 80% of his improvement is aerodynamic gains. Gain with no pain!! Marvelous!!!}

Cliff Grant rode the Derby Mercury RC 25 on the A25/11 on Saturday and recorded a 57.24 this is Cliffs best time since he started racing again and only 7 seconds off his all time best .

ROAD RACING

James Norris & Gareth Batson raced at Hillingdon on Tuesday.

Tuesday night at Hillingdon saw Gareth & James take part in the E123 race for HWCC. A slow start for a crit so Gareth got on the front to drag the pace along. A break went which Gareth was a part of but it was soon brought back by Tony Gibb. He then attacked to make a second break which James was part of. James then hung on in that break until Gibb attacked again dropping the rest of the break who went back to the bunch. The attacks then came thick & fast with both Gareth & James being involved in most of them one after the other.

As the race settled down a group of 3 tried to get across to Gibb but just succeeded in hanging between the peloton & the race leader.

Then with 2 laps to go Gareth took a flyer off the front & got a decent gap which he held for a lap & a half. Then with a couple of hundred metres to go the front of the bunch caught him for a sprint finish with James finishing 11th & Gareth 20th. No points scored but a good evenings racing from both.

SPORTIVES
Adrian windsor completed this years tough Etape de Tour. Adrian was going great until about 5k into the Tourmalet and then started to blow. Adrians legs were fine but he must have been suffering from dehydration or salt loss – no power. Adrian lost a lot of time (over 30 minutes) on his previous pace. (What might have been…) .10,000 started the event . The web results show 6,888 finished and Adrian came in at 2,798 on scratch, 2,751 on handicap. But what really matters is that it was absolutely the most awesome experience ever! The scenery, the crowds, the support on the climbs and in the villages, the open roads and the camaraderie. Unforgettable total cycling – there are no adequate words!

More details on this ride and other HWCC Etape riders experiences to come in your Next SPROCKET Magazine – due early SEPT.

Andrew Mullis, John Francis, Ian Sands and Jonathan Chadwick rode the Reading Club’s Anthony Maynard sportive on Sunday.

On a windy, drizzly day John finished the 195K route in a silver standard time of 7:19:16, Ian also took silver in a time of 7:26:14.

Andrew rode the 110K route finishing in a silver standard time of 4:00:32, while Jonathan took silver in 4:10:36.
Assasins Challenge

HWCC Club riders Paul Morrissey,Lisa Morrissey,Adam Brittan ,Karla Boddy + Brent Holmes took on the Col de Peyresourde,Col de Aspen and the Mighty Tourmalet a few days before the Tour and Etape Riders .The ride was completed in typical pyranean condition amid cloud some rain and occasional sun .The Assasins ride was an organised event managed by Peak Times of Bagneres de Luchon .

HWCC Riders summit the mighty Tourmalet

MTB

Neil Wragg and David Hawkins completed the mighty Trans Alp MTB race this weekend .Details are still coming in but the tough HWCC riders finished in 182nd overall. The riders burned 36100 calories . As per this story and others . More details to come in the next edition of SPROCKET Magazine.

Paul Morrissey HWCC Press sec/Sprocket editor

Just in case you where wondering what was happening ref race reports–

They are coming -

Press sec Paul Morrissey and web master Neil Wragg have been away on events in France so there is a slight delay in publishing – I ( Paul Morrissey) will start to publish a backlog of race and event results Monday . So , to wet your appetite we have:

TT Results

Road Race results

Sportive and Etape de Tour  Results

MTB Trans ALP  results

Tourmalet Assasins Challenge Story (pic below)

HWCC Riders Assasins challenge - Peyresourde-Col de Aspen-Tourmalet

Time Trials

Club Champion Adam Topham  rode the National 100 on Sunday 11th July Adams story as per below

Riding a national 100 is something right now I would not recommend to my worst enemy.  I have to thank Gordon and Margaret for giving up  most of their weekend to come along and provide me with what turned out to be critical support.  More on that in a moment.  I had high hopes of an overall second place but when my subconcious turned my bike left at a diversion sign pointing left, right next to a tiny event sign pointing straight on, at about 54 miles and a few miles before the actual turn that opportunity disappeared.  However, I only lost a couple of very confused minutes (the exit was virtually identical to the real turn), which cost me 4th place.  I came in 6th and was third in 40 to 44 age group (and would have been 3rd anyway – Julian Jenkinson and Andy Bason came 2nd and 3rd).  But I would only have been about 30 seconds off Andy Bason and a minute or so behind Julian Jenkinson, which is very heartening.
 
After the finish I coasted down to a petrol station to meet Gordon and Margaret and explain the rather bizarre third time check.  I was covered from head to toe in salt despite taking on lots of fluid but clearly not enough.  5 minutes later I was writhing in the anguish of profound cramp in both calfs and both thighs, the worst pain I have ever experienced.  If Gordon and Margaret had not been there to rescue me and massage my legs back to life whilst ignoring my horror movie-style screams, I would have been hospitalised.  Note to self – never go to a 100 unsupported.  Further note to self – never go to a 100.
 
In the end I did a 3:42:24, which would have been around a 3:40:00, which I am very pleased about despite the minor disappointments of the day, and especially considering the heat that meant my average HR for the duration was 171 and 90%+ of max, plus the 15mph winds that meant 30 mph up hill in one direction and an agonising 22/23 mph downhill in the other.  Its a PB as well, albeit that doesn’t mean much as it is only my 2nd ever 100, so I’ve never done a 100 without a PB. If I can keep that up I will be well chuffed!  The conditions didn’t stop Hutch from recording an unbelievable 3:23:04 and winning the event by a cruel 16 minutes.  Different league?  Yes.  Different planet?  Probably.
 
Anyway, Gordon and Margaret then proceeded to nurse me back to some sort of coherency over the next couple of hours as I hobbled around like I was trying to pick up the gold for 95 to 99 age category (the guy that won 80-84 was in a far healthier state than me), enabling me to face up to my 3:30:00 drive home, which was a little bit easier than my other long journey that day.  So, to Gordon and Margaret, a HUGE THANK YOU!!!  You probably saved the rest of my season!

Road Racing

The Sprinting Adonis that is James Norris

NEWS

HWCC rider Phil Crouch finished 6th in his age group and third Brit in 1.15.55
in the European Age Group Sprint Triathlon Championships TheGold medal winner was Frenchmen doing a  in 1.12.01

Rose Osbourne completed her end to end ride last tuesday in good form – A full story and pictures will be available as soon at Tim Osbourne sends to us etc.

Paul Morrissey . HWCC Press sec/Sprocket Editor

HWCC Road Racing Team

The HWCC team had several hard days in the Ras De Cymru.A full report is due soon .However results can be found below.

Chapeu -Clive Nichols,Tom Crouch,James Norris .Gareth Baston.

http://www.cadencecycleracing.co.uk/index.html

Paul Morrissey-High Wycombe Press sec/Sprocket Editor.