Woolf eclipsed the rest in Fenland Clarion event, while Pardoe of Peterborough CC won a National title
The Fenland Clarion summer time trial series riders enjoyed their penultimate event under the changing skies of the solar eclipse.
The fastest rider of the night was Kristian Woolf with his 22:44 clocking ahead of guest rider Chris Elder in 23:02 and Ian Waddilove in 23:38. Lindsay Clarke was the fastest of the five ladies competing with 24:16 just holding off the challenge of youth rider John Robinson in24:18. David Hallam 24:45, Steve Clarke 27:00, Claire Widdowson 28:08, Sarah Bentley 28:43 and Annette Wyld 29:48 completed the time trial bike line up.
In the road bike category Carl Garfield was the fastest rider with 26:27 ahead of Simon Pidduck in 27:22, Dan Tozer in 31:21 and Barbara Gunn with her 32:52 clocking. With just one more round to go in the handicap series youth rider John Robinson can only be caught by his father Paul, while Simon Pidduck only needs a couple of points to hold off the challenge of Karl Grundy and Ian Aunger to claim third place.
CYCLOCROSS
The Leicestershire Cyclocross league held their popular Marston Mega Cross event around the Marston Lodge course with the 4 hour endurance race for both solo riders and pairs.
Fenland rider Paul Asplin competed in the solo event and claimed a highly creditable third place in the vet 65 category with his overall 70th place finish. The husband and wife pairing of Steve and Lindsay Clarke finished in 11th place in the mixed pairs category.
PETERBOROUGH CC
Paul Pardoe of Peterborough Cycling Club won his age group at the British Cycling National Masters TT Championships at Thruxton motor racing circuit in Hampshire.
The event was held over five laps of the Thruxton circuit totaling 11.8 miles which Pardoe completed in 23:02.09s averaging a bit under 30mph. That was good enough to win his age group by 15 seconds and it was the fifth fastest time overall.
Loz Staples, Mark Tomlinson, and Pardoe represented PCC at the Eastern Counties Cycling Association (ECCA) 50-Mile Time Trial Championship near Newmarket, competing in a field of approximately 100 riders in near-perfect racing conditions. All three riders set new 50-mile personal bests. Pardoe beat his own club record with a time of 1:37:19, while Tomlinson (1:53:52) and Staples (1:57:22) also rode well. Those performances secured a second place finish for PCC who finished just 34 seconds behind Ely & District CC.