James Boyman used his local knowledge to maximum effect as he took victory in the Charlotteville 10 held in Farnham, Surrey on Saturday.
Boyman has enjoyed a number of victories this season and took first place for the second week running having also won the Sussex CA 10 last weekend. The week before, he placed tenth in the National Championships over the same distance.
Here, the Farnham RC rider was eight seconds quicker than Kevin Tye with a time of 19.27. However, veteran Tye took second overall and the veteran on standard prize with the VeloRefined Aerosmiths man coming in at +7.29. Eddie Allen of Redmon CC completed the podium with a time of 20.36.
Kate Allen of Drag2Zero won the women’s category with seven riders in contention. Her time of 21.42 was comfortably enough to give her top spot with Gemma Hayes of East Grinstead CC second in 25.27.
Eva Nyirenda of A3crg rounded off the top three, 42 seconds down on Hayes with a time of 26.09.
The tandem prize went to Mary Corbett (Sotonia CC) and Stephen Whitewick (VeloRefined Aerosmiths) with a time of 21.19.
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Results:
1. James Boyman (Farnham RC) 19.27
2. Kevin Tye (VeloRefined Aerosmiths) 19.35
3. Eddie Allen (Redmon CC) 20.36
4. Ben Hopwood (Charlotteville CC) 20.38
5. Gareth Barnes (Charlotteville CC) 20.49
6. Angus MacInnes (Royal Air Force CA) 21.00
7. Max Webber (Abbotts Ann Cycles) 21.10
8. Mark Bashford (East Grinstead CC) 21.12
9. Jon Saunders (Charlotteville CC) 21.26
10. Darren Dawkins (Portsmouth North End CC) 21.32
Woman: Kate Allan (Drag2Zero) 21.42
Veteran on standard: Kevin Tye +7.29
Team: Charlotteville CC (Ben Hopwood, Gareth Barnes and Jon Saunders) 1:02.53