Veteran Drag2Zero rider Keith Murray racked up his latest win in the 23-mile Stockton Wheelers event in Bishopton on Sunday.

He was the only rider to complete the course in under 51 minutes, powering round in 50.41 to top the podium.

A regular winner in both time trial and cyclo-cross events in the north east, Murray got his first win of the season under his belt here in convincing fashion. It puts the 42-year-old in good stead for a half Ironman competition he plans to enter in China.

Second-placed rider, Peter Boyes of TS Racing Team – OTR, was a minute-and-a-half down on the winning time. Hartlepool CC’s Paul Thirling was in third, completing in 54.10.    

Alex Smethurst of Team Swift was the fastest woman, her time of 1:04.45 enough for her to beat Louise Hamilton of Mountain Goat Coaching into second and Caroline Heighton of Stockton Wheelers into third.

Son of Keith Murray, Sam, showed that cycling runs in the family with the fastest juvenile time in 57.35.

Adept Cycling won the team prize with Shaun Tyson, Paul Felce and Jorden Matthews combining for a time of 2:48.23.

The AIMS Cycling trio of Mark Pinder, Stephen Belbin and Ben Reynolds just missed out with a time of 2:49.05.

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Results:

1 Keith Murray DRAG2ZERO 50:41:00

2 Peter Boyes TS Racing Team - OTR 52:11:00

3 Paul Thirling Hartlepool CC 54:10:00

4 Shaun Tyson Adept Cycling 54:22:00

5 David Nearney South Shields Velo Cycling Club 55:14:00

6 Steve Smales Harrogate Nova CC 55:15:00

7 Mark  Pinder AIMS Cycling 55:31:00

8 Richard Lilleker Cleveland Wheelers CC 55:34:00

9 Stephen Belbin AIMS Cycling 56:24:00

10 David Cole Cleveland Wheelers CC 56:26:00

11 Graeme Carter Stockton Wheelers CC 56:33:00

12 Paul  Felce Adept Cycling 56:41:00

13 Chris Wood TS Racing Team - OTR 57:00:00

14 Ben Reynolds AIMS Cycling 57:13:00

15 Jordan Matthews Adept Cycling 57:20:00

16 Sam Murray DRAG2ZERO 57:35:00

17 Shaun Teasdale Stockton Wheelers CC 57:42:00

18 Marcel Schubert Darlington Cycling Club 58:12:00

19 Andy Moss Adept Cycling 58:20:00

20 Mike Dalton Stockton Wheelers CC 58:45:00

21 Jamie Corcoran Stockton Wheelers CC 58:48:00

22 James Meadows Cleveland Wheelers CC 59:21:00

23 Neil Foster Adept Cycling 59:29:00

24 Philip Wheatley  AIMS Cycling 1:00:10

25 John Main Cleveland Wheelers CC 1:00:43

26 Peter Guy Adept Cycling 1:01:23

27 Paul Roberts Hambleton RC 1:01:25

28 Ben White Stockton Wheelers CC 1:01:43

29 Howard Heighton Ferryhill Whs 1:02:06

30 Peter Greenan Ferryhill Whs 1:03:15

31 Steven Noble AIMS Cycling 1:03:22

32 Andrew Watson Ferryhill Whs 1:03:35

33 Stuart Cook Cestria C.C. 1:04:43

34 Alex Smethurst Team Swift 1:04:45

35 Sebastian Stockbridge Blaydon CC 1:05:11

36 Phil Wright Hartlepool CC 1:06:26

37 James Mayo Stockton Wheelers CC 1:06:27

38 Mark Tinkler Hartlepool CC 1:07:33

39 Louise Hamilton Mountain Goat Coaching 1:08:22

40 Thomas Heighton Stockton Wheelers CC 1:10:41

41 Ellis Murray DRAG2ZERO 1:16:22

42 Mike Cole Cleveland Wheelers CC 1:17:58

43 Caroline Heighton Stockton Wheelers CC 1:27:08

DNF Richie Grant Hartlepool CC

DNF James Kilpatrick Hartlepool CC

DNF Dougan Collins Ferryhill Whs