Hutchinson and Rea victorious in Houghton 25
Thomas Hutchinson and Joanne Rea were fastest male and female riders respectively at the Houghton CC 25-mile time trial staged in Northumberland on Sunday.
Hutchinson, the 22-year-old Tyneside Vagabonds rider from Ponteland, clocked 54-16 to take the win by almost two minutes from Julian MacBride (Blaydon CC), while exactly a minute behind Hutchinson’s pace was Neil Pendrich (SVTTA) in third.
Newcastle-based Joanne Rea (Blaydon CC) was fastest female, the 30-year-old's time of 1-05-43 giving her the win over team-mate Gemma Hutchins by 50 seconds.
The event was run in warm and sunny conditions, although once riders got on to the main course the still conditions at headquarters were replaced by a brisk headwind on the outward leg along the A696.
After taking the win, Hutchinson said: “Since finishing my university degree a few weeks ago, I’ve been increasing the volume of my training on the bike. I’ve been feeling good but have been troubled with a slight niggle in my knee, and earlier in the week, I really didn’t think I would be able to race.
“The outward leg felt pretty comfortable to be fair, so I figured I would at least be on for a PB. The weather conditions today were perfect and my knee and myself managed to hold it together to the finish line.”
Henning Saelzer had the honour of starting the field for the host club and came in on a very respectable 57:37, one of 15 riders in the field to go under the hour for the 25M course.
In other categories, the prize for fastest on a road bike went to Mark Robertson of the Army Cycling Union (7th overall in 57:52).
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Results:
Pos Name Club Gender Category Time
1 Thomas Hutchinson Tyneside Vagabonds CC Male Senior 54:16
2 Julian MacBride Blaydon CC Male Senior 56:08
3 Neil Pendrich SVTTA Male V40 56:16
4 Justin Ramel Blaydon CC Male V40 57:22
5 Ian Norris Blumilk.Com Male V50 57:35
6 Henning Saelzer Houghton CC Male Senior 57:37
7 Mark Robertson Army Cycling Union Male Senior 57:52
8 Craig Fenwick Team Swift Male V40 58:10
9 Philip KENNELL Allen Valley Velo Male V50 58:25
10 David Nearney South Shields Velo Cycling Club Male Senior 58:37
11 Colin Atkinson Muckle Cycle Club Male V50 58:58
12 Mark Strang Breeze Bikes RT Male V40 59:18
13 Chris Mather Derwentside CC Male V40 59:22
14 Ali Bailey GS Metro Male Senior 59:32
15 Russell Hughes Tyneside Vagabonds CC Male V50 59:56
16 Wayne Coates Derwentside CC Male V50 1:00:02
17 Damon Devine Reifen Racing Male V40 1:00:09
18 Scott McCance Derwentside CC Male Senior 1:00:27
19 Paul Robson Wearside Triathlon Male V40 1:00:54
20 Dan Pons Blaydon CC Male Senior 1:01:11
21 Peter Herdman Blaydon CC Male V40 1:01:12
21 David Symes Blaydon CC Male V40 1:01:12
23 Peter Stokoe Sunderland Clarion Male Senior 1:01:16
24 Lee Statham Houghton CC Male V40 1:01:17
25 Tom Guy Sunderland Clarion Male V60 1:01:28
26 Matthew Sutcliffe South Shields Velo Cycling Club Male V40 1:01:30
27 Shaun Brannan Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior 1:01:37
28 Roger Clarke Tyneside Vagabonds CC Male V40 1:02:12
29 Mark Herbert Derwentside CC Male V50 1:02:13
30 Shaun Wilkinson Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior 1:02:17
31 David Swainson Derwentside CC Male V40 1:02:49
32 Mark Whaley Blaydon CC Male V40 1:02:59
33 Rick Mitford Cestria C.C. Male V50 1:03:17
34 Nicholas Weddle Houghton CC Male Senior 1:03:28
34 Ian Dick Derwentside CC Male Senior 1:03:28
36 Neil Parkin Derwentside CC Male V40 1:03:36
37 Ross Ketteridge Gala CC Male V50 1:03:37
38 Mj Todd Derwentside CC Male Senior 1:03:59
39 Brian Johnson Reifen Racing Male V50 1:04:09
40 Guillaume Zoppi Coalfields Tri Male Senior 1:04:20
40 Paul Robson Houghton CC V40 V50 1:04:20
42 Chris Burns Reifen Racing Male Senior 1:04:27
43 Joanne Rea Blaydon CC Female Senior 1:05:43
44 Gemma Hutchins Blaydon CC Female Senior 1:06:33
45 Kerry Gowland Houghton CC Female V40 1:06:53
46 Stuart Cook Cestria C.C. Male V60 1:07:03
46 Chris McCabe Wearside Triathlon Male Senior 1:07:03
48 Carrie Brookes North Tyneside Riders CC Female V40 1:07:17
49 Martin Rasmussen Tyneside Vagabonds CC Male V50 1:08:47
50 Peter Searle Houghton CC Male V50 1:09:21
51 Richard Cleathero North Racing Male V40 1:10:13
52 Paul Mitchell Blaydon CC Male V40 1:11:17
53 Raymond Bell Derwentside CC Male V60 1:11:27
54 Paul Hollick Houghton CC Male V50 1:13:21
55 Mick Chappel North Tyneside Riders CC Male V40 1:17:45
56 Caroline Golightly Sunderland Clarion Female V40 1:17:58
57 Ronnie Thompson Derwentside CC Male V70 1:18:48
58 Katrina Robson Wearside Triathlon Female V40 1:19:21
59 Helen Parkin Muckle Cycle Club Female Senior 1:22:00
60 Gareth Davies Barnesbury CC Male V50 1:32:10
Darren Williamson Muckle Cycle Club Male V40 APOLS
Dan Meggison GS Metro Male Senior APOLS
Sandy Cheung Reifen Racing Female Senior APOLS
Colin Humphrey Houghton CC Male V50 APOLS
Philip Parsley Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior APOLS
Lewis Timmins Team Swift Male Senior APOLS
Ken Thursby Tyneside Vagabonds CC Male V40 APOLS
Jo Zoppi Coalfields Tri Female V40 APOLS
Mick Bradshaw GS Metro Male V60 DNF
Steven Craggs Blaydon CC Male Senior DNS
Craig Haslam Muckle Cycle Club Male V40 DNS
Mark Breeze Breeze Bikes RT Male V40 DNS
Sam Dodd Barnesbury CC Male Senior DNS
Josh Craven Muckle Cycle Club Male Espoir DNS