Dobson and Night fastest in Frodham Wheelers TT
Victories went to Joseph Dobson and Brigid Night in the Frodsham Wheelers 22-mile time trial in Cheshire on Saturday.
28-year-old Derbyshire resident Dobson, riding for Manchester BC, clocked 47-54 for the D22/1 course near Broxton, giving him the overall win by 32 seconds from Graham Kemp (Team Bottrill), while Steve Hall (Thatto Cycles RT) was three and a half minutes further back in third.
53-year-old Brigid Night (Frodsham Wheelers) took the women’s category win by exactly three minutes. Her time of 1-04-35 gave her the win over time trialling newcomer Carolyn Pollard (Chester Tri Club), with Sarah Illidge (Frodsham Wheelers) third.
The event was run on a windy D22/1 course, which took the riders from a start near Harthill, down the A41 to the northern fringes of Whitchurch before heading up the A49 and turning west back to the start area.
A healthy entry was depleted by 38 non-starters, the majority put off by the forecast, but the wind was rideable with the right wheel choice.
The promoting Frodsham Wheelers also secured the team prize with Alan Orme, Daniel Walker and Brigid Night.
Dobson’s win was his first ride on record for the 2019, but if last season is anything to go by it won’t be his last appearance on a podium.
In 2018 he was second in the Border City Wheelers 10 in August, as well as in the Buxton CC 10 in June, the Macclesfield Wheelers 25, Manchester BC 10 in April, while he won the Manchester and District TTA 10 last March.
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Results:
No Rider Club Hours
1 Joseph Dobson Manchester Bicycle Club 47:54
2 Graham Kemp Team Bottrill 48:26
3 Steve Hall Thatto Cycles Racing Team 52:08
4 Robin Green Runcorn CC 52:34
5 Matt Stell Springfield Financial Racing Team 52:35
6 Kevin Larmer Port Sunlight Wheelers 53:02
7 Matthew Welsh Graham Weigh Racing-Deeside Olympic 53:38
8 David Cuthill North Wirral Velo 54:04
9 John Moore Manchester Bicycle Club 54:18
10 Phillip Warburton Liverpool Phoenix CC (Aintree) 54:28
11 Neil Jones Port Sunlight Wheelers 56:37
12 Alan Orme Frodsham Wheelers 56:37
13 James Mackie Port Sunlight Wheelers 57:11
14 Daniel Walker Frodsham Wheelers 57:37
15 Neil Wilson Paramount CRT 58:05
16 Dylan Roberts Wrexham Triathlon Club 58:56
17 Luke Taylor Runcorn CC 58:57
18 Chris Lawson Graham Weigh Racing-Deeside Olympic 59:39
19 Ian Pollard Cotswold Veldrijden 59:55
20 Dean Smith Frodsham Wheelers 1:00:50
21 Martin Sturge Graham Weigh Racing-Deeside Olympic 1:02:11
22 Leigh Jones Graham Weigh Racing-Deeside Olympic 1:02:35
23 Brigid Night Frodsham Wheelers 1:04:35
24 Andy Large Chester RC 1:06:58
25 D J Fanning Velo Club Melyd 1:07:01
26 Carolyn Pollard Chester Triathlon Club 1:07:35
27 Paul Edwards Graham Weigh Racing-Deeside Olympic 1:08:08
28 Sarah Illidge Frodsham Wheelers 1:09:04
29 Julia Smith Port Sunlight Wheelers 1:09:27
30 Andy Whitehead Seamons CC 1:10:03
31 Mark Taylor Chester Triathlon Club 1:15:43
2 up result
1 Toby Williams Velotik Racing Team 49:53
Chris Mann Velotik Racing Team
2 Nick Giles Team Poco Loco CRT 55:43
Angelo Derosa Team Poco Loco CRT
3 Richard Elmitt Wrexham RC 1:01:31
Jan Kardasz Wrexham RC
4 Martin Shepherd Rochdale Tri Club 1:02:05
Sam Shepherd Rochdale Tri Club
Ladies Race
1 Brigid Night Frodsham Wheelers 1:04:35
2 Carolyn Pollard Chester Triathlon Club 1:07:35
3 Sarah Illidge Frodsham Wheelers 1:09:04
4 Julia Smith Port Sunlight Wheelers 1:09:27
Team
1 Alan Orme Frodsham Wheelers 56:37
1 Daniel Walker Frodsham Wheelers 57:37
1 Brigid Night Frodsham Wheelers 1:04:35