Zach Herrod and Hannah O’Brien were fastest male and female riders respectively at a sunny and pleasant CC Breckland 10-mile time trial near Hingham in Norfolk on Sunday.

Herrod, the 23-year-old from Beccles who rides for AeroLab Ward Wheelz, clocked 20-27 for the B10/19 course, giving him the win by just two seconds from course record holder Lloyd Chapman (Loose Cannon’s Conditioning).

The top ten were all separated by around a minute in a closely-fought event, with Mark Richards (DAP CC) taking third with 20-38. Jordan Black (Loose Cannon’s Conditioning) was fourth with 21-01, and Ben Beynon (ROTOR Race Team) was just one second back in fifth and Tim Torrie (TBW23) sixth, another five seconds back.

Hannah O’Brien, the 44-year-old who rides for Loose Cannon’s Conditioning, covered the course in 23-21 to take victory by 34 seconds from team-mate Verity Smith, while Cindy Beynon (Epic Orange Race Team) was third fastest female, another 13 seconds behind Smith.

With several rides in top placings Loose Cannon’s Conditioning won the team prize with Lloyd Chapman, Jordan Black and Robert Staines all achieving top seven places.

Glorious sunshine welcomed the riders to the course, and only a light northerly wind not offering much help or hindrance.

Riders start near Hingham and head west along the B1108 Norwich Road to the outskirts of Watton, where they turn around and head back.

Having now ridden his first open time trial of the season Herrod is due to return to action next Saturday when he rides the King’s Lynn CC 10.

And O’Brien, whose performance in Sunday’s event was a new personal best, is hoping to get a ride in the Orwell Velo 20 on May 1.

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Results:

1 Zachery Herrod (AeroLab Ward Wheelz)                20:27

2 Lloyd Chapman (Loose Cannon’s Conditioning)             20:29

3 Mark Richards (DAP CC)                   20:38

4 Jordan Black (Loose Cannon’s Conditioning)                      21:01

5 Ben Beynon (ROTOR Race Team)                       21:02

6 Timothy Torrie (TBW23-Stuart Hall Cycling)                 21:07

7 Robert Staines (Loose Cannon’s Conditioning)                  21:17

8 Nick Partridge (VC Baracchi)                   21:22

9 Dan Blackburn (Epic Orange RT)                  21:23

10 Jake Crossley (Tofauti Everyone Active)                     21:31

Women:

1 Hannah O’Brien (Loose Cannon’s Conditioning)               23:21

2 Verity Smith (Loose Cannon’s Conditioning)                     23:55

3 Cindy Beynon (Epic Orange RT)                    24:08

4 Isabella Johnson (Datalynx Parenesis Cycling)               24:53

5 Caroline Wyke (CC Sudbury)                  25:08