Nichols and Owen power to victories in Matlock CC Bank Road climb
Andy Nichols led a one-two for Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion and snatched victory by half a second from his team-mate, while Frances Owen (Fibrax Wrexham RC) won the women’s event.
In a replica on the morning’s event on the Riber Road hill climb Nichols and Owen recorded their second victories of the day over shorter climb and took overall honours in the men’s and women’s events.
Scratch rider Nichols, from Sheffield, recorded a ninth victory of the season in a time of one minute and 46.5 seconds over the 700-yard climb with an average of 12% and maximum of 25% gradient.
Running through the centre of Matlock the Bank Road hill climb heads straight up with the steepest gradient at the top on the final push to the finish line.
Improving weather greeted riders after the wet morning competition of the Riber Road hill climb but it was still raining at times with the wind come from the side of competitors.
Nichols won the Riber Road event in the morning by five seconds but was pushed all the way on this occasion by Calum Brown who missed the morning event.
Brown, who also finished second to Nichols on the Monsal hill climb, had to settle for the runner-up position again half a second down in 1-47.0.
After finishing third in the morning’s event on Riber Bank, David Fellows (Solihull CC) repeated the result on Bank Road clocking 1-50.9.
Spindata had predicted a closer fight between team-mates Nichols, Brown and Kieran Wynne-Cattanach all forecast to post 1-51 which was five seconds slower than the actual winning time.
In the veteran’s competition Steven Price (Ludlow Brewery RT) was quickest in 2-10.4 ahead of Andrew Laidler (Sitwell CC) in second (2-12.5) and Jon Wild (Veloviewer) in third (2-14.9)
As in the morning’s event Ryan Williams (Beeston Cycling Club) was the quickest juvenile rider covering the course in a time of 2-11.5.
Welsh rider Owen also had a successful day recording her second victory in a time of 2-23.6 which was 12 seconds clear of her nearest rival.
That was Becky Hair (Magspeed Racing) who was fastest at the halfway mark but came second at the finish in 2-35.4.
Meanwhile, third placed woman was Alison Dockney (Market Drayton CC) who completed the climb in 3-09.2.
Quickest juvenile girl, as was the case on the Riber Road climb, was once again Maia Howell (Matlock CC) who posted a time of 3-31.0 while fastest veteran woman was Sonia Insley (Bolsover & District CC) in 3-48.1.
* All reports are copyright of Cycling Time Trials/Snowdon Sports. Not to be used without permission.
Results
1 Andy Nichols Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 01:46.5
2 Calum Brown Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 01:47.0
3 David Fellows Solihull CC 01:50.9
4 Kieran Wynne-Cattanach Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 01:53.6
5 Ricki Ellison CC Giro 01:59.0
6 Richard Lucas Mapperley CC 02:01.9
7 Ben MacKinson Apache Brave Racing 02:04.6
8 Ryan Oldam Reading CC 02:04.9
9 Matthew Cleave The Service Course 02:05.3
10 Joe Shillabeer Clifton CC York 02:05.7
11 David Scott MULE .C.C. 02:06.6
12 Josh Coyne Bpm Coaching 02:06.6
13 Callum Dixon Kingud Factory Racing 02:07.4
14 Martyn Stewart East Lancashire RC 02:08.9
15 Kirk Vickers Holohan Coaching Race Team 02:09.8
16 Freddie Jagger Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 02:10.2
17 Steven Prince Ludlow Brewery Race Team 02:10.4
18 James Pearce Solihull CC 02:11.4
19 Tobi Ng Team PB Performance 02:11.4
20 Ryan Williams Beeston Cycling Club 02:11.5
21 Andrew Laidler Sitwell Cycling Club 02:12.5
22 Ewan Mackie Cycling Sheffield 02:13.3
23 Jon Wild Veloviewer 02:14.9
24 Charlie Openshaw Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 02:15.3
25 Adam Millington Team PB Performance 02:16.9
26 Tom Andrews Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 02:17.1
27 Tony Cope Leek CC - Den Engel Belgian Bar 02:17.4
28 Paul Hamblett AS Test Team 02:18.1
29 James Scrivener Reading CC 02:18.5
30 Michael Shute Mid Devon CC 02:19.0
31 Sam Marshall Trash Mile 02:19.7
32 Christopher Peach Ilkeston Cycle Club 02:20.4
33 Luke Hind Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 02:20.7
34 Iwan Parry Anglesey Cycling Group 02:20.9
35 Scott Palmer Bridgnorth Cycling Club 02:22.2
36 Steven Morrow Chorlton Velo 02:23.2
37 Frances Owen Fibrax Wrexham RC 02:23.6
38 Brendan Hirst Rugby Racing Cycling Club 02:24.0
39 Darren Miller Fusion Cycling Club Dronfield 02:25.1
40 James Byatt Ilkeston Cycle Club 02:25.3
41 James Davenport VMCC powered by Y Beic 02:25.8
42 Kit Buchanan Solihull CC 02:26.2
43 Brian Whiteley Doncaster Wheelers C.C. 02:28.5
44 Ewen Ross Matlock CC 02:30.6
45 Mark Rowbottom Chesterfield Coureurs CC 02:30.8
46 Tom Hazelton Ilkeston Cycle Club 02:33.1
47 Chris Ward Syston Syclers 02:33.2
48 Simon Warren Norwood Paragon CC 02:33.3
49 Paul Armstrong Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 02:33.7
50 Matthew Coates OVB 02:33.9
51 Matthew Sparkes Beeston Cycling Club 02:34.2
52 Becky Hair Magspeed Racing 02:35.4
53 Emil Howell Matlock CC 02:38.4
54 Chris Green Matlock CC 02:39.2
55 Tim Glenie Ilkeston Cycle Club 02:45.7
56 Christopher Riley Paramount CRT 02:47.7
57 Khaled Balabil Holmes Chapel Velo 02:48.9
58 Matthew Calvert Matlock CC 02:51.3
59 Laurence Warren-West RAMcc 02:51.4
60 Richard Stoodley TrueSapien 02:51.5
61 Barnabas Pickford University of Nottingham C C 02:52.1
62 John Hind Bolsover and District CC 02:52.6
63 Robert McGregor Paramount CRT 02:54.3
64 Ben Mellor Matlock CC 02:55.7
65 Edward Smith Kettering CC 02:59.2
66 Fraser Cummings Matlock CC 03:04.0
67 Cameron Coley-Smith Stourbridge CC 03:08.7
68 Alison Dockney Market Drayton Cycling Club 03:09.2
69 Richard Davey Matlock CC 03:11.2
70 Sarah Briggs Matlock CC 03:11.6
71 Paul Fox South Normanton C C 03:13.2
72 Gisli Jenkins Sherwood CC 03:17.0
73 Dave Beris Matlock CC 03:20.5
74 Huw Parry Anglesey Cycling Group 03:27.8
75 Maia Howell Matlock CC 03:31.0
76 Andy Newham Lincoln Wheelers CC 03:35.6
77 Sonia Insley Bolsover and District CC 03:48.1
78 Luke Atkins Matlock CC 03:58.6
79 Ian Pike (Trike) Lincoln Wheelers CC 04:00.0
80 Lilja Raine myhillcycling.co.uk 04:02.6
81 Timpthy Farr Matlock CC 04:09.5
82 Elizabeth Bridgen Ilkeston Cycle Club 04:23.0
83 Gary Wright (Trike) Lincoln Wheelers CC 05:35.5
84 Laura Ganderton Peddlamaniacs Cycle Club 12:17.5
85 Phillip Lovett Backpedal 32:45.7