Burns and Wilkinson battle to victory in Allen Valley Velo 24.8
Chris Burns (Reifen Racing) battled against tough competition to claim victory in the Allen Valley Velo 24.8-mile time trial event in Northumberland, while Sarah Wilkinson (Blaydon CC) won the women’s event comfortably.
Veteran Burns clocked in at 1:09:40 for the Allendale course, with pre-race favourite John Bowman (Muckle CC) being the runner-up, nine seconds later with a time of 1:09:49.
“I was worried about John Bowman of Muckle CC as he beats me every race!” said Burns, who has finished behind Bowman in both his events prior to this win.
“I was his minute man so I spent the whole of my ride looking back for him! Thankfully I managed to hold him off,” added Burns after claiming his first open time trial event win of the season.
Lee Ager (Blaydon CC) was the final rider to fill the men’s podium, coming in just under a minute off the pace at 1:10:48.
Meanwhile in the women’s event, 51-year-old Wilkinson clocked 1:21:04 to record back-to-back podium finishes, being almost four minutes ahead of second-placed Kate Giddings (Liverpool Century RC).
Wilkinson was getting one back over third-placed Jen McMahon (Sub Rosa) who beat her two weeks ago in the Veloculture 13-mile time trial. McMahon stopped the clock at 1:25:22 this time.
17-year-old Benjamin Johnstone was the fastest junior rider of the day, finishing seventh overall in 1:14:46, while fastest female veteran was the women’s winner Wilkinson.
One tandem was entered, they clocked in at 1:27:10. Jon Bennett (Tyneside Vagabonds) and Miriam Jessett (Team Kirkley Cycles) rode away from the start line nicely and both clipped in in synchro.
It was a tough battle with the tandem on some of the high sections in the tough wind, but hopefully we’ll see more of this partnership in some of the non-standard distance events. Jessett is keen to get back to solo time-trialling after a delayed start to her season.
* All reports are copyright of Cycling Time Trials/Snowdon Sports. Not to be used without permission. This report by Neral Buckley.
* Photos by Dub Devlin Photography.
Results:
Pos Name Team Gender Cat Time
1 Chris Burns Reifen Racing Male Vet 1:09:40
2 John Bowman Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior 1:09:49
3 Lee Ager Blaydon CC Male Senior 1:10:48
4 Colin Atkinson Muckle Cycle Club Male Vet 1:11:57
5 Thomas Kaye Directions Racing Male Senior 1:12:59
6 Graeme Wardale South Shields Velo Cycling Club Male Vet 1:13:55
7 Benjamin Johnston Racing Metro 15 Male Junior 1:14:46
8 Nick Munro Royal Air Force Cycling Association Male Senior 1:15:18
9 John Sample Protech Velo Male Senior 1:16:04
10 Noel Stoddart Blaydon CC Male Vet 1:16:40
11 Philip Gilbanks Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior 1:17:15
12 Ian Gallon North Tyneside Riders CC Male Vet 1:17:29
13 David Jones EMC Cycling Male Vet 1:18:02
14 Gary Lawless Muckle Cycle Club Male Vet 1:18:40
15 Lee Kennedy Army Cycling Male Senior 1:18:51
16 Daryl Oguona Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Male Vet 1:18:59
17 Christopher Beaty Allen Valley Velo Male Senior 1:19:24
18 Ben Lane GS Metro Male Vet 1:20:04
19 Chris Reynolds Liverpool Century RC Male Senior 1:20:19
20 Stephen Walton Muckle Cycle Club Male Vet 1:20:20
21 Sarah Wilkinson Blaydon CC Female Vet 1:21:04
22 Peter Stokoe Reifen Racing Male Senior 1:21:25
23 Mal Gray Reifen Racing Male Vet 1:21:34
24 Mark Herbert Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:21:38
25 Barry Fordham Cestria C.C. Male Vet 1:22:04
26 Keith Taylor Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:23:13
27 Mark Ambury Zeus CRT Male Vet 1:24:20
28 Tom Guy Sunderland Clarion Male Vet 1:24:23
29 Dougan Collins Zurbaran Racing Male Vet 1:24:32
30 Kate Giddings Liverpool Century RC Female Senior 1:25:04
31 Jen McMahon Sub Rosa Female Senior 1:25:22
32 Daire Fitzgerald Tricademy Male Senior 1:25:39
33 John Cantrill Blaydon CC Male Vet 1:26:03
34 Elizabeth McKinnon Derwentside CC Female Junior 1:26:43
35 Michael Lynch Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:26:44
36 Clive Allan Allen Valley Velo Male Senior 1:26:54
37 Keith Sibbald Zeus CRT Male Vet 1:27:40
38 Richard Francksen Allen Valley Velo Male Senior 1:30:36
39 David Goodwin Newcastle Cheviot CC Male Vet 1:31:00
40 Natalie Batey Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Female Senior 1:31:12
41 Brendon Jackson Allen Valley Velo Male Vet 1:32:32
42 Stuart Cook Cestria C.C. Male Vet 1:34:10
43 Craig Bell Allen Valley Velo Male Senior 1:37:09
44 Phoebe Skinner Derwentside CC Female Juvenile 1:38:27
45 Claire Jackson Allen Valley Velo Female Vet 1:39:25
46 Melanie Wardle Allen Valley Velo Female Vet 1:45:18
47 Mick Chappel North Tyneside Riders CC Male Vet 1:45:36
48 Ray Bell Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:46:20
49 Andrew Thorp North Racing Male Vet 1:46:50
50 Joe Applegarth Durham Triathlon Club Male Vet 2:03:04
Craig Berry Reifen Racing Male Vet APOLS
Mark I'Anson Allen Valley Velo Male Vet APOLS
Kieron Campbell North Tyneside Riders CC Male Junior APOLS
Teri Bayliss Sub Rosa Female Vet APOLS
Lucy Siddle Reifen Racing Female Vet APOLS
Keith Siddle Reifen Racing Male Vet APOLS
Simon Crisp Gosforth RC Male Senior APOLS
Keith Melvin Rock To Roll CC Male Senior APOLS
Ben Flanagan Derwentside CC Male Junior APOLS
Mark Whaley Blaydon CC Male Vet APOLS
Jon Sturman Blumilk.Com Male Vet APOLS
Daniel Holmes Derwentside CC Male Junior APOLS
Josh Craven Muckle Cycle Club Male Espoir DNF
James Gunn Blaydon CC Male Senior DNS
Kevin Kendall Sun City Tri Male Senior DNS
Tandems:
1 Mirriam Jessett / Jon Bennett Team Kirkley Cycles / Tyneside Vagabonds CC F/M 1:27:10