Wake and Rea storm to victories in the Vector Racing 25
Team Kirkley Cycles cleaned up as Lewis Wake won the men’s event by over a minute in the Vector Racing 25-mile time trial in Northumberland, while Joanne Rea won the women’s event.
25-year-old Wake, of Team Kirkley Cycles, won a 10-mile charity event last weekend and carried that form into this weekend where he claimed another victory for his team and his fourth of the season so far, 52:26 being his winning time.
This time out Wake was followed by two members of his team, Kris Atkin and Julian Macbride, the pair finished in 53:55 and 54 minutes flat respectively.
Vector Racing hosted their first ever open time trial early this morning on the popular out and back M254 course which starts and finishes on the outskirts of Ponteland in Northumberland.
Atkin secured back-to-back 25-mile podium finishes, while Macbride took his first podium finish this year.
In total, 20 riders went sub 60 minutes over the course, one of those was junior rider Daniel Holmes (Derwentside CC) who finished fifth overall with a time of 54:44, which smashed the previous junior course record by almost six minutes.
Daniel said after the event: “This was my first run out on my new TT bike. My aim was to go under the hour for the junior male course record, so I’m delighted with that result. It’s the first 25-mile distance I’ve done for a couple of seasons and I’ve never gone this quick before so all in all, a great morning on the bike.”
Meanwhile, in the women’s event it was Joanne Rea (Team Kirkley Cycles) who was victorious, in a time of 1:00:09 to mark her first win under a new team.
Kate Giddings (Liverpool Century CC) was second, four minutes behind, clocking in at 1:04:26 and trailing her was Vicky Gibbs (Reifen Racing) with a time of 1:05:11.
Rea rode in the North Lancashire TTA 100-mile event last weekend where she finished fourth in the women’s event, and she has obviously recovered well with a comfortable win in the Vector Racing event.
Fastest veteran was Phil Hall of Velo Culture (55:44) with team-mate Nev Martin was fastest vet on standard (59:02) for a plus of 12:09.
Fastest rider on a road bike was Michael Johnson of Muckle CC, the only one to dip under the hour with 58:24 for a credible 16th overall.
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Results:
Position Name Team Gender Cat Road Time
1 Lewis Wake Team Kirkley Cycles Male Senior 52:26
2 Kris Atkin Team Kirkley Cycles Male Senior 53:55
3 Julian MacBride Team Kirkley Cycles Male Senior 54:00
4 Lewis Timmins Vector Racing Male Senior 54:16
5 Daniel Holmes Derwentside CC Male Junior 54:44
6 Shaun Brannan Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior 55:12
7 Phil Hall Velo Culture Male Vet 55:44
8 Jay Pitt Velo Culture Male Senior 55:54
9 Mark Strang Velo Culture Male Vet 56:13
10 John Routledge Barnesbury CC Male Senior 56:17
11 Elliot Sharp Vector Racing Male Senior 56:56
12 Daniel Kane Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior 57:32
13 Tim Irwin Team Kirkley Cycles Male Vet 57:57
14 Ian-James Elder Vector Racing Male Senior 58:13
15 Nicholas Stevenson Wearside Triathlon Male Vet 58:18
16 Michael Johnson Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior X 58:24
17 Nev Martin Velo Culture Male Vet 59:02
18 Gavin Richardson Sunderland Clarion Male Vet 59:33
19 Peter Stokoe Reifen Racing Male Senior 59:42
20 Chris Reynolds Liverpool Century RC Male Senior 59:56
21 Joanne Rea Team Kirkley Cycles Female Senior 1:00:09
22 Mark Herbert Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:00:23
23 Ellis Murray Vector Racing Male Junior 1:00:27
23 Christopher Beaty Allen Valley Velo Male Senior 1:00:27
23 Christopher Wayman Blumilk.Com Male Senior X 1:00:27
26 Benjamin Amaira Alnwick Cycling Club Male Senior 1:00:54
27 Mark Whaley Blaydon CC Male Vet 1:00:55
28 Andy Niven VO2MAX Race Team Male Senior 1:01:00
29 Darren Robson North Tyneside Riders CC Male Vet X 1:01:37
30 John Brown Sub Rosa Male Vet X 1:01:50
31 Jacob Anderson South Shields Velo Cycling Club Male Senior X 1:01:52
32 Michael Lynch Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:01:56
33 Joe Dixon Velo Culture Male Juvenile 1:02:19
34 Harris Hall Velo Culture Male Juvenile 1:02:57
35 Lee McCarron Vector Racing Male Senior 1:03:00
36 Neil Wilkinson Blaydon CC Male Vet 1:03:02
37 Howie Buckingham Allen Valley Velo Male Vet 1:03:27
38 Iain Katz VO2MAX Race Team Male Senior 1:03:36
39 Joseph Collins Vector Racing Male Senior 1:03:59
40 David Symes Blaydon CC Male Vet 1:04:13
41 Kate Giddings Liverpool Century RC Female Senior 1:04:26
42 Lee Ridden Reifen Racing Male Vet X 1:04:44
43 Michael Charlton Barnesbury CC Male Senior X 1:04:53
44 Vicky Gibbs Reifen Racing Female Vet 1:05:11
45 Daire Fitzgerald Tricademy Male Senior 1:05:46
46 Paul Barrett Wearside Triathlon Male Senior X 1:06:06
47 Paul Robson Protech Velo Male Vet 1:06:11
48 Ellen Powell Durham Triathlon Club Female Senior 1:06:19
49 Mick Golightly Vector Racing Male Vet 1:06:24
50 Alan Turnbull Hawick Cycling Club Male Vet 1:06:28
51 Stephen Hill Barnesbury CC Male Vet 1:06:39
52 Philip Parsley Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior X 1:06:42
53 John Cantrill Blaydon CC Male Vet X 1:06:43
54 Kris Whitelaw Vector Racing Male Senior X 1:06:49
55 Chris Whittle Vector Racing Male Senior 1:06:53
56 Clive Horton Barnesbury CC Male Vet 1:07:21
57 Keith Sibbald Zeus CRT Male Vet 1:07:28
58 Mal Gray Cestria C.C. Male Vet X 1:08:03
59 Michael Laverick Blaydon CC Male Senior X 1:09:00
60 David Milton Vector Racing Male Vet 1:09:06
61 Teri Bayliss Sub Rosa Female Vet X 1:09:09
62 Paul Dunlop Sun City Tri Male Vet 1:09:17
63 David Swainson Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:09:50
64 Sarah Seymour Vector Racing Female Vet 1:10:21
65 Justine Norman Velo Culture Female Vet 1:10:47
66 Mick Chappel North Tyneside Riders CC Male Vet X 1:11:20
67 Stuart Cook Cestria C.C. Male Vet X 1:11:40
68 Chris Ashall Tricademy Male Senior X 1:12:01
69 Tracey Sample Alnwick & District Triathlon Club Female Vet 1:12:24
70 Paul Lofthouse Ryton Tri Club Male Vet 1:12:44
71 Ray Bell Derwentside CC Male Vet 1:14:51
72 Lois Jarvis North Tyneside Riders CC Female Senior X 1:14:52
73 Aidan Berry North Tyneside Riders CC Male Vet X 1:15:02
74 Stephen Kerr Sunderland Clarion Male Vet X 1:19:09
75 Heather Gould North Shields Polytechnic Club Female Vet X 1:28:13
Jack Smith Vector Racing Male Senior APOL
Chris Anderson North Tyneside Riders CC Male Vet APOL
Sam Dodd Barnesbury CC Male Senior APOL
Terry Wilkinson Barnesbury CC Male Senior APOL
Philip Kennell GS Metro Male Vet APOL
Guillaume Zoppi North Tyneside Riders CC Male Vet APOL
Ben Flanagan Derwentside CC Male Junior APOL
Mark Tully Sunderland Clarion Male Senior APOL
Shaun Wilkinson Muckle Cycle Club Male Senior APOL
Martin Lloyd Vector Racing Male Vet DNF
Danny Short Vector Racing Male Senior DNF
Stuart Woodward Tyneside Vagabonds CC Male Senior DNS
Craig Bell Allen Valley Velo Male Senior DNS
Andrew Thorp North Racing Male Vet DNS