Gordon and Stevenson win at Ryan’s Bike Surgery TT
Kyle Gordon (RT23) and Natalie Stevenson (Glasgow Ivy CC) enjoyed success as fastest male and fastest female respectively at the Ryan’s Bike Surgery 12.2-mile time trial in Kinross, Scotland, on Saturday afternoon.
It was the inaugural Sandy Wallace Memorial Trophy time trial, a fitting tribute to the Scottish cycling stalwart and legend.
The first winner of the trophy was Kyle Gordon who finished top of the leaderboard in a course record time of 24-55, almost two minutes ahead of Ciaran McSherry (Edinburgh Road Club) who clocked 26-36, with Hamish Creber third for the promoting club in 27-34.
Stevenson finished in 30-10 to take the honours in the women’s race, ahead of the 31-04 set by Vanelli-Project GO’s Alexandra Hayden, while the podium was completed by Beth MacRae (Ayr Roads CC) in 31-58.
In the road bike category victory went to Ray Wilson (Ryan’s Bike Surgery) while Sandy Wallace’s son John Wallace was third. Top female on a road bike was Katherine Simpson (Rock and Roll Cycles).
Gordon now has four victories from his last four rides, dating back to his victory at the RTCC National 50-mile Championship on October 4 2020, with this triumph in Kinross his first race of the season.
The route, on course WE12/01, asks riders to complete a circuit of Loch Leven with a start in Kinross before heading south on B996 then turning left onto the B9097 then onto the B920 towards Scotlandwell and past Balgeddie Toll to finish opposite Kinross High School.
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