Lewis Wake (Team Kirkley Cycles) and Louise Burnie (Blaydon CC) were fastest male and female riders as Vector Racing staged a 25-mile time trial in sunny and dry conditions near Bedlington in Northumberland on Sunday.

The event doubled up as the Northumberland and Durham CA 25-Mile Championship, and it also marked the second win of the weekend for Lewis Wake having won his own club’s 10-miler the previous day at Ponteland.

Wake clocked 49-38 to take victory by 26 seconds from team-mate Adam Smith, while third went to Muckle CC’s Alex Milne another 52 seconds off the pace. Wake also won the Northumberland and Durham CA Championship on the same course 12 months earlier, although he was around two minutes quicker in 2023.

Burnie’s time was 1-02-17, which left Adele McAleer (Velo Culture) in second with 1-02-17.

Among the other winners on the day were the fastest veterans on age adjusted times, with GS Metro’s Phil Kennell and Adele McAleer the winners in that category with 49-05 and 56-51 respectively.

“I’ve always really enjoyed this course and was happy to finish in under 50 minutes today which was my main target,” said Lewis Wake.

“On paper it’s a flat course until you start riding and notice a few drags on the Spine Road. Big thanks to Vector Racing for putting on the event this morning, and to everyone else involved.”

Fastest rider on a road bike was Gosforth Road Club’s Simon Crisp, the 32-year-old covering the course in 56-52, while Tom Guy (Sunderland Clarion) was second in that category with 1-00-41.

The event uses the M2510 course, and riders head out onto the A189 then turn north through Bebside and North Seaton, turning near Ashington and heading back down to East Hartford before doing another lap.

Results:

Pos           Name   Club    Cat          Time

1          Lewis Wake    Team Kirkley Cycles  Senior  49:38

2          Adam Smith    Team Kirkley Cycles  Senior  50:04

3          Alexander Milne         Muckle Cycle Club     Senior  50:56

4          Jamie Berry     Vector Racing Senior  51:39

5          John Routledge           GTR - Return To Life Vet       52:08

6          Philip Kennell GS Metro         Vet       52:12

7          Carl Donaldson           GS Metro         Vet       52:27

8          Nick Badcock Allen Valley Velo        Vet       52:31

9          John Bowman Muckle Cycle Club     Vet       52:36

10        Kris Whitelaw Vector Racing Senior  53:00

11        Harry Walker   Revolver Racing         Vet       53:06

12        Peter Stokoe    Reifen Racing Senior  53:59

13        Alessandro Marvaldi   Vector Racing Vet       54:29

14        Elliot Sharp     Vector Racing Senior  54:35

15        Tim Burdon     Allen Valley Velo        Vet       55:51

16        Benjamin Amaira        Alnwick Cycling Club            Senior  55:55

17        David Cunningham     Vector Racing Vet       56:04

18        Ian-James Elder          Vector Racing Senior  56:08

19        Ellis Murray    Vector Racing Espoir  56:17

20        Simon Crisp    Gosforth RC   Senior  56:52

21        Wayne Coates Team Bottrill   Vet       56:53

22        Stephen Boxall            Houghton CC  Vet       56:59

23        Dan Venner     North Shields Polytechnic Club         Vet       57:31

24        Lee McCarron Vector Racing Senior  57:32

25        Jack Smith       Vector Racing Senior  58:25

26        Mark Whaley  Blaydon CC    Vet       58:27

27        Scott Walton    Tyne Tri           Senior  58:33

28        Adam Harrison            Barnesbury CC           Vet       59:41

29        Tom Guy         Sunderland Clarion     Vet       01:00:41

30        Keith Davison Hadrian R.T    Vet       01:01:08

31        Andriy Volkov Vector Racing Senior  01:01:24

32        Ian Gallon       North Tyneside Riders CC      Vet       01:01:35

33        Louise Burnie Blaydon CC    Senior  01:02:17

34        Paul Robson    Protech Velo    Vet       01:02:43

35        Adele McAleer            Velo Culture    Vet       01:03:03

36        Keith Sibbald  Zeus CRT        Vet       01:03:40

37        Paul Barrett     Velo Culture    Senior  01:03:53

38        David Lavery  North Tyneside Riders CC      Vet       01:04:33

39        Russell Smith  Darlington Cycling Club        Vet       01:04:46

40        David Ballantyne        EMC Cycling  Vet       01:04:55

41        Ross Downie   Barnesbury CC           Vet       01:04:59

42        Andrew Tough Coalfields Triathlon Club       Vet       01:06:26

43        Martin Lloyd   Vector Racing Vet       01:07:48

            Lee Ridden      Reifen Racing Vet       APOLS

            Vicky Gibbs    Reifen Racing Vet       APOLS

            Rhys Edwards Edinburgh Road Club Junior  DNF

            Joanne Rea      Team Kirkley Cycles  Senior  DNF

            Christopher Isats         Berwick Wheelers Cycling Club        Vet       DNS

            Henry Povey   VO2MAX Race Team Vet       DNS

            Joe Tabachnik Durham University Cycling Club       Espoir  DNS