Jen McMahon (Jadan Vive le Velo) and John Routledge (GTR-Return to Life) proved fastest at the Blaydon CC evening 12-mile time trial in Northumberland, while Marcus Cram (Muckle CC) and Joshua Hodgson (GS Metro) tied for the road bike prize.

McMahon’s time of 31-46 gave her the women’s prize by around two and a half minutes from Justine Norman (Velo Culture), while road biker Angela McGurk (Blaydon CC) was third fastest woman and best on a road bike.

Meanwhile Routledge clocked 26-36 to win overall by 21 seconds from Nick Badcock (Allen Valley Velo) while Phil Hall (Velo Culture) was third, just one second further back.

“I enjoy the M12,” said Routledge. “It’s a nice sporting course, rolling and twisty up towards the quarry and then flatter, faster roads back to the finish.

“I knew I had to go out hard, the first half of the course is all slightly uphill.  The predicted headwind back never really came to much thankfully and sounds like I had a bit of luck missing some sheep on the road.  Chuffed to get the win for GTR.”

And McMahon said after the event: “I’m very happy to win my first time trial of the season. Being very familiar with the course, I felt confident going into the race knowing the roads well. And the weather was perfect with very little wind.

“I really thought I had gone out too hard at the start but gained a lot of recovery at the top of the quarry to then push hard again from Matfen through to the finish.”

Originally just a road bike event, it was opened up to time trial bikes too with the introduction of road bike categories in all events.

And while weather was perfect for most riders a few did get stopped by a while with a farmer moving some sheep and blocking the road.

Cram and Hodgson tied on 28:22 to win the road bike category, while McGurk won the same category for the females (34:30).

Harris Hall of Velo Culture was the fastest junior rider (27:57) for fifth overall. Keeping it in the family, his father Phil Hall and mother Justine Norman picked up the prizes for fastest male and female veteran on age adjusted time.

And a special mention goes to 12-year-old Derwentside CC rider Matthew Mather who was completing his first time trial on open roads – he rode 32:47 whilst his father Chris Mather completed the course in 30:19.

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Results:

Pos      Name   Club    Gender Cat       Time

1          John Routledge           GTR - Return to Life P/B Streamline Male    Vet       26:36

2          Nick Badcock Allen Valley Velo        Male    Vet       26:57

3          Phil Hall          Velo Culture    Male    Vet       26:58

4          Zach Haigh     Barnesbury CC           Male    Senior  27:00

5          John Hewison Zurbaran Racing         Male    Vet       27:52

6          Harris Hall      Velo Culture    Male    Junior  27:57

7          Marcus Cram  Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Senior  28:22

7          Joshua Hodgson          GS Metro         Male    Senior  28:22

9          Simon Crisp    Gosforth RC   Male    Senior  28:32

10        Hedley Fletcher           Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       28:37

11        Jack Smith       Vector Racing Male    Senior  29:19

12        Mark Whaley  Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       29:31

13        Mark Herbert  Derwentside CC         Male    Vet       29:35

14        Ian Taylor        Blumilk.Com   Male    Vet       29:38

15        Neil Wilkinson            Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       29:41

16        Lee Ridden      Reifen Racing Male    Vet       29:48

17        Lee McCarron Vector Racing Male    Senior  29:51

18        Phil Cook        Velo Culture    Male    Vet       30:18

19        Chris Mather   Derwentside CC         Male    Vet       30:19

20        Dougan Collins           Zurbaran Racing         Male    Vet       30:41

21        Chris Wann     EMC Cycling  Male    Vet       30:54

22        Paul Ryan        Northumbria Police C.C.        Male    Vet       30:57

23        Brian Johnson Reifen Racing Male    Vet       31:02

24        Greg Paton-Kerr          Allen Valley Velo        Male    Senior  31:05

25        Keith Sibbald  Zeus CRT        Male    Vet       31:07

26        Matthew Walmsley     Cestria C.C.    Male    Senior  31:26

27        Mal Gray         Velo Culture    Male    Vet       31:37

28        Jen McMahon Jadan Vive Le Velo     Female Senior  31:46

29        Andrew Smith Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Vet       31:51

30        Neil Fellows    Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       31:56

31        Nicholas Stevenson     Wearside Triathlon      Male    Vet       32:01

32        Howie Buckingham    Allen Valley Velo        Male    Vet       32:36

33        Matthew Mather          Derwentside CC         Male    Juvenile           32:47

34        Carl Satterthwaite        Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       32:55

35        Paul Wright     Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       33:40

36        David Lavery  North Tyneside Riders CC      Male    Vet       33:42

37        Andy Delaney Northumbria Police C.C.        Male    Vet       33:56

38        Justine Norman           Velo Culture    Female Vet       34:11

39        David Goodwin          Endurance Academy   Male    Vet       34:23

40        Charlie Thew  Racing Metro 15         Male    Junior  34:24

41        Angela McGurk          Blaydon CC    Female Vet       34:30

42        Mark Duffy     VO2MAX Race Team Male    Senior  34:37

43        Ray Bell          Derwentside CC         Male    Vet       34:38

44        Vanessa Armstrong     Blaydon CC    Female Vet       34:42

45        Eric Hurrell     Gosforth RC   Male    Vet       35:42

46        Heather Witham          Blaydon CC    Female Vet       36:01

47        Rob Aspden    Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       36:28

48        Anna Halstead Blaydon CC    Female Vet       36:44

49        Daniel Dryden Blaydon CC    Male    Senior  36:47

50        Michael Trow  Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       37:13

51        Dean McLauchlan       North Tyneside Riders CC      Male    Senior  37:15

52        Steven Burns   Houghton CC  Male    Vet       37:24

52        Joanna Mitchell           Blaydon CC    Female Vet       37:24

54        John Picken     North Tyneside Riders CC      Male    Vet       38:25

55        Numan Asad   Team Newcastle Triathlon      Male    Espoir  39:41

56        Anita Dabbs    VO2MAX Race Team Female Senior  39:55

57        Anthony Prince           VO2MAX Race Team Male    Vet       41:14

58        Jay Sully          Blaydon CC    Male    Vet       42:42

59        Gareth Davies Barnesbury CC           Male    Vet       48:51