Paul Burton continued his fine start to the season with victory in the open category at the Paceline RT Sporting 15-mile time trial in Surrey on Sunday morning, with Kathryn Hughes the quickest female.

Riding for the promoting club, Burton, on a road bike, finished in 34-21 to beat clubmate and time trial bike rider Pat Wright by 50 seconds in 35-11, while Kingston Wheelers CC rider Raif Ososki, also on a road bike, clocked 36-05 for the final spot on the podium.

This is Burton’s second open category win from three events this season, having finished second and fastest road bike at the …a3crg 25-mile time trial on P881/25 on March 31.

Burton enjoyed a relatively successful season in 2023, earning nine victories from a total of 19 events across the calendar year, alongside a runners-up spot on the same course at the Paceline RT Sporting 15-mile time trial on April 16 las year.

“This was another terrific promotion from the team at Paceline, and I’m happy to take the win in my final tune-up race for the National Road Bike Championships in two weeks.

“It’s a really fun course with a bit of everything in it, and we were lucky with great weather. I’ve really enjoyed doing all the early season races on my road bike and am excited to see how I fare against some big names in the nationals.”

In the women’s event, Hughes (Onyx RT) clocked 44-01 to seal top spot ahead of Kingston Wheelers’ Teresa Goddard in 49-24, who took the runners-up placing.

This event, run on course GS/483, is a looped circuit that starts just south of Dorking and sees riders head southbound on the A24 towards Beare Green and then past Capel, turning eastbound and then northbound to complete the final part of the loop through Newdigate to finish just east of the start line.

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Results:

Open:

1. Paul Burton (Paceline RT) Road Bike        34.21

2. Pat Wright (Paceline RT) TT Bike  35.11

3. Raif Ososki (Kingston Wheelers CC) Road Bike  36.05

4. Simon Carter (Paceline RT) Road Bike      37.43

5. Jonathan Besly (Dorking Cycling Club) TT Bike  37.47

6. Keith Lea (Paceline RT) TT Bike   47.51

7. Thomas Rees (Kingston Wheelers CC) Road Bike            37.55

8. Adam Stone (North Road CC) Road Bike  38.10

9. Richard Cartland (HuntBikeWheels.com) Road Bike        38.27

10. Alex Kelly (Onyx RT) Road Bike 38.48

Female:

1. Kathryn Hughes (Onyx RT)           44.01

2. Teresa Goddard (Kingston Wheelers CC)  49.24