News: Bottrill’s Winning Run Continues in Wales

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Matt Brottrill’s 25 record attempt scuppered by the weather in South Wales but his winning run continues

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Photo: Eamonn Deane (www.sportsmassagebournemouth.co.uk)

Sunday afternoon saw 240 riders from around the country take part in the Port Talbot Wheelers 25 mile time trial on a Welsh course that is renowned for producing fast time’s with the fast ascent from the village of Gleaneth to Neth.

The out and back circuit, on the fast roads would be a test of speed, pace and judgement over the 25 miles. For the Sunday event, there had been a lot of talk if the competition record of 45:46 held by Micheal Hutchinson, could be broken. The standard of the field was the class of any National championship including newly crowned National circuit time trial champion Matthew Bottrill (www.drag2zero.com), multi national champion and Competition record holder Michael Hutchinson (In Gear-Quickfit-Trainsharp) and a strong contingent of riders from Ireland including European U23 Ryan Mullen (Team IG Sigmas Sport).

International riders Conor Dunne (VL Technics) & Marcus Christie (Foyle cc) joined Ryan to battle it out for selection for the World Time trial championships to be held in Florence Italy in the coming weeks. The battle for the race was going to be one of the most hotly contested this season.

It was a mix bag of weather for all the riders taking part. The hot conditions which have been hitting the UK, gave way to cold temperatures, rain storms and gusts of winds. The race got underway, with the first rider leaving at 9am while the battle of the big guns started some three hours later. With the standard being set by Super Veteran, Rob Pears Bath CC with 48:21 (www.drag2zero.com), Jeff Jones was close in 48:24.

Then the young guns hit the road with Irish riders Conor Dunne (VL Technics) finishing in 47:18 & Marcus Christie (Foyle cc) lighting up the roads with 46:41. Mullen of Team IG Sigmas Sport was next and on a mission to take his place on the Irish team.

Mullen, left the starting area like a man focused on being fastest and was soon setting the fastest time. Bottrill left the start next and the newly crowned National British Circuit time trial was soon into his stride.

At the first time check at 10 miles, Bottrill was 10 secs down on Mullen as the youngster was flying and setting a very rapid pace! Hutchinson then came through, another 10 secs down on Bottrill and with the remaining 15 miles to play with, it was going to be a very interesting battle!

Mullen, at just 19 years of age, did not disappoint hitting the finish line in a very rapid 46:36! Amazing considering his age and the fastest time ever set by a rider of that age. Bottrill received a time check from his team helper and good friend Peter Lavine and knowing he was down on Mullen, Bottrill upped the pace. Into his best aero position he set about the task of over turning that deficit and having a crack at the 45:46 competition record.

Riding to a plan set by his coach Bob Tobin of cyclingpowermeters.com, he kept lifting the pace all the way and was on for the record. Needing a speed of 32.8mph to break the record, Bottrill was using every inch of power he had in his body and adopting his best aero position with the record almost within his grasp. All the way to 23 miles things were going well and then the light rain gave away to heavy rains storms and high gust of winds.

Not one for giving in, Bottrill upped his watts to breaking point but needing to average 30mph for the final two miles, his effort was still not enough to break the record. It was enough to set the fastest time in a rapid 46:13, just two seconds short of his personal best! Meanwhile Hutchinson was battling the worst of the conditions, but was still trying his hardest to make the podium, but it was too late and the weather was just to much!

At the finish we caught up with an exhausted Bottrill, and asked about his winning ride, he said “That was a really hard day. I had a schedule set by my coach Bob Tobin who I spoke to on the way to the race and knew that with the weather conditions, it was going to be a big ask to get the record.”

“I had the form but you need everything to just to be right to get the record. It’s only 27 secs away but at that kind of speed its 0.3mph. I guess I will have to come back next season and have a go!”

RESULTS 

Main Event

1 Matthew Bottrill www.drag2zero.com 00:46:13 1st Fastest
2 Ryan Mullen Team IG Sigmas Sport 00:46:36 2nd Fastest
3 Marcus Christie Foyle cc – Foreign (UCI registered) 00:46:41 3rd Fastest
4 Michael Hutchinson In Gear-Quickfit-Trainsharp-RT 00:47:02 4th Fastest
5 Conor Dunne VL Technics – Abutriek – Foreign (UCI registered) 00:47:18
6 Rob Pears Bath CC 00:48:21 2nd Vet Stnd
7 Jeff Jones www.drag2zero.com 00:48:24
8 Andrew Wilkinson Port Sunlight Whs 00:48:42 3rd Vet Stnd
9 Nick English AW Cycles.co.uk 00:48:53
10 justyn cannon RAF CA 00:49:16
11 Adam Gascoigne Pedal Power Loughborough 00:49:35
12 James Perkins Zenith – Buzz Cycles 00:49:42
13 Andrew Langdown Hampshire RC 00:50:06
14 Sebastian Ader a3crg 00:50:08
15 Simon Harradine Team Echelon – Rotor 00:50:10
16 Luke Dix Cardiff Jif 00:50:11
17 Peter Lawrence Team MDT 00:50:19
18 Tim Ashton Royal Sutton CC 00:50:51
19 Liam Maybank Twickenham CC 00:50:52
20 Ben Phillips Bynea Cycling Club 00:51:02
21 peter weir Banjo Cycles.com 00:51:03
22 bevan humphreys Urban-cyclery.co.uk RT 00:51:13
23 Ken Buckley AW Cycles.co.uk 00:51:14
24 Jason Bateman Pendle Forest Cycling Club 00:51:26
25 Aaron Bailey Guernsey Velo Club 00:51:27
26 DEREK SMETHAM Dursley RC 00:51:28
27 Lyn Jones EC Cycles 00:51:29 Team
28 Paul Granger Fairly Utd Cycle Team 00:51:38
29 Ian Cox North Lancs RC 00:51:40
30 David Kiddell Cavalier CC 00:51:58
31 Oliver Roberts PBscience.com 00:52:06
32 Malcolm Rose Oxonian CC 00:52:09
33 Phil Brown Didcot Phoenix CC 00:52:17
34 Phil Rayner Welland Valley CC 00:52:19
35 Andrew Halliday Westerley Cycling Club 00:52:20
36 Tony Chapman Dream Cycling 00:52:22
37 Neil Ridley Guernsey Velo Club 00:52:22
38 David Brice Bynea CC 00:52:22
39 Les Liddiard Team Jewson – MI Racing 00:52:35
40 Terry Icke Poole Wheelers 00:52:38 1st Vet Stnd
41 Tim summerhayes Weston Wheelers CC 00:52:49
42 Mark Keyford Cadence RT 00:52:59
43 Stephen Campbell Twickenham CC 00:53:02
44 Stuart Martingale Sotonia CC 00:53:05
45 Scott Holmes Hillingdon CC 00:53:06
46 Richard Davidson Poole Wheelers 00:53:13
47 Simon Wix Evesham Wheelers 00:53:17
48 Richard Gifford In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT 00:53:25
49 David Constance Mammoth Lifestyle RT 00:53:29
50 andre dyason Team Swift 00:53:30
51 Rick Jounston Northover VT – Rudy Project 00:53:31
52 Tim Wood Team Echelon – Rotor 00:53:32
53 Brian McCartney Extreme Culture Cycles (EC Cycles) 00:53:35 Team
54 Christopher Lee Merthyr CC 00:53:40
55 Matthew Rowley Oxonian CC 00:53:47
56 anthony mark jones Towy Racing Cycling Club 00:53:49
57 leon boulton Bath CC 00:53:51
58 Mark McCartney Nottingham Clarion CC 00:53:55
59 Michael Portlock EC Cycles 00:53:57 Team
60 michael davis Dursley RC 00:54:16
61 Sean Townsend Gloucester City CC 00:54:19
62 Paul Smith Catford CC 00:54:22
63 David Woodhouse Twickenham CC 00:54:23
64 Anthony Cowdrey Porth & District CC 00:54:24
65 Mark Rosser Ogmore Valley Wheelers 00:54:28
66 Scott mcardle Cheltenham & County CC 00:54:28
67 Darren Lewis Poole Whs 00:54:30
68 Paul Cannon Porth & District CC 00:54:34
69 Daryl Godden Gloucester City CC 00:54:43
70 Richard Howes Coventry RC 00:54:44
71 Tom Boulton Finsbury Park CC 00:54:55
72 Gerry McGarr Gloucester City CC 00:55:03
73 ANDI TIMOTHY Revo Racing 00:55:08
74 Steuart Saunders Somerset RC 00:55:27
75 steve Potts Somerset RC 00:55:39
76 Matthew Hobbs Kingfisher Triathletes 00:55:43
77 Rod Hicks Port Talbot Wheelers – CJ Construction Ltd 0:55:53
78 Phil Barnes Team Swift 00:55:58
79 curtis stacey Forza Cycles 00:56:16
80 Derek Dowdeswell Gloucester City CC 00:56:21
81 Sean Gorvy G.S. Henley 00:56:55
82 darren avery Somerset RC 00:57:29
83 Robert Jones Ogmore Valley Wheelers 00:57:38
84 Chris Ward Redditch Road & Path CC 00:58:10
85 Paul Stephens Ross on Wye & District CC 00:58:25

Tandem
1 Andy Fisher Yorkshire Coast Clarion CC 00:49:26 TANDEM
2 Chris Goode Yorkshire Coast Clarion CC

Women/Junior/Overflow
1 Graham Moir North Devon Wheelers – Southfork 0:49:50 1st & Team
2 Daniel Bigham AW Cycles.co.uk 0:50:23 2nd Fastest
3 Jeremy Pile VC Sevale (Malvern) 0:51:51 3rd Fastest
4 Harry Edney North Devon Wheelers – Southfork 0:52:30 Team
5 Julia Shaw www.drag2zero.com 0:52:36 1st Lady
6 stuart stow Hounslow & District Whs 0:52:56
7 Mark Sanders Mid Devon CC 0:53:19
8 NICK YOUNG Yeovil CC 0:53:36
9 Luke Davies Velo Club St Raphael 0:53:46 1st Junior
10 Edward Priddy Solihull CC 0:54:04
11 GARY FERRETT Hampshire RC 0:54:11
12 Paul Clarkson Kingston Wheelers CC 0:54:45
13 Hugo Hocknell Team Salesengine.co.uk 0:54:45
14 Paul Lambert Chippenham & Dist. Whs 0:54:51
15 Jamie Carson Chorley Cycling Club 0:55:04
16 Martin Osman MJS Racing 0:55:06
17 Gillian Pears Bath CC 0:55:12 2nd Lady
18 Chris Tatton Sodbury Cycle-Sport 0:55:12
19 Paul Winchcombe Chippenham and District Wheelers 0:55:17
20 Ian Deakin Mid Devon CC 0:55:20
21 Ray Retter North Devon Whs 0:55:54 3rd Vet & Team
22 Stephen Rimmer Holme Valley Whs 0:55:54
23 Tom Cox Northover VT – Rudy Project 0:55:57
24 John Golder Chelmer CC 0:56:00
25 Dave Walker Worcester St. Johns CC 0:56:01
26 Graham Fielder a3crg 0:56:11
27 Danuta Tinn Maidenhead & District CC 0:56:12 3rd lady
28 Jim Gresty North Shropshire Wheelers 0:56:14 2nd Vet Stnd
29 Martin Latewood CC Blaenau Gwent 0:56:24
30 Hamish Walker Hampshire RC 0:56:29
31 Den Tapping Hampshire Road club 0:56:31
32 Nigel Williams Merthyr CC 0:56:31
33 David Evans Worcester St. Johns CC 0:56:33
34 Anthony Redman Porth & District CC 0:56:33
35 Stephen Biddulph Borntobike – Bridgetown Cycles 0:56:34
36 STEPHEN COOK Lindsey Roads CC 0:56:43
37 Peter Harridge Icknield RC 0:56:44
38 Hugh Davies Port Talbot Whs CC 0:56:49
39 Steven Madeley Ogmore Valley Wheelers 0:56:54
40 neale lewis Acme Whs (Rhondda) CC 0:56:57
41 Jill Wilkinson Port Sunlight Whs 0:57:00
42 Ann Bowditch GVC Edmond de Rothschild Team 0:57:02
43 sergio henriques Guernsey Velo Club 0:57:23
44 Chris Lodge Finsbury Park CC 0:57:24
45 Thomas Woollard Northover Vets Team 0:57:25
46 Graham Green MG Decor Team Carbon Bikes Solutions 0:57:26
47 Andrew Sparks Hereford & District Wheelers 0:57:29
48 Joanna Watts Guernsey Velo Club 0:57:33
49 Jake Hubbard Welland Valley CC 0:57:37 2nd Junior
50 Lee Watts Bynea Cycling Club 0:57:40
51 CLAIRE LEE Chelmer CC 0:57:46
52 Dean Ward 1st Chard Wheelers 0:57:46
53 stephen ratcliffe Brecon Wheelers 0:57:47
54 Corinna Francis Chelmer CC 0:57:50
55 Rachael Mellor Holme Valley Whs 0:57:56
56 Barrie Whitaker Lyme Racing Club, Swinnerton Cycles 0:57:59
57 Stuart Evans Port Talbot Wheelers – CJ Construction Ltd 0:58:08
58 Abby-Mae Parkinson RST RT 0:58:15
59 Gareth Jones Clevedon & District RC 0:58:19
60 Mike Hazelwood Saracen Road Club 0:58:21
61 Dave Pitt Charlotteville CC 0:58:23
62 John Shehan Bynea CC 0:58:37
63 Steve Davies Addiscombe CC 0:58:37
64 Dave Poulter Wrekinsport CC 0:58:37
65 Lynne Taylor Borntobike – Bridgetown Cycles 0:58:43
66 Roger Taylor Frome & District Wheelers 0:58:56
67 guy evans Hereford & Dis Whs CC 0:59:01
68 Tim Day Born to Bike – Bridgtown Cycles 0:59:03
69 Tina Reid Twickenham CC 0:59:11
70 Graham Smith Severn RC 0:59:12
71 Rebecca Timothy Revo Racing 0:59:17
72 cliff voller Newbury RC 0:59:29
73 graham brant Ciclos Uno 0:59:45
74 Alistair James Morgan Pontypool RCC 0:59:48
75 Peter Murieri M&D Specialized 1:00:02
76 Lowenna Smith Cadence RT 1:00:09
77 linda hubbard Welland Valley CC 1:00:30
78 Dawn Smith Worcester St. Johns CC 1:00:31
79 Nic Forbes Bynea CC 1:00:31
80 Russell Boon Avonlea – Treasure RT 1:00:34
81 Teresa Goddard Kingston Wheelers CC 1:00:35
82 Barry Quick Reading CC 1:00:35
83 Robin Shedden Wrekinsport CC 1:00:39
84 Andrew Vaughan City RC (Hull) 1:00:44
85 Peter Cockbain South Bucks RC 1:00:52
86 Susan Burnett Newport Phoenix CC 1:01:01
87 Jamil Gaida Rapha Condor CC 1:01:22
88 Derek Hodgins Stockport Clarion CC 1:01:28 1st Vet Stnd
89 Catherine Etchell Brecon Wheelers 1:01:33
90 Georgina Harper Cardiff Ajax CC 1:02:12
91 Sally Edney North Devon Wheelers – Southfork 1:02:14
92 Julian barnard Dulwich Paragon CC 1:03:03
93 Jill Bartlett Hounslow & District Whs 1:03:09
94 Sharon Clifford Coventry RC 1:03:33
95 John Murphy Gloucester City CC 1:03:58
96 Gaynor Hughes Bynea Cycling Club 1:04:06
97 Gregory Holmes Hillingdon CC 1:04:49
98 Tracie Rowlinson Lyme Racing Club, Swinnerton Cycles 1:05:12
99 Tanis Hand Leamington C & AC 1:05:23
100 Shirley Howell Port Talbot Wheelers – CJ Construction Ltd 1:06:59
101 Deanna Ferrett Hampshire RC 1:07:24
102 Simona Carena Coventry RC 1:10:11
Debbie Clark Hereford & District Wheelers 1:11:05

 

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