There was a very strong showing from North Notts Olympic at the South Pennines RC Time Trial.
Neil Kirk led the way with one of many personal best rides finishing the 25 miles in 52.11.
Andy Smith was equally pleased with his 53.43. Alan Tunnicliffe turned a fixed gear for 54 minutes and 36 seconds, his best ride for three years.
Chris
Knight (55.49), Steve Robinson (56.15) and David O’Keefe (58.18) all put in excellent rides.
However, most cheerful of the lot was 52-year-old Martin Tate who, with 58.23, went under the hour for the first time in 35 attempts at this distance.
He put his success down to regular winter training and planning to be at his best for this particular race. He was closely followed by Phil Smithurst and Carl Raynham (1.00.10).
North Notts Olympics resume their 10 mile Time Trials from Sutton-on-Trent to Carlton-on-Trent via Tuxford last Thursday.
Club riders won the the first four positions, despite strong opposition from Retford, Sheffield and Lincoln.
Neil Kirk was first with 20.58. Daniel Barnett came in second with a personal best time of 21.57.
He was followed by Chris Knight (22.43) and Dave O’Keefe (23.34).
Two other riders who averaged speeds of over 25mph were Paul Austin of Retford Wheelers (23.38) and Neal Parkin of North Notts Olympics (23.49).
Nearly all North Notts Olympic riders improved their times on the 7.8 mile Cuckney circuit.
Dave Yates (18.07) won from Chris Knight (18.58) and third placed Steve Robinson (19.09).
Two riders very nearly broke the 20 minute barrier - Dave O’Keefe (20.00) and Ludovic Lechat (20.05).
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