McLaughlin claims ‘10’ record

JAMES MCLAUGHLIN has been in more record-breaking form.

In round five of the Velo Club’s standards competition, which featured 22 riders, the youngster (pictured) was the fastest rider in 10min. 48sec. – a new junior record.

Grand veteran Terry Wright took second place in 11.31, with Mike Dean third. Josh Gosselin swapped his mountain bike for a time-trial bike to clock the fourth fastest time of the day, leaving many wondering why he didn’t race time trials more often. Stuart Le Tissier finished in fifth followed by Tim Holmes, veteran Tim Martin, veteran Jon Dorey and Luke Walton with veteran Paul Jackson completing the top 10.

Once the riders had finished and all the times had been worked out against those for their respective age groups, the top 10 looked considerably different. Grand veteran Allan Renyard moved from 14th place to first in the standards competition, finishing 3.41 ahead of his standard time to maintain his perfect record in the event.

Wright took second place with McLaughlin third.

Veteran Lyn Mahy moved up to fourth place followed by under-14 Alex Falla, grand veteran Gary Wallbridge, veteran Jon Dorey, Mike Dean and Gosselin with veteran Dave Gallienne completing the top 10.

A strong south-westerly wind put most off the club’s only 50-mile time trial this season.

Six solo racers, one tandem and one three-up took to the challenge of completing the course, which is based on the west coast.

With the weather soon deteriorating and rain beginning to fall, a number of riders decided to pull out of the race, leaving just four riders and a tandem to complete the course.

Aaron Bailey finished in first place in a time of 1-58.15 followed by a tandem pairing of Graham Le Maitre and Chris Le Page in 1-59.35.

Ann Bowditch was the first woman in a time of 2-07.58, with first veteran Paul Jackson (2-11.07) and first junior Callum Hill-Smith (2.17.22) the other riders who finished the race.

Article posted on 26th June, 2008 - 2.29pm

One Article Comment

tim

| July 1, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Shame this article doesn’t refer to fact that this ‘10′ record was in fact for a 5 mile time trial. Very misleading

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