Brilliant week’s work ends with all in top 30

Thursday 14th October 2010, 2:29PM BST.

James McLaughlin battles against the heat to finish an excellent 17th in yesterday’s 40km time trial. (Picture by Paul Guillou, 1039178)

GUERNSEY’S cyclists did themselves proud again as they battled the heat and a home-straight head wind to all finish in the top 30 of the individual time trials.

Ann Bowditch finished 19th in the women’s 29km race in a time of 46-18.32 with an average speed of 37.576kph.

James McLaughlin was again the star for the men, placing 17th in the 40km race, notching a time of 54-55.17. He climbed a place having been 18th at the halfway stage.

Josh Gosselin, who was third on the leaderboard early on, also gained a place after the halfway stage to finish 24th in 57-16.82, while Tobyn Horton’s 58-03.74 earned him 27th, having been 28th after 20km.