Lea Valley CC 25 TT 11/04/15 Course - E2/25

Mon 13 Apr 2015

Lea Valley CC 25 TT 11/04/15 Course - E2/25

Three North Road riders made the journey to Newmarket, for this early season Lea Valley CC promoted event. A 25.2 mile time trial on the notoriously fast E2 course which runs out and back along the A14 and A11.

Conditions were far from ideal with a 17mph breeze from the West. Other than this it was a pleasant Spring afternoon.

Riders’ consensus opinion was that this was a ‘slow’ day for the E2 course, the strong headwind hindered progress on the outward leg, and the full benefit of the corresponding tail wind never seemed to materialize.

NRCC times

Ian Turner 00:57:16

Frank Rawlins 00:58:59

Chris Symonds 01:02:16

 

Matt Smith riding for Team Velo Velocity produced a storming ride to win the event in 50:20

A controversial decision by race organizers led to some confusion on the day. The finish line was moved 200 yards further up the A14 exit slip road. This decision has added extra distance to this course and is now 25.2 miles – not a popular move with the time trialing community. Full results at http://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/Events/Results

 

From Chris Symonds;

"A very slow time of 62:16     94th place, reason for this first race of the year, windy and I experimented with a shorter stem, a disaster"