North Road Hardriders Feb 2019

Report by Chris Dixon - the official result will be found here.

After last year's cancellation due to ice, a little early morning mist was soon burnt off by glorious sunshine in the mildest weather for the Hardriders in recent memory.

The traffic light gremlins forced a last-minute shortening of the course when the event was already underway, so riders were surprised to see the chequered flag waved with four miles still to go. This gave a slight advantage to those who had gone out too fast, over riders who had left plenty in the tank for a blitz up the last two hills. The timekeepers however were on the ball and in place for the first rider through.

Fastest rider on the shortened course was Ollie Jones beating previous winner Lloyd Chapman in second by nearly two minutes. Amy Pritchard was quickest woman home, and Finsbury Park CC won the team prize.

Eight North Roaders took part with Nick Candy in an outstanding 6th, just 14 seconds off second place. Mike Atkinson beat the hour on the shortened course. Nuala Robinson, on a road bike, was just 4 and a half minutes behind the ladies winner, hinting at a bright future in time-trialling given the right equipment. Andrew Hadfield had the misfortune to puncture 4 miles from the start, but with the aid of lifts was able to return to the HQ to fix it and then restart from the puncture point.

A popular innovation this year with 26 entrants was the road bike category, in which tri-bars, dished wheels and full-on TT kit were not allowed.

Position Name Gender Category Club Time Avg.Speed Points

1 Ollie Jones Male Espoir ActiveEdge Race Team P/B Cooper/BMW Inchcape 47:36 26.723 Mph 150 

2 Lloyd Chapman Male Senior Plomesgate CC 49:24 25.749 Mph 147.917
3 Oliver Knight Male Junior HMT Hospitals Giant Cycling Team 49:39 25.619 Mph 145.833
4 Geir Robinson Male Vet Regents Park Rouleurs 49:40 25.611 Mph 143.75
5 Daniel Northover Male Vet Finsbury Park CC 49:52 25.508 Mph 141.667
6 Nicholas Candy Male Espoir North Road CC 49:53 25.499 Mph 139.583
7 Neil Lauder Male Senior Arctic Tacx RT 49:57 25.465 Mph 137.5
8 Felix Barker Male Senior ActiveEdge Race Team P/B Cooper/BMW Inchcape 50:42 25.089 Mph 135.417
9 Adam Gascoigne Male Senior Race Hub 50:44 25.072 Mph 133.333
10 Josh Crow-Stewart Male Senior Arctic Tacx RT 51:03 24.917 Mph 131.25
11 Mark Aldred Male Senior Kingston Wheelers CC 51:21 24.771 Mph 129.167
12 Toby Cowell Male Espoir Cambridge University CC 51:38 24.635 Mph 127.083
13 Tom Elwood Male Senior Team LDN 52:20 24.306 Mph 125
14 James Jenkins Male Espoir Richardsons-Trek RT 52:34 24.198 Mph 122.917
15 Ian Knight Male Vet Milton Keynes RC 52:44 24.121 Mph 120.833
16 Paul Hart Male Senior Southend Wheelers 52:56 24.03 Mph 118.75
17 Wayne Crombie Male Vet East London Velo 52:59 24.008 Mph 116.667
18 Henry Farrell Male Senior Full Gas Racing Team 53:43 23.68 Mph 114.583
19 Sam Humpheson Male Vet Look Mum No Hands! 53:46 23.658 Mph 112.5
20 Simon Bowler Male Vet AS Test Team 53:51 23.621 Mph 110.417
21 Joe Kiely Male Juvenile Welwyn Whs 54:05 23.519 Mph 108.333
22 Callum Stewart Male Senior East London Velo 54:41 23.261 Mph 106.25
23 Aaron Mccaffrey Male Vet Milton Keynes RC 55:04 23.099 Mph 104.167
24 Dominic Bray Male Vet Finsbury Park CC 55:08 23.071 Mph 102.083
25 Gareth Wignall Male Senior Hertfordshire Whs 56:14 22.62 Mph 100
26 Michael Parker Male Vet TMG Horizon Cycling Team 56:38 22.46 Mph 97.917
27 Jonas Rooze Male Senior Team LDN 56:44 22.421 Mph 95.833
28 Tom Haines Male Vet East London Velo 56:53 22.362 Mph 93.75
29 Gregory Smith Male Vet Finsbury Park CC 57:23 22.167 Mph 91.667
30 Jody Paxman Male Senior Team LDN 57:29 22.128 Mph 89.583
31 Steve Torley Male Vet Milton Keynes RC 57:36 22.083 Mph 87.5
32 Michael Edmunds Male Vet Verulam Really Moving 58:13 21.849 Mph 85.417
33 Simon Mac Male Vet London Phoenix CC 58:25 21.775 Mph 83.333
34 David Atkinson Male Vet VCT Racing 58:30 21.744 Mph 81.25
34 Sean Bradley Male Senior Team Trident 58:30 21.744 Mph 81.25
36 Nicholas Coe Male Vet Verulam Really Moving 58:36 21.706 Mph 77.083
37 Pete Lindsell Male Senior Tri London 58:55 21.59 Mph 75
38 Thomas Coombes Male Senior Tri London 59:11 21.493 Mph 72.917
39 Matt Yardley Male Vet Macclesfield Wheelers 59:13 21.48 Mph 70.833
40 Michael Atkinson Male Senior North Road CC 59:48 21.271 Mph 68.75
41 Neal Marrin Male Vet Finsbury Park CC 1:00:09 21.147 Mph 66.667
42 Ryan Sheppard Male Senior G.S. Henley 1:00:11 21.135 Mph 64.583
43 David Green Male Vet North Road CC 1:00:16 21.106 Mph 62.5
44 Anton Blackie Male Senior Rapha Cycling Club 1:01:04 20.83 Mph 60.417
45 Adam Laycock Male Vet VTTA (East Anglia Group) 1:01:10 20.796 Mph 58.333
46 Amy Pritchard Female Vet Giant Camden Team Liv 1:01:16 20.762 Mph 56.25
47 Jim Higson Male Senior CC London 1:01:43 20.61 Mph 54.167
48 James Fox Male Senior Rapha Cycling Club 1:01:48 20.583 Mph 52.083
49 Richard Weltz Male Senior Team Trident 1:01:55 20.544 Mph 50
50 Elizabeth Marvelly Female Junior Liv AWOL 1:01:56 20.538 Mph 47.917
51 Oliver Chapman Male Senior Welwyn Whs 1:02:04 20.494 Mph 45.833
52 James Moss Male Vet North Road CC 1:02:39 20.303 Mph 43.75
52 Nick Clarke Male Senior Arctic Tacx RT 1:02:39 20.303 Mph 43.75
54 Ben Luget Male Vet Tri London 1:02:50 20.244 Mph 39.583
55 Richard Lofthouse Male Vet Eagle Road Club 1:03:14 20.116 Mph 37.5
56 Gareth Davies Male Vet London Phoenix CC 1:03:48 19.937 Mph 35.417
57 Sinclair Easton Male Vet CC London 1:03:49 19.932 Mph 33.333
58 Jennifer Andrews Female Vet CC Ashwell 1:03:58 19.885 Mph 31.25
59 Peter Holden Male Vet Team Trident 1:04:13 19.808 Mph 29.167
60 Graham Irvine Male Vet London Phoenix CC 1:04:20 19.772 Mph 27.083
61 Andrew Mussett Male Senior Team Trident 1:05:37 19.385 Mph 25
62 Nuala Robinson Female Senior North Road CC 1:05:58 19.282 Mph 22.917
63 Sean Odonnell Male Senior CC London 1:06:09 19.229 Mph 20.833
64 Robert Gilmour Male Vet Hounslow & District Whs 1:06:10 19.224 Mph 18.75
65 Anthony Taylor Male Vet North Road CC 1:06:14 19.205 Mph 16.667
66 Chris Dixon Male Vet North Road CC 1:06:49 19.037 Mph 14.583
67 Steve Rust Male Vet Team Trident 1:06:53 19.018 Mph 12.5
68 Christine Pout Female Vet Verulam Really Moving 1:07:41 18.793 Mph 10.417
69 Robert Barrett Male Vet High Wycombe CC 1:08:09 18.665 Mph 8.333
70 Richard Miller Male Vet CC London 1:08:11 18.656 Mph 6.25
71 Lenka Vackova Female Senior Rapha Cycling Club 1:08:25 18.592 Mph 4.167
72 Andrew Hadfield Male Senior North Road CC 1:30:02 14.128 Mph 2.083 (punctured)

DNF William Wallace Male Vet CC London 0 
DNF Andrew Jarratt Male Senior Southgate CC 0 
DNF Hugh Williams Male Vet Pro Vision Cycle Clothing 0 
DNF Martin Smith Male Senior London Phoenix CC 0 

DNS(A) Barry Connolly Male Senior Milton Keynes RC 0
DNS(A) Alex Elferink Male Vet East London Velo 0 
DNS(A) Jon Friend Male Vet Bedfordshire Road RT 0 
DNS(A) Chris Bartley Male Senior AS Test Team 0
DNS(A) Rory Mccarron Male Senior Regents Park Rouleurs 0 
DNS(A) Toma Chitu Male Senior CC Ashwell 0 
DNS(A) Jeremy Simpson Male Vet OV Cycling Club 0 
DNS(A) Chris Jones Male Senior Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA 0 
DNS Conor Dash Male Junior Cycling Club Hackney 0 
DNS Thomas Arkell Male Junior East London Velo 0 
DNS Marcus Shields Male Vet Ayr Roads CC 0 
DNS Derrick Nelmes Male Vet CC London 0