North Road Hardriders Feb 2025

Sun 23 Feb 2025

Teenage prodigy Leon Atkins of 258 Protege blasted round the Hardriders in a blistering time of 56:41, just 5 seconds short of the course record set by Wouter Sybrandy in 2012 and faster than Chris Boardman who was first to go under the hour in 1991.

Mild temperatures and a breeze greeted the riders at the start, with flooding, roadworks and potholes a-plenty waiting for them on the high passes and thrilling descents of the Cuffley Alps.

Second was Freddie Checketts in 1:03:29, and third Alfie Salmon (Harts Performance Coaching) in 1:04:00.

Fastest female was Rachel Halamandres (Basildon CC) in 1:28:34, followed by Ruth Stapleton (Newhall CC) and Alison Fox.(Ely and District CC).

Jamie Anderson was the sole North Roader to finish, in 1:13:10, with Chris Dixon puncturing after 3 miles and Dino Gazzi a DNS(A).

Thanks to all the riders, helpers, marshals and timekeepers and especially Graham Potter for organising another smoothly run event. See you at the Memorial 25 in May!

 

No Name Club   Age Time VTTA Vet  
        Group   Standard +/-  
55 Leon Atkins 258 Protégé TT Jun 0:56:41     Open
47 Freddie Checketts London Clarion TT Sen 1:03:29     Open
60 Alfie Salmon Harts Performance Coaching TT Esp 1:04:00     Open
35 Ramsey Kechacha Shaftesbury CC TT Sen 1:05:29     Open
53 Vincent Christan East London Velo Road Sen 1:05:47     Open
42 Geoff Ewen CC Ashwell Road Sen 1:05:48     Open
28 Martin Smith 6AM Cycling Road Vet 1:06:32 1:06:21 0:00:11 Open
29 Tom Kennett Kingston Wheelers CC Road Sen 1:07:48     Open
40 Bryan Long VTTA (East Anglia Group) TT Vet 1:08:18 1:09:55 Minus 01:37 Open
54 Dermot Kealey Finchley RT TT Vet 1:08:58 1:08:58 0:00:00 Open
46 Adrian Tovey Shaftesbury CC TT Vet 1:10:20 1:08:24 0:01:56 Open
56 Dominic Bray Finsbury Park CC TT Vet 1:10:46 1:09:16 0:01:30 Open
26 Phillip Lovett Blackpedal Road Vet 1:11:18 1:07:39 0:03:39 Open
30 Jamie Bishop Newhall CC Road Vet 1:11:54 1:08:08 0:03:46 Open
59 Jamie Anderson North Road CC TT Vet 1:13:10 1:07:25 0:05:45 Open
25 Gregory Smith Finsbury Park CC Road Vet 1:13:33 1:07:53 0:05:40 Open
50 Oswin Grady Bedfordshire Road RT Road Vet 1:13:53 1:07:39 0:06:14 Open
27 William Burton Cambridge CC Road Sen 1:15:20     Open
34 George Speight Finsbury Park CC Road Vet 1:15:26 1:07:53 0:07:33 Open
49 Alex Cohen Finsbury Park CC Road Vet 1:16:11 1:08:24 0:07:47 Open
57 Duncan Godfrey Team Trident Road Vet 1:17:22 1:07:01 0:10:21 Open
39 Sean Mcdougall Bedfordshire Road RT TT Vet 1:18:15 1:08:08 0:10:07 Open
41 Mike Bridge Verulam CC TT Vet 1:18:44 1:06:13 0:12:31 Open
32 Tom Walton Islington Cycling Club Road Sen 1:18:58     Open
61 Nicholas Coe Verulam Megan Racing TT Vet 1:19:49 1:13:36 0:06:13 Open
36 Harry Moore Cycling Club Hackney TT Vet 1:22:09 1:11:23 0:10:46 Open
38 Laurence Watts Hub Velo Road Vet 1:28:05 1:11:00 0:17:05 Open
58 Rachel Halamandres Basildon CC TT Vet 1:28:34 1:12:35 0:15:59 Female
37 Ruth Stapleton Newhall CC Road Vet 1:28:38 1:12:32 0:16:06 Female
24 Adrian Lauchlan Southgate CC Road Vet 1:41:04 1:13:07 0:27:57 Open
22 Richard Pimlott Finsbury Park CC TT Vet 1:47:38 1:12:13 0:35:25 Open
48 Alison Fox Ely & Dist CC /B&T Motor Repairs Road Vet 1:48:39 1:15:06 0:33:33 Female
33 Chris Dixon North Road CC Road Vet DNF     Open
21 Dino Gazzi North Road CC Road Vet DNS Apolg     Open
23 Robert Royston Sydenham Whs TT Vet DNS Apolg     Open
31 David Ross Elevate RT Road Sen DNS Apolg     Open
43 Graham Galvin East London Velo Road Vet DNS Apolg     Open
44 Thomas Godfrey Bedfordshire Road RT TT Jun DNS Apolg     Open
45 Mike Debney Verulam Megan's Racing Team Road Vet DNS     Open
51 John Bland VC de Londres TT Sen DNS     Open
52 Chris Knight Team Trident Road Vet DNS     Open