There was a surprise in store for the winner of Round 1 of the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport, Oli Freeman as Ben Wood took an unexpected win in Round 2, again held on the Long Lane circuit. Wood was already up by 11 seconds at the 2½ mile point, stretching his lead to 21 seconds by the end, coping best with the tricky conditions. Wood stopped the watch on 23 minutes 17 seconds, with Freeman taking the runner-up spot in exactly a minute off his Round 1 effort in 23:38.

Heavy rain a couple of hours before the event thankfully abated, and the course dried rapidly thanks to an intense and chilly 17mph south-westerly wind that hampered progress along the half mile Long Lane stretch.

There was the welcome sight of three visiting riders training at RAF Shawbury as Luke Brookes won the Road Bike event in 24:30 to take third spot overall, and taking the honours for the RAF over Royal Navy & Royal Marines colleagues Jake Saleg and Hassan Nada. Best placed of Wrekinsport’s riders was Rich Smith in 26:52, again, exactly a minute down from his Round 1 effort showing how hard things were. The lone female Deb Hutson-Lumb, riding for Legato RT, finished a strong 6th overall in 25:50.

Result:

Pos’nNameClubCatMachine2.5 miles6.25 miles10 milesNo.
1Ben WoodWrekinsport CCVTT5:2814:2223:1714
2Oli FreemanWrekinsport CCSTT5:3914:3723:385
3Luke BrookesRoyal Air Force CASRB5:4315:0724:3012
4Jake SalegRN & RM CASRB6:0215:3024:5711
5Hassan NadaRN & RM CASRB5:5915:3825:0810
6Deb Hutson-LumbLegato RTFVTT6:1816:0025:504
7Rich SmithWrekinsport CCVRB6:2516:3326:523
8Peter JukesWrekinsport CCVRB6:2816:5727:3813
9Cameron Coley-SmithWrekinsport CCSTT6:2116:4827:467
10Chris DunnWrekinsport CCVRB6:3417:2828:219
11Matt PriceWrekinsport CCVTT6:2217:5128:548
12Ashley KirkhamWrekinsport CCVTT6:5018:1529:436

2-Up:

Pos’nNameClubCatMachine2.5 miles6.25 miles10 milesNo.
.Dave Moore & Allan HendersonWrekinsport CCV/VRB/RB6:14DNFDNF1/2

Cumulative Standings after two rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Oli Freeman11
2Rich Smith6
=3Ben Wood5
=3Cameron Coley-Smith5
=3Matt Price5
=3Tim Burn5

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Rich Smith10
2Pete Jukes8
3Tim Burn6
=4Chris Dunn5
=4Matt Price5

Solo – Women

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Bethan Tomlinson6

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