Racing a 10 two days after a 100 mile time trial would often see performance down due to muscle fatigue. However, Hayley Wells seemed to have missed that memo in Round 7 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport after registering a course personal best 22 minutes 55 seconds, her first ever under 23 minutes on this tough course, which saw her take the overall runner-up spot behind Tomos Hales, who crossed the line in 21:27. That this was a less than perfect evening with a hampering wind up the toughest part of the circuit, Cotwall Bank, makes that result all the more impressive, with Hales, also a 100 mile competitor, back nine seconds from his Round 6 time. Meanwhile it was a close call for 3rd spot as former Wrekinsport member now riding for RAF CA Ben Southgate just got the better of newly signed Paul Edwards by six seconds in 23:06. Hales now leads the Series with 36 points, with Wells only a point behind second in the standings Ben Wood on 23 as well as convincingly heading the Women’s Series.

Things are much closer in the Road Bike Series with the top four split by just three points – although first-time road bike entrant Chris Halford took the spoils on the night. Halford stopped the watch on 23:57, with Matt Price moving up to joint lead of the Series with Rich Smith thanks to his25:38 effort pushing Smith out by 10 seconds.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.7

Solo

Pos’nNameClubCatBikeTimeNo.
1Tomos HalesWrekinsport CCSTT21:272
2Hayley WellsWrekinsport CCFTT22:551
3Ben SouthgateRAF CASTT23:064
4Paul EdwardsWrekinsport CCVTT23:128
5Ben WoodWrekinsport CCSTT23:3314
6Chris HalfordWrekinsport CCVRB23:575
7Ian LaverieWrekinsport CCVTT24:0013
8James ElgarParamount CRTVTT24:4211
9Matt PriceWrekinsport CCVRB25:3810
10Rich SmithWrekinsport CCVRB25:489
11Rob GarbettWrekinsport CCVTT26:2015
12Chris DunnUnattachedVRB27:4212
13Victoria DoranWrekinsport CCFVTT32:183
.Ben Bramford-HaleNewport Shropshire CCJTTDQ16

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.7

Pos’nNameClubCatBikeTimeNo.
1Oli Freeman & Phil RobertsWrekinsport CCS/STT/TT22:076&7

Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’nNameTotal Points
1Tomos Hales36
2Ben Wood23
3Hayley Wells22
4Chris Halford13
=5Oli Freeman9
=5Peter Jukes9
=7Allan Henderson7
=7Matt Price7
=7Phil Roberts7
=10Cameron Coley-Smith6
=10Rich Smith6
=10Clive Middleton5

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’nNameTotal Points
=1Matt Price26
=1Rich Smith26
3Peter Jukes25
4Allan Henderson23
5David Seager12
6Chris Halford6
7Sarah Bradshaw5
8Dave Moore3

Solo – Women

Pos’nNameTotal Points
1Hayley Wells36
2Victoria Doran20
3Karen Sherriff16
4Sarah Bradshaw8

2-Up – Overall

Pos’nNameTotal Points
1Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts24
2Dave Moore & Matt Price11

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