The heavens opened half an hour before Round 8 of the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport leaving officials concerned that standing water may force a belated cancellation. Fortunately the rain blew through by race time, with riders reporting that roads had largely dried for the race, with just one large area of standing water 100 metres beyond the finish line which was easily managed. Despite this a 2-Up team withdrew just a little too early to take advantage.

Held on the Waters Upton – Hodnet 10 mile course because of the monthly experimental mixture of solo, 2-Up and 4-Up formats, conditions were decidedly chillier than in recent weeks, with Oli Freeman taking the solo win in 22 minutes 17 seconds, one second down on his Round 7 best on the far more technical Long Lane circuit.

Freeman opened up his Series lead to 14 points over Ben Wood again pushing him into the runner-up spot, with Wood finishing in 23:15. There was a first-time appearance in a club 10 this year for Adam Mumford, and he immediately set about taking third spot in 23:46.

In the Road Bike category there was unusually just one entrant, with Chris Dunn stopping the watch on 27:17. This gave him the maximum six points on offer, and lifted him into the Road Bike Series lead, the second change of leader in as many weeks in a tightly-fought contest. Dunn was helped by Peter Jukes, Allan Henderson, Franco Della Mura and Rich Smith suspended Road Bike hostilities for the week to team up in the 4-Up competition, ending their evening on 25:13.

Solo

Pos’nNameClubCatMachineTimeNo.
1Oli FreemanWrekinsport CCSTT22:173
2Ben WoodWrekinsport CCVTT23:159
3Adam MumfordWrekinsport CCSTT23:4611
4Ian LaverieWrekinsport CCVTT24:2413
5Matt PriceWrekinsport CCVTT25:0010
6Chris DunnWrekinsport CCVRB27:178
7Vince EvansWrekinsport CCVTT28:0412

4-Up

Pos’nNameClubCatMachineTimeNo.
1Peter JukesWrekinsport CCVRB25:134
Allan HendersonWrekinsport CCVRB5
Franco Della MuraWrekinsport CCVRB6
Rich SmithWrekinsport CCVRB7

2-Up

Pos’nNameClubCatMachineTimeNo.
.Tomos HalesAerologic RTSTTDNS1
Dean CallisterAerologic RTVTT2

Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Oli Freeman47
2Ben Wood33
3Matt Price21
4Rich Smith12
5Ian Laverie10
6Pete Jukes9
=7Allan Henderson8
=7Chris Dunn8
=9Cameron Coley-Smith6
=9Paul Coupe6

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Chris Dunn31
2Allan Henderson29
3Pete Jukes28
4Rich Smith27
5Tim Burn6
6Matt Price5
=7David Seager4
=7Franco Della Mura4
9Bethan Tomlinson3

Solo – Women

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Bethan Tomlinson18

2-Up

Pos’nNameBest 5
1Matt Price & Dave Seager6

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