Hostilities were suspended as the top two riders in the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport teamed up instead to make a challenge for 2-Up honours. Oli Freeman and Ben Wood charged around the tight Long Lane “Criterium” 10 circuit to stop the watch on 22 minutes 40 seconds. As is the nature of the format, a pair can go visibly faster than solo riders, and with the fastest Wrekinsport pairing they didn’t disappoint.

These left riders to make up ground in the solo event, with Adam Mumford in only his second appearance of the season taking the win in 23:51; with Ian Laverie 21 seconds back taking the runner-up spot in 24:12. The lap splits show consistency from Mumford, with the difference 9:02 between 1st and 2nd passages; and 9:01 between 2nd and 3rd. Laverie however slowed from 9:07 to 9:14 as a warm evening took its toll. Meanwhile Matt Price made up some ground on Wood as a consequence of finishing 3rd overall in 24:31, leaving an eight point gap to resolve.

In the Road Bike Series first time entrants came to the fore. Newly signed Chris Staples took the win in 25:06 ahead of Rich Smith in 25:39 and Allan Henderson in 26:28. With Road Bike Series leader Chris Dunn four seconds off Henderson this compressed things at the top, with Dunn only a point clear of Henderson, who is himself a single point ahead of Smith. And another new Wrekinsport signing, Zakary Sule made an impressive start to his time trialling career, just beating ‘Evens’ or 20mph average with a fine 29:57.

Solo:

Pos’nNameClubCatMachine2.5 miles6.25 miles10 milesNo.
1Adam MumfordWrekinsport CCSTT5:4814:5023:5113
2Ian LaverieWrekinsport CCVTT5:5114:5824:1211
3Matt PriceWrekinsport CCVTT5:5215:0724:317
4Chris StaplesWrekinsport CCVRB6:0215:3525:0612
5Rich SmithWrekinsport CCVRB6:0615:4925:394
6Paul CoupeWrekinsport CCVTT6:1016:0726:066
7Allen HendersonWrekinsport CCVRB6:2916:2526:281
8Chris DunnWrekinsport CCVRB6:1116:1726:325
9Peter JukesWrekinsport CCVRB6:1916:3126:408
10David SeagerWrekinsport CCVRB6:2616:5127:399
11Chris MarrsMid Shropshire WheelersVTT6:4017:1627:5010
12Zakary SuleWrekinsport CCSRB6:4017:4729:5714

2-Up:

Pos’nNameClubCatMachine2.5 miles6.25 miles10 milesNo.
1Oli FreemanWrekinsport CCSTT5:1913:5722:402
Ben WoodWrekinsport CCVTT3

Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Oli Freeman47
2Ben Wood33
3Matt Price25
4Ian Laverie15
5Rich Smith14
=6Adam Mumford10
=6Pete Jukes10
=8Allan Henderson9
=8Chris Dunn9
10Paul Coupe7

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Chris Dunn34
2Allan Henderson33
3Rich Smith32
4Pete Jukes30
=5Chris Staples6
=5Tim Burn6
=7David Seager5
=7Matt Price5
9Franco Della Mura4
10Bethan Tomlinson3

Solo – Women

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Bethan Tomlinson18

2-Up

Pos’nNameBest 5
=1Matt Price & Dave Seager6
=1Oli Freeman & Ben Wood6

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