Rutland Cycling Club, Sheffield

Well the tour has started and we’re all watching it on the tv thinking…I could do that…well nows your chance to put your money where you mouth is and have a go at our clubs 10 mile time trial on the Cuckney course. Entries are still being for the event by organiser Marc Mallender, and the listing can be found, although rather rather subtely on the CTT website…the listing for the event is here. If you need further details, like Marcs address to send your entries to etc then you can email Marc here.

We also require assitance with marshalling for this event so if you could possibly give up your time to help put this event on then please email Marc here and let him know. A great evenings racing will no doubt ensue and we could be staking a very serious claim on the team prize !!!

Come on, all drag yourself away from the tele and get a race in you !!!

Danny

July 4th saw 4 Rutlanders set out to cover 102 miles of the Peak District on a Windy morning in Sheffield to join 300 others to raise funds for Action Medical Research, a charity supporting research into diseases affecting children and babies.
Andy Ralph, John Smallwood, Marc Jacobi and Wojtek Siodelski left Sheffield Tigers’ Rugby ground with a smile which was soon to be wiped off their eager faces when they found that the only flat stretch of the ride was from Bamford to Hope.

The climbs were relentless from Mam Nik until the finish. Horrendous headwinds around Macclesfield and the surrounding moors made the stretch after lunch really hard. John had a broken chain at about 40 miles and Andy got cramp at about 90 miles.
We rolled back into the Tigers after about six and a half hours riding. John and Andy were then grateful for a free massage, courtesy of the event staff.

The event was well organised with support vehicles and a great lunch stop. It is running again next year on 26th June as the peak district 100.

Danny

Nick Latimer put all the fitness he’d built up from short 10 mile time trials to good use by riding the end-to-end in 7 days with cycling buddy Simon Hearne. 130 miles per day was a bit of a shock to the system and for the last few days of the ride pretty much every bodily part hurt – knees, back, neck, thighs, quads, calves, feet, wrists. My stomach was ok, but when we arrived in John O’Groats at 7.30pm after a monster 135 mile day into a fierce coastal headwind and discovered that we couldn’t have a photo next to the famous sign because they take it down at 5pm to stop people dodging the £10 photo fee I was almost sick. So you can add stomach to the list too.

The ride was monstrously hard, the prevailing wind let us down as we faced a headwind for 6 days out of 7, and our bodies were pushed to limits they’d never even contemplated before. After 7 days (54 hours, 38 minutes and 13 seconds in the saddle), 908 miles (average speed 16.6mph), and 13,133 metres climbed (who knew how hilly GB is – that’s 1.5 times the height of Mount Everest) we rolled into John O’Groats broken men. Since the end of the ride I’ve been experiencing some pretty nasty muscle cramps, to the extent that the longest I’ve managed to stay on a bike without being forced off due to pain is 8 minutes! It was a great ride though, and all for charity too. If anyone’s interested in a blow-by-blow account of the ride, go to http://bloodsweatandtyres.blogspot.com/

And for anyone wishing to give to a good cause, we did the ride for Beating Bowel Cancer (http://www.justgiving.com/NickandSimon) and the Haemophilia Society (http://www.justgiving.com/simonandnick)

Danny

Saturday saw the first race in the second Saturday TLI series at Cuckney. Simon Keeton was leading the series after 3 events with 15 points and with only 23 riders taking the start in cold windy conditions they were set a tough  7min handicap by the handicap guru Sid Ellis after much moaning at the start by the scatch group he allowed them to go 0.1 seconds early. The laps ticked down and so did the gap to the front group although the scatch group were sheading riders every lap with the hot pace set by Rutland lads Marc Mallender, Simon Keeton and Richard Lindsey with help from a few Sheffrec boys (but only now and again eh lads) With one lap to go the gap was down to 1m20s and by the time we reached Carburton Lakes it looked as if we were not going to catch the front group. Then a Cancellara motor fitted to Marc Mallender’s bike kicked in and with Simon on his wheel closed the gap and passed the front group to launch Simon into the sprint, a few of the front group riders grabbed the wheel and Simon finished a worthy 3rd to maybe hold the series lead.

Next race Saturday 17th July at Cuckney (Hq at Greendale Oak pub) 2pm start £5.00 entry (but you need a TLI licence)Please  come along and ride make it worth people putting on these events for you to ride!!!!

marc

Last Wednesday night saw the first promotion by small local club Peak RC and with all there members helping to MARSHALL it was a  fantastic well organised event  helped also by  great summer evening weather. The course was tough, taking in the climbs of Stony Middleton and Millers Dale and covering 17 miles in total. Rutland members faired very well with Marc Mallender finishing 3rd overall in a time of 46.14 riding a normal road bike he also picked up the atheletes competition prize (great wine Mr Gibson are you a wine buff?) and was only beaten by a Rapha Condors Dan Craven 43.50 and Charles Taylor 44.20 of South Pennine CC who both rode TT bikes . Tom Bailey posted a 48.37 to finish 7th after taking the train from Nottingham to Cheterfield and riding to Calver while Tom Webb finished 16th with 51.28. Rutland CC just missed out on the team prize to rivels Sheffrec CC (or did they James?)

marc

Danny

Soon to be time for the 4th Edition of the Sleaford Wheelers Nev Crane Memorial 25 Mile Time Trial. Arguably the richest and best supported TT in the County.

Last year the event was won in Event and Course Record time by Wayne Randle with a time of 52-44. A hard man, for a hard day and believed to be the quickest time ever recorded on Lincolnshire Roads.

Once again there is a great prize list of over £800 and spread around a bit. Just for the Ladies, there is £220 with a chance of another £50 for the Ladies Course Record. A high of 16 ladies were on board for this event last year in a field of 96 riders.
Entries close on June 29th. Can we beat the best entry for this event so far of 105? Now that would be nice.

Regards,
Doug Laidlow,
Event Secretary.

The Prospectus

Sleaford Wheelers Nev Crane Memorial 25 Mile Time Trial.

Sunday July 11th 2010 Course C25/35

0ver £850 in Prizes

£100 Fastest rider then £50, £40, £30 with awards going down to 10th place.
£100 Fastest Lady then £50, £40, £30.
£20 Fastest Vet on Standard Going down to 5th place.
£10 Fastest Vet, Junior, Juvenile and Trike.
£10 each Fastest Team of 3 riders.
£10 each to Fastest rider slower than 1-00-59, 1-01-59 going down to an including 1-11-59.
£50 to winner if Course and Event Record (currently 52-44 and held by Wayne Randle) is beaten.
£20 additional if winner is inside 52 minutes and
£20 for each additional 30 secs improvement.
£50 to Fastest Lady if Ladies course record (currently 59-30 held by Fliss Hart) is beaten.

THE NEV CRANE MEMORIAL TROPHY
will be awarded Annually to the Fastest rider from the Sleaford Wheelers.

Entries close 6pm 29th June. Entry Forms
along with Entry Fee £7-50 (Cheques payable to D. Laidlow) should be sent to:
Doug Laidlow, 17 Fen Road, Little Hale, Sleaford, Lincs, NG34 9BD.
Tele: (01529) 461018. Email: douglaidlow@btopenworld.com

Danny

Nick Latimer rode the Doncaster Wheelers 25 mile TT on Sunday 6th June, taking
on torrential rain and waterlogged roads to pick up third place.

The organisers almost decided to cancel the event after constant heavy rain in the
early hours of Sunday, which continued until just after the last rider
finished.

After lots of DNS and DNFs there were only 28 finishers, with David
Robinson of Lindsey Roads taking the win in 57.45. Nick scraped under the hour
with a new PB of 59.11.

Danny

Last night saw a foggy and mildly moist Sheffrec road race up at the Baslow triangle course. It was a well run event by the SheffRec and I managed to win it so all was good. A big thank you goes to out to Marc and all of the SheffRec for putting on the event and giving up there time to Marshall.

54 riders departed from the Fox and Goose for the first Sheffrec CC / JE James evening road race. Damp but ever drying conditions met the riders for 17 laps of the 2.2 mile Barlow Triangle on the outskirts of Sheffield. The days previous heavy rain had caused race organisers problems and had to spend well over an hour sweeping the corners and making sure the mud washed from nearby fields was removed from the circuit. Many thanks to marshals and in particular Pete Dungworth for his efforts with shovel and broom!

The first attack of the evening came on lap 2 from race sponsors JE James rider, Charles Tennick but by the following lap he was safley back in the bunch who were looking like they’d completed the Paris Roubaix with mud sprayed over most of the bunch riders. Furth attacks came on laps 3, 4 and 5 with unattached rider Ben Thomas gaining a slight advantage over the bunch. By lap 6 all was back together with a few riders drifting off the back due to the three sharp corners that we making the race more like a crit than an open road race.

The first Science in Sport Prime came at 7 laps and was easily claimed by Chris Metcalfe riding for Matlock CC. Most riders looked content to just sit in the main bunch and wait to make their moves. The major move of the night came from local rider Danny Lowthorpe riding for Rutland CC. Danny soon gained a 20 second advantage over his rivals. On lap 9, two riders emerged from the bunch to successfully bridge the gap and join forces to ensure that this was a race winning move. The group of now 3 was made up of original instigator Danny Lowthorpe, VS Cycles Dominic Turner and another local rider, Tony Grassby from Peak Road Club. These guys meant business and soon pulled out at 40 second advantage with most riders willing just to remain in the shelter of the main bunch.

The closing laps saw the trio of Grassby, Turner and Lowthorpe further extend their lead to 1 minute and the winner of the race would now come from this move. A late surge by Paul Allen of Wakefield CC and team mate of Grassby, Steve Gibson meant that they escaped the main pack but never really made an impact on catching the 3 riders up the road. The last lap came and still the 3 riders were together as the bell rang. The crowds gathered at the finish line it was Danny Lowthorpe who emerged from the mist to take the win in style. Dan had made a jump on the penultimate climb and this saw him cross the line with 15 seconds to spare from his 2 breakaway companions.

The pairing of Grassby and Turner claimed the remaining podium places with Dominic Turner edging out Tony Grassby just before the line. A further 34 seconds back came Steve Gibson and Paul Allen to claim 4th and 5th. The bunch sprint for 6th was won by JE James rider Charles Tennick just seeing off Luke Allen, Doncaster Wheelers and local veteran rider Rob Blackburn also from JE James RT. The top 10 was rounded of by Craig Wilson from Birdwell Wheelers and Ben Last of Sportscover Strategic.

Danny

The centre of controversy, current king of the time trial Fabian Cancellera.

…or the biggest cover up ???

Was Fabian Cancellera assisted by an electronic gizmo when he took his extra ordinary classics double earlier this year ??? Or is this the biggest hoax in cycling…

Well have you say and add a comment below…

But first the accusations…Fabian rubbishes hoax claims and the background on the mainstream media next up is the the accusing video and finally the product in question.

Danny