So, after 20 events and 55 different riders the final St Neots Cycling Club Time Trial of the 2012 season was upon us. 21 riders took part in the season’s finale which also decided the winner of the 2012 Handicap Trophy.

Chris Ritchie notched his first win of the season with a very creditable 28.21 minutes, given the strong head winds on most of the 11.2 mile course.

Only Chris and David Lindsay were under 30 minutes this evening and after the recent spate of PB’s, only three were produced: by Kevin Holditch, Phil Tily and Morgan Bacon. Morgan is 16 and in his third TT and took over 2 minutes off his opening time.

Welcome to Neil Wood and Dan Baxter who joined us for their first TT with the club.

30th August Time Handicap
Points
1 Chris Ritchie 28.21 14
2 David Lindsay 29.59 13
3 Steve Blows 30.22 11
4 Geoff Smith 30.27 2
5 Steve Muchmore 30.39 8
6 Jonathan Pang 30.58 12
7 Steve Rodley 31.03 3.5
8 Steve Pleasance 31.28 16
9 Jane Stapleton 31.37 9
10 Ashley Cooper 32.07 6
11 Neil Wood 32.19 1st TT
12 Kevin Holditch 32.42 PB 10
13 Adrian Lewis 33.12 5
14 Leon Bradford 33.28 7
15 Alistair Henderson 33.47 1
16 Phil Tily 34.40 PB 18
17 Morgan Bacon 34.54 PB 19
18 Dave Standring 35.41 17
19 Dan Baxter 35.48 1st TT
20 David Wilson 37.49 15
21 Jon Keefe 38.05 3.5

Chris Ritchie

Chris Ritchie - today's winner on scratch times


Handicap Trophy

Barring a puncture it was unlikely that Steve Pleasance would be caught going into tonight’s event with a 10 point lead. Steve delivered close to his PB to gain 16 points and the winner’s trophy for 2012. Jonathan Pang was second and Steve Muchmore third. Congratulations and well done Steve, especially in your first season with the club and for flying the flag for the over 50’s. Jonathan did not give up trying to chase Steve down over the past few weeks but the gap at the end was just too much. Steve Muchmore, who managed to secure third spot by only half a point from Rob Black, wishes that he had bought the new bike and bars earlier in the season, after picking up 47 points in his last 3 TT’s.

Steve P Brian

Steve Pleasnace, winner of the TT Handicap series with Brian Morley, one of our principal timekeepers

Jane Stapleton who was not only the highest placed woman, but also achieved fifth place after only 11 TTs desreves a special mention; as does Rob Black with 145 points after 12 TT’s.

A further report will follow with everyone’s times for each event this year and also their handicap time for the start of next season.

This has been one of the best attended St Neots Cycling Club Time Trial series for a number of years with an average of 20 riders per event and also one of the most closely contested Handicap Trophy competitions. Only 33 weeks until the start of the 2013 season.  Get training!

August Eligible
30th TTs
1 Steve Pleasance 178.50 18
2 Jonathan Pang 164.00 20
3 Steve Muchmore 145.50 16
4 Rob Black 145.00 12
5 Jane Stapleton 140.00 11
6 Wayne Tunnah 130.00 15
7 Adrian Lewis 130.00 15
8 Steve Rodley 126.00 13
9 Adrian Taverna 123.00 15
10 David Lindsay 122.50 16
11 Richard Hancock 103.00 12
12 Ashley Cooper 83.50 15
13 Steve Blows 83.00 13
14 Tom Stead 76.50 7
15 Tim Pennell 75.50 9
16 Alistair Henderson 72.00 15
17 Andrew Poodle 65.50 4
18 Ruth Stapleton 64.50 6
19 Andrew Kluth 64.00 6
20 Chris Preston 64.00 5
21 Richard Ostler 62.50 6
22 Chris Ritchie 60.00 6
23 Adrian Bloxham 59.00 5
24 Geoff Smith 53.00 5
25 David Standring 53.00 5
26 Phil Tily 51.00 4
27 Adrian Lancaster 47.00 3
28 Leon Bradford 43.00 18
29 Mark Colmer 41.50 6
30 David Wilson 36.00 3
31 Kevin Holditch 29.00 2
32 Jeremy Griggs 25.00 1
33 Anne Woods 24.00 3
34 Richard Wales 22.50 2
35 Phil Laycock 21.00 2
36 Jon Keefe 19.50 2
37 Morgan Bacon 19.00 1
38 Mick Lawrence 15.00 1
39 Justin Lomas 13.00 3
40 Jason Dixon 10.00 1
41 David Smith 3.00 1
42 Andy Kinglake 2.00 2

Steve in action

Steve Pleasance in action

Jonathan

Jonathan Pang - runner up in the Handicap competed in all 20 TTs - chapeau!

More photos of the final TT of the season to follow.