Julia Shaw & Matt Bottrill cap a great day for Drag2Zero in the RTTC 50 mile time trial Championships on Sunday
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Bottrill Takes Men’s National 50 title
Recovering from his efforts in the British National time trial championships, some three days earlier, Bottrill was back racing in the Men’s National 50 mile championships, held in Llanarth, near Abergavenny, South Wales. Riders completed 2 laps of an out and back circuit and with high winds and rain, it would be a true test for all those taking part!
The event got underway at 8am, with 120 riders spread over 2hrs of racing. First rider to get a high standard time was James Gilfillan, Velorefined Aerosmith’s, the former international rider, who’s cycling Cv includes riding the under 23 world time trial, clocked a very rapid 1:45:48 to put him in the lead.
At the halfway point, Gilfillan was just seconds ahead of Mark Holton www.drag2zero.com, but Holton finished strong and timed his effort to perfection clocking 1:44:18. Then just 5 minutes later, another drag2zero rider Jeff Jones, did a rapid 1:43:42.
It was looking like a clean sweep for the drag2zero team with just Bottrill to finish! At the halfway point, Bottrill had been the quickest in a time of 50.52, but after his efforts from Thursday, could Bottrill clinch the lead?
The answer was yes in a new personal best time of 1:41:10, for a convincing victory and his second individual medal of the the week. It was a great day out for the team as they also managed to set a new championship team record!!
Asked about the ride, Bottrill replied, “I’m made up. Its been the best week of my cycling career. Winning this tops of an amazing National campaign. Second in the National 10 & 25 and the British Championship time trial, gold in the 50 and two team medals in the 25 & 50. I’m made up!”
“Todays ride went well. I had Peter Lavine and my brother, Mark Bottrill, here on hand to help giving time checks and making sure I was well looked after. I felt good out there. My legs were fine but my shoulder started giving way around the 40 mile mark. Its still quite sore and swollen from my crash last week. But I’m looking forward to having a few days rest and then I can think about the rest of the year. The next target for the team will be the team time trial in two weeks time.”
Women
1 Julia Shaw www.drag2zero.com 01:53:34
2 Anna Turvey Tyneside Vagabonds CC 01:56:32
3 Rebecca Slack Look Mum No Hands! 01:58:13
4 Rebecca Rimmington TrainSharp Race Team 01:59:44
5 Bronwen Ewing TrainSharp Race Team 02:02:05
6 Karina Bowie TrainSharp Race Team ** 02:05:20
7 Lynne Taylor Born to Bike – Bridgtown Cycles 02:05:57
8 Lauren Whitmore London Dynamo 02:07:16
9 Helen Eborall Born to Bike – Bridgtown Cycles 02:09:55
10 Clare Ella Born to Bike – Bridgtown Cycles 02:11:02
11 Sarah Short Bonito Squadra Corse 02:11:37
12 Michelle Arthurs Redhill CC 02:12:47
13 Caroline Chesterfield Camel Valley C & TC 02:13:25
14 Anna Grundy Look Mum No Hands! 02:13:32
15 Clare Simon Bonito Squadra Corse 02:13:39
16 Zoe Betteridge North Devon Whs 02:14:38
17 Rebecca Timothy Revo Racing 02:16:59
18 Sarah Lloyd-Stephens Hereford & Dis Whs CC 02:17:43
19 Sharon Clifford Coventry RC 02:17:44
20 Catherine Etchell Brecon Whs 02:18:29
21 Dawn Smith Worcester St. Johns CC 02:18:31
22 Jenny York Mid Shropshire Wheelers 02:20:45
23 Andrea Parish Camel Valley C & TC 02:21:13
24 Deborah Sheridan Warwickshire RC 02:23:26
25 Celia Boothman Pembrokeshire Velo 02:26:41
26 Angela Green Cardiff Ajax CC 02:31:48
27 Fenella Brown Redditch Road & Path CC 02:36:19
28 Philippa Crocker Dursley RC 02:50:30
MEN
1 Matthew Bottrill www.drag2zero.com 01:41:10
2 Jeff Jones www.drag2zero.com 01:43:42
3 Mark Holton www.drag2zero.com 01:44:18
4 James Gilfillan VeloRefined Aerosmiths 01:45:48
5 Conall Yates In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT 01:47:30
6 Kevin Tye VeloRefined Aerosmiths 01:47:53
7 Jon Wynn Northover VT Rudy Project 01:47:57
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18 Simon Dale Nottingham Clarion CC 01:53:31
19 Garry Drew Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA 01:53:33
20 B Xavier Disley University of Birmingham CC 01:53:47
21 Will Mangar VeloRefined Aerosmiths 01:54:07
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