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TransWales Challenge - SR
Great Britain, August 17-23, 2008
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Stage 5 - August 21: Cli-machx trail (Corris) (special stage) & Climax Trail to Ponterwyd (linking stage), 55.5km
Piling On The Drama
By Matt Skinner
High drama and adventure on the penultimate special stage and the fifth linking stage made day five of the Merida Bikes TransWales one to truly savour.
Linking Stage Five Machynlleth to Ponterwyd Total distance: 56km Climbing: 1800m Followed by: Special Stage Three Climachx Relay time-trial, the Climachx trail, Machynlleth Total distance: 15km Climbing: 600m
The Merida Bikes TransWales is piling on the drama: with the third special stage on the Climachx trail getting things off to a white-hot start – with leads being swapped in many categories – the event then leapt up the hills and into the wilds once again for a truly adventurous linking stage.
The Climachx trail is 7km north of Machynlleth: 15km long with 600m of climbing it is essentially one long climb broken up by singletrack sojourns before heading skywards once again. At the summit it fires back down on extended singletrack descents that increase in speed and technicality as they progress with rock slabs, sweeping berms, and roller-coaster singletrack littering their lengths. It's non-stop both up and down, and a true test of guts and fitness. Team riders would ride half each in a relay style, whilst soloists would ride the trail in its entirety.
Going into the special stage, the USE Solo Men's leader was RAM Bikes' Ryan Bevis. But following the previous surprise performance by Belgian Frans Claes (Connections Granville) in the last special stage Bevis knew he had a job on his hands on the 15km time trial to defend his lead. "I'll be looking over my shoulder for Frans," said Bevis on the start line. And he wasn't wrong: the Belgian overhauled Bevis' 20 second gap off the start and finished a further 16 seconds up despite riding the final descent on a rear flat. The result puts Frans on top of the USE Solo Men's leader board, 15 seconds up on Bevis. With the racing fire now blazing in his belly, all eyes are on Frans to emphatically stamp his authority on the final special stage that begins tomorrow's penultimate day of the Merida Bikes TransWales.
The closest race so far has undoubtedly been in the Niner Singlespeed category: despite only having two entrants they've been fighting tooth and nail since day one, and with one second between them coming into Climachx special stage it was all to play for. Henry Richard Lansdown (Bike Shed Wales) left the start line 20 seconds ahead of Matt Carr (Trek 69er Collective) but Matt put the hammer down and overhauled Henry on the first portion of the climb. Heading into the singletrack and Henry gave his all in chasing Carr and retook the lead. The pair battled and swapped the lead several times before the 69er Collective rider made a mistake that put him on the deck and allowed Henry to climb clear. The crash cost Carr time but also his rhythm, allowing Henry to creep clear in the GC by 1 minute 31 seconds. But it's not a foregone conclusion in the overall: tomorrow's final special stage at Nant-y-Arian features a monster grinder of a fire road climb that may allow Carr's climbing ability to reel Henry's lead back in for a truly nail biting finish.
In the High5 Mixed category the lead changed yet again following the third special stage: Meggie Bichard and Ed Kerly (Team Chance) lost two minutes to previously second place pair of David Evans and Lily Mathews who won the stage. Evans and Mathews now take just over a minute and a half advantage in the GC into the final and deciding special stage tomorrow at Nant-y-Arian. But the battle is far from done, and either team could take it in the deciding round.
Similarly, things have gotten a little closer in the USE Solo Women's category as previous stage winner Fi Spotswood (Iron Horse/Extreme) had to settle for second place next to Katrina Brown (Deeside Total Endurance). Katrina won by 23 seconds to close the gap somewhat between Fi and herself in the GC. She now has to repeat the performance and put another 50 seconds into Fi if she's to take the overall win on the Nant-y-Arian time trial. As with many categories, it's all to play for.
Following the special stage, riders saddled up for the fifth linking stage that would see intrepid Merida Bikes TransWalers turning southbound to Ponterwyd, some 56km and 1800m of climbing distant. Climbing up and back into the wilds around Plynlimon, the route took the riders through the high moorlands towards Nant-y-Moch reservoir. Just short of the scenic reservoir, the riders had to ford the waist deep and strong flowing waters of Afon (river) Hengwm: the strong force of the water meant riders had to tread very carefully, help each other across, and ensure that those struggling were fished out to safety as quickly as possible.
Following the river crossing, the route was cut short to save rider's legs after a particularly punishing day. With an easy single lane tarmac cruise down to the camp site at Ponterwyd, rather than an extended detour around Nant-y-Moch and into Nant-y-Arian itself, riders were grateful to finish a long day with the weather warm and dry for much needed rest and recuperation.
It's been a truly memorable day – both of riding and racing – that has helped set things up for a climactic finale with tomorrow's final and deciding special stage just up the road at Nant-y-Arian. But nothing is guaranteed and – as we've seen – in racing anything could happen and it's pretty much guaranteed that anything will…
Photography
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Images by Matt Skinner
- The Climachx special stage was fast and furious with a tough climb and an awesome singletrack descent to finish.
- The final section of the Climachx descent with berms and fast swooping singletrack saw trains of riders pushing each other all the to the line.
- The weather was - predictably enough - a little wet at times, with water flowing down the trail in many places.
- The trail whipped and rolled
- The rocky drovers trail that brought riders towards
- Getting there inch by inch and pedal stroke by pedal stroke.
Images by Jon Brooke/www.rightplacerighttime.co.uk
- Andy Barlow (Whyte Bikes) sprints up the first climb of the Climachx special stage He finished in fourth place.
- Crossing the Afon (River) Hengwm in full waist-deep flow was a cautious business.
Results
Results - Cli-Max Special Stage - Solo USE Solo Category - open female 1 Katrina Brown (Deeside Total Endurance) 51.04 2 Fiona Spotswood (Ironhorse Extreme) 0.33 3 Amy Baron-Hall (trio25.blogspot.com) 18.35 4 Julie Neuhoff (The Newlease) 36.40 USE Solo Category - open male 1 Frans Claes (Connections Granville) 40.14 2 Ewan Thorburn (Fat Tread Bikes) 0.18 3 Ryan Bevies (RAM Bikes) 0.35 4 Andy Barlow (White Racing UK) 1.12 5 Ian Mills (10Fifty) 1.40 6 Jean-Claude Van der Veken (Cyclestore.co.uk) 2.22 7 Ben Lowe (18 Bikes) 2.35 8 Josh Ibbett (Extreme Endurance) 2.47 9 Marcel Esser (Univega) 2.55 10 Daniel Lewis (Royal Air Force Cycling) 3.01 11 Mike Tomlinson (South Fork Racing) 3.12 12 Charlie Eustace (Ellsworth/Freeborn/Torq) 3.56 13 Paul Whittaker (Shredtopia) 4.43 14 Andrew Boyd (WKd) 5.01 15 Joel Shotton 5.40 16 Richard Samuel (Guarana) 5.57 17 Matthew Zalewski (The Z Machine) 6.32 18 Jim Shaw 6.33 19 Luke Morris (Mynyod Men) 6.36 20 Roel Wouters (Connections Granville) 8.11 21 Lee Irvine (VC Godalming + Haslemere) 8.24 22 Neil Atkinson (Ride On / Buff) 8.30 23 Chris Herraghty 8.37 24 Graham McConaghy (Army Cycling Union) 8.44 25 Patrick Hoekstra (Bike Zone) 9.05 26 Philip Richmond 9.57 27 Arnis Cirulis (KTM Latvia) 10.18 28 Andrew Hull (Hull Express) 10.51 29 Nikalas Cook (220 Triathlon) 11.06 30 Johan Frooninckx (Connections Granville) 11.11 31 Ian Bather 11.12 32 Donnacha O'Brien 11.16 33 Matthew Atkinson 11.27 34 Patrick Meldrum 11.34 35 Jimmy Grade (Connections Granville) 11.57 36 Rhys Ellis-Davies (Cymro yng Nghernyw) 12.52 37 Tim Wolfe-Murray 13.19 38 Tillman Lambert 13.29 39 Christian Male (Santas Lone Cruzer) 13.44 40 Huw George (One to One) 13.45 41 Richard Foster 14.03 42 Gavin Brown (Royal Air Force Cycling) 14.44 43 Anthony Jordan (Cloud 9 Trails) 14.48 44 Ben Rees 45 Samuel Bennett (Royal Air Force) 14.52 46 Richard Querelle (Tempus Fugit) 14.54 47 Davy Vandeput (Connections Granville) 14.56 48 Michael Flanagan 14.57 49 Marc Meyer 15.30 50 Oliver Townsend (Cloud 9 Trails) 15.36 51 Wilfred Hoogenboom 15.42 52 Ryan Morawski (Team Eagle) 15.48 53 dave Penny (Choc-Chip) 16.29 54 Andrew Stewart 17.00 55 Tony Berlin 17.03 56 Dennis Hoogenboom (Hoogenboom Hrs) 17.21 57 Andrew Pettifer 17.40 58 James Moyle 18.52 59 Nigel Thomas 19.12 60 Paul Kelsall 19.40 61 Matt Kitchin 19.55 62 Simon Loretz (Oxford University CC) 21.07 63 David Fancy 21.19 64 Robin Calverley (Royal Air Force) 21.53 65 Simon Ashwell (My name isn't Earl) 23.00 66 Mark Blair 23.39 67 Kevin Leary 26.37 68 Joseph O'Flynn 27.07 69 Joris Vandebon (Connections Granville) 27.26 70 Simon Holme (Pachy Dream Stalker) 27.31 71 Steve Miller (Steve Miller) 28.19 72 Geert Celen (Connections Granville) 32.25 73 Oliver Castle 35.59 74 Jason Hughes 37.02 75 Marcel Van Leeuwen (Marcel goes U.K.) 38.13 76 Chris Lamb (Mammoth Lifestyle) 46.52 USE Solo Category - vets female 1 Mary-Rose Cross 1.04.17 2 Anne Dickins (Cloud 9 Trails) 2.06 3 Ros Fish (Dorset Rough Riders) 2.57 4 Kim Williams 8.23 USE Solo Category - vets male 1 Steve Heading (White Racing UK) 42.56 2 Kerry Graham (BAD.CC) 1.46 3 Jonathan Edwards (Carpe Diem) 3.33 4 Richard Wilson 4.27 5 Bryan Singleton (Ride On / Buff) 4.56 7 Antony Gray (Team Milo) 5.50 8 Daryl Cavill 6.32 9 Jim Dickson (SMA) 8.30 6 Robert Koppenhol (WKd) 8.47 10 Gary Bridgeman (Factory Farth) 9.47 11 Shaun Pallister (Mammoth Lifestyle) 10.15 12 Steve Gordon (Dorset Rough Riders) 12.46 13 Gary Hull (Chicken Leg's) 13.45 14 Steve Whitehouse 13.46 15 Russell Miller (Boys from the Fort Stuff / St. Ives CC) 15.29 16 Graham Bull (Family Ties) 16.25 17 Russell Rout 16.30 18 Brian Trill 16.36 19 Geraint Davies 16.56 20 Ray Morriss (Mintcake MTB) 17.24 21 Jon Goodman 17.38 22 Doug Corrie (Swords CC) 18.36 23 Neil Birch (The Big Adventure) 19.07 24 Dave Nichols (Riding for Wayne) 20.06 25 Eric Goris (Connections Granville) 20.19 26 Rafael Ruiz Fuente 20.43 27 Mark Flynn 20.54 28 Sean Dukes 21.10 29 Martin Zepler (Fellowship of the Granny Ring) 24.15 30 Angus Robinson (Team AARM) 24.20 31 Paul Facer (Skid Marks / SMRC) 24.56 32 Gordon Sim 40.15 NINER Single Speed Category 1 Henry Richard Lansdo (Bike Shed Wales) 44.34 2 Matt Carr (69er Collective) 1.30 Results - Cli-Max Special Stage - Team High5 Sports Nutrition - Mixed Category 1 David Evans / Lily Mathews 46.05 2 Meggie Bichard / Ed Kerly (Team Chance) 2.00 3 Paul Hoogenboom / Alieke Griffioen (Peptiplus-Bikezone) 5.23 4 Larissa Trussell / David Carr (Team Tracey) 11.00 5 Shane Dickenson / Rickie Justine Cotter (Cytek) 11.15 6 Richard Morgan / Joy Bringer (Whitehousecampsite.co.uk) 11.26 7 Claire De Jongh / Simon Neuhoff (The Clantons) 12.38 8 Nickolas Ringwood / Hilary Catchpole (Team Hayland) 16.54 9 David Steel / Abigail Armstrong (London Phoenix Mixed) 19.09 BUFF Headward - Female Open Category DNF Irene Lachner / Alice Lund (Wateam) Gore Bike Wear - Male Open Category 1 Ifan Richards / Christopher Purt (Revolution -Bikes RT) 43.38 2 James Cooper / Rick Fielder (Army) 2.29 3 Ben Jones / Andy Jones (Clee Cycles / KCNC) 4.05 4 Bruce Philip / James Holness (Beyond 925) 5.00 5 Steven Franzoni / Craig Sterrett (Outdoor Escape) 5.04 6 Martin Fisher / Andy Hughes (The Serial Fanniers) 6.25 7 Richard Connor / Steve Torley (Team MK) 6.27 8 Brendan Kay / Karl Povey (Army Cycling) 6.56 9 Thomas Ward / Richard Eldson (Team Cheese String World Endurance Racing Ltd) 8.43 10 Neil Walters / Andy Lillicrap (TSTWKT) 8.48 11 Paul Crowley / Mairtin Savage (Lakeside Wheelers) 9.22 12 Kieron Selley / Mark Dix (Team Ubique) 9.44 13 Peter Rimmer / Charlie Sheridan (Rimram / Tirconaill Abu) 10.13 14 Ricky Dickenson / Huw Davies (Cytek) 10.23 15 Robert Graveley / Jeremy Baker (Fubar) 10.42 16 Andrew Green / Martin Shepherd (Stumpjumpers) 14.10 17 Nick Scott / Ben Dean (Not Mobile / High Peak Cycles) 14.56 18 Andy Guerin / Julian Jordan (Berks on Bikes / Purple Bike Shed) 15.09 19 Rudolf Coetzee / Eric Marshall (Stofstreep) 16.09 20 Andrew Smith / Geoff Styles (Team Peanut Head) 17.36 21 Alan Stafford / Matt McDonald (IROZ) 18.00 22 Johan Nell / Sarel Hiemstra (Pofadder) 18.40 23 Stu Brew / Chris Watson (Old Goats) 18.41 24 Matthew Cummins / Mark Wright (The Blackdogs) 18.49 25 Andy Prince / Jonathan Eggett (Team Al Fresco) 22.17 26 Kevin Hallahan / Jack McGeown (Soggy Bottom Boys) 24.34 ERGON - Vets Category 1 Carl Hutchings / Stuart Lockyear (London Phoenix Vets) 49.17 2 Simon Jepheart / Gary Cousins (phasenineclothing.co.uk) 1.52 3 David Wood / Tom Jones (Team Dysynni) 8.15 4 Enrico Pizzorni / Marco Zanetta (Ruotequadre Italy) 10.20 5 Richard James / Paul Shackleford (Snetterton Frog Riders) 11.17 General classification after special stage 3 Overall Timing - Merida Bikes TransWales '08 - Solo Categories USE Solo Category - open female Position: SOLO Name: / Over All Time: 1 Fiona Spotswood (Ironhorse Extreme) 32.08.07 2 Katrina Brown (Deeside Total Endurance) 0.50 3 Amy Baron-Hall (trio25.blogspot.com) 30.46 4 Anne Robinson (Pachy Dream Stalker) 51.37 5 Lynne Fraser 1.00.16 6 Julie Neuhoff (The Newlease) 1.01.12 USE Solo Category - open male 1 Frans Claes (Connections Granville) 31.48.04 2 Ryan Bevies (RAM Bikes) 0.13 3 Ewan Thorburn (Fat Tread Bikes) 0.40 4 Andy Barlow (White Racing UK) 1.15 5 Ian Mills (10Fifty) 3.34 6 Ben Lowe (18 Bikes) 5.00 7 Daniel Lewis (Royal Air Force Cycling) 5.38 8 Jean-Claude Van der Veken (Cyclestore.co.uk) 5.45 9 Mike Tomlinson (South Fork Racing) 6.29 10 Marcel Esser (Univega) 6.40 11 Josh Ibbett (Extreme Endurance) 6.55 12 Charlie Eustace (Ellsworth/Freeborn/Torq) 8.05 13 Paul Whittaker (Shredtopia) 8.43 14 Andrew Boyd (WKd) 9.24 15 Richard Samuel (Guarana) 12.23 16 Matthew Zalewski (The Z Machine) 12.49 17 Chris Herraghty 13.44 18 Joel Shotton 19 Jim Shaw 14.41 20 Graham McConaghy (Army Cycling Union) 14.47 21 Luke Morris (Mynyod Men) 15.18 22 Roel Wouters (Connections Granville) 15.54 23 Neil Atkinson (Ride On / Buff) 16.28 24 Lee Irvine (VC Godalming + Haslemere) 17.57 25 Arnis Cirulis (KTM Latvia) 18.01 26 Donnacha O'Brien 18.36 27 Johan Frooninckx (Connections Granville) 20.19 28 Nikalas Cook (220 Triathlon) 20.57 29 Andrew Hull (Hull Express) 21.08 30 Ian Bather 21.51 31 Matthew Atkinson 22.00 32 Patrick Meldrum 23.46 33 Rhys Ellis-Davies (Cymro yng Nghernyw) 24.08 34 Jimmy Grade (Connections Granville) 24.54 35 Richard Foster 25.11 36 Wilfred Hoogenboom 25.49 37 Gavin Brown (Royal Air Force Cycling) 25.56 38 Davy Vandeput (Connections Granville) 26.29 39 Samuel Bennett (Royal Air Force) 26.30 40 Christian Male (Santas Lone Cruzer) 26.50 41 Richard Querelle (Tempus Fugit) 27.52 42 Tim Wolfe-Murray 28.15 43 Andrew Stewart 28.16 44 Anthony Jordan (Cloud 9 Trails) 28.19 45 Ben Rees 28.21 46 Andrew Pettifer 30.15 47 Marc Meyer 30.21 48 Philip Richmond 33.22 49 Ryan Morawski (Team Eagle) 34.18 50 Patrick Hoekstra (Bike Zone) 34.52 51 Nigel Thomas 35.26 52 James Moyle 35.47 53 Matt Kitchin 36.04 54 Michael Flanagan 36.16 55 David Fancy 36.50 56 dave Penny (Choc-Chip) 37.21 57 Simon Loretz (Oxford University CC) 37.47 58 Paul Kelsall 38.13 59 Robin Calverley (Royal Air Force) 38.26 60 Tillman Lambert 38.34 61 Mark Blair 39.17 62 Simon Ashwell (My name isn't Earl) 41.37 63 Simon Holme (Pachy Dream Stalker) 43.39 64 Joseph O'Flynn 44.15 65 Dennis Hoogenboom (Hoogenboom Hrs) 47.49 66 Tony Berlin 47.53 67 Marcel Van Leeuwen (Marcel goes U.K.) 52.04 68 Steve Miller (Steve Miller) 52.05 69 Oliver Castle 52.18 70 Kevin Leary 52.52 71 Dylan Stephens 54.49 72 Huw George (One to One) 54.51 73 Ioan Tudur Jones (Igglepiggle) 56.55 74 Craig O'Donnell (Mango) 58.33 75 Oliver Townsend (Cloud 9 Trails) 58.42 76 Jason Hughes 1.00.10 77 Steven Bone (Solo / Johns Bike) 1.04.12 78 Michel Anton 1.07.01 79 Joris Vandebon (Connections Granville) 1.08.32 80 Geert Celen (Connections Granville) 1.09.57 81 Lee Bacco 1.09.59 82 Michael Jones (Thetford MTB Racing) 1.12.06 83 Paul Hamnett 1.14.06 84 Chris Smith 1.14.13 85 Richard Edge 1.14.15 86 Chris Lamb (Mammoth Lifestyle) 1.14.42 87 Damien Stafford (Team Staffx) 1.16.35 88 Peter Atkin (Tunnel Hill Trolls) 89 Matt Wood 1.17.53 90 George Harris (Harris 07) 1.17.57 91 Tom White (Pit Bikes) 1.21.20 92 Kit Carruthers (To Be Confirmed) 1.21.21 93 Paul Sumption (Thetford MTB Racing) 1.22.05 94 Patrick Hertveld (Pacer) 1.23.30 95 Christopher Aiken (Dewhurst Dynamos) 1.26.22 96 Lee Warner 1.28.36 97 Lex Cumber (Heckler @ the back) 1.30.36 98 Mark Smith (Sytwer Cardiff) 99 Marien Van Os (Marvos.com) 100 Ian Gill (Team Plugga) 1.32.36 101 Lawrence Walton (Oxford University CC) 1.34.46 USE Solo Category - vets female 1 Mary-Rose Cross 32.34.47 2 Anne Dickins (Cloud 9 Trails) 4.27 3 Kim Williams 18.15 4 Ros Fish (Dorset Rough Riders) 23.23 5 Sally Mawson 41.53 6 Alison Wright 45.53 USE Solo Category - vets male 1 Steve Heading (White Racing UK) 31.53.27 2 Kerry Graham (BAD.CC) 3.12 3 Jonathan Edwards (Carpe Diem) 7.16 4 Bryan Singleton (Ride On / Buff) 8.10 5 Richard Wilson 9.01 7 Antony Gray (Team Milo) 11.14 8 Daryl Cavill 13.24 9 Jim Dickson (SMA) 15.05 6 Robert Koppenhol (WKd) 16.56 10 Gary Bridgeman (Factory Farth) 19.06 11 Steve Gordon (Dorset Rough Riders) 22.16 12 Gary Hull (Chicken Leg's) 25.23 13 Russell Rout 27.26 14 Russell Miller (Boys from the Fort Stuff / St. Ives CC) 29.34 15 Steve Whitehouse 30.39 16 Brian Trill 30.57 17 Geraint Davies 31.59 18 Graham Bull (Family Ties) 32.50 19 Dave Nichols (Riding for Wayne) 33.21 20 Shaun Pallister (Mammoth Lifestyle) 34.35 21 Doug Corrie (Swords CC) 34.38 22 Paul Facer (Skid Marks / SMRC) 35.04 23 Neil Birch (The Big Adventure) 36.31 24 Sean Dukes 38.43 25 Ray Morriss (Mintcake MTB) 41.49 26 Rafael Ruiz Fuente 43.08 27 Martin Zepler (Fellowship of the Granny Ring) 45.48 28 Mark Flynn 29 Jon Goodman 46.45 30 Eric Goris (Connections Granville) 49.08 31 Angus Robinson (Team AARM) 53.20 32 Arthur Rijk (Bikeshop Amersfoort) 57.05 33 Alan Parkinson (South Western Road Club) 1.03.43 34 Jack Peterson (Numplumz) 1.08.46 35 Mark Essex 1.09.21 36 Gordon Sim 1.10.18 37 Howard Thomas 1.23.29 38 Graham Hughes (Manx Mountain Bike Club) 1.25.13 39 Dave Bellamy 40 Stuart Clarke (Stuart Clarke) 1.29.13 NINER Single Speed Category 1 Henry Richard Lansdo (Bike Shed Wales) 31.57.07 2 Matt Carr (69er Collective) 1.31 Overall Timing - Merida Bikes TransWales '08 - Team Categories High5 Sports Nutrition - Mixed Category 1 David Evans / Lily Mathews 32.00.11 2 Meggie Bichard / Ed Kerly (Team Chance) 1.36 3 Paul Hoogenboom / Alieke Griffioen (Peptiplus-Bikezone) 12.57 4 Shane Dickenson / Rickie Justine Cotter (Cytek) 22.16 5 Richard Morgan / Joy Bringer (Whitehousecampsite.co.uk) 23.15 6 Larissa Trussell / David Carr (Team Tracey) 28.08 7 Claire De Jongh / Simon Neuhoff (The Clantons) 31.36 8 Gaye Taylor / John Taylor (WVCC MTB) 40.21 9 Darryl Rice / Fay Cripps (Cripps) 40.33 10 Anne Waddington / Jay Foad (Lemmings) 43.20 11 Nickolas Ringwood / Hilary Catchpole (Team Hayland) 43.22 12 David Steel / Abigail Armstrong (London Phoenix Mixed) 46.53 13 Chris Cooper / Vikki White (The Pocket Rockets) 49.38 14 Tom van Tellingen / Claudia van Tellingen (Bushbikers) 54.43 15 Bob Hallmark / Camilla Edlin (High5-Online.com) 1.00.00 BUFF Headward - Female Open Category 1 Irene Lachner / Alice Lund (Wateam) 32.44.21 Gore Bike Wear - Male Open Category 1 Ifan Richards / Christopher Purt (Revolution -Bikes RT) 31.55.42 2 Steven Franzoni / Craig Sterrett (Outdoor Escape) 5.31 3 Ben Jones / Andy Jones (Clee Cycles / KCNC) 5.43 4 James Cooper / Rick Fielder (Army) 6.02 5 Bruce Philip / James Holness (Beyond 925) 7.56 6 Martin Fisher / Andy Hughes (The Serial Fanniers) 9.23 7 Brendan Kay / Karl Povey (Army Cycling) 13.07 8 Richard Connor / Steve Torley (Team MK) 13.24 9 Paul Crowley / Mairtin Savage (Lakeside Wheelers) 19.21 10 Peter Rimmer / Charlie Sheridan (Rimram / Tirconaill Abu) 19.29 11 Kieron Selley / Mark Dix (Team Ubique) 19.49 12 Robert Graveley / Jeremy Baker (Fubar) 20.24 13 Thomas Ward / Richard Eldson (Team Cheese String World Endurance Racing Ltd) 20.54 14 Ricky Dickenson / Huw Davies (Cytek) 24.15 15 Andrew Green / Martin Shepherd (Stumpjumpers) 24.27 16 Neil Walters / Andy Lillicrap (TSTWKT) 28.15 17 Andy Guerin / Julian Jordan (Berks on Bikes / Purple Bike Shed) 29.16 18 Knut Harald Smette / Jeremy Giddens (Team Oslo Sportslager) 31.35 19 Rudolf Coetzee / Eric Marshall (Stofstreep) 34.57 20 William Milne / Paul Smith (The B Team) 35.49 21 Andrew Blackmore / Jason Curle (Bat Fastards) 36.36 22 Gregory May / Richard Wagstaff (Greg and Wag's most excellent advanture) 38.59 23 Shaun Lewis / Martin Penticost (M&D Cycles Specialized) 39.49 24 Johan Nell / Sarel Hiemstra (Pofadder) 39.57 25 Andy Prince / Jonathan Eggett (Team Al Fresco) 40.05 26 Nick Scott / Ben Dean (Not Mobile / High Peak Cycles) 40.30 27 Matthew Cummins / Mark Wright (The Blackdogs) 42.08 28 Andrew Smith / Geoff Styles (Team Peanut Head) 43.11 29 Keith Flory / Andrew Gillott (G of the Bang ) 44.09 30 Alan Stafford / Matt McDonald (IROZ) 45.51 31 Kevin Hallahan / Jack McGeown (Soggy Bottom Boys) 47.15 32 Rob Jones / Jamie Lynch (MrCycles.co.uk) 49.41 33 Paul Clark / Paul Latchem (Phasenineclothing.co.uk ) 50.18 34 Lewis Collins / Gareth Taylor (What Mountain Bike) 54.20 35 Stu Brew / Chris Watson (Old Goats) 55.44 36 Hugo Abreu / Tiago Fonseca (Tugas) 59.18 37 Gary Ludlow / Daniel Culkin (Ludkin) 1.00.29 38 Matthew Corke / Rhrodri Hornung (Man and Boy) ERGON - Vets Category 1 Carl Hutchings / Stuart Lockyear (London Phoenix Vets) 32.06.06 2 Simon Jepheart / Gary Cousins (phasenineclothing.co.uk) 2.04 3 David Wood / Tom Jones (Team Dysynni) 14.43 4 Enrico Pizzorni / Marco Zanetta (Ruotequadre Italy) 18.37 5 Richard James / Paul Shackleford (Snetterton Frog Riders) 29.32 6 Paul William Brown / Troy Rollason (Numplumz/Superlight) 35.48
