TSE 10 Mile Time Trial - 1 April 2017 - Report

Saturday, 1st April 2017. 

The annual Team Salesengine.co.uk 10 mile time trial drew a record number of entries. A field of 150 riders competed on the Cambourne based F2D/10 course in Cambridgeshire. TSE's new recruit Ryan Witchell set the bar for the day. Going off at the traditional "home team" #1 spot, Ryan recorded 20.54 for his inaugural ride with the team. A sign of things to come.

Ryan's time held until the seeded riders on "0"s started to come through the finish. William Wallace (CC London) took top spot for a while.  at least until Karl Willis (Herts Rouleurs) riding on #21 inserted himself on the top step. Ultimately though, the faster seeds, riding towards the back of the field, proved dominant. Stuart Travis (Team Bottrill/HSS Hire) shaded the day, ahead of Andy Jackson (SSLL Racing Team) and  Rob Young (Team Vision Racing Silverhook). Travis and Jackson both dipped under the 20 minute mark.

In the Ladies event, Bronwen Ewing (Rye and District Wh) took top spot ahead of Katja Rietdorf (Born to Bike - Bridgetown Cycles). Third spot went to Lindsay Clark (Fenland Clarion). Ewing very sportingly donated her prize money to the Stroke Association (our chosen charity for 2017).

In the team competition it was Team Bottrill/HSS Hire who took the win. A gap of 1m 39s separated the winning trio of Stuart Travis, Max Sahota and Keith Dorling from second place Beds Road RT (Mick Hodson, Jason Green and Daniel Sibley).

Men (Top 10)

1	Stuart	Travis	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	19:34
2	Andy	Jackson	SSLL Racing Team	19:51
3	Rob	Young	Team Vision Racing Silverhook	20:26
4	Jim	Boyle	Sleaford Wh CC	20:33
5	Mick	Hodson	Bedfordshire Road RT	20:33
6	Karl	Willis	Hert Rouleurs RC	20:47
7	William	Wallace	CC London	20:51
8	Dave	Lazenby	Baines Racing Silverstone Cycle	20:51
9	Max	Sahota	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	20:52
10	Leigh	Smith	JCA Equipe Velo	20:53

Ladies (Top 10)

1	Bronwen	Ewing	Rye & Dist Wh CC	22:45
2	Katja	Rietdorf	Born to Bike Bridgetown Cycles	23:06
3	Lindsay	Clarke	Fenland Clarion CC	23:44
4	Wendy	Gooding	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	24:06
5	Sarah	Short	Bonito Squadra Corse	24:18
6	Emma	Koppe	CC Ashwell	24:46
7	Rebecca	Murley	Wisbech Wh	24:49
8	Sally	Withey	Team Swift	24:59
9	Agata	Milk	Tri- Anglia Tri Club	25:24
10	Leanne	Cutler	Hitchin Nomads CC	25:28

Team

Team Bottrill-HSS Hire

Stuart	Travis	00:19:34	1:01:45
Max	Sahota	00:20:52
Keith	Dorling	00:21:19

Addendum

As a small team the event places a significant stretch on our resources, we are however very happy to put something back in to the sport. Thanks is due to many people, not least our team principal, Steve Robinson and his family for pulling the lion's share of the event together. Thanks to our time-keepers (John Pick and Mike Bannister) and to the many volunteers from the team who marshalled with aplomb and hosted the HQ and provided the results. A full list of acknowledgements and results will be supplied with the results sheet (to include DNS and DNF information).

Thanks also to all riders who helped make the event a success by riding safely and working with us to make the HQ functions run smoothly.

The initial results were published at the end of the event yesterday -http://teamsalesengine.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/tse-open-10-mile-tt-1-april-2017.html 

Note - During the event a motorcyclist crashed near the course at approximately 4pm. There was no one else involved in the incident, the Cambridgeshire Police attended the scene and they worked with our organisers to keep the event running. We believe the motorcyclist was up and moving at the scene.