Friday, March 29, 2024

GS Corsa Spring Bunny 25 mile Time Trial

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Joe with another time trial in the bag.

The GS Corsa Spring Bunny 25 race start was delayed as there had been an accident on the course, however once underway it ran smoothly. The course was the AB25/4 – Garlogie Torphins.

Alas, the recent lovely weather came to an end today, and instead the 32 competitors were faced with a wet, breezy and cold afternoon.

The rain started just after the last man was off, and continued throughout the race, which inspite of the conditions saw several excellent performances. At least it cleared up a little for the presentation.

One highlight of the race was Christine Mclean (Shetland Wheelers), who did a stormer, beating her personal best by over 6 minutes! Christine ended up fastest lady, 1st handicap and 14th overall.

As she said, the conditions were just like home – “Dreich!”.

To quote Carlos Riise (a master of understatement), “Not a nice day for it.”

GS Corsa Spring Bunny Result

1 56.29 Joe Wilson (Sandy Wallace) Cycles
2 56.52 R Wilson (Sandy Wallace Cycles) – 2nd H/cap
3 56.53 Carlos Riise (Shetland Wheelers)
4 58.46 Norman Skene (Granite City RT)
5 1.00.10 Alan Dow (Sandy Wallace Cycle)
6 1.01.08 Sean Monaghan (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
7 1.01.50 M Higgins (Granite City RT)
8 1.01.53 S Argo (Ythan CC)
9 1.02.31 K Lackie (Forres CC)
10 1.02.35 J Blunsdon (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
11 1.02.47 A Reardon (Tri Changing Gear)
12 1.03.42 N Anderson (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
13 1.04.00 S Wallace (Sandy Wallace Cycles)
14 1.05.12 Chris McLean (Shetland Wheelers) – 1st Lady,1st Hcap 46.10
15 1.06.35 D Stewart (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife) – 1st Vet on Std +15.55
16 1.06.36 R Dobson (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
17 1.07.09 D Warwick (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
18 1.07.27 A Duncan (Ythan CC)
19 1.07.30 A Scott-Kiddie (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
20 1.08.14 J Miller (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
21 1.08.52 S Walton (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
22 1.09.02 I Sinclair (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
23 1.09.21 D Anderson (Jr) (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
24 1.11.37 R Clark (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
25 1.11.43 D McIntosh (Ythan CC)
26 1.13.29 Lindsey Goldbeck (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
27 1.13.37 Carol Middleton (Ythan CC)
28 1.15.32 M Pithie (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife)
29 1.15.54 T Cummings (Kirkcaldy & Dist)
30 1.19.17 Carol Runcie (Ythan CC)
31 1.27.08 Yvonne Davidson (Ythan CC)
32 1.27.36 D Kirton (Kennoway RC)

P Clark (Deeside Thistle/Bikelife) DNF
B McCabe (Aberdeen Wheelers) DNF
I Sinclair Deeside (Thistle/Bikelife) DNF

Martin Williamson
Martin Williamson
Martin is our Editor and web site Designer/Manager. He concentrates on photography. He's been involved in cycle racing for over four decades and raced for much of that time, having a varied career which included time trials, road and track racing - and triathlons. Martin has been the Scottish 25 Mile TT and 100 Mile TT Champion, the British Points Race League Champion on the track, and he won a few time trials in his day, particularly hilly ones like the Tour de Trossachs and the Meldons MTT.

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