FOLLOWING the success of the first round of the Wightlink-Wight Mountain (WWM) TT Series, Round 2 at Ningwood attracted a record 60 riders for an Island time trial.
Conditions were favourable for riders of WWM, Team Spy, Wight Tri, the Isle of Wight Triathlon Club, the West Wight Wheelers, Bike Jockey Cycling Club and several independent cyclists, who competed in various categories.
The top three places were taken by WWM riders, with the fastest being Kev Chant, with a new course record of 20mins 1sec — beating Clint Oliver (21.47).
Oliver was closely followed in joint third by Adam Holleyman and Simon Ambrosini, who both came home in 21.57.
Simon was also the winner of the Vets 50+ category.
There were again some fast times set by the under-18 riders.
The fastest junior female was Sophie Nolan, who rode unaffiliated to any club, in 29.11, while Ewan Cook, 12, of the West Wight Wheelers, repeated his fastest junior male achievement of Round 1, coming in at 26.16 — a particularly impressive time bearing in mind how muuch more challenging the Round 2 course was.
In the ladies' category, Anne Loh, of Team Spy, was first home in 25.22, while Martin Piper was the fastest non-WWM rider on the night, sailing home in 23.14.
The event was again a great success, said organisers Jerry and Julie Cooper.
"It couldn’t have happened without the support of the Island's cycling community, who volunteered to help out on the evening, as well as sponsors, Wightlink, Wight Mountain, Island Stoves, CutLaserCut and staff at the West Wight Alpacas, where the Round 2 headquarters was based," said Jerry.
"It was an enjoyable night — celebrating the best of cycling on the Isle of Wight.
"We are looking forward to hosting the final round of the Wightlink-Wight Mountain Series in September, with a testing hilly course, a longer distance of 40km for the senior riders and 20km for the junior riders, all based at Chessell Pottery."
House Rules
We do not moderate comments, but we expect readers to adhere to certain rules in the interests of open and accountable debate.
Comments are closed on this article