Cracoe Time Trial Results for May 18th 2016

Things looked good prior to the start at 7.30 tonight but, sure enough, the rain started about 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.  Luckily it eased as riders started but it certainly didn’t help riders who were soaked and cold from the off. And you guessed it, as the last rider crossed the line the rain stopped.  Still, it wasn’t a deluge and a number of riders managed a PB on the course tonight – all that oxygen filled air proved helpful to some!  The wind was light compared to last week.

Although he was 38” slower than last week, outstanding rider once again tonight was Ryan Perry.  Two minutes behind was Thomas Wood in the time of 22:59 which was 13” better than his time last week – well done  – and in third place overall was Paul Braithwaite in a time of 23:20 which was  27” up on his time last week.  Congratulations to those three tonight.

In the Vets category David Metcalfe came out top with a better than standard time 3:24 above his age allowance; Paul Braithwaite taking second place with a +2:39 and in third place Andrew Dent with +1:50. Well done to them.

Those of you who have ridden the Kildwick TT’s for the past few years will know that we have a ‘fun’ competition each year.  This year it’s going to be for 3 different categories of bikes, namely time trial bikes (TT), road bikes (RB) and those riding road bikes with clip on bars (COB).  A points system is to be devised (by Yours Truly!) which will hopefully select a worthy prize winner of each category. To qualify you’ll have to have ridden at least 5 of the Bronte TT’s  – Kildwick or Cracoe will count.   I’ve noted down the bikes for tonight’s ride but some of you may have been riding with with clip-ons which I failed to notice as you crossed the line,  so please let me know.

Thank you to all marshals and photographers out on the course and those at the starting area and anyone else who pitched in to help.  All help gratefully received.  Thank you to all riders for coming back safe and sound on a bit of a miserable night and for supporting Sarah in the cafe – oh, her Scotch eggs are delicious…I took 2 home!

Here are tonight’s results: Any errors or omissions please let me know.

Weather Conditions:

As usual,  treat the weather conditions with a bit of scepticism despite them being from the Met Office web site. However, here’s what it said for Skipton this evening: