Time trials, road races and MTB

YCF 10m TT - 28.02.10
Doug Hart and Nigel Goscinski kicked off with good results in this season opener recording 22:13 and 22:41 to finish 8th and 9th respectively.  Nige made it into the prizes for 3rd fastest veteran.

Circuit of Ingelborough 27m TT - 13.03.10
Doug secured another top 10 finish in this classic event with 1:09:16 for 9th place.  Karl Denton produced an excellent ride to finish 22nd in 1:13:02 on a road bike without aero bars.

Karl Denton, Richard Reynolds and Mark Thorburn were all in action in this 50 mile race for 3rd and 4th cats.  Karl managed to get away with the lead group on the last lap finishing just out of the points in 11th.

Featherstone RC 10m TT - 28.03.10
A strong cold wind meant a tough ride on the V910 course at Brotherton.  Doug Hart recorded 23:04 to place 2nd, just 4 seconds behind winner Steve Gore-Brown whilst Nigel Goscinski placed 5th with 23:54. YV were well represented with Stephen Wood, Andrew Johnson, John Woods and Richmond Denton also riding.

Nige at the Featherstone RC 10

Rutland CC 10m TT - 3.04.10
A great ride by Velo new boy and triathlete Richard Hamilton saw him place 10th with 23:24,  It was tight at the top and Richard was only 38 seconds off 3rd and may have made the podium if he hadn't run a rapid 18:30 5k earlier in the day.

Round one took place on a course near Bedale in sticky muddy conditions.  However Nick Butcher made light work of it to lead the Sport category race from start to finish to win by a comfortable margin.  Congratulations to Nick on his (and YV's) first senior MTB win.

Maxgear.co.uk Road Race - 12.04.10
Mike Marshall went on a solo break on the first lap of this 3/4 cat race based on the tough roads around Kirby Lonsdale.  Mike made the chasing group work hard and it took them 3 laps to reel him in.

Mike showing the peloton a clean pair of heals, for a while....

Ravensthorpe CC 10m TT - 17.04.10
Steve Wood and Andy Johnson were back on the V910 course where they had tied three weeks earlier.  This time round Steve got the better of Andy with 23:40 versus 23:55 for 5th and 7th place respectively.

Midlands series XC MTB - 18.04.10
Nick Butcher rode the first race in the series at Hanchurch woods near Stoke.  After a dodgy start, which saw Nick in the back half of the field, he clawed his way up to finish an excellent 5th out of around 50 competitors.

Steel Cycles Saturday Super Series RR 10.04.10
Karl Denton produced a great ride in this 50 mile road race to get in the winning break and place 4th overall.  Nick Butcher, making a rare appearance on slicks, used the race as a training ride and comfortably rode round to finish in the bunch.

The following week Richard Cleathero took part in round 2 of the series and was riding well until a puncture brought a premature end to his race.

Team Swift 25m TT - 18.04.10
Nigel Goscinski produced a good ride to record 56:16, knocking 17 seconds off his own vets record

Bowland Road Race - 25.04.10
Having gone from the gun in his last road race, Mike Marshall did not want to dissapoint those expecting him to do it again in this 44mile 3/4 cat race on the Bolton-by-Bowland circuit. Two other riders bridged across to Mike after the first lap and they stayed away to contest the finish between them with Mike paying for his earlier efforts coming in third.