Well yesterday was my time to make my second visit to the SCCU '100'  I had intended to ride the Hounslow '100' based around Bentley as it is a much faster course and very local. Unfortunately the event was cancelled due to a horse show on one of the roads to be used. On the day the weather was kind, at 6.30am (My start time) it was about 15degC and rose gently to 18degC by 10.30am. There were 3 light showers on the way round but they had a welcome cooling effect. I started hard as I was aware that 'in form' David Shepherd was off 3 mins after me. The route circles several roundabouts  and on each one I caught glimpses of David chasing hard to catch me. He finally caught me at the dreaded (As they are on the course and marshaled, I was stopped here for 2mins last year!)  West Grinstead traffic lights. This year I was lucky and was only stopped for about 10 seconds. It had taken 2 and 1/2 hrs for David to catch me.

All was going OK until about 75 miles where my efforts produced a huge cramp in my left quad. I was completely unable to pedal for about 2 mins as I tried desperately to release the muscle. Finally the cramp subsided and I rode on, a little gingerly to start with but stronger as my ride finished. Keith Coffey caught me for 8 mins early on the second finishing circuit so I knew the damage the cramp had done. In the remaining 1 and 1/2 hrs David had taken another 8 mins out of me. 

All in all it was a bitter-sweet ride. I got a new PB but was left wondering what might have been but I guess that is the nature of time-trialling!

1.    Rob Pelham             Lewes Wanderers    3:52:40

2.    Keith Coffey              Bec  CC                      4:00:41

3.    David Shepherd      GS Stella                    4:00:51

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10.  Jon Lewis               Charlotteville CC        4:11:41     PB

A Surrey League Handicap road race organised in collaboration with Charlotteville CC will take place at Kitsmead Lane on Thursday 29th July - organisers Dave Bennett and Glenn Smith.

The Charlotteville CC Open 10 mile time trial will take place on Saturday 31st July on the H10/8 course near Bentley - organiser This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tom needs help with a few marshals and some people to 'work the kitchen for teas' and Dave/Glenn will also need some marshalls too. If you are able to assist then please contact Tom, Dave, Glenn or Matt Legge.

2010 Race Winners

(l to r) Jon Lewis(Charlotteville CC) - RegB, Wouter Sybrandy (Sigma Sport/Specialized) - NatB, Joe Fox (Solihull CC) - Youths

[photo: D Carlsson]

National B (E12)

1 Wouter SYBRANDY (Sigma Sport/Specialized) E
2 Jody CRAWFORTH (Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/Scott/GSI) E
3 Phill SYKES (Sigma Sport/Specialized) E
4 Marcel SIX (Orbea-For Goodness Shakes!) E
5 Jeroen JANSSEN (Kuota-Road.cc) E
6 Jamie NEWALL (Team Corley Cycles) 2
7 Gareth MONTGOMERY (Sigma Sport/Specialized) E
8 Jonathan DIBBEN (Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/Scott/GSI) YA
9 Ian PAINE (London Dynamo) 1
10 Simon ERNEST (AW Cycles.co.uk) 2
11 Jefte DE BRUIN (Kuota-Road.cc) E
12 Lee SMITH (Felt-Colbornes RT) E
13 Jon MOZLEY (Kuota-Road.cc) E
14 Martin SMITH (Kuota-Road.cc) E
15 Alexander KING (Endura Racing) E
16 Michael JACKSON (CC Luton) 2
17 Darren BARCLAY (Arctic RT) 1
18 James WAITE (Pearson Cycles) 2
19 Dean SHANNON (Orbea-For Goodness Shakes!) 1
20 Richard MARDLE (Felt-Colbornes RT) 1
21 Tim ELVERSON (Felt-Colbornes RT) E
22 Daniele SANTONI (MSTina) E

Report and photo's from British Cycling and in addition to his report on the BC website there is Graham Robins' Gallery

Charlotteville paparazzi extraordinaire Dave Carlsson's first selection of photo's, more will no doubt be published here too.

James Carlsson's facebook galleries of the Support Race and the Elite Race and now published on fluidr

Photo's from VC Meudon's Colin Addison

A report from the Surrey Advertiser on the races

If you have any other photo's you'd like to share with everyone then please let me know and we can publish links here.

For the rest of the results select the 'read more' link below