MDCC Hilly 30 mile TT. Saturday, 3rd April.

Winner Tejvan Pettiger finishes on a flat tyre

Andrew Payne comes home

New Club VC 10 mull over the days event at the Frieth HQ

MDCC Ladies Sweep The Board
We were delighted to have a strong showing from our two ladies, Gervase Foley and Kate Hunt, who rode strongly on a tough course in the Chilterns to take first and second places in the womens' section. Especially remarkable when it was their first event of the season. Gervase had a particularly hard ride as she was last rider off and ran into wind and rain shortly before finishing.

We were less successful in the other categories where Pete Lawrence and Chris Starling [VC10/Team MDT Giant] took the 2-up prize and Tejvan Pettinger [ Sri Chinmoy CT] took the fastest rider award while finishing on a soft back tyre.

There were plenty of bad luck stories this afternoon with MDCC's Ed James finishing running after a mechanical. Lucky he's a triathlete! There were a few punctures with the rain washing flints onto the country roads. Richard Legge [London Dynamo ] was brought back in the back of a rubbish collectors van after a mechanical. Next year we will offer a prize for the most original way to finish!

On a day that remained dry until just before the last rider reached home we had an excellent 99% turnout of riders for our first open event of the season.

Full results on our website shortly.

A Small But Perfectly Formed Event

We must say an enormous thank you to all the Club members who turned out to run the event. We had nearly 20 out on the course and in the HQ. It made it one of the best Club supported events I can remember for many years