Hillclimb 10 of 17: Croker Hill

Joel Wainman (SSLL Racing Team) powered to victory in the Harrogate Nova CC 24-mile time trial, staged on a wind-swept V262 course near Ripon in North Yorkshire on Saturday afternoon.

The 42-year-old from Hull – who won the previous week’s Veterans TTA (North Midlands) 14.7-mile event – clocked 53.32 to take the win by 52 seconds from Bronte Wheelers’ Steve Ayres, while Christophe Demoulin (York Cycleworks) was third, another 28 seconds back.

First and only female in the event was Jean Croft from the promoting club, who did well to cover the course in 1:15.11 and take 32nd overall.

Wainman was ahead at both time checks taken at the end of the two laps of the V262 course. He was three seconds quicker than Demoulin at the end of the first lap with Ayres third, but Ayres stepped up his ride to take second spot, after completing the second of the circuits almost a minute quicker than his first.

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Results:

Pos      Name   Club    time

1          Joel Wainman  SSLL Racing Team     53:32

2          Steve Ayres     Bronte Whs     54:24

3          Christophe Demoulin  York Cycleworks        54:52

4          Richard Dean  Team Swift     55:07

5          Mark Wolstenholme    Team Swift     55:20

6          Doug Hart       Ilkley CC        55:45

7          Michael Smart TS Racing Team - OTR          55:52

8          Glen Turnbull  Patron  56:18

9          Stewart Gormley         Team Swift     56:20

10        Robert Senior  Harrogate Nova CC    57:24

11        Stu Wood        Harrogate Nova CC    57:29

12        Roger Bromiley           Harrogate Nova CC    59:53

13        Daniel Shaw    Halifax Imperial Whs  1:00:12

14        Jim Trevor       Hull Thursday RC       1:00:54

15        David Leckenby         Ilkley CC        1:01:30

16        Gary Bates      Team Swift     1:01:36

17        Richmond Denton      Parentini Test Team    1:01:40

18        Alasdair Bruce            Yorkshire Road Club  1:02:04

19        Robert Spink   Ferryhill Whs  1:02:27

20        Dave Mann     Harrogate Nova CC    1:02:56

21        Ben I'Anson    Harrogate Nova CC    1:03:15

22        Declan Bowler            Stockton Wheelers CC           1:03:44

23        Richard Howe Bishop Auckland CC  1:04:27

24        Christopher Mawer     Harrogate Nova CC    1:04:59

25        Greg Kershaw Drighlington BC         1:05:15

26        Simon Wright  York Cycleworks        1:05:43

27        Paul Ruta        Barnsley Road Club    1:05:55

28        Nick Hanson   Seacroft Whs  1:06:59

29        Mike Potter     Scarborough Paragon CC       1:07:12

30        Peter Haigh     Nelson Whs CC          1:07:56

31        Mike Cole       Huddersfield RC        1:10:34

32        Jean Croft       Harrogate Nova CC    1:15:11

33        Patrick Giblin  Kiveton Park Cycling Club     1:15:42

            Mark Morris    Harrogate Nova CC    DNS

            Peter Watson   Harrogate Nova CC    DNS(apol)

            Blair Buss        SSLL Racing Team     DNS(apol)

            Stephen Wood            York Cycleworks        DNS

            Dan Evans       Adept Precision RT    DNS

            Mark Jagger    Ilkley CC        DNS

            Mark Stokes    Hambleton RC            DNS(apol)

            Ben Wimpory  Harrogate Nova CC    DNS(apol)

            George Young            Team Swift     DNS(apol)