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Ben Stowe (Arctic Tacx RT) held off last year’s winner to take victory in the Hemel Hempstead CC 21.5-mile time trial in Hertfordshire on Sunday morning.

Clocking a time of 51.07, Stowe held off 2017 victor Luke Clarke (TMG Horizon CT) by just nine seconds, while national 24-hour champion Michael Broadwith (Arctic Tacx RT) was third, another 45 seconds adrift.

There was a clear victory in the women’s category, with Cycle Team OnForm’s Anna Henderson clocking 57.17 to win by around two minutes.

There was also a road bike category with no TT specific aero kit allowed and this was won by Roy Chamberlain (Team Corley Cycles) with second place going to Seam Meager (Verulam CC) a minute behind Chamberlain.

In Cumbria, Claire Swoboda and Tom Rigby were fastest woman and man respectively as Border City Wheelers staged a sporting 20-mile time trial near Lazonby.

Swoboda, the VC St Raphael veteran, clocked 55.58 to win the women’s category by 59 seconds from ABC Centreville rival Charlotte Boothman.

Rigby, the 28-year-old from Chorley in Lancashire who rides for Croston Velo, covered the challenging L202 course near Lazonby in 44.51 to win by 31 seconds from Philip Jones (Crimson Performance RT), with veteran Niall Paterson (VC Cumbria) taking third, another minute off the pace.

Second last year, Keith Murray (Drag2zero) went one better to win the Teesdale CRC 21-mile event in County Durham – despite being almost three minutes slower than in 2017 when he was beaten by former national champion Ryan Perry.

On this occasion he beat Glen Turnbull (Harrogate Nova CC) into second finishing in 48.33, followed in third by Jonathon Robinson (Army Cycling Union) in 48.53.

Fastest Junior was Adam Jarps (Team Bottrill/Vanguard) while Ellis Murray (Drag2zero) added the juvenile victory. The women’s winner was Becky Penty (York Triathlon RT).

Elsewhere, Philip Bray went one better than his second place finish last year to take victory by 40 seconds in the Plymouth Corinthian CC 13 held on a sporting course.

The Plymouth Corinthian rider went 16 seconds faster than the time that gave him second place last year clocking 28 minutes and 44 seconds on this occasion - just 35 seconds outside the course record.

Lauren Dolan (Team Breeze) took victory by over a minute in the women’s category clocking a time of 32.12 ahead of Vicky Jowett (Plymouth Corinthian CC) in second.

And in Wales there were victories for Sam Tillett and Pfeiffer Georgi in the Cardiff Ajax 10 near Abercan in Caerphilly on Saturday.

Tillett, The 18-year-old Wales Racing Academy rider from Newport in Gwent, covered the R10/16a course in 19.59, the only rider to go under the 20-minute mark giving him the win by 37 seconds from Cwmcarn Paragon RC.

Liv CC teenager rider Georgi covered the course in 22.24 to edge to victory in the women’s category by just three seconds from Stephanie Post (Team Bottrill).

And in Scotland GTR–Return to Life duo Arthur Doyle and Douglas Watson combined to great effect to win the Dooleys RT 2-Up 17 at Bishopton. They completed the course in 33.40 – 1.20 quicker than second-placed pairing of Ewen MacGillivray and Peter Ettles of RT 23.

In Lincolnshire the promoting club’s own Alex Colman won the Alford Wheelers hilly 25 by 29 seconds, his time of 57.54 leaving Darren Yarwood (Vive le Velo) in second spot, while another Alford Wheelers rider Tracey Wilkinson was first female with 1-31-59.

Velo Velocity rider Stuart Fairweather was fastest in the Plomesgate CC 10 on Saturday, winning by 20 seconds from Ipswich BC’s Andy Proffitt. Cindy Berry (Pedal Power Ipswich) was the fastest female with 25.22.

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