Taking the win by almost one minute, Ashley Cox (CC Luton) was victorious in the a3crg sporting 10 near Rake in Hampshire on Sunday, clocking 21.33 for the P886 course.
Cox set a new course record time on a great day for the event, beating Phil Wykes’ previous mark by 30 seconds. It was the second course record of the weekend for Cox, who also set a new mark in Saturday's Chronos RT 10.
The P886 course is to be used for this year’s National 10-mile Championship, and this a3crg event gave many riders a good chance to see what they will face in next month’s title race.
On the day he was 53 seconds quicker than James Copeland (Fareham Wheelers), with james Rix (Crawley Wheelers) third, 1-15 off the pace, and Mitchell Webber (pedal Heaven0 fourth, another 13 seconds back.
Fastest female was Emily Cox (Bedfordshire Roads CC) with 24.30, giving her a comfortable win by 1-59 from the promoting club’s Sarah Matthews.
Fareham Wheelers won the team prize with the trio of James Copeland, David Dalton and Jon Smith combining to record 1-11-30 and take the win by over five minutes in that category, with a3crg settling for second.
Ashley Cox has already tasted victory this season. Among his previous results was a win in the North Road CC 25 in May, where he won by more than three minutes
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Results:
Pos Rider Team/ Club Cat Actual
1 Ashley Cox CC Luton Sen 21:33
2 James Copeland Fareham Wheelers Sen 22:26
3 James Rix Crawley Wheelers Vet 22:48
4 Mitchell Webber Pedal Heaven RT Esp 23:01
5 Ryan Davies GS Henley Sen 23:12
6 Paul Elcock GS Henley Sen 23:15
7 Jon Hughes VC Godalming & Haslemere Vet 23:20
8 Graeme Stirzaker ...a3crg Vet 23:42
9 Simon Healey Andover Wheelers Vet 23:54
10 Angus MacInnes RAF CC Vet 24:09
11 Dave Dalton Fareham Wheelers Vet 24:11
12 Paul Barnard South Downs Bikes / Casco Europe Sen 24:24
13 Emily Cox Bedfordshire Road RT W 24:30
14 Christopher Fletcher Portsmouth North End CC Sen 24:36
15 Alan Murchison Drag2Zero Vet 24:42
16 Simon Berogna Velo Club St Raphael Vet 24:48
17 Jon Smith Fareham Wheelers Vet 24:53
18 Jonathan Williams Amersham Road CC Vet 25:23
19 Nick Cridlan Petersfield Tri Club Sen 25:28
20 Jerry Bromyard Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA Vet 25:40
21 Ben Briffett Cycleworks Esp 25:43
22 Daniel Loveday Charlotteville Cycling Club Vet 26:23
23= Den Tapping Hampshire Road Club Vet 26:29
23= Sarah Matthews ...a3crg WV 26:29
25 Josh Lahiri University Of Warwick Tri CC Esp 26:54
26 Jonathan Coleman ...a3crg Vet 27:02
27 Warren Peters ...a3crg Vet 27:13
28 Andrew Rushmer Velo Club Venta Sen 27:15
29 Patrick Brennan ...a3crg Sen 27:17
30 Fabien Large Hastings & St Leonards CC Juv 27:47
31 Stuart Grace G A Cycles Vet 28:00
32 Kelly Stokes Portsmouth Triathletes W 28:03
33 Rich Sellis Petersfield Tri Club Vet 28:19
34 Zoe Taylor ...a3crg WV 28:36
35 Sandra Sellis Petersfield Tri Club WV 29:44
36 Nicholas Cooper Andover Wheelers Vet 29:57
37 Rob Hampson Petersfield Tri Club Vet 30:08
38 Roger Chapman Farnham Road Club Vet 30:19
39 Simon Craig-McFeely ...a3crg Vet 30:26