Andy Jackson (SSLL Racing Team) took the win in the Norlond TT Combine 50-mile event staged on the F1B/50 near Tempsford in Bedfordshire on Sunday morning.
The 40-year-old clocked 1:41.05 to take victory by 2-44 from last year’s event winner Matthew Smith (Team Bottrill), while Smith’s team-mate James Perkins completed the podium in third, another 39 seconds off Jackson’s pace and a repeat of his third place in the 2015 event.
Riders were greeted by a warm and dry morning, with a rising tailwind on the homeward section of the two-lap course which would’ve offered a slight help to the later starters.
The course takes riders south on the A1 to the Baldock junction, before heading west along the A507 Stotfold bypass and back up north to the Tempsford junction to complete one lap.
Jessica Rhodes-Jones (Beacon Roads CC) was the fastest woman with 2:03.16 which was just 24 seconds quicker than next best female, Jody Conibear (Hemel Hempstead CC).
And as well as being fastest overall, Jackson was the best veteran on standard with a plus of 34.30, beating Dave Dent (Offshore RT) by 4-46.
Second for the last two years, Brett Harwood (Terry Wright Cycles) was a non-finisher this time.
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Result:
1 Andy Jackson SSLL Racing Team 1:41:05
2 Matthew Smith Team Bottrill 1:43:49
3 James Perkins Team Bottrill 1:44:28
4 Ross Clarke TMG Horizon CT 1:45:09
5 Luke Clarke TMG Horizon CT 1:45:42
6 Dave Dent Offshore RT 1:51:10
7 Luke Danckert Army Cycling Union 1:52:17
8 Dave Lazenby Baines Racing Silverstone Cycle 1:52:26
9 Julian Pegg Hitchin Nomads CC 1:55:12
10 Anthony Collier Hoddesdon Tri Club 1:55:22
11 Richard Hutt Harp RC 1:55:34
12 Iain Boardman Dulwich Paragon CC 1:55:55
13 Chris Tye Plomesgate CC 1:56:15
14 Bill Harris Hinckley CRC 1:57:02
15 Mark Ellis Team Milton Keynes 1:57:06
16 Robert Saunders North Bucks RC 1:57:25
17 Tony May TMG Horizon CT 1:57:38
18 Dave Johnson VC 10 1:57:55
19 Darren Preston St Neots CC 1:57:59
20 Marc Preece Royal Air Force CA 1:58:00
21 Jason Stuart CC Ashwell 1:58:13
22 Peter Harridge Icknield RC 1:58:41
23 Richard Howes Coventry Road Club 1:59:00
24 Darren Powell TMG Horizon CT 1:59:12
25 Andy Wickham North Bucks RC 1:59:14
26 Steve Clarke TMG Horizon CT 1:59:51
27 Nick Morgan 34 Nomads CC 2:02:12
28 Nick Burton Newark Castle C C 2:02:19
29 Jessica Rhodes-Jones Beacon Roads CC 2:03:16
30 Ben Houston East Grinstead CC 2:03:24
31 Jody Conibear Hemel Hempstead CC 2:03:40
32 James Cornell Hitchin Nomads CC 2:04:06
33 Nick Hickman Hitchin Nomads CC 2:04:09
34 Richard Moule Bossard Whs 2:04:34
35 Pete Trotman A5 Rangers CC 2:04:38
36 David Price North Bucks RC 2:04:39
37 Graham Pepperdine Verulam CC 2:05:25
38 Terry Davies Hitchin Nomads CC 2:07:42
39 David Rogers Hemel Hempstead CC 2:07:58
40 Noel Toone Kettering CC 2:09:23
41 Leanne Cutler Hitchin Nomads CC 2:14:37
42 Paul Breeze Peterborough CC 2:14:52
43 Dominic Whitehead St Ives CC 2:16:56
44 Joanna Spragg Bossard Whs 2:18:49
45 David Barry Team Bottrill 2:20:21
46 John Thompson (Trike) Severn RC 2:25:03
47 Giovanna Bertoldi Iceni Velo 2:27:52
48 Stephanie Wheatley Verulam CC 2:28:15
49 John Howells Corinium Cycle Club 2:36:32
Chris Symonds North Road CC DNF
Adrian Taverna VTTA (East Anglia) DNF
Brett Harwood Terry Wright Cycles RC DNF
Jim Moffatt CC Luton DNF
B Xavier Disley AeroCoach DNF
John Watson Hitchin Nomads CC DNS A
John Thompson VC Baracchi DNS
Matthew Reader Verulam CC DNS A
Nigel Wilson Hitchin Nomads CC DNS A
Tim Bayley Arctic Tacx RT DNS
Gareth Pymm Team Bottrill DNS A
Frazer Harper Derby Mercury R C DNS
Aaron Ward Team Bottrill DNS
Gavin Lewis North Road CC DNS A
Laurence Wright Team Velovelocity DNS A
John Lacey Hemel Hempstead CC DNS A
Jobe Usher North Road CC DNS
Ryan Ballard Team Bottrill DNS
Rhys Evans Army Cycling Union DNS A