Jonathan Parker (Team Bottrill) took a convincing victory in the Sussex CA 50-mile time trial, staged on the G50/10 near Dial Post in West Sussex on Sunday.
The 41-year-old’s time of 1:49.40 gave Parker the win by3-41 from East Grinstead CC rival Steve Dennis, while Dominic Hill (Bec CC) was another 1-07 back in third and Steve Kane (Brighton Excelsior CC) was eight seconds behind Hill in fourth.
The women’s event went to Lewes Wanderers’ Tamar Vanderhaas with 2:12.11 which gave her the win by 1-30 from Katie Crowe (Dulwich Paragon CC), while third spot went to Katerina Avramides (Brighton Mitre CC) who was almost five minutes further back.
Brighton Excelsior CC won the team prize thanks to the trio of Steve Kane, James Stone and Jack Churchill, beating Worthing Excelsior by just 47 seconds.
Top veteran on target time was Mike O’Gorman (Worthing Excelsior CC) with +25.28 from an actual time of 2:03.35 which gave him tenth overall.
Parker, who was also the fastest veteran, has been in great form so far this season. Among his other victories are the CC Bexley 10, Wigmore CC 25, Kent CA 10 and West Kent RC 10, while he placed second in the VTTA 30-mile championships in April, was third in the Hemel Hempstead CC 10 two weeks ago and was part of the Team Bottrill trio who placed third in the National Team Time Trial Championships last month.
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Results:
Overall Position Name Club Cat Actual Time
1 Jonathan Parker Team Bottrill V 1:49:40
2 Steve Dennis East Grinstead CC V 1:53:21
3 Dominic Hill Bec CC V 1:54:28
4 Steven Kane Brighton Excelsior CC S 1:54:36
5 James Stuart Norwood Paragon CC V 1:57:20
6 Kevin Plummer South Downs Bikes / Casco Europe V 1:58:27
7 Dale Lush Kingston Phoenix RC S 1:58:40
8 Jason Gilbert South Downs Bikes / Casco Europe V 2:02:53
9 James Stone Brighton Excelsior CC V 2:03:21
10 Mike O'Gorman Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:03:35
11 Tony Reeves GS Stella V 2:03:47
12 Trevor Leeding Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:03:49
13 Jonathan Pontin Addiscombe CC S 2:04:30
14 Ian Cheesman Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:04:32
15 John Marinko Brighton Mitre CC V 2:05:41
16 Samuel Ramsey Lewes Wanderers CC V 2:05:48
17 Jon Fry Horsham Cycling V 2:06:10
18 Yuriy Tymchenko Sussex Nomads CC V 2:06:39
19 Alexander Kew Kingston Phoenix RC V 2:06:54
20 Simon Atkinson Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:07:01
21 David Clark Eastbourne Rovers CC V 2:08:04
22 Martin Booker Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:09:12
23 Rick Hughes Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:09:23
24 Simon Trehearn Kingston Phoenix RC V 2:10:01
25 Andrew Drake East Grinstead CC S 2:11:06
26 Tamar Vanderhaas Lewes Wanderers CC WV 2:12:11
27 Jack Churchill Brighton Excelsior CC Jv 2:13:12
28 Katie Crowe Dulwich Paragon CC WV 2:13:41
29 Donald Parker Brighton Mitre CC V 2:14:55
30 Katerina Avramides Brighton Mitre CC WS 2:18:30
31 Debbie Percival 34 Nomads CC WV 2:20:51
32 Sarah Phelps Brighton Mitre CC WS 2:21:01
33 Colin Toppin Brighton Excelsior CC V 2:21:10
34 Rome Bhamra Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:22:15
35 Philip Frean Worthing Excelsior CC V 2:25:08
36 Suzanne Shaw Kingston Phoenix RC WV 2:30:52
37 Robin Johnson Brighton Mitre CC V 2:38:37
- Colin Chambers Crawley Wheelers V DNF
- Leon Fielding a3crg V DNS (A)
- Stephen Morgan Tooting BC V DNS (A)
- Peter Owen Norwood Paragon CC V DNS (A)
- Andy Hamilton South London Harriers S DNS (A)
- Dan Cobby Worthing Excelsior CC S DNS (A)
- Peter Moon Eastbourne Rovers CC V DNS (A)