Hutchinson breaks four-year Wiggins mark

THE National Time Trial 10-mile record was broken on Yorkshire roads on Saturday, with national champion Michael Hutchinson covering the V718 course at South Cave, East Yorkshire, in a time of 17min 57sec.

Hutchinson, the In Gear-Quickvit rider who lives in London but has been selected to ride at the Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland, sliced just one second off the four-year-old previous record held by Bradley Wiggins.

On a warm day – perfect for time trialling – and Hutchinson won the event by an impressive 56 seconds from Team Raleigh's Richard Handley of Warrington.

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Third spot went to youngster Adam Duggleby (I Ride RT) from GIlberdyke who clocked 19-25, while other local riders in the result included Team Swift's Michael Ellerton, fourth in 19-37, James Gullen (Team Wallis CHH) seventh in 19-47, Cottingham Coureurs' Julian Gromett, eighth in 19-49, and Yorkshire Road Club's Ian Fairweather, 10th in 19-59.

Hull rider Joel Wainman won the Elmet CRC 12-Hour time-trial after clocking an impressive 280.04 miles in the event around Pocklington yesterday.

Wainman led Team Swift-Allsports to the team prize, with second-placed Carl Ruebotham from Lancashire and fourth-placed Andy Jackson from Holmfirth completing the winning trio. Scarborough's David Thompson took third spot, foiling Team Swift's bid for one-two-three on the podium.

In criterium racing, Yorkshire riders stole a march on their Lancashire rivals in the Blackburn Grand Prix last week, securing a one-two-three.

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Barnsley's Ed Clancy won again in the Blackburn event, the Motorpoint-Marshalls Pasta rider sprinting to victory ahead of Doncaster's Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor-Sharp), while his team-mate Dean Downing was third.

Sheffield's Malcolm Elliott took sixth after helping team-mate Clancy to victory, with Keighley's Tom Barras (Team Raleigh) eighth and Wakefield's Richard Hepworth ninth.

Burley in Wharfedale's Scott Thwaites finished fifth in the Andy Poole Memorial Road Race.

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