Ramsbottom feels so much at home

CYCLING: Scunthorpe time trial ace Julian Ramsbottom put his local knowledge to good effect when he won the Scunthorpe Road Club 10-mile time trial at Kirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire on Saturday.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Mar 2011, 10:27 BST

The I Ride Racing Team rider clocked 21min 21secs to win the event by 13 secs despite a north easterly wind blowing as the riders tackled the A15 from Kirton up to the M180 interchange and back.

Ramsbottom beat Witham Wheelers’ James Coleman into second, Scunthorpe Polytechnic CC’s Anthony Nash taking third, another 21 seconds off the pace

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Fastest of the women was Clare Ella of Born to Bike, whose time of 25min 21secs was impressive enough to give her 10th place in a field of 31 entries.

Sheffield-based duo Danny Lowthorpe and Nicholas Latimer won the Sheffrec CC two-up event at Hatfield Woodhouse on Saturday, clocking 57min 2secs for the 25-mile course and taking victory by 38 seconds from North Notts Olympic rivals Andrew Bishop and Daniel Barnett.

Third spot went to Kiveton Park CC team-mates Alan West and Eric Nicholson, who clocked 58:53.

Doncaster Wheelers rider Rob Watkinson clocked 1:06.02 in the Matlock CC 25-mile event over a hilly course based on Rowsley in Derbyshire, and his time was good enough for third. South Pennine RC’s Charles Taylor won (1:02.52).

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