Reading Cycling Club

Today saw good weather and a good turn out for the club hill climb championships. As last year we did the hill climb on two hills. The first short and sharp and the second longer and more of a road man's hill.

Paul Taylor defended his title winning both hills and having an overall margin of 20 seconds over Nick English.

The results below show the times for each climb with the rank on that climb, and the over all time and rank.

Photos can be seen here

Most riders are coming to the end of their competitive summer season but
there are still sportives to enjoy and time-trials to be tackled.

Reading cyclists were able to enjoy the spectacle of European
professionals racing on local roads this week as stage 1 of the Tour of
Britain passed through Berkshire. Meanwhile the club's time-triallists
have been busy.

Despite unpromising weather conditions on Sunday morning, a good proportion of the start-list turned out to ride this event on the H10/1. Times were a little slower than are normally seen on this course, with a nagging crosswind not helping to provide fast rides.

The Men's event was won by Jake Prior of VC St Raphael, followed by Peter Weir and Graham Weeks. The Women's event was won by Gill Reynolds of Willesden CC.

Many thanks to everyone from Reading CC and other clubs who helped with the organization.

Full results are below, and you can see some photos of the event here.

This week, two of Reading's most committed time-triallists successfully
faced challenges in their events.

RCC held it's last club evening TT of the year on a grey evening with a persistent wind.

Fastest on the evening was the evergreen Trevor Bradbury, followed by a close group of three riders. There were four riders all within nine seconds.

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