Flying Ryan is record breaker in the time trial
A new course record, a new bike and a win in round four of the Oswestry Paragon time trial series – it was a good evening for Fibrax-Wrexham's Ryan Morley.
The warm and sunny conditions made it a perfect evening for racing and 41 riders took to the start line.
Morley, with new machinery, raced round the Queens Head-Gobowen course in 20 minutes 32 seconds, taking seven seconds off Luke Grivell-Mellor's previous best and putting him exactly two minutes ahead of Colin Elgie of Oswestry Peloton (22:32).
Third place went to Gary Duncan of Paramount CRT in 22:38 with the Wrexham pairing of Andy Campbell (22:40) and Steve Aston (22:53) not far behind in fourth and fifth places.
Just under the 23-minute mark in sixth was Nick Morgan of Hitchin Nomads CC who stopped the clock on 22:59. Fastest junior and seventh overall was Kieran Morris of Mid Shropshire Wheelers who recorded another course best to finish in 23:20.
Riding his first club event this year, Tom Richardson took eighth place in 23:31 and was fastest Paragon rider on the night, 10 seconds ahead of team-mate Neil Coles (23:41).
Finishing off the top 10, Simon Lewis of Oswestry Peloton was the final rider to get under 24 minutes when clocking 23:44.
The good conditions helped several Paragon riders record personal bests including Adam Riley (24:52), Tony Paul (25:03), Darrell Walsh (25:56) and Alan Edwards (27:03).
Among the younger juniors, Ryan Greaves of Mid Shropshire Wheelers clocked 27:55 ahead of club-mate Jack Young (30:13) and Paragon's Daniel Dovaston (30:13).
Nadine Pilkington of Fibrax-Wrexham was the only solo lady competitor, bettering her previous outing to clock 30:46
. After a break of several years Nigel Roberts returned, riding the course on a mountain bike in 32:53.
Helen Tudor took part in the classic Anfield 100-mile time trial on Bank Holiday Monday, finishing in five hours, eight minutes and 10 seconds.
