The 2023 National Mountain Bike Championships sponsored by Winners Edge took place at the Southlands Park, the course did not disappoint and provided opportunities for riders to test their skills, make errors, and have good fun racing.
Robin Horsfield and Gabriella Arnold were crowned the Men’s and Women’s Open Champions.
Horsfield clocked a winning time of 51:45, Che'quan Richardson was second in 59:43, and Michael Terceira crossed the line third with a time of 1:05:08.
Arnold took the checkered flag after taking the lead on the third lap clocking 31:40, Cassandra McPhee was second in 35:03, and Lauri Orchard was third in a time of 35:49.
Jackson Langley was the Junior Men’s Champion with a time of 34:38, while Kelise Wade was crowned the Junior Female Champion clocking 28:01.
Gabriella Arnold got her season underway at The Tour of Saint Louis Omnium representing La Sweat, USA.
Arnold competing in the Women’s Open Division finished 4th in the Crit.
With the result Arnold gained 402.05 points.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Flannery Competes in Peaks 2 Day Cycle Stage Races
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Liam Flannery represented Team PB Performance during the Peaks 2 Day Cycle Stage Races.
The Peaks 2 Day is a National B Stage race in the Peak District in the UK.
Flannery finished 33rd overall, with a combined time of 5:05:16.8, he finished 15:16.6 behind overall winner Oliver Peckover.
During Stage 1 - Road Race, Flannery finished 41st, he stopped the clock in a time of 2:06:05.0.
Flannery finished 32nd in Stage 2 - Time Trial clocking a time of 9:10.8.
Stage 3 - Road Race saw Flannery clock a time of 2:50:01.0 finishing 36th.
Monday, March 20, 2023
Narraway's Run in Spain Ends in 4th Stage
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Nicholas Narraway's run in the Vuelta a Extremadura – 2023 came to an end in the Fourth Stage.
Narraway was representing Telco.m - On Clima - Osés, competed in the Fourth Stage which was a 159 KM Road Race.
Narraway recorded a Did Not Finish in the Stage.
Sunday, March 19, 2023
BBA Team Time Trial 2023 Round-Up
Winning Team
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The Bermuda Bicycle Association’s Road Racing season kicked off this morning with the traditional Team Time Trial, with teams of 3 or 4 riders racing the 9-mile course from the former Paget Post Office along Middle Road, up Lighthouse Road, and then back to Bermuda College on South Road.
Leading the results table was the trio from VT Construction, comprised of Dominique Mayho, Jackson Langley, and Cameron Morris. Their winning time of 22:00 was almost a minute ahead of the second-place team, also from VT Construction, with the Bermuda Rulers Cycle Club’s Wouter Aarts, Kian Wookely, Andrew Charlesworth, and Stephen Ryan rounding out the Open category podium.
Top team in the Women’s category was another VT Construction grouping of Maddie Durkin, Cora Lee Starzomski, and Rose Ana Hoey, just 15 seconds faster than the Bicycle Works team and two minutes ahead of the Bermuda Junior Cycling women.
One of the more impressive efforts of the morning was turned in by the team of Andrew Thomas, Zach Moniz, Dylan Eiselt, and Jacob Wright, all aged 13 or 14. Their time of 25:45 made them the eleventh team overall and top of the Junior category.
