Month: February 2012

What a day, I volunteered to be turn marshall at the Liverpool end of the Vita Cycles ” 10 Minutes of Hell ” TT a new unique event through the Mersey Tunnel.
Talk about diving in at the deep end for your first Time Trial.
Time Trialing is usually up and down a miserable dual carriageway with lorries thundering past at 60 mph and the “tester” hoping to get a bit of a draught.

This was a full road closure, chip timed, event that even made made the BBC Northwest news.

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From the Vita Cycles site.

Ten Minutes of Hell’ proved to be just that,  with each and every competitor giving their all, but only 9 managing to break the ten minute barrrier.  Julia Shaw ripping through the tunnel in 9.59 to win the fastest female prize – £1,000 and Swift TT frame set,  National Time Trial Champion/ Team Sky rider Alex Dowsett,  with a staggering finishing time of 8.28 lifting the fastest male prize – £1,000 and Swift TT frame; confirming his superiority with a lightening 4.08 mid point split  to also lift the fastest mid point prize – £500 and £3,000 Limited Edition TAG Heuer watch. Our congratulations to them both and to all the runner up prize winners.

The day was a great success and we thank each and every competitor for supporting the event, Calder Kids charity and for giving your all in facing Ten Minutes of Hell.   The devil awaits you next year !.

Thank you to everyone that gave up precious time to assist, help and marshal on the day, to sponsors ‘Sportful, Swift, Torq, Cyclops turbo trainers and to Mersey Tunnel Police and Mersey Travel for granting Vita Cycles permission to hold the event at such a unique venue and for their kind assistance in planning and staging it – Thank you all.

Pictures will be released shortly. Complete and verified finishing times are below.

First name	Last name	Race number	Gender	Team name	Finish time	Overall position	Gender position	Half Way Split Time	Finish Split Time
Alex	Dowsett	66	Male	Team Sky	00:08:28	1	1	00:04:08	00:04:20
Ryan	Mullen	64	Male	Planet X	00:09:12	2	2	00:04:20	00:04:52
James	Ratcliffe	58	Male	Fred Williams Cycles	00:09:13	3	3	00:04:30	00:04:43
Andrew	Wilkinson	65	Male	Port Sunlight Wheelers	00:09:16	4	4	00:04:33	00:04:43
Ken	Buckley	56	Male	Reading Cycling Club	00:09:20	5	5	00:04:35	00:04:45
Liam	Stones	61	Male	Team Corley Cycles Blue	00:09:28	6	6	00:04:41	00:04:47
James	Coleman	25	Male	Witham Wheelers CC	00:09:35	7	7	00:04:45	00:04:49
Stuart	Wells	45	Male	Scunthorpe Poly CC	00:09:59	8	8	00:04:53	00:05:05
Julia	Shaw	54	Female	Drag2Zero	00:09:59	9	1	00:04:56	00:05:03
Roy	Sumner	38	Male	Port Sunlight Wheelers	00:10:03	10	9	00:05:01	00:05:01
Simon	Hodgkinson	43	Male	Club Goldtec	00:10:10	11	10	00:04:58	00:05:12
Ian	Cox	55	Male	North Lancs Road Club	00:10:13	12	11	00:04:55	00:05:17
Simon	Smythe	51	Male	Cycling Weekly	00:10:14	13	12	00:05:03	00:05:11
Rob	Adlard	62	Male	Team Wheel Guru	00:10:20	14	13	00:05:00	00:05:19
Rebecca	Slack	52	Female		00:10:31	15	2	00:05:09	00:05:21
Dan	Ruygrok	34	Male	Mersey Tri	00:10:35	16	14	00:05:14	00:05:20
Dominic	Smith	57	Male	We Love Mountains Race Team	00:10:41	17	15	00:05:05	00:05:35
Graham	Thompson	47	Male	Anfield BC	00:10:52	18	16	00:05:14	00:05:38
Zack	Williamson	4	Male	Mossley CRT	00:10:54	19	17	00:05:12	00:05:42
Neil	Buckley	42	Male	Port Sunlight Wheelers	00:10:57	20	18	00:05:17	00:05:39
Alasdair	Wright	13	Male		00:11:11	21	19	00:05:27	00:05:44
Neil	O’Brien	21	Male	Manchester Tri Club	00:11:11	22	20	00:05:29	00:05:42
Ian	Fagan	44	Male		00:11:12	23	21	00:05:29	00:05:43
Gavin	Marsden	31	Male	Vita Race Team	00:11:22	24	22	00:05:28	00:05:54
Jill	Wilkinson	36	Female	Port Sunlight Wheelers	00:11:32	25	3	00:05:43	00:05:49
Mark	Donnelly	48	Male		00:11:32	26	23	00:05:42	00:05:50
Alan	Evans	49	Male	Mersey Tri	00:11:34	27	24	00:05:41	00:05:53
Sean	Fairhurst	40	Male	Vita Race Team	00:11:37	28	25	00:05:44	00:05:53
Anthony	Breen	35	Male	Vita Race Team	00:11:44	29	26	00:05:46	00:05:57
Dave	Zelaskowski	39	Male	Vita Race Team	00:11:44	30	27	00:05:46	00:05:58
Sam	Mansfield	11	Male	Buxton CC	00:11:46	31	28	00:05:46	00:05:59
James	Mackie	41	Male	Vita Race Team	00:12:01	32	29	00:05:56	00:06:05
Nicola	Soden	28	Female	Maxgear RT	00:12:04	33	4	00:06:03	00:06:01
Ross	James	32	Male	Vita Race Team	00:12:07	34	30	00:05:47	00:06:19
Dominique	Searle	37	Female		00:12:07	35	5	00:06:04	00:06:02
Alex	Caws	24	Male	Vita Cycles	00:12:12	36	31	00:06:03	00:06:09
Mark	Williams	26	Male	Birkenhead Victoria CC	00:12:12	37	32	00:05:45	00:06:27
Mark	Scatchard	27	Male	Chevin Cycles	00:12:14	38	33	00:05:56	00:06:18
Vicki	Wade	30	Female		00:12:17	39	6	00:06:05	00:06:11
Chris	White	17	Male	Vita Cycles	00:12:19	40	34	00:06:00	00:06:19
Melissa	Bury	23	Female	Maxgear RT	00:12:21	41	7	00:06:11	00:06:10
Fancis	White	22	Male	Champion Systems / Maxgear	00:12:22	42	35	00:06:10	00:06:11
David	Lindseay	19	Male	Vita Cycles	00:12:25	43	36	00:06:07	00:06:18
Dave	Connor	2	Male		00:12:26	44	37	00:05:50	00:06:36
Jane	Saunders	53	Female	Vita Cycles	00:12:31	45	8	00:06:10	00:06:20
Paul	Rowley	15	Male	Vita Cycles	00:12:34	46	38	00:06:03	00:06:30
Dan	Williams	33	Male	Vita Race Team	00:12:34	47	39	00:06:12	00:06:22
Jonathan	Fairhurst	12	Male	Vita Cycles	00:12:35	48	40	00:06:12	00:06:22
Dave	Hughes	46	Male	Club Rosio Mona	00:12:42	49	41	00:06:05	00:06:37
Matthew	Sweeney	6	Male		00:12:54	50	42	00:06:04	00:06:50
Carla	Fagan	5	Female	Vita Cycles	00:13:00	51	9	00:06:16	00:06:44
Dan	Granton	14	Male	Vita Cycles	00:13:03	52	43	00:06:22	00:06:40
Robert	Lawton	20	Male	Vita Cycles	00:13:14	53	44	00:06:28	00:06:45
Nick	Fletcher	8	Male		00:13:36	54	45	00:06:38	00:06:58
James	Thwaite	9	Male		00:13:36	55	46	00:06:40	00:06:56
David	Pye	18	Male		00:13:36	56	47	00:06:32	00:07:03
Andrew	Davies	7	Male		00:13:49	57	48	00:06:44	00:07:05
Sean	Dalby	3	Male		00:14:14	58	49	00:06:20	00:07:54
Alan	Shuttleworth	1	Male	Altrincham Road Club	00:14:23	59	50	00:06:40	00:07:43
Dave	Badley	16	Male	Vita Cycles	00:14:40	60	51	00:07:13	00:07:27

 

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