Saturday, 11 April saw the first Time Trial of the OCC season with 70 riders heading off into a stiff head wind in the annual Otley CC 10-mile Time Trial.
The ride was run along the A168, which runs parallel to the A1M at Arkendale. The event was again organised by Steve Moncur with 9 Club members volunteering to help as marshals or as signers on and off. Hats off to Steve M, Tony, Sheldon, Trevor, John, Kathryn, Liam, Ann, Helen, Peter and Steve B, many of whom have been helping out for years.
Racing was keen. As well as 12 riders from our own club we had riders from all over Northern England and Anna Morris, World Track Pursuit Champion 2023, 2024 & 2025. There were some really close times with only 2 seconds separating 1st and 2nd in the Men’s, and 3 seconds between 1st and 2nd in the Women’s.
Club congratulations to:
- Olivia French, 2nd in the Women’s category in 23.17 mins and only beaten by World Champion, Anna Morris who rode in 23.14; what an amazing result for Olivia!
- Zack Stobbs 2nd in the Juniors in 22.55, and
- Sam Ward fastest “Veteran” in 21.02, missing out on top 3 in the overall men’s by 1 second!
You will find the full results on the CTT website here. A great day