WITH all the safety measures in place, and following the advice and guidance of the Cycling Time Trials Association, the Ystwyth CC club time trials are back for 2020.

The rain stopped in plenty of time, and a gentle south westerly breeze provided great conditions for riders on the Llety Gwyn 10-miler.

A time trial is often known as the ‘race of truth’, with just the rider against the clock.

With the new regulations, riders started themselves and were not given a holding start. Each rider set off every two minutes to ensure as much spacing as possible.

With the good conditions there were some very fast times recorded on the course.

The overall ladies’ winner of round one, and still a junior rider, was Lowri Richards in a superb time of 27.47 - also earning first place in the ladies’ road bike category.

The overall men’s winner was another junior rider, as Dafydd Wright recorded a fantastic time and new course personal best of 22.15.

In second place was Rhys Jeffreys in 22.36, with a new personal best time and riding his way closer to breaking the V40 course record set by Danny Thorogood in 2009.

Following in third place, was Scott Tompsett in 23.48, setting another personal best.

The road bike category winners were Wayne Maguire, crossing the line in 25.21 and Lowri Richards with 27.47.

Ystwyth CC would like to thank all the riders for taking part in the first event of 2020, and following all the new guidance to keep themselves and others safe. Thanks also to the organisers, Andy Hunt and Derek Rattray, and Andy Davies for marshalling also.

The next event in the series is the Devil’s Bridge Hilly on Wednesday, 29 July. The full list of events in the series can be found here: http://www.ystwyth.cc/2020-time-trial-series. Details about how and where to sign up will be posted on the Club’s Facebook page before the event.

Catalina Architecture TT: Round one: (22 July): Dafydd Wright 22.15; Rhys Jeffreys 22.36; Scott Tompsett 23.48; Wayne Maguire R 25.21; Andy Starr 27.01; Lowri Richards R 27.47; Anita Saycell R 27.50; Toby Driver R 30.01.