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National 25: Drag2Zero win women's individual and men's team titles
- Julia Shaw (www.drag2zero.com) - women's national 25 champion Julia Shaw capped off a successful day for the www.drag2zero.com team by winning the women's national 25 mile championship in Lincolnshire on Sunday. Shaw clocked 56'18 to convincingly defend her title ahead of Anna Turvey (Tyneside Vagabonds CC) 57'39 and Rebecca Slack (Look Mum No Hands!) 58'18. ...more
Jeff's national 10 report
- 4th in the national 10! I'm delighted with that as my aim was a good top 10. Although I wasn't going to threaten the podium, to finish ahead of the likes of Steven Burke - an Olympic gold medalist and world champion - was quite a surprise. It was also my first sub-20 minute ride ...more
Marks National 10
- Well it was definitely 'National' with a 500mile round trip, but we weren't the champs... The good: my power was great, best ever at the National 10. I got the physical prep (training) just right. Really happy with that. Ran some awesome new equipment & kit from our sponsors - Simon and Natalie (D2Z and Smart) have been working long ...more
National 10mile Championships
- A great weekend was had in Norfolk competing in the 1st of the years National Championships on a nice quiet, rider friendly circuit. There's always a bit more excitement at the 10 with one really knowing what to expect from themselves or others, so I was very pleased to come away with a win :--) ...more
7 seconds: Bottrill oh so close in National 10
- Matt Bottrill on his way to 2nd. Photo: Brian Hall Drag2Zero.com's Matt Bottrill came agonizingly close to beating rival Michael Hutchinson (InGear-QuickVit-Trainsharp) in the National 10 mile time trial championship in Norfolk. Just seven seconds separated the pair at the end with Hutch once again taking home the honours in 19'20 to Bottrill's 19'27. InGear's Doug ...more
National TT Series Round 4: Holton finds form
- This is my absolute favourite course: 2 laps of the beautiful Bassenthwaite Lake in the Northern Lakes, with winding undulating roads around the back of the Lake and a superfast return on fast roads along the Southern shore. And today I had the legs to really enjoy it. The first half of this week I felt ...more
Bottrill finishes national preparation with win in Melton Olympic 10
- Matt Bottrill put the finishing touches to his national 10 preparation with a win in the Melton Olympic 10 mile time trial. Held at Six Hills in Leicestershire, the course involved two sections of dual carriageway with the hardest section coming from Six Hills hotel to Shoby cross roads. With five sharp corners to negotiate, ...more
25m season opener in sunny Poole!
- A late start to the season for me with just 2 weeks to go to the Nat 10, its definitely time to get some race practice in! . I'm always surprised how much its possible to forget from one season to the next about putting in a good performance, so I was glad to be on ...more
Mark 2nd at Cleveleys RC 10mTT
- Finally got some racing miles in my legs yesterday. I didn't know whether they'd be enjoyable miles as it was raining hard during the day, but the showers miraculously cleared for the evening event on the Levens course (L1015) at the Southern coast of the Lake District, leaving just a gusty crosswind to fight with. There ...more
Bottrill takes 11th win in South Pennine 25
- On Saturday afternoon, www.Drag2zero.com's Matthew Bottrill took part in the South Pennine 25 mile time trial. With torrential rain and hailstorms it was a really hard day for all the riders that had assembled to take part and only 34 finished. The Leicestershire course was 13 miles on the outward leg riding into a block head ...more