Luke Johnston returns to winning ways

Luke Johnston returned to winning ways at the Keswick 25-mile time trial organised by Velo Club Cumbria.

Johnston covered the flat 25 mile course in sunny, but blustery, conditions on the A66 in a time of 53 minutes and 56 seconds at an average speed of 27.81mph.

He edged Allistair Moffat into second place by 59 seconds while David Hill was third in a time of 56:01. The fastest female rider as usual was Sue Toppin with a time of 01:10:23.

VCC’s club time trials continue on Tuesday, July 12, with the Cockermouth eight-mile time trial. Sign on is from 6pm at Cockermouth School.

1. Luke Johnston                          53:56
2. Allistair Moffatt                          54:55
3. David Hill                                  56:01
4. Liam Martin                               56:33
5. Richard Shield                           56:39
6. Brian Payton                             56:52
7. Sam Wedgwood                        58:12
8. Alan Cornthwaite                       59:34
9. Paul Greeson                            01:01:56
10. Kieran Hoban                            01:02:12
11. John Beck                                 01:06:05
12. Willie Armstrong                        01:06:57
13. Cliff Degraff                              01:07:00
14. Sue Toppin                               01:10:23
15. Simon Hayes                            01:10:35
16. Robert Goulding                        01:24:00