Narrow win for Luke Johnston as Velo Club Cumbria time trials return

Velo Club Cumbria’s time trials resumed this week with Luke Johnston narrowly winning the Embleton 10-miler.

Johnston covered the undulating 10-mile course in warm conditions in a time of 21 minutes and 23 seconds at an average speed of 28.06mph.

He pipped David Gleave into second place by four seconds. Allistair Moffat was third in a time of 21:55 while the fastest female rider was Sue Toppin with a time of 28:21.

VCC’s club time trials continue on Tuesday 16^th August with the Keswick 25-mile time trial. Sign on is from 6pm on the old road adjacent to the A66 at Braithwaite.

1. Luke Johnston                          21:23
2. David Gleave                            21:27
3. Allistair Moffat                           21:55
4. Charlie Jackson                        22:16
5. Richard Shield                         22:27
6. Dean Newton                           23:21
7. Alan Cornthwaite                      23:34
8. Kieran Hoban                           23:44
9. Julian Cook                              24:19
10. John Beck                                25:15
11. Sean Hoban                             25:22
12. Mike Hodson                            25:51
13. Willy Armstrong                        26:31
14. Cliff Degraff                              26:36
15. Simon Hayes                           27:33
16. Sue Toppin                              28:21
17. Rob Goulding                          35:00