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Race
Report from Coffee Pot 50 TT 23/7/06
- Report by Ian Adams
As the
rest of
Britain
woke up to another day of sunshine three riders from Ythan were treated to the
thickest fog that Altens industrial estate could muster.
Pea soup like conditions meant a half hour delay to the start as we could
not actually see the first roundabout we were meant to turn at.
Conditions rapidly improved and after standing chatting in a layby for a
while we were off. Traffic
conditions were pretty light so negotiating the roundabouts in Portlethen was
not too tricky, on the brae back to the
Bridge
of
Dee
however last minute evasive action was needed to avoid the dead deer at the
side of the road!
A brisk
breeze greeted the riders on the turn onto the south Deeside road and the
roadside encouragement from Russ Craig was most welcome (rumours that he had
left his baby daughter in the bushes near the turn proved unfounded).
The mid
section of the course to the second dead turn was running quick due to the stiff
westerly breeze and made the run back into Durris bridge tough on already tired
legs.
On the
final stretch to the line almost everyone was caught out by the never ending
stretch of road from the Milltimber bridge to the line which must be ‘just
around the corner.’
The
event overall was won by Jonathan Copp in 1:50.42 a full 3.22 over second placed
Ian Black of Sandy Wallace cycles. Carlos
Riise had the unfortunate luck to travel all the way from Shetland only to
puncture on the course.
Dave
Carnegie slotted home in a respectable 2:23.32 in his first ever 50 finishing
well inside his 2:30 target. Caroline
Runcie posted a 2:30.26 scooping the first lady prize from under the nose of
Ellen ‘Bike by Nasa’ Thornell. I
managed to improve significantly over my previous PB and finished in 2:13:01
capturing the first Handicap prize in the process.
All in all a successful mornings racing for Ythan.
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Position
|
No.
|
Name
|
|
Club
|
Time
|
Cat
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
40
|
Jonathan
Copp
|
|
DTCC
|
01:50:42
|
Sr
|
|
2
|
30
|
Ian
Black
|
|
Sandy
Wallace
|
01:54:04
|
V41
|
|
3
|
50
|
Jim
Cusick
|
|
Glasgow
Cour.
|
01:55:11
|
V41
|
|
4
|
9
|
Colin
Duncan
|
|
|
01:58:50
|
|
|
4
|
35
|
Norman
Skene
|
|
Granite City
|
01:58:50
|
V51
|
|
6
|
48
|
Steve
McIntosh
|
|
Tri
Ch Gear
|
01:59:15
|
V42
|
|
7
|
36
|
John
Blunsdon
|
|
DTCC
|
01:59:53
|
Sr
|
|
8
|
21
|
Sean
Monaghan
|
|
Tri
Ch Gear
|
02:00:26
|
Sr
|
|
9
|
25
|
Vince
Maclennan
|
|
Clach
CC
|
02:02:01
|
Sr
|
|
10
|
31
|
Andrew
Grant
|
|
Shetland
Whs
|
02:03:33
|
Sr
|
|
11
|
46
|
Steve
Beech
|
|
Sandy
Wallace
|
02:04:10
|
V56
|
|
12
|
38
|
Dave
Morris
|
|
DTCC
|
02:04:27
|
V50
|
|
13
|
37
|
Mark
Higgins
|
|
Granite City
|
02:04:30
|
V41
|
|
14
|
33
|
Jack
Richards
|
|
DTCC
|
02:07:09
|
Sr
|
|
15
|
20
|
C
Pearson
|
|
DTCC
|
02:07:23
|
Sr
|
|
16
|
32
|
Lewis
Moncrieff
|
|
Shetland
Whs
|
02:07:37
|
Sr
|
|
17
|
26
|
Graham
Jones
|
|
Edinburgh
RC
|
02:08:28
|
V41
|
|
18
|
27
|
Derek
Stewart
|
|
DTCC
|
02:08:46
|
V70
|
|
19
|
17
|
Ken
Bryson
|
|
DTCC
|
02:11:44
|
V46
|
|
20
|
7
|
Ian
Adams
|
|
DTCC
|
02:13:01
|
Sr
|
|
21
|
23
|
Ian
Brodie
|
|
DTCC
|
02:14:00
|
V58
|
|
22
|
47
|
John
Allan
|
|
Tri
Ch Gear
|
02:14:36
|
Sr
|
|
23
|
11
|
Colin
Sim
|
|
DTCC
|
02:15:02
|
V44
|
|
24
|
28
|
Ian
Sinclair
|
|
DTCC
|
02:16:07
|
V49
|
|
25
|
13
|
Al
Sutton
|
|
Elgin
CC
|
02:16:31
|
V55
|
|
26
|
42
|
Steve
Boyd
|
|
DTCC
(DM)
|
02:16:31
|
Sr
|
|
27
|
18
|
Peter
Clark
|
|
DTCC
|
02:19:30
|
V50
|
|
28
|
12
|
Stuart
Mitchell
|
|
Dundee
Whs
|
02:22:52
|
V66
|
|
29
|
22
|
Dave
Carnegie
|
|
Ythan
CC
|
02:23:32
|
V50
|
|
30
|
16
|
Tom
Cumming
|
|
Kirkcaldy
District
|
02:26:00
|
V58
|
|
31
|
4
|
Peter
McLean
|
|
Elgin
CC
|
02:29:31
|
V50
|
|
32
|
6
|
Caroline
Runcie
|
|
Ythan
CC
|
02:30:26
|
LSr
|
|
33
|
3
|
Ellen
Thornell
|
|
Tri
Ch Gear
|
02:36:56
|
LSr
|
|
34
|
1
|
Dave
Kirton
|
|
Kennoway
RC
|
02:56:17
|
V41
|
|
35
|
8
|
Dick
Bird
|
|
DTCC
|
????
|
V49
|
|
36
|
10
|
Phil
Allan
|
|
C21
Multisport
|
?????
|
Sr
|
|
37
|
15
|
Gilbert
Runcie
|
|
Tri
Ch Gear
|
DNF
|
Sr
|
|
38
|
45
|
Carlos
Riise
|
|
Shetland
Whs
|
DNF
|
V41
|
|
39
|
2
|
Steve
Barrett
|
|
Tri
Ch Gear
|
DNS
|
Sr
|
|
40
|
5
|
Ken
Ross
|
|
Cromarty
Firth
|
DNS
|
V67
|
|
41
|
41
|
Kevin
McCool
|
|
C21
Multi
|
DNS
|
Sr
|
|
42
|
43
|
Kevin
Lackie
|
|
Forres
CC
|
DNS
|
V43
|
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