As the wind dropped, Peter McLean stormed in to take his third club time trial win of the season in tonight’s 10k on the Portaferry Road. He was the only rider to dip under 13 minutes, recording 12:59. Given his great form in open events as well recently, he would surely have been in with a great chance of taking the Tour of Ards, had the club not unfortunately had to cancel it yesterday.
The fight for second place was incredibly close, with seven riders covered by just thirteen seconds. When the dust settled, it was last week’s winner Michael Boyd (unattached) who took second, followed by Luke Joyce (Bikehouse).
In the battle for Ards CC 10k handicap points, it was James Cairnduff who took the win, improving by nearly two and a half minutes on his previous personal best.
| Name | Club | Time | H’Cap | HC pts | |
| 1 | Peter McLean | Ards CC | 12:59 | +117 | 7 |
| 2 | Michael David Boyd | Un-Attached Ulster | 13:40 | ||
| 3 | Luke Joyce | The Bike House CC | 13:45 | ||
| 4 | Daniel Daly | Phoenix CC | 13:46 | ||
| 5 | Barry Mitchell | Ards CC | 13:47 | -37 | |
| 6 | Andrew Hedley | Ards CC | 13:48 | +48 | 5 |
| 7= | Conor Hanna | Ards CC | 13:53 | +4 | 2 |
| 7= | William Larmour | The Bike House CC | 13:53 | ||
| 9 | Andrew McCullough | Ards CC | 14:36 | npt | |
| 10 | Marc Allen | Ards CC | 14:37 | -62 | |
| 11 | Ben Healey | Ards CC | 14:40 | +6 | 3 |
| 12 | Jonathan Taylor | North Down CC | 14:42 | ||
| 13 | Enda Marron | Northern CC | 14:50 | ||
| 14 | Glen Curry | Ards CC | 15:01 | npt | |
| 15= | Andrew Jess | Ards CC | 15:02 | -51 | |
| 15= | James Alexander | The Bike House CC | 15:02 | ||
| 17 | Maia Simmons | Canyon Development Team | 15:03 | ||
| 18 | James Lemon | Ards CC | 15:21 | -118 | |
| 19 | Mark Watson | Ards CC | 15:36 | -170 | |
| 20 | James Cairnduff | Ards CC | 15:37 | +144 | 10 |
| 21= | Mark Hodgins | North Down CC | 15:51 | ||
| 21= | William Orr | Ards CC | 15:51 | -94 | |
| 23 | Aaron Fegan | Un-Attached Ulster | 15:52 | ||
| 24 | Steve Core | Ards CC | 15:57 | -18 | 1 |
| 25 | Rachel Irvine | The Bike House CC | 16:00 | ||
| 26 | Karen Hull | Phoenix CC | 16:09 | ||
| 27 | Chloe Deyermond | Ards CC | 16:13 | npt | |
| 28 | Gillian Orr | North Down CC | 16:19 | ||
| 29 | Nev Smyth | Northern CC | 16:40 | ||
| 30 | Alan Rodgers | Ards CC | 16:48 | -148 | |
| 31 | Colin Wilson | Ards CC | 17:13 | -169 | |
| 32 | Ryan Fegan | North Down CC | 17:14 | ||
| 33 | Joe-Anne Calvert | Killinchy Cycling Club | 17:31 | ||
| 34 | Melissa Mc Carter | Un-Attached Ulster | 18:34 | ||
| 35 | Pamela Ward | VC Glendale | 19:08 | ||
| Anthony Day | Ards CC | DNS | |||
| Glenn Kinning | Kinning Cycles CC | DNS | |||
| Graeme Brown | Ards CC | DNS | |||
| Karl Rockett | Ards CC | DNS | |||
| Kieran Mc Kenna | Un-Attached Ulster | DNS | |||
| Michael Rowan | Northern CC | DNS | |||
| Phil Harris | Killinchy Cycling Club | DNS | |||
| Richard Gibson | Ards CC | DNS | |||
| Richard Hanna | Ards CC | DNS |
Thanks as always to the marshals and timekeepers. With the large number of riders taking part this year, please remember to shout your number as you finish, and please try not to warm up or warm down on the course – this will help reduce stress levels for the timekeepers.
It was great to see some other riders out on the course tonight, including our longest standing member Billy Kirk (84, and still riding regularly) and David Fowler (winner of the Tour of Ards 31 years ago).