Mark Richards won the Velo Club Baracchi open 50-mile time trial on the A143 on Sunday with a masterful ride that prevented a clean sweep by Team VeloVelocity. His time was 1-55:20, an excellent performance considering the strong westerly winds that characterised the event. Cub member James Moore also had a very strong ride to […]
Mark Richards has had another successful week, with a win in the Iceni Velo time trial at Snetterton race track, fourth place in an open time trial and second places in two local club time trials. At Snetterton it was, in the words of the organisers, a rare opportunity for cyclists to put themselves to […]
A trio of good VC Baracchi riders did the club proud in the RTTC National Championship 25-mile time trial on Sunday on a local A11 course. It was not just an ordinary domestic time trial but an occasion this year for the top riders in the country to compete on the Norfolk dual carriageways past […]
Time trials: Mark Richards of Velo Club Baracchi became the club’s 10-mile champion with the top ride in Godric CC’s club event last week. Eight VCB riders turned out to contest the VCB club championship in a large field of 44 riders, led by Richards in 21:14, pressed the closest by Liam Gentry in 21:47. […]
Mark Richards of Velo Club Baracchi mixed it with top riders from all over the country in the Shaftesbury CC 50-mile time trial and took a massive chunk out of Liam Gentry’s 2009 club record. Richards’ time on the A11 and A14 roads between Four Went Ways and Red Lodge, one of the “E2” courses, […]
Nick Esser of Velo Club Baracchi and new member Charles Jones seized the opportunity to make a mark on home ground in the club’s own road race at Ringsfield on Sunday. Esser rode strongly throughout the race, ably supported by Jones and also by George Kerridge and Dave Loynes. Esser crossed the line in second […]
In last week’s Godric CC 25-mile time trial on Tuesday at Earsham, Liam Gentry of VC Baracchi won in 55:41. Rivalling him for the most impressive ride was VCB’s Mark Richards, who came second on a road bike in 56:40. The third rider was Simon Scott of Anglia Velo in 57:15, with Dan Blackburn of […]
On Saturday Velo Club Baracchi rider Mark Richards took third place in the Norwich Amateur Bicycle Club’s open 10-mile time trial on the Earsham course in 21:28. Paul Dennington rode well with 22:57 for 27th place in a quick field, a time which also placed him eighteenth out of seventy-six veteran finishers on standard. Denise […]
Mark Richards of Velo Club Baracchi surprised himself, though perhaps nobody else, with his win in the 50-mile open time trial staged by Godric CC on Sunday. His time was 1-53:39, very swift for a single carriageway course. Andrew Leggett of Team VeloVelocity was second in 1-54:08 with his team-mate Paul Jay third in 1-55:00. […]
Mark Richards’ run of cycling form has continued unabated, with a personal best and club record on his birthday with third place in the CC Breckland open 10 between Attleborough and the Snetterton turn on the A11. His time of 19:56 was the first sub-20-minute ride in the club and a big improvement on Liam […]
On Saturday, Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi followed his lifetime personal best at 25 miles reported last week with a great ride at 10 miles that won him the East District CA veteran championship at Tottenhill. Currently on irrepressible form, Womack recorded 23:29 for a veteran “plus” of +5:23 (5:23 under his veteran standard […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi was delighted to celebrate a lifetime Personal Best in the Shaftesbury Cycling Club “Middle Markers” 25-mile Time Trial based near Newmarket on Saturday. His time of 56:47, an improvement by over a minute, put many riders to shame. Winner was Tom Trimble from CC Ashwell with a 49.59. George […]
A win for Mark Richards of Velo Club Baracchi in Gt Yarmouth CC’s open 25-mile time trial on Sunday underlined his superb current form. It was his first open win. The course around Somerleyton, Lound, Browston and St Olaves is well known locally for being a challenging one but Richards made short work of it […]
Mark “Titch” Richards of Velo Club Baracchi won last week’s Godric CC club 10 at Earsham with 21:15 and the other VCB times were Gentry 21:51, Paul Dennington 22:40, George Kerridge 23:04, John Swanbury 24:43 and Nikki Hawkes 25:52. Richards also won the Gt Yarmouth CC club 10 last Thursday with 22:10, one second under […]
Mark Richards of Velo Club Baracchi built on recent strong rides with a club record time of 20:33 in the Lea Valley CC 10-mile time trial near Newmarket on the E2/10 course. His superb ride was backed up by other superb rides by club-mates; 21:55 by James Moore, 22:15 by Paul Hayward and 23:23 by […]
A great week for Velo Club Baracchi riders included a fourth place in road racing for Mark Richards and also fourth for him in the open time trial he organised for the club, together with a team prize for the top three VCB riders in that event. The VCB May Day 10 based at Wortwell […]
Liam Gentry and Paul Dennington of Velo Club Baracchi took first and second places in last week’s Diss CC club time trial. There were 32 riders in the event. In an exceptional ride Dennington ran Gentry very close, as there were only nine seconds between them. VCB times were Liam Gentry 22:25, Paul Dennington 22:34 […]
Mark Richards, Liam Gentry and Nick Esser of Velo Club Baracchi turned their attentions to road racing last Sunday and were placed second, sixth and thirteenth respectively in the Gt Yarmouth CC event. It was a great ride by Richards and in a team effort the other two sacrificed themselves for his success, so very […]
Mark Richards and Liam Gentry of Velo Club Baracchi took part in the Chelmer CC road race for categories 2/3/4 and as soon as the flag was dropped on reaching the main road it was a very quick race. Many attempts were made to get away from the bunch, but none stayed away for much […]
The local cycling scene burst into frenetic action on Friday with the Gt Yarmouth CC open 10-mile time trial and some good rides by Velo Club Baracchi riders, with prizes won. Mark Richards of VCB excelled with second prize in a time of 21:41 behind Paul Jay of Team VeloVelocity, who won in 21:32. Third […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi rode the West Suffolk Wheelers and Tri Club open 21-mile time trial on two laps of a “cabbage patch” course on Saturday. This course, known as the BS31R runs from Risby via Flempton and Lackford and returns to Risby by the old A45 route. Womack described it as a […]