Road and TT nationals: October 2005

The road and TT nationals were held in Ashhurst this year. Near Palmerston North in the North Island. We did a reccie and I did one full-on effort on the course with the Power Tap on. You could tell straight away it was going to be a slow course. I couldnt even crack 40km/h for the 20 kms. We had a fair bit of time to go to gather some more form for the actual race.
On the day itself the conditions were pretty good. As usual, 2 times World age-group TT champ John Alabaster just ripped everyones legs off

Vet 6/7 Men TT Distance 20 km
1 Garry Humpherson Port Nicholson Poneke 32:26.0 1 37.00 km/hr
2 Laurence Sunde Wanganui 33:00.0 2 36.36 km/hr
6 Harry Donker Hamilton 33:13.0 3 36.13 km/hr

Vet 4 Men TT Distance 20
1 John Alabaster Wakatipu 27:58.0 1 42.91 km/hr
4 Paul Lewin Port Nicholson Poneke 29:31.0 2 40.65 km/hr
6 Barry Gilliland Palmerston North Marist 30:11.0 3 39.76 km/hr

Vet 3 Men TT Distance 20
44 Ray Dunstan Otago 28:35.0 1 41.98 km/hr
70 Malcom Perry Port Nicholson Poneke 28:55.0 2 41.50 km/hr
43 Dave Sullivan Pegasus 29:08.0 3 41.19 km/hr

Vet 2 Men TT Distance 20km
1 Lester Settle Pegasus 28:43.0 1 41.79 km/hr
4 Andrew Townsend Ramblers 29:07.0 2 41.21 km/hr
5 Jeff Lyall Port Nicholson Poneke 29:10.0 3 41.14 km/hr

U23 Men TT Distance 40 km
1 Logan Hutchings Otago 00:54:47.0 1 43.81 km/hr
75 Matthew Haydock Counties Manakau 00:56:01.0 2 42.84 km/hr
72 Joseph Cooper Port Nicholson Poneke 00:57:23.0 3 41.82 km/hr

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