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TransWales Challenge - SR

Great Britain, August 17-23, 2008

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Stage 5 - August 21: Cli-machx trail (Corris) (special stage) & Climax Trail to Ponterwyd (linking stage), 55.5km

Piling On The Drama

By Matt Skinner

High drama and adventure on the penultimate special stage and the fifth linking stage made day five of the Merida Bikes TransWales one to truly savour.

Linking Stage Five
Machynlleth to Ponterwyd
Total distance: 56km
Climbing: 1800m

Followed by:

Special Stage Three
Climachx Relay time-trial, the Climachx trail, Machynlleth
Total distance: 15km
Climbing: 600m
 

The Merida Bikes TransWales is piling on the drama: with the third special stage on the Climachx trail getting things off to a white-hot start – with leads being swapped in many categories – the event then leapt up the hills and into the wilds once again for a truly adventurous linking stage.

The Climachx trail is 7km north of Machynlleth: 15km long with 600m of climbing it is essentially one long climb broken up by singletrack sojourns before heading skywards once again. At the summit it fires back down on extended singletrack descents that increase in speed and technicality as they progress with rock slabs, sweeping berms, and roller-coaster singletrack littering their lengths. It's non-stop both up and down, and a true test of guts and fitness. Team riders would ride half each in a relay style, whilst soloists would ride the trail in its entirety.

Going into the special stage, the USE Solo Men's leader was RAM Bikes' Ryan Bevis. But following the previous surprise performance by Belgian Frans Claes (Connections Granville) in the last special stage Bevis knew he had a job on his hands on the 15km time trial to defend his lead. "I'll be looking over my shoulder for Frans," said Bevis on the start line. And he wasn't wrong: the Belgian overhauled Bevis' 20 second gap off the start and finished a further 16 seconds up despite riding the final descent on a rear flat. The result puts Frans on top of the USE Solo Men's leader board, 15 seconds up on Bevis. With the racing fire now blazing in his belly, all eyes are on Frans to emphatically stamp his authority on the final special stage that begins tomorrow's penultimate day of the Merida Bikes TransWales.

The closest race so far has undoubtedly been in the Niner Singlespeed category: despite only having two entrants they've been fighting tooth and nail since day one, and with one second between them coming into Climachx special stage it was all to play for. Henry Richard Lansdown (Bike Shed Wales) left the start line 20 seconds ahead of Matt Carr (Trek 69er Collective) but Matt put the hammer down and overhauled Henry on the first portion of the climb. Heading into the singletrack and Henry gave his all in chasing Carr and retook the lead. The pair battled and swapped the lead several times before the 69er Collective rider made a mistake that put him on the deck and allowed Henry to climb clear. The crash cost Carr time but also his rhythm, allowing Henry to creep clear in the GC by 1 minute 31 seconds. But it's not a foregone conclusion in the overall: tomorrow's final special stage at Nant-y-Arian features a monster grinder of a fire road climb that may allow Carr's climbing ability to reel Henry's lead back in for a truly nail biting finish.

In the High5 Mixed category the lead changed yet again following the third special stage: Meggie Bichard and Ed Kerly (Team Chance) lost two minutes to previously second place pair of David Evans and Lily Mathews who won the stage. Evans and Mathews now take just over a minute and a half advantage in the GC into the final and deciding special stage tomorrow at Nant-y-Arian. But the battle is far from done, and either team could take it in the deciding round.

Similarly, things have gotten a little closer in the USE Solo Women's category as previous stage winner Fi Spotswood (Iron Horse/Extreme) had to settle for second place next to Katrina Brown (Deeside Total Endurance). Katrina won by 23 seconds to close the gap somewhat between Fi and herself in the GC. She now has to repeat the performance and put another 50 seconds into Fi if she's to take the overall win on the Nant-y-Arian time trial. As with many categories, it's all to play for.

Following the special stage, riders saddled up for the fifth linking stage that would see intrepid Merida Bikes TransWalers turning southbound to Ponterwyd, some 56km and 1800m of climbing distant. Climbing up and back into the wilds around Plynlimon, the route took the riders through the high moorlands towards Nant-y-Moch reservoir. Just short of the scenic reservoir, the riders had to ford the waist deep and strong flowing waters of Afon (river) Hengwm: the strong force of the water meant riders had to tread very carefully, help each other across, and ensure that those struggling were fished out to safety as quickly as possible.

Following the river crossing, the route was cut short to save rider's legs after a particularly punishing day. With an easy single lane tarmac cruise down to the camp site at Ponterwyd, rather than an extended detour around Nant-y-Moch and into Nant-y-Arian itself, riders were grateful to finish a long day with the weather warm and dry for much needed rest and recuperation.

It's been a truly memorable day – both of riding and racing – that has helped set things up for a climactic finale with tomorrow's final and deciding special stage just up the road at Nant-y-Arian. But nothing is guaranteed and – as we've seen – in racing anything could happen and it's pretty much guaranteed that anything will…

Photography

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Results

 
 
Results - Cli-Max Special Stage - Solo
 
USE Solo Category - open female

1 Katrina Brown (Deeside Total Endurance)                                          51.04
2 Fiona Spotswood (Ironhorse Extreme)                                               0.33
3 Amy Baron-Hall (trio25.blogspot.com)                                             18.35
4 Julie Neuhoff (The Newlease)                                                     36.40
 
USE Solo Category - open male

1 Frans Claes (Connections Granville)                                              40.14
2 Ewan Thorburn (Fat Tread Bikes)                                                   0.18
3 Ryan Bevies (RAM Bikes)                                                           0.35
4 Andy Barlow (White Racing UK)                                                     1.12
5 Ian Mills (10Fifty)                                                               1.40
6 Jean-Claude Van der Veken (Cyclestore.co.uk)                                      2.22
7 Ben Lowe (18 Bikes)                                                               2.35
8 Josh Ibbett (Extreme Endurance)                                                   2.47
9 Marcel Esser (Univega)                                                            2.55
10 Daniel Lewis (Royal Air Force Cycling)                                           3.01
11 Mike Tomlinson (South Fork Racing)                                               3.12
12 Charlie Eustace (Ellsworth/Freeborn/Torq)                                        3.56
13 Paul Whittaker (Shredtopia)                                                      4.43
14 Andrew Boyd (WKd)                                                                5.01
15 Joel Shotton                                                                     5.40
16 Richard Samuel (Guarana)                                                         5.57
17 Matthew Zalewski (The Z Machine)                                                 6.32
18 Jim Shaw                                                                         6.33
19 Luke Morris (Mynyod Men)                                                         6.36
20 Roel Wouters (Connections Granville)                                             8.11
21 Lee Irvine (VC Godalming + Haslemere)                                            8.24
22 Neil Atkinson (Ride On / Buff)                                                   8.30
23 Chris Herraghty                                                                  8.37
24 Graham McConaghy (Army Cycling Union)                                            8.44
25 Patrick Hoekstra (Bike Zone)                                                     9.05
26 Philip Richmond                                                                  9.57
27 Arnis Cirulis (KTM Latvia)                                                      10.18
28 Andrew Hull (Hull Express)                                                      10.51
29 Nikalas Cook (220 Triathlon)                                                    11.06
30 Johan Frooninckx  (Connections Granville)                                       11.11
31 Ian Bather                                                                      11.12
32 Donnacha O'Brien                                                                11.16
33 Matthew Atkinson                                                                11.27
34 Patrick Meldrum                                                                 11.34
35 Jimmy Grade (Connections Granville)                                             11.57
36 Rhys Ellis-Davies (Cymro yng Nghernyw)                                          12.52
37 Tim Wolfe-Murray                                                                13.19
38 Tillman Lambert                                                                 13.29
39 Christian Male (Santas Lone Cruzer)                                             13.44
40 Huw George (One to One)                                                         13.45
41 Richard Foster                                                                  14.03
42 Gavin Brown (Royal Air Force Cycling)                                           14.44
43 Anthony Jordan (Cloud 9 Trails)                                                 14.48
44 Ben Rees                                                                             
45 Samuel Bennett (Royal Air Force)                                                14.52
46 Richard Querelle (Tempus Fugit)                                                 14.54
47 Davy Vandeput (Connections Granville)                                           14.56
48 Michael Flanagan                                                                14.57
49 Marc Meyer                                                                      15.30
50 Oliver Townsend (Cloud 9 Trails)                                                15.36
51 Wilfred Hoogenboom                                                              15.42
52 Ryan Morawski (Team Eagle)                                                      15.48
53 dave Penny (Choc-Chip)                                                          16.29
54 Andrew Stewart                                                                  17.00
55 Tony Berlin                                                                     17.03
56 Dennis Hoogenboom (Hoogenboom Hrs)                                              17.21
57 Andrew Pettifer                                                                 17.40
58 James Moyle                                                                     18.52
59 Nigel Thomas                                                                    19.12
60 Paul Kelsall                                                                    19.40
61 Matt Kitchin                                                                    19.55
62 Simon Loretz (Oxford University CC)                                             21.07
63 David Fancy                                                                     21.19
64 Robin Calverley (Royal Air Force)                                               21.53
65 Simon Ashwell (My name isn't Earl)                                              23.00
66 Mark Blair                                                                      23.39
67 Kevin Leary                                                                     26.37
68 Joseph O'Flynn                                                                  27.07
69 Joris Vandebon (Connections Granville)                                          27.26
70 Simon Holme (Pachy Dream Stalker)                                               27.31
71 Steve Miller (Steve Miller)                                                     28.19
72 Geert Celen (Connections Granville)                                             32.25
73 Oliver Castle                                                                   35.59
74 Jason Hughes                                                                    37.02
75 Marcel Van Leeuwen (Marcel goes U.K.)                                           38.13
76 Chris Lamb (Mammoth Lifestyle)                                                  46.52
 
USE Solo Category - vets female

1 Mary-Rose Cross                                                                1.04.17
2 Anne Dickins (Cloud 9 Trails)                                                     2.06
3 Ros Fish (Dorset Rough Riders)                                                    2.57
4 Kim Williams                                                                      8.23
 
USE Solo Category - vets male

1 Steve Heading (White Racing UK)                                                  42.56
2 Kerry Graham (BAD.CC)                                                             1.46
3 Jonathan Edwards (Carpe Diem)                                                     3.33
4 Richard Wilson                                                                    4.27
5 Bryan Singleton (Ride On / Buff)                                                  4.56
7 Antony Gray (Team Milo)                                                           5.50
8 Daryl Cavill                                                                      6.32
9 Jim Dickson (SMA)                                                                 8.30
6 Robert Koppenhol (WKd)                                                            8.47
10 Gary Bridgeman (Factory Farth)                                                   9.47
11 Shaun Pallister (Mammoth Lifestyle)                                             10.15
12 Steve Gordon (Dorset Rough Riders)                                              12.46
13 Gary Hull (Chicken Leg's)                                                       13.45
14 Steve Whitehouse                                                                13.46
15 Russell Miller (Boys from the Fort Stuff / St. Ives CC)                         15.29
16 Graham Bull (Family Ties)                                                       16.25
17 Russell Rout                                                                    16.30
18 Brian Trill                                                                     16.36
19 Geraint Davies                                                                  16.56
20 Ray Morriss (Mintcake MTB)                                                      17.24
21 Jon Goodman                                                                     17.38
22 Doug Corrie (Swords CC)                                                         18.36
23 Neil Birch (The Big Adventure)                                                  19.07
24 Dave Nichols (Riding for Wayne)                                                 20.06
25 Eric Goris (Connections Granville)                                              20.19
26 Rafael Ruiz Fuente                                                              20.43
27 Mark Flynn                                                                      20.54
28 Sean Dukes                                                                      21.10
29 Martin Zepler (Fellowship of the Granny Ring)                                   24.15
30 Angus Robinson (Team AARM)                                                      24.20
31 Paul Facer (Skid Marks / SMRC)                                                  24.56
32 Gordon Sim                                                                      40.15
 
NINER Single Speed Category 

1 Henry Richard Lansdo (Bike Shed Wales)                                           44.34
2 Matt Carr (69er Collective)                                                       1.30
 
Results - Cli-Max Special Stage - Team
 
High5 Sports Nutrition - Mixed Category

1 David Evans / Lily Mathews                                                       46.05
2 Meggie Bichard / Ed Kerly (Team Chance)                                           2.00
3 Paul Hoogenboom / Alieke Griffioen (Peptiplus-Bikezone)                           5.23
4 Larissa Trussell / David Carr (Team Tracey)                                      11.00
5 Shane Dickenson / Rickie Justine Cotter (Cytek)                                  11.15
6 Richard Morgan / Joy Bringer (Whitehousecampsite.co.uk)                          11.26
7 Claire De Jongh / Simon Neuhoff (The Clantons)                                   12.38
8 Nickolas Ringwood / Hilary Catchpole (Team Hayland)                              16.54
9 David Steel / Abigail Armstrong (London Phoenix Mixed)                           19.09
 
BUFF Headward - Female Open Category

DNF Irene Lachner / Alice Lund (Wateam)                                                 
 
Gore Bike Wear - Male Open Category

1 Ifan Richards / Christopher Purt (Revolution -Bikes RT)                          43.38
2 James Cooper / Rick Fielder (Army)                                                2.29
3 Ben Jones / Andy Jones (Clee Cycles / KCNC)                                       4.05
4 Bruce Philip / James Holness (Beyond 925)                                         5.00
5 Steven Franzoni / Craig Sterrett (Outdoor Escape)                                 5.04
6 Martin Fisher / Andy Hughes (The Serial Fanniers)                                 6.25
7 Richard Connor / Steve Torley (Team MK)                                           6.27
8 Brendan Kay / Karl Povey (Army Cycling)                                           6.56
9 Thomas Ward / Richard Eldson (Team Cheese String World Endurance Racing Ltd)      8.43
10 Neil Walters / Andy Lillicrap (TSTWKT)                                           8.48
11 Paul Crowley / Mairtin Savage (Lakeside Wheelers)                                9.22
12 Kieron Selley / Mark Dix (Team Ubique)                                           9.44
13 Peter Rimmer / Charlie Sheridan (Rimram / Tirconaill Abu)                       10.13
14 Ricky Dickenson / Huw Davies (Cytek)                                            10.23
15 Robert Graveley / Jeremy Baker (Fubar)                                          10.42
16 Andrew Green / Martin Shepherd (Stumpjumpers)                                   14.10
17 Nick Scott / Ben Dean (Not Mobile / High Peak Cycles)                           14.56
18 Andy Guerin / Julian Jordan (Berks on Bikes / Purple Bike Shed)                 15.09
19 Rudolf Coetzee / Eric Marshall (Stofstreep)                                     16.09
20 Andrew Smith / Geoff Styles (Team Peanut Head)                                  17.36
21 Alan Stafford / Matt McDonald (IROZ)                                            18.00
22 Johan Nell / Sarel Hiemstra (Pofadder)                                          18.40
23 Stu Brew / Chris Watson (Old Goats)                                             18.41
24 Matthew Cummins / Mark Wright (The Blackdogs)                                   18.49
25 Andy Prince / Jonathan Eggett (Team Al Fresco)                                  22.17
26 Kevin Hallahan / Jack McGeown (Soggy Bottom Boys)                               24.34
 
ERGON - Vets Category

1 Carl Hutchings / Stuart Lockyear (London Phoenix Vets)                           49.17
2 Simon Jepheart / Gary Cousins (phasenineclothing.co.uk)                           1.52
3 David Wood / Tom Jones (Team Dysynni)                                             8.15
4 Enrico Pizzorni / Marco Zanetta (Ruotequadre Italy)                              10.20
5 Richard James / Paul Shackleford (Snetterton Frog Riders)                        11.17
 
General classification after special stage 3
 
Overall Timing - Merida Bikes TransWales '08 - Solo Categories
 
USE Solo Category - open female
Position: SOLO Name: / Over All Time:                                                   
1 Fiona Spotswood (Ironhorse Extreme)                                           32.08.07
2 Katrina Brown (Deeside Total Endurance)                                           0.50
3 Amy Baron-Hall (trio25.blogspot.com)                                             30.46
4 Anne Robinson (Pachy Dream Stalker)                                              51.37
5 Lynne Fraser                                                                   1.00.16
6 Julie Neuhoff (The Newlease)                                                   1.01.12
 
USE Solo Category - open male

1 Frans Claes (Connections Granville)                                           31.48.04
2 Ryan Bevies (RAM Bikes)                                                           0.13
3 Ewan Thorburn (Fat Tread Bikes)                                                   0.40
4 Andy Barlow (White Racing UK)                                                     1.15
5 Ian Mills (10Fifty)                                                               3.34
6 Ben Lowe (18 Bikes)                                                               5.00
7 Daniel Lewis (Royal Air Force Cycling)                                            5.38
8 Jean-Claude Van der Veken (Cyclestore.co.uk)                                      5.45
9 Mike Tomlinson (South Fork Racing)                                                6.29
10 Marcel Esser (Univega)                                                           6.40
11 Josh Ibbett (Extreme Endurance)                                                  6.55
12 Charlie Eustace (Ellsworth/Freeborn/Torq)                                        8.05
13 Paul Whittaker (Shredtopia)                                                      8.43
14 Andrew Boyd (WKd)                                                                9.24
15 Richard Samuel (Guarana)                                                        12.23
16 Matthew Zalewski (The Z Machine)                                                12.49
17 Chris Herraghty                                                                 13.44
18 Joel Shotton                                                                         
19 Jim Shaw                                                                        14.41
20 Graham McConaghy (Army Cycling Union)                                           14.47
21 Luke Morris (Mynyod Men)                                                        15.18
22 Roel Wouters (Connections Granville)                                            15.54
23 Neil Atkinson (Ride On / Buff)                                                  16.28
24 Lee Irvine (VC Godalming + Haslemere)                                           17.57
25 Arnis Cirulis (KTM Latvia)                                                      18.01
26 Donnacha O'Brien                                                                18.36
27 Johan Frooninckx  (Connections Granville)                                       20.19
28 Nikalas Cook (220 Triathlon)                                                    20.57
29 Andrew Hull (Hull Express)                                                      21.08
30 Ian Bather                                                                      21.51
31 Matthew Atkinson                                                                22.00
32 Patrick Meldrum                                                                 23.46
33 Rhys Ellis-Davies (Cymro yng Nghernyw)                                          24.08
34 Jimmy Grade (Connections Granville)                                             24.54
35 Richard Foster                                                                  25.11
36 Wilfred Hoogenboom                                                              25.49
37 Gavin Brown (Royal Air Force Cycling)                                           25.56
38 Davy Vandeput (Connections Granville)                                           26.29
39 Samuel Bennett (Royal Air Force)                                                26.30
40 Christian Male (Santas Lone Cruzer)                                             26.50
41 Richard Querelle (Tempus Fugit)                                                 27.52
42 Tim Wolfe-Murray                                                                28.15
43 Andrew Stewart                                                                  28.16
44 Anthony Jordan (Cloud 9 Trails)                                                 28.19
45 Ben Rees                                                                        28.21
46 Andrew Pettifer                                                                 30.15
47 Marc Meyer                                                                      30.21
48 Philip Richmond                                                                 33.22
49 Ryan Morawski (Team Eagle)                                                      34.18
50 Patrick Hoekstra (Bike Zone)                                                    34.52
51 Nigel Thomas                                                                    35.26
52 James Moyle                                                                     35.47
53 Matt Kitchin                                                                    36.04
54 Michael Flanagan                                                                36.16
55 David Fancy                                                                     36.50
56 dave Penny (Choc-Chip)                                                          37.21
57 Simon Loretz (Oxford University CC)                                             37.47
58 Paul Kelsall                                                                    38.13
59 Robin Calverley (Royal Air Force)                                               38.26
60 Tillman Lambert                                                                 38.34
61 Mark Blair                                                                      39.17
62 Simon Ashwell (My name isn't Earl)                                              41.37
63 Simon Holme (Pachy Dream Stalker)                                               43.39
64 Joseph O'Flynn                                                                  44.15
65 Dennis Hoogenboom (Hoogenboom Hrs)                                              47.49
66 Tony Berlin                                                                     47.53
67 Marcel Van Leeuwen (Marcel goes U.K.)                                           52.04
68 Steve Miller (Steve Miller)                                                     52.05
69 Oliver Castle                                                                   52.18
70 Kevin Leary                                                                     52.52
71 Dylan Stephens                                                                  54.49
72 Huw George (One to One)                                                         54.51
73 Ioan Tudur Jones (Igglepiggle)                                                  56.55
74 Craig O'Donnell (Mango)                                                         58.33
75 Oliver Townsend (Cloud 9 Trails)                                                58.42
76 Jason Hughes                                                                  1.00.10
77 Steven Bone (Solo / Johns Bike)                                               1.04.12
78 Michel Anton                                                                  1.07.01
79 Joris Vandebon (Connections Granville)                                        1.08.32
80 Geert Celen (Connections Granville)                                           1.09.57
81 Lee Bacco                                                                     1.09.59
82 Michael Jones (Thetford MTB Racing)                                           1.12.06
83 Paul Hamnett                                                                  1.14.06
84 Chris Smith                                                                   1.14.13
85 Richard Edge                                                                  1.14.15
86 Chris Lamb (Mammoth Lifestyle)                                                1.14.42
87 Damien Stafford (Team Staffx)                                                 1.16.35
88 Peter Atkin (Tunnel Hill Trolls)                                                     
89 Matt Wood                                                                     1.17.53
90 George Harris (Harris 07)                                                     1.17.57
91 Tom White (Pit Bikes)                                                         1.21.20
92 Kit Carruthers (To Be Confirmed)                                              1.21.21
93 Paul Sumption (Thetford MTB Racing)                                           1.22.05
94 Patrick Hertveld (Pacer)                                                      1.23.30
95 Christopher Aiken (Dewhurst Dynamos)                                          1.26.22
96 Lee Warner                                                                    1.28.36
97 Lex Cumber (Heckler @ the back)                                               1.30.36
98 Mark Smith (Sytwer Cardiff)                                                          
99 Marien Van Os (Marvos.com)                                                           
100 Ian Gill (Team Plugga)                                                       1.32.36
101 Lawrence Walton (Oxford University CC)                                       1.34.46
 
USE Solo Category - vets female

1 Mary-Rose Cross                                                               32.34.47
2 Anne Dickins (Cloud 9 Trails)                                                     4.27
3 Kim Williams                                                                     18.15
4 Ros Fish (Dorset Rough Riders)                                                   23.23
5 Sally Mawson                                                                     41.53
6 Alison Wright                                                                    45.53
 
USE Solo Category - vets male

1 Steve Heading (White Racing UK)                                               31.53.27
2 Kerry Graham (BAD.CC)                                                             3.12
3 Jonathan Edwards (Carpe Diem)                                                     7.16
4 Bryan Singleton (Ride On / Buff)                                                  8.10
5 Richard Wilson                                                                    9.01
7 Antony Gray (Team Milo)                                                          11.14
8 Daryl Cavill                                                                     13.24
9 Jim Dickson (SMA)                                                                15.05
6 Robert Koppenhol (WKd)                                                           16.56
10 Gary Bridgeman (Factory Farth)                                                  19.06
11 Steve Gordon (Dorset Rough Riders)                                              22.16
12 Gary Hull (Chicken Leg's)                                                       25.23
13 Russell Rout                                                                    27.26
14 Russell Miller (Boys from the Fort Stuff / St. Ives CC)                         29.34
15 Steve Whitehouse                                                                30.39
16 Brian Trill                                                                     30.57
17 Geraint Davies                                                                  31.59
18 Graham Bull (Family Ties)                                                       32.50
19 Dave Nichols (Riding for Wayne)                                                 33.21
20 Shaun Pallister (Mammoth Lifestyle)                                             34.35
21 Doug Corrie (Swords CC)                                                         34.38
22 Paul Facer (Skid Marks / SMRC)                                                  35.04
23 Neil Birch (The Big Adventure)                                                  36.31
24 Sean Dukes                                                                      38.43
25 Ray Morriss (Mintcake MTB)                                                      41.49
26 Rafael Ruiz Fuente                                                              43.08
27 Martin Zepler (Fellowship of the Granny Ring)                                   45.48
28 Mark Flynn                                                                           
29 Jon Goodman                                                                     46.45
30 Eric Goris (Connections Granville)                                              49.08
31 Angus Robinson (Team AARM)                                                      53.20
32 Arthur Rijk (Bikeshop Amersfoort)                                               57.05
33 Alan Parkinson (South Western Road Club)                                      1.03.43
34 Jack Peterson (Numplumz)                                                      1.08.46
35 Mark Essex                                                                    1.09.21
36 Gordon Sim                                                                    1.10.18
37 Howard Thomas                                                                 1.23.29
38 Graham Hughes (Manx Mountain Bike Club)                                       1.25.13
39 Dave Bellamy                                                                         
40 Stuart Clarke (Stuart Clarke)                                                 1.29.13
 
NINER Single Speed Category 

1 Henry Richard Lansdo (Bike Shed Wales)                                        31.57.07
2 Matt Carr (69er Collective)                                                       1.31
 
Overall Timing - Merida Bikes TransWales '08 - Team Categories
 
High5 Sports Nutrition - Mixed Category

1 David Evans / Lily Mathews                                                    32.00.11
2 Meggie Bichard / Ed Kerly (Team Chance)                                           1.36
3 Paul Hoogenboom / Alieke Griffioen (Peptiplus-Bikezone)                          12.57
4 Shane Dickenson / Rickie Justine Cotter (Cytek)                                  22.16
5 Richard Morgan / Joy Bringer (Whitehousecampsite.co.uk)                          23.15
6 Larissa Trussell / David Carr (Team Tracey)                                      28.08
7 Claire De Jongh / Simon Neuhoff (The Clantons)                                   31.36
8 Gaye Taylor / John Taylor (WVCC MTB)                                             40.21
9 Darryl Rice / Fay Cripps (Cripps)                                                40.33
10 Anne Waddington / Jay Foad (Lemmings)                                           43.20
11 Nickolas Ringwood / Hilary Catchpole (Team Hayland)                             43.22
12 David Steel / Abigail Armstrong (London Phoenix Mixed)                          46.53
13 Chris Cooper / Vikki White (The Pocket Rockets)                                 49.38
14 Tom van Tellingen / Claudia van Tellingen (Bushbikers)                          54.43
15 Bob Hallmark / Camilla Edlin (High5-Online.com)                               1.00.00
 
BUFF Headward - Female Open Category

1 Irene Lachner / Alice Lund (Wateam)                                           32.44.21
 
Gore Bike Wear - Male Open Category

1 Ifan Richards / Christopher Purt (Revolution -Bikes RT)                       31.55.42
2 Steven Franzoni / Craig Sterrett (Outdoor Escape)                                 5.31
3 Ben Jones / Andy Jones (Clee Cycles / KCNC)                                       5.43
4 James Cooper / Rick Fielder (Army)                                                6.02
5 Bruce Philip / James Holness (Beyond 925)                                         7.56
6 Martin Fisher / Andy Hughes (The Serial Fanniers)                                 9.23
7 Brendan Kay / Karl Povey (Army Cycling)                                          13.07
8 Richard Connor / Steve Torley (Team MK)                                          13.24
9 Paul Crowley / Mairtin Savage (Lakeside Wheelers)                                19.21
10 Peter Rimmer / Charlie Sheridan (Rimram / Tirconaill Abu)                       19.29
11 Kieron Selley / Mark Dix (Team Ubique)                                          19.49
12 Robert Graveley / Jeremy Baker (Fubar)                                          20.24
13 Thomas Ward / Richard Eldson (Team Cheese String World Endurance Racing Ltd)    20.54
14 Ricky Dickenson / Huw Davies (Cytek)                                            24.15
15 Andrew Green / Martin Shepherd (Stumpjumpers)                                   24.27
16 Neil Walters / Andy Lillicrap (TSTWKT)                                          28.15
17 Andy Guerin / Julian Jordan (Berks on Bikes / Purple Bike Shed)                 29.16
18 Knut Harald Smette / Jeremy Giddens (Team Oslo Sportslager)                     31.35
19 Rudolf Coetzee / Eric Marshall (Stofstreep)                                     34.57
20 William Milne / Paul Smith (The B Team)                                         35.49
21 Andrew Blackmore / Jason Curle (Bat Fastards)                                   36.36
22 Gregory May / Richard Wagstaff (Greg and Wag's most excellent advanture)        38.59
23 Shaun Lewis / Martin Penticost (M&D Cycles Specialized)                         39.49
24 Johan Nell / Sarel Hiemstra (Pofadder)                                          39.57
25 Andy Prince / Jonathan Eggett (Team Al Fresco)                                  40.05
26 Nick Scott / Ben Dean (Not Mobile / High Peak Cycles)                           40.30
27 Matthew Cummins / Mark Wright (The Blackdogs)                                   42.08
28 Andrew Smith / Geoff Styles (Team Peanut Head)                                  43.11
29 Keith Flory / Andrew Gillott (G of the Bang )                                   44.09
30 Alan Stafford / Matt McDonald (IROZ)                                            45.51
31 Kevin Hallahan / Jack McGeown (Soggy Bottom Boys)                               47.15
32 Rob Jones / Jamie Lynch (MrCycles.co.uk)                                        49.41
33 Paul Clark / Paul Latchem (Phasenineclothing.co.uk )                            50.18
34 Lewis Collins / Gareth Taylor (What Mountain Bike)                              54.20
35 Stu Brew / Chris Watson (Old Goats)                                             55.44
36 Hugo Abreu / Tiago Fonseca (Tugas)                                              59.18
37 Gary Ludlow / Daniel Culkin (Ludkin)                                          1.00.29
38 Matthew Corke / Rhrodri Hornung (Man and Boy)                                        
 
ERGON - Vets Category

1 Carl Hutchings / Stuart Lockyear (London Phoenix Vets)                        32.06.06
2 Simon Jepheart / Gary Cousins (phasenineclothing.co.uk)                           2.04
3 David Wood / Tom Jones (Team Dysynni)                                            14.43
4 Enrico Pizzorni / Marco Zanetta (Ruotequadre Italy)                              18.37
5 Richard James / Paul Shackleford (Snetterton Frog Riders)                        29.32
6 Paul William Brown / Troy Rollason (Numplumz/Superlight)                         35.48