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Australian Time Trial Association (ATTA)
Calga, NSW - Sunday, May 6, 2007
Peter McDonald smashes ATTA NSW 43km record
Fresh off an impressive ride in the Canberra Tour where he placed 2nd in the TT and wore the leader's jersey for one day, Peter McDonald (FRF NSWIS) turned up to Calga along with a significant number of fellow Randwick Botany CC riders to compete in the well run ATTA NSW series.
Peter was given extra motivation prior to the start of the 43km time trial when he was informed that the current course record was held by a Randwick Botany compatriot Adam Conquest in a time of 1'02"11. Adam is well known as one of Australia's best duathletes, he is also the holder of two ATTA NSW course records. Peter and Adam have developed a friendly rivalry over the years and knowing that ATTA NSW offers $100 cash for any new record Peter was extra pumped as he rolled into the starting ramp.
Peter McDonald was the 10th rider to start however by the 21.5km turn around he had caught all but two of his competitors that had started in one minute intervals. In every time trial everyone has there own story to tell although on this occasion they all shared a tale of the sky blue tornado that blasted past them on one of the many climbs. I was privileged enough to follow Peter for a short period on his return journey and was impressed by his fluid action and effortless power over the tops of rolling climbs in the time trial position.
With 7km remaining Peter had passed all that had started before him and stormed home to stop the clock in under hour (59'54) two minutes 17 seconds better than the previous record - simply amazing!
In the other events it was the masters who taught a few lessons. The 12.5km event was won by 51 year-old Robert Chapman whilst the 25km course was won by current Australian Masters Champion Ross Hodgson.
ATTA NSW conducts time trials on the first Sunday of each month rain hail or shine. http://www.atta.asn.au/
Results
12.5km course 1 Robert Chapman 16.18 2 Craig Klement 0.11 3 Denis Fahey 0.18 4 Mark Arnold 0.37 5 Brett Stewart 1.02 6 Simon Walsh 1.11 7 Michael Lynch 1.18 8 Trevor Smith 1.44 9 Darren Ralph 1.48 10 Tani Ruckle 2.20 25km Course 1 Ross Hodgson 37.14 2 Denis Fahey 1.05 3 Ali Edwards 2.21 4 Michael Rand 2.44 5 Brett Stewart 3.26 6 Tim Gainsford 7.56 7 Kathy Ward 8.17 8 Richard Measures 8.23 9 Steven Reinhardt 8.36 10 Jeff Reinhardt 9.38 11 Kate Rowe 9.56 12 Stephen Reid 10.33 13 Ben Bodiczky 11.10 14 Alistair McCausland 11.58 15 Ian Loxton 13.01 16 Dallas Thomas 13.52 17 Jo Gatt 23.33 18 John Siounis 29.34 DNF Rob Hodgson 43km Course 1 Peter McDonald 59.54 2 Michael O'Brien 4.54 3 Stan Genakis 6.03 4 Alan Kelly 8.04 5 Klayten Smith 9.02 6 Ollie Whistler 9.28 7 Craig Klement 9.52 8 Mark Rollason 10.38 9 Matthew Brown 11.02 10 John Horsburgh 11.09 11 Daivd Lipman 11.31 12 John Buckton 12.54 13 Barry Mourad 12.56 14 Ben Carmody 14.19 15 Aaron Castle 14.31 16 Chris White 15.00 17 David Jackson 15.56 18 Jules Galli 16.42 19 Alex Wee 17.29 20 Rick Jordan 18.14 21 Robert Hekking 18.56 22 Nick Fithall 19.28 23 Phillip Jobling 19.45 24 Grahame Heath 20.04 25 Grant Hansen 20.12 26 Ben Ter Huurne 20.37 27 Ross Mackenzie 21.41 28 Margaret Beardslee 21.58 29 Tony Barbaro 22.26 30 Charlotte Paul 22.43 31 Roger Jowett 23.09 32 David Crampton 25.49 33 Grahame Ferguson 27.03 34 Charles Dalrymple-Hey 29.50 35 Matthew Hynes 30.14 36 Rocky Fortuna 30.31
