A rider on the comeback trail took a solid win as Dan Watts showed his regained form with a fabulous 21 minute 21 second effort in Round 10 of The Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport. Watts had been stationed in The Falklands which limited his training opportunities but he is now beginning to approach the level of form he showed during 2020, beating Chris Halford into the runner-up spot by 33 seconds.

Halford had other reason to celebrate however as he moved back into the joint lead of the Series, levelling things up with Tomos Hales on 49 points a piece thanks to his 21:54 ride. Watts and Halford were the only riders to beat 22 minutes on a mild evening where times were generally fractionally better than in Round 9. The rider taking third spot Darren Shaw gained his best finish of the season with a 23:01 effort as constant positional fine tuning of his new time trial bike seems to be paying dividends as he edged out Phil Roberts by 18 seconds. Roberts is having a ding-dong battle with Rob Jackson in the Overall standings and a two second advantage saw Roberts claim third place in the Series on his own right as a result.

In the Road Bike Series Luka Stolic keeps piling on the pressure with the Junior taking his fourth straight win in a row, which is all the races he’s entered, showing his potential as he posted an excellent 25:23. But for a late start in the Series Stolic would surely be in a commanding position, with nearest challenger Dave Slater on 30:04. Meanwhile Series leader Stuart Wortley had a nightmare evening thanks to a cleat which simply wouldn’t clip in and the difference that mechanical issue cost him was easily demonstrable as he was 1:58 back on his Round 9 effort in 32:46.

In the Women’s Series Victoria Doran seized on the opportunity to move to the head of the standings after crossing the finish line in 30:05, with Clare O’Donnell getting nearest in 32:34.             

Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
=1	Chris Halford	49
=1	Tomos Hales	49
3	Phil Roberts	28
4	Rob Jackson	27
5	Rich Smith	22

Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Stuart Wortley	47
2	Dave Slater	39
3	Steve Porter-Knott	25
4	Luka Stolic	24
5	Hannah Jukes-Jones	10

Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Victoria Doran	51
2	Clare Cotterill	50
3	Clare O'Donnell	34
4	Emma Horne	12
5	Hannah Jukes-Jones	10