With many riders’ eyes on a football semi-final entries to Round 11 were perhaps understandably down from normal levels, but that didn’t stop a terrific tussle between Chris Halford and Tomos Hales at the top of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport. The pair had been tying at the top of the standings going into the race but were split by just three seconds as Halford took the win in 21 minutes 53 seconds. Halford too over sole lead at the top of the Series despite struggling with a season-long knee injury that was being operated on the following morning, and here he was looking to consolidate his position as much as possible.
Hales has stepped up to challenge Halford during 2021 and having tied with him the previous evening in a Newport CC promotion was gutted at the finish line to finish three seconds off the pace. He had a 58 second gap to the riders in third spot Phil Roberts, with these three occupying the Top 3 spaces in the Series.
In the Road Bike Series Junior Luka Stolic continues to put in dominant performances as he tries to make up for lost ground. Stolic only joined the club from Round 7 but has tasted victory four times in four races, with a superb 25:17 effort seeing off Series leader Stuart Wortley by a large margin of 6:24. Wortley however has a 13 point advantage at the head of the standings and will be tough to reel in.
In the Women’s Series it was a straight head to head between the two women who were occupying the top two spaces, with Clare Cotterill sensing victory in 29:27, 1:23 ahead of Victoria Doran. This sees the pair on equal points at the top of the standings in what is turning out to be a keen competition.
Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eleven rounds
Pos'n
|
Name
|
Total Points
|
1
|
Chris Halford
|
55
|
2
|
Tomos Hales
|
54
|
3
|
Phil Roberts
|
32
|
4
|
Rob Jackson
|
30
|
5
|
Rich Smith
|
24
|
Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eleven rounds
Pos'n
|
Name
|
Total Points
|
1
|
Stuart Wortley
|
52
|
2
|
Dave Slater
|
39
|
3
|
Luka Stolic
|
30
|
4
|
Steve Porter-Knott
|
29
|
5
|
Hannah Jukes-Jones
|
10
|
Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eleven rounds
Pos'n
|
Name
|
Total Points
|
=1
|
Victoria Doran
|
56
|
=1
|
Clare Cotterill
|
56
|
3
|
Clare O'Donnell
|
34
|
4
|
Emma Horne
|
12
|
5
|
Hannah Jukes-Jones
|
10
|