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Jason Allen returned home to the local roads to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Time Trial No5 from Wither Hills Winery last Wednesday evening.
The windy conditions on the final 16km, out and return, New Renwick Road/Godfreys Road course saw most times slightly slower than usual. Allen was a good 20 seconds up on Ray Dunstan at the turn, but Dunstan had a strong ride in the head wind return leg for a close finish. Allen recorded 20m 30s for the win with the series winner Dunstan just 8 seconds in arrears. Junior under 19 rider Callum Saunders (22m 02s) was third, followed by Gerard van Antwerpen (22m 21s) and former Marlborough rider Brent Harris (22m 37s) from Cheviot.
The sealed handicap easily went to Ben Verhoef by 26sec to van Antwerpen, with Saunders another 6 sec back in third place.
The overall result for the series on fastest times went to Dunstan (50pt) from van Antwerpen (42pt) and Brent Ackroyd (27pt). The overall handicap result also went to Dunstan (34pt) from van Antwerpen (31pt) on count back to Ackroyd (31pt) and Martin Fletcher (31pt) respectively.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Time Trial No 5 15.2km, J Allen 20m 30s 1, R Dunstan 20m 38s 2, C Saunders 22m 02s 3, G van Antwerpen 22m 21s 4, B Harris 22m 37s 5, B Ackroyd 23m 04s 6, M Fletcher 23m 08s 7, B Verhoef 23m 20s 8, G Henderson 25m 02s 9, M Murphy 25m 05s 10. Sealed handicap, B Verhoef (3m 40s) 19m 40s 1, G van Antwerpen (2m 05s) 20m 16s 2, C Saunders (1m 40s) 20m 22s 3, B Ackroyd (2m 30s) 20m 34s 4, M Murphy (4m 30s) 20m 35s 5, M Seatter (5m 25s), M Fletcher (2m 30s) and R Dunstan (scr) 20m 38s 6 equal, G Henderson (4m 20s) 20m 42s 9, N Blakiston (4m 30s) 20m 58s 10.
Overall Series, Fastest Time, R Dunstan (50pt) 1, G van Antwerpen (42pt) 2, B Ackroyd (27pt) 3, M Fletcher (26pt) 4, P Crampton (23pt) 5, B Verhoef (18pt) 6, G Henderson (16pt) 7, R Murphy (11pt) 8, W Hart (6pt) 9. Handicap, R Dunstan (34pt) 1, G van Antwerpen (31pt) 2, B Ackroyd (31pt) 3, M Fletcher (31pt) 4, G Henderson (28pt) 5, B Verhoef (27pt) 6, R Murphy (22pt) 7, P Crampton (19pt) 8, W Hart (9pt) 9.

Junior under 19 rider Nick Blakiston rode a convincing first stage to cement victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Stage Race No4 from Wither Hills Winery last Wednesday evening.
The first 12km stage covered a course on New Renwick Road, Brancott Road and finished on the second climb up Bookers Road. A rapid pace up New Renwick Road saw the leading bunch narrowed down to nine on Brancott Road and then just five leading into the first climb on Bookers Road. Nifty climbing gave Blakiston the stage win from Lee Griggs (at 8 sec), Gerard van Antwerpen (at 10 sec), Kevin Bishell (at 15 sec) and Brent Ackroyd (at 24 sec). The final stage over 12km came down Brancott Road, up to a turn in Godfreys Road and returned to Wither Hills Winery. Thirteen riders remained in the front group for the final sprint, even though Ackroyd had put in a couple of strong breaks on the journey. In a long sprint Glen Herkt showed his speed to pip van Antwerpen on the line with Bishell, Will Hart and Martin Fletcher taking the next placings respectively.
The overall classification went to Blakiston by 5 sec to van Antwerpen with another 3 sec back to Griggs in third place. The overall handicap on the event was won by Fletcher (2m 30s) by 13 sec to Blakiston (45s) with another 9 sec back to Joe Blakiston (7m 30s) in third place.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Stage Race No 4, Stage One 12km, N Blakiston 16m 51s 1, L Griggs 16m 59s 2, G van Antwerpen 17m 01s 3, K Bishell 17m 06s 4, B Ackroyd 17m 15s 5, B Verhoef 17m 43s 6, M Murphy 17m 47s 7, G Henderson s.t. 8, M Fletcher 18m 27s 9, J Kidd 18m 29s 10. Stage Two 12km, G Herkt 18m 07s 1, G van Antwerpen s.t 2, K Bishell s.t. 3, W Hart s.t. 4, M Fletcher s.t. 5, M Murphy 18m 12s 6, N Blakiston s.t. 7, G Henderson s.t. 8, A Gifford s.t. 9, B Ackroyd s.t. 10.
General Classification, N Blakiston 35m 03s 1, G van Antwerpen at 5 sec 2, L Griggs at 8 sec 3, K Bishell at 10 sec 4, B Ackroyd at 24 sec 5, M Murphy at 56 sec 6, G Henderson s.t. 7, M Fletcher at 1m 32s 8, J Kidd at 1m 46s 9, G Herkt at 1m 49s 10. Overall Handicap Classification, M Fletcher (2m 30s) 34m 05s 1, N Blakiston (45s) 34m 18s 2, J Blakiston (7m 30s) 34m 27s 3, M Murphy (1m 20s) 34m 39s 4, G Henderson s.t. 5, K Bishell (20s) 34m 53s 6, G van Antwerpen (10s) 34m 58s 7, L Griggs (10s) 35m 01s 8, B Ackroyd (15s) 35m 12s 9, D Church (8m) 35m 19s 10.

Junior under 19 rider Callum Saunders sprinted to victory at Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Graded Race No4 on the Lower Wairau circuit last Wednesday evening.
The combined ‘A’ and ‘B’ grade 37km event was raced over five laps of the Dillons Point Road, Swamp Road, Rowberrys Road circuit. Several small attacks on the early laps were short lived. Saunders and Nick Blakiston broke on the fourth lap and were soon joined by Gerard van Antwerpen and Brent Ackroyd with the rest in hot pursuit. The four riders stayed clear with the ‘A’ grade result going to Saunders from van Antwerpen and Ackroyd, with Blakiston taking an easy ‘B’ grade win. the chasing group were 38 seconds back with Kevin Bishell (‘A’) winning the sprint from the ‘B’ grade minor placegetters Marty Bruce and Glen Herkt. The ‘C’ grade 30km event was won by Joe Blakiston over Denis Church.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Graded Race No 4 ‘A’ grade 37km, C Saunders 54m 39s 1, G van Antwerpen 54m 40s 2, B Ackroyd 54m 45s 3, K Bishell 55m 23s 4, A Clark 55m 25s 5. ‘B’ grade 37km, N Blakiston 54m 40s 1, M Bruce 55m 24s 2, G Herkt s.t. 3, G Henderson 55m 25s 4, T Neal 55m 27s 5, R Lock s.t. 6, M Fletcher s.t. 7, B Verhoef 55m 28s 8, J Kidd 55m 29s 9, M Murphy 55m 30s 10. ‘C’ grade 30km, J Blakiston 53m 48s 1, D Church 53m 52s 2.

Ray Dunstan stamped his authority on Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series time trials with another win at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The 16km Cycle World Time Trial No4 saw most riders recording slightly slower times than usual on the New Renwick Road/Godfreys Road course. Dunstan still roared over the course in 21m 02s to record his fourth consecutive victory. Junior under 19 rider Peter Crampton (22m 25s) rode a personal best to beat Gerard van Antwerpen (22m 28s) for second place. The sealed handicap deservedly went to Crampton by 6 seconds to Ben Verhoef and another 13 seconds to Brent Ackroyd in third place.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle world Time Trial No4 16km, R Dunstan 21m 01s 1, P Crampton 22m 25s 2, G van Antwerpen 22m 28s 3, B Ackroyd 22m 54s 4, M Fletcher 23m 09s 5, B Verhoef 24m 21s 6, p Halligan 25m 34s 7, R Murphy 26m 35s 8, K Walsh 29m 10s 9, G Painter 33m 57s 10. Sealed handicap, P Crampton (2m 15s) 20m 10s 1, B Verhoef (4m 05s) 20m 16s 2, B Ackroyd 20m 29s 3, G van Antwerpen (1m 45s) 20m 43s 4, M Fletcher (2m 25s) 20m 44s 5.