Mathy sets new mark in Dirab Hills TT

On a cool, fine morning, 60 riders gathered in the Dirab Hills for the testing Riyadh Wheelers 28km Hilly Time Trial.
The full course was being used for the first time so no benchmark had been set; it was therefore an amazing feat that an average speed of over 41kph was recorded by the winner, Thierry Mathy.
This superb effort gave him victory by nearly 4 minutes, a truly remarkable achievement. In second place and beating riders more than half his age was Jiri Kuba, who continues to impress in this toughest of disciplines, where a mixture of power and climbing agility is required.
Talented all-rounder but one who readily admits to disliking time trials, was Norberto Daa who again stuck to the task on a standard road bike to come in third. Javier Villalobos from Southern Spain, confessed to liking the hills and put in a great performance, just missing out on a podium position despite being caught by Kuba in the early stages.
Ride of the day came from Andy MacLachlan, who’s had a meteoric climb up the results in recent weeks and should be an inspiration to all. Said MacLachlan, “my season’s ambition is to get under the hour for 25 miles and have upgraded to a new TT machine to help me do this.”
With a quality performance like this, it shouldn’t take long. Geron Guanlao and Antonio Rodriguez put in great rides, beating fancied riders Steve Jenkins and George Morete in the process. Cat B went to the consistent Maria Aruajo who just edged out Jana Jaruskova in the absence of champion Veronique Mathy. Carrefour Le Mall provided the post race refreshments.
Results:
1 T. Mathy 40:30, 2 J. Kuba 44:06, 3 N. Daa 44:22, 4 J. Villalobos 44:29, 5 A.MacLachlan 44:48, 6 G. Guanlao 45:19, 7 S. Jenkins 45:29, 8 A. Rodriguez 46:25, 9 G. Morete 46:30, 10 A. Maniago 46:59, 11 D. Wright 47:07, 12 C. Johnson 48:34, 13 A. Cuesta 48:58, 14 K. Pickles 49:05, 15 S. Waight 49:05, 16 P. Foster 49:12, 17 N. Al Mutrad 49:28, 18 G. Aguilar 49:36, 19 G. Laurie 49:54, 20 C. Brown 50:06, 21 E. Seneres 50:18, 22 R. Delos Santos 50:46, 23 B. Girven 51:06, 24 J. Cordial 51:09, 25 A. Williams 51:10, 26 F. Gregorio 52:18, 27 D. Pottinger 52:37, 28 E. Lando 53:30, 29 J. Sunga 54:01, 30 R. Flores 54:30, 31 F. Alhamoud 54:33, 32 S. Julient 54:41, 33 T. Morton 54:48, 34 M. Lincoln 55:08, 35 J. Garbutt 55:21, 36 F.. Requillo 55:35, 37 R. Bitong 56:06, 38 C. Castillo 56:08, 39 D.Del Rosario 56:57, 40 G.Zondach 57:02, 41 M.Araujo 57:05, 42 J. Jaruskova 57:14, 43 J. Torrontegui 57:23, 44 R.Chan 57:41, 45 M. Suckling 57:46, 46 K. Moolman 58:01, 47 J. Cortez 58:49, 48 C. Morelos 59:44, 49 A.Garcia 1:02:21, 50 D.Petkovski 1:02:49, 51 J-M.Saluta 1:05:05, 52 R.Pedrosa 1:06:06, 53 D.Ella 1:06:52, 54 T.Mahfoaz 1:10:39, 55 A. Bahaa 1:11:31, 56 R. Mayor 1:12:36, 57 R. Catoneon 1:13:23, 58 M. Bahaa 1:17:07, 59 M. Flores 1:23:24, 60 G. Morris 1:23:33
Categories: Open Norberto Daa, Veteran Thierry Mathy, Master Steve Jenkins, Senior Jiri Kuba, Cat B Maria Aruajo, Junio Mohammed Bahaa