The last event of the Riyadh Wheelers season saw 50 riders sign on with Carrefour Le Mall once again providing the superb refreshments.

The traditional 25 mile Time Trial provided an excellent gauge of fitness for those embarking on various summer cycling activities, with the times proving impressive on a day when the wind again made the going difficult.

All-rounder and club champion Thierry Mathy put on another powerful display, but was pushed hard by two time trial specialists, Bruno Syfrig and Jiri Kuba, who showed that age is no barrier when it comes to speed.

All three broke the magic hour barrier, just ahead of several very quick personal bests from Steve Jenkins, George Morete and Dan Bennellick, who claimed a few notable scalps in the process.

Visitors from Udhailiyah, Dan Hasiuk and Greg Wilson, made the journey worthwhile and were please with their times, as was Dhahran regular Gordon Laurie, whose exhaustive travelling this year paid off, qualifying for an end of season award.

The event was marred, however, by an accident involving Pete Foster who had just returned from medical leave and resulted in a broken wrist. Club co-chairman John Garbutt made his farewells after a long spell in the Kingdom came to an end and is looking forward to riding in greener surroundings.

Results:

1 T.Mathy 57:06, 2 B.Syfrig 58:17, 3 J.Kuba 59:11, 4 S.Jenkins 1:00:27, 5 V.Engel 1:00:34, 6 D.Bennellick 1:02:06, 7 G.Morete 1:02:09, 8 M.Ball 1:02:11, 9 A.Carinan 1:02:44, 10 D.Hasiuk 1:02:49, 11 G.Guanlao 1:02:55, 12 B.Psaila 1:03:29, 13 G.Wilson 1:03:41, 14 N.Daa 1:03:44, 15 R.Patrick 1:03:57, 16 S.Gillespie 1:04:14, 17 A.Castellanos 1:04:18, 18 A.Geara 1:04:20, 19 K.Bowers 1:04:54, 20 G.Laurie 1:06:05, 21 G.Donaghey 1:07:02, 22 E.Lando 1:08:52, 23 J.Sunga 1:09:17, 24 P.McParland 1:10:09, 25 R.Chan 1:10:59, 26 K.Walsh 1:11:24, 27 S.Waight 1:11:49, 28 O.Al Marri 1:14:09, 29 B.Detomal 1:14:24, 30 C.Castillo 1:15:33, 31 A.Alhashim 1:16:19, W-1 M.Araujo 1:16:42, J-1 A.Thomas 1:17:20, 32 D.Pottinger 1:17:43, W-2 J.Jaruskova 1:18:37, 33 F.Requillo 1:19:17, 34 S.Clark 1:19:26, 35 G.Scharke 1:20:08, 36 L.Duffy 1:20:51, 37 D.Petkovski 1:24:35, 38 R.Allanigue 1:25:55, 39 N.Bain 1:26:19, 40 G.Morris 1:26:43, 41 P.Cullinan 1:27:19, 42 J.Alahmed 1:28:36, 43 R.Paluf 1:29:14, 44 D.Ella 1:29:52, 45 T.Mahfouz 1:40:31, 46 A.El Ahmad 1:41:37, DNF A.Abshelic,P.Foster,R.Silvan, E.Seneres

Categories: Open Vincent Engel, Veteran Thierry Mathy, Master Steve Jenkins, Senior Bruno Syfrig, Cat B Jana Jaruskova, Junior Alun Thomas.