PTW

The third PTW eTT of the year will once again be on the R10/22A 10 mile TT course starting and finishing at Resolven on Thursday 18th March with a start time of 18:00.

RGT is free of charge, as are the events. You just need to go to the event page and join the event beforehand, and then on the day join the event at least a few minutes before the start time. There you can warm up or relax while you wait for your start time. Riders will start every 15 seconds, and drafting will not be possible.

Event is open to anyone and everyone, regardless of whether you're a club member. All you need is smart turbo (not necessarily controllable) or a power meter. Speed/cadence sensors are not compatible with RGT.

Link to the event page;
http://app.rgtcycling.com/event?code=A5VtovfmPM
RGT Get Started page;
https://www.rgtcycling.com/get-started/

Grey skies welcomed the 11 riders at the start line in Resolven tonight. It was nice to see a few new faces, some familiar and some from further afield. We could only presume that Alf was sheltering in the bushes from the possible rain that could fall, while Will was offering advice to the guests. Dai Triggs was helpfully pushing riders off at the start.

I have no control over the start order, but by happy chance the expected main contenders all started together, and with 15 second start intervals there was a real competition and I'm sure it helped push each of them a little harder than the would otherwise have pushed. It was a great shame to see Neil Seaward on the side of the road after 5km due to a connection problem. Better luck next week Neil!

The biggest improvements from last week were John and Shirley who went forward 41 and 29 seconds respectively.

# Name Finish Time Avg wKg
1 🥇 Rod Hicks 23:00.4 4.52
2 🥈 Darren Edwards 23:29.6 + 29.148 4.28
3 🥉 John Pritchard g 24:28.0 + 1:27.540 3.62
4 Ka Tev 24:52.4 + 1:51.922 3.98
5 Matthew Smith 24:53.9 + 1:53.499 4.35
6 Gareth Hill 26:31.8 + 3:31.371 3.52
7 Nick Price 26:43.7 + 3:43.238 3.01
8 Tony Howell 26:55.1 + 3:54.660 2.69
9 Matt Jones 27:25.5 + 4:25.028 2.65
10 Shirley Howell 30:55.9 + 7:55.458 2.08

Thanks to those who took part, the next event will be at the same time next week