11^th September 2006

The Roger Iddles winning sequence continued when he won his age category of the British Time Trial Championship held in Hampshire on 3^rd September. Following his success at the Worlds, Roger was unsure about his ability to reproduce effort at this level. In spite of wet conditions to start he overturned a 10 second deficit at half way to win by 40 seconds from former pro rider Reg Smith, Team Chevin.

Continuing “against the clock” on Saturday 9^th September Roger competed in the Ratae 10 held on the Six Hills course outside Leicester. His time of 21.11 was good enough to win the Standard award and finish 4^th on actual time to Matt Bottrill 20.09.

The following day Roger competed in the LVRC Staffordshire Oatcakes Road Race and renewed his season long battle with former Tour of Britain winner Les West. On this occasion the Potteries star turned the tables to win the event. The duo who had been part of a seven man breakaway which developed halfway through the race, left their companions with 11 miles to go. In a sprint finish West edged in front to win by half a length. A notable victory over the World Champion.

In the race for the 40 to 50 aged category, Mick Donnelly continued his fine form in finishing 4^th actual and 2^nd in his age group. The event was full of action from the start. Donnelly and former Pro Steve Jones worked hard to bridge the gap to an early breakaway. They finally made it after a massive effort only to lose out in the final dash for the line.

Les Archer