We wrapped up the 2025 time trial and hillclimb series tonight and it was quite a finale! After having to yell at a stupid driver at the start who felt that getting around 9 riders waiting to start the time trial with almost 2 car widths to maneuver by us might have been a gross inconvenience, we all settled into a nice peddling rhythm against a mildish headwind.
No PRs tonight but here are the results:
1. Sam Veggeberg; Time: 21:54; 25.21 mph; 10 points
2. Frank Sleegers; Time: 22:49; 24.19 mph; 9 points
3. Andy MacDonald; Time: 23:32; 23.46 mph; 8 points
4. Jonathan O'Keeffe; Time: 23:41; 23.31 mph; 7 points
5. Joe Lellman; Time: 24:01; 22.98 mph; 6 points
6. Melissa Warwick; Time: 24:40; 22.38 mph; 5 points
7. Tim Pitkin; Time: 25:10; 21.93 mph; 4 points
8. David Goodwin; Time: 25:37; 21.55 mph; 3 points
9. Madeline Nagy; Time: 25:43; 21.46 mph; 2 points
10. Shawn Lakota; Time: 30:00; 18.4 mph; 1 points
Shawn flatted about a mile from the finish and asked that I give him a DNF but I instead just gave him a slow time. Hope you'll be okay with this, Shawn!
So the TT men's final standings could not have been any closer. Frank, in spite of spending the summer in Germany, took 1st with 60 points. 2nd was Andy with 59 points and 3rd was Jonathan with 58. WOW!
The TT women's final standings were a little more spread out. 1st was Madeline with 45 points, 2nd was Melissa with 39 points and 3rd was Alicia with 9 points.
The Overall men's top three were Andy in 1st with 155, Sam in 2nd with 136 and Jonathan in 3rd with 135.
The Overall women's top three were Madeline in 1st with 104, Melissa in 2nd with 95 and Phoebe in 3rd with 37.
Congrats to everyone who participated in any event this year. A special thanks to Jonathan for all his awesome background data machinations and for filling in during the three weeks that I was away.