Matt Bottrill kicks off 2015 season with a win and course record
Matt Bottrill sets a new course record in the Kettering CC Hilly, marking his 2015 race debut with a victory
Matt Bottrill (Drag2Zero) kicked off his 2015 season pretty much as he left off last year: with a victory and a new course record at the Kettering CC hilly 20-mile time trial in Northamptonshire on Sunday.
Current triple national champion Bottrill posted a time of 41 minutes and 52 seconds under sunny skies to create a new record for the course. Second-placed Andy Jackson (Team Swift) came in with 43-30, one minute and 38 seconds adrift of Bottrill.
Matt Sinclair (Lutterworth Cycle Centre) clocked the third fastest time of the day with 44-09. Fastest woman was Linda Hubbard (Welland Valley CC), who posted a time of 53-46.
Last year, Bottrill took his first 25-mile national championship title, a victory which he later described as the 'best of his career'. He also took the national 50-mile TT title and set a new championship record for the national 10-mile TT to take that title too.
Bottrill looks set to continue being a dominant force in domestic time trialling for the 2015 season - a fact made all the more remarkable given that Bottrill is a full-time postman and looks after his three young children when not working or training.
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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.
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