Our vegan cycling club come together in 2019 by organising our first ever event. A summer hill climb (time trial) up Long Hill Whaley Bridge. The event was a roaring success with a good turn out from local riders and members of Eat Plants Not Pigs CC travelling from far and wide to attend.
It was great to see not only a great turnout from the club members but also a EPNP winner with Natalie Stevenson.
Full results are here
Lee Tooey competed for the club in the 12 hour national Champs, recording an impressive 208 miles. Matthew Larkins clocked up a superb 300 miles in the 24 hour event before having to unfortunately abandon, having racked up 400 in 2018.
Richard Woods rode in the Brompton World Championship in London in August and amongst a large field of 366 he crossed the line in 91st place.
We had a few triathletes taking on the middle distance (or half iron) with Thomas Campbell, Russell Anderson-Williams and Lucy Johnston donning the EPNP colours in events at Cholmondeley Castle Ironman 70.3 Staffs and Challenge Almere-Amsterdam respectively. Meanwhile Ellie Lock also completed her first triathlon at the Bicester Sprint event in 1hr 27 mins – impressive stuff! Tri Veteran Paul Ruffy kept the flag flying as well, coming home first in the Sprint + event in Bury St Edmunds.
Neil Prentice represented the club at the Midweek Mountain Bike Madness event at Chorlton Water Park, whilst TT specialist Chris Smith capped a brilliant year full of top three finishes including a first win, with 3rd place overall in the SPOCO SE Pts competition.
Here’s a some of the best images from the year, enjoy!
