Back after a six-week absence, Richard Cordin brought Chris Green's winning sequence to an abrupt halt in the penultimate round of Matlock Cycling Club's Ashford five-mile time trial series.
Cordin covered the distance in 10min 58sec, the only rider on the night to go under 11 minutes, to beat Green by just five seconds.
In third place, a further 59 seconds off the pace, was Leigh Fearn, who nevertheless recorded his season's best, 12
.02.
A wet evening, with a nagging westerly wind, saw a depleted field for the short hilly TT, and Green maintained his 100 per cent record in this competition with a time of 20min 3sec. Leigh Fearn managed second spot this time with another season's best time, 20.18.
Derby Mercury guest Mark Shardlow was 17 seconds further back in third place, while Carl Dyke claimed fourth position and first-timer David Wragg finished fifth.
Massive marginIn the overall Matlock CC points competition, Chris Green leads Peter Colledge by a massive 237-point margin, with 936 points from 46 events. Richard Cordin is third with 519 points.
Both Colledge and Cordin have ridden considerably fewer qualifying events than Green, while veteran John White is a close fourth with 512 points from just two events less than the leader.
Matlock CC stage their Sheldon 'five' and freewheel events on Saturday with the Sheldon race starting near Bakewell at 2pm and the freewheel event following.
Next week's time trials bring the club's season on the road to a close.
For more information about the club, Matlock CC have a new and improved website at: www.matlockcyclingclub.org.uk.
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