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The Scottish Road Race Championships (2)

Ross Creber (Endura) added a top flight ‘en ligne’ result to his VTT and ‘cross palmares with a fine win in the Scottish road race championships over a technical, challenging and windy – but beautifully sunny – 81 miles at Hawick on Saturday afternoon.

Creber lead the men in red and white to a clean sweep of the medals with Callum Wilkinson taking silver – distanced by Creber in the sprint – and James McCallum having to be content with bronze after a late race puncture when it looked like it was his day.

Lothian Flyers Road Race (0)

Gavin Shirley (Nevis Cycles RT) made the trip to the Scottish Borders today, and went away with the win in the Edinburgh Road Club promotion, the Lothian Flyer Road Race, narrowly edging out two fast Vets, Chris Brown (Stirling BC) and Steve Nutley (Fife Cycling 2000).

The 44th David Bell Memorial Road Race (0)

Ross Creber delivered the win for the dominating Endura Race Team in the 44th edition of the David Bell Memorial Race. Creber was the victor from a surviving group of six after a war of attrition across 70 miles of South Ayrshire’s finest hill roads.

Team mate and reigning Scottish Road Champion, Evan Oliphant took 2nd, narrowly edging out visiting James Sampson of the Candi TV – Marshall’s Pasta team.

Super 6 – Round 4, Lang Whang, West Calder (0)

“Lang Whang” is Auld Scots, it means ‘long way’ – it’s fair to say that Endura’s Gary Hand was in the break for a lang whang and he won the finishing sprint by a similar margin from wanderer returned, Alex Coutts (I looked at his jersey but the team name looked like Greek to me).

Hand’s big sprinting team mate, James McCallum took third after a cold and windy 80-odd miles on the pot-holed moor roads around Carnwrath in Sunday’s Lang Whang Super Six.

The Drummond Trophy (0)

“I hit ‘em hard!” was how Pete Williams (Pinarello/Candi TV/ Marshalls Pasta) explained his race winning move in Sunday’s 54th Drummond Trophy, held in bright sunshine on the sinuous back roads west of Eaglesham and the M77.

With a new Scottish sponsor’s name on their jerseys (Marshalls) and the commanding figure of team boss Phil Griffiths there in the flesh, there was never any doubt that Pinarello were going to win.

Super 6 – Round 2, Leven (0)

Endura Racing Team’s Gary Hand topped a near perfect day for the Scottish UCI Continental squad with a solo win in the second round of the Super Six Series – the Duncan MacGregor Memorial Road Race over 80 miles around the “Rigging of Fife.”

Team mates Gordon Murdoch and Duncan Urquhart took second and fourth respectively, to make it a quality day for the men in red and white.

Spoiling the party just a little was Rapha-Condor’s Matt Cronshaw, who, despite a severe working-over from the winners, grabbed third place.