Five TTs down and some people made their first appearance. There was David Calvert on his personal "Elvis 1970 tour", Neville O'Neill the sole representative for Cafe Velo Magasin and Ali McConnell appearing very relaxed about the whole thing!
The two Conor's remain locked in battle with mere seconds of separation. McGandy is reportly spending the coming week practicing the clip-in, the leg shave and the early number shout from 10 metres out.
Hetherington this week, denied the aero neutralization of an athletes TT, found himself back again in middle field.
"All my life I've had one dream, to achieve my many goals"
- Homer Simpson
Results
Diamonds and Pearls
Mark Kane 24:16 Vaughan Purnell 26:11 Enda Marron 27:03 Gavin Browne 27:14 Neville O’Neill 27:26 Conor Preshaw 29:05 Conor McGandy 29:06 Bill Rafferty 29:10 Frank Sharkey 29:31 David Calvert 30:00 Fergal Sherry 30:19 Paul Hetherington 30:42 Desmond McHenry 30:43 Peter McGuckin 32:32 Carl King 33:36 Ramesh Rana 34:28 Gary Hazlett 40:27
Raspberry Berets
Geraldine Sharkey 34:22 Ali McConnell 34:27 Heather Bamford 35:42
Thanks to the timekeepers Mark Millar, Ronan and Pete Williamson.