Russians win Duo Normand
Russians dominated the Duo Normand this year, with Katyusha taking 1st and 3rd and Team Designa Kokken finishing 2nd (Bobby Shelton/BikeRadar.com)
Russians dominated this year's Duo Normand two man time trial, with Katyusha's Nikolai Trusov and Artem Ovechkin winning in a time of 1:06:14 for the testing 54.3km course around Marigny, France.
Although the race was run in near perfect conditions, the two Russians were still 1:27 slower than Chris Boardman and Jens Voigt's record of 1:04:47, set in 1999. Had they beaten it, they would have collected a €3000 bonus - which will now jackpot to €4000 next year...
Second place went to Team Designa Køkken, a Danish team with a Russian twist as Sergey Firsanov paired with Latvian Aleksejs Saramotins to clock 1:08:33. Third also went to Katyusha, with Evgueni Popov and Alexander Porcev finishing in 1:08:46.
The winning team, Katyusha's Nikolai Trusov and Artem Ovechkin
The Duo Normand is a rarity on the UCI calendar, as amateurs and recreational riders can test themselves against the pros on the same course on the same day. Although it has to compete with high profile professional races such as the Vuelta a España, Tour of Britain and the upcoming world road championships, it still attracts well over 300 teams, competing in a range of categories from non-licenced riders to elite.
BikeRadar.com's Jeff Jones and Robin Coomber took part in the 'corporatif' category and clocked the winning time of 1:15:22, which was also good enough to break the category record by 33 seconds. A full report of their Duo Normand experience will be posted on BikeRadar.com in the coming days.
BikeRadar's Jeff Jones and Robin Coomber in action in the corporatif category
Results
| 1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus)/Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katyusha | 1:06:14 | |
| 2 Sergey Firsanov (Rus)/Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Team Designa Kokken | 0:02:19 | |
| 3 Evgueni Popov (Rus)/Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team | 0:02:32 | |
| 4 Jens Erik Madsen (Den)/Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Team Capinordic | 0:02:36 | |
| 5 Bas Stamsnijder (Ned)/Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof | 0:02:38 | |
| 6 David Veilleux (Can)/Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team | 0:02:41 | |
| 7 Julien Fouchard (Fra)/Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis | 0:03:45 | |
| 8 Andy Cappelle (Bel)/Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Palmans-Cras | 0:03:54 | |
| 9 Noan Lelarge (Fra)/Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller | 0:04:05 | |
| 10 Nicolas Baldo (Fra)/Sebastien Harbonnier (Fra) Continental Team Differdange | 0:04:13 |
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Slow1972
Posted Tue 22 Sep, 12:06 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Ifs a shame you didnt mention the other British successes in the Duo - Jerry Cross and Martin Harney of Manchester Wheelers won the Vets category. They were on the podium, unfortunately because they were on the back row they can't be seen in your photo (they are behind the two riders in black kit on the left hand side).
Well done to Martin and Jerry - top effort boys. From all us Wheelers, we applaud your brilliant result, even if Bikeradar didn't pick up on it.
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Jeff Jones
Posted Tue 22 Sep, 3:21 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Sorry, we didn't have all the results to hand - had to catch the ferry - and they're not yet on the official site.
Well done to Jerry and Martin from Manchester!
There were a lot of other British teams who won their categories too: Patrick Brennan and Sebastian Ader (...a3crg) won cat 3 in 1:13:28; Aaron Bailey and Grant Chalmers (Guernsey Velo Club) won the non-licenced category in 1:19:11; Dean Lubin and Andy Page won the tandems in 1:15:something; Samuel Sturgeon and Matthew Plested won the handisport category, and I think Wouter Sybrandy and Phill Sykes did a 1:11 in the elite category.
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