OBC Open TT Series - 2004-Jun-17 - 15km (Rockliffe Pkwy) (EvtFactor= 0.9307)
Weather (18:00): Mainly Sunny. Temperature: 27&de;C, Humidity: 51%, Dew point: 16&de;C, Wind: S 4km/h, Pressure: 101.3kPa, Visibility: 24km, Humidex: 32.
Weather (19:00): Mainly Sunny. Temperature: 26&de;C, Humidity: 54%, Dew point: 16&de;C, Wind: S 5km/h, Pressure: 101.3kPa, Visibility: 24km, Humidex: 31.
Weather (20:00): Mostly Cloudy. Temperature: 24&de;C, Humidity: 66%, Dew point: 18&de;C, Wind: N 21km/h, Pressure: 101.4kPa, Visibility: 19km, Humidex: 30.
Finally a decent night - warm, dry and pretty calm for all but some of the later leavers. 57 of the 81 riders improved upon their previous 2004 OTT bests, 12 were somewhat slower than their previous 2004 OTT bests and 12 were out for the first time in the 2004 OTT series. Jennifer Stephenson continued her downward plunge in times with a Year's Women's best of 22:03. This is Jennifer's PB to date, but probably not for long! Second place woman, Julie Hutsbaut, who rode a great 22:52, is back and considerably faster than her earlier attempts. Erika Revesz, taking the evening off from her busy PhD studies, was a strong third.
First amongst the men, Paul Datars added to his collection of 19's with his first sub-20 of the year. Rick Sudac's 2nd place 20:10 finish is not only a PB by 7 seconds, but also a new standard for the Vet C men. He has been eyeing 19:59 for a couple of years, and under similar circumstances that would require a power output increase of about 1.0/0.9729=2.8%. Meanwhile Brooke Boocock added his second result to the small list of Junior times which are faster than 21 minutes.