Location: South Molton, Devon
Event: 30 June 2013
Report: Snowdon Sports

Breaking away on the second of six laps of the Stags Head circuit, Tom Alliban (1st Chard Wheelers) held the rest of the field at bay to record a fine solo victory in Taw Velo’s 44-mile veterans road race in Devon.

The 52-year-old, from Crewkerne stretched out his lead to a maximum 1-40 and held the advantage to the finish to claim his first victory of the season after returning from a two-year break.

Morris Elphick (Exeter Wheelers) proved strongest on the uphill finish to take the bunch sprint for second place ahead of Dave Rutty (VC Bristol).

Result:

1 Tom Alliban (1st Chard Wheelers)
2 Morris Elphick (Exeter Wheelers)
3 Dave Rutty (Velo Club Bristol)
4 Guy Stevens (Abergavenny RC)
5 Sean Faulkner (Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue CC)
6 Mark Sanders (Mid Devon CC)
7 Graham Carter (Revo Racing)
8 Andrew Pepperell (Mid Devon CC)
9 Nick Helsing (Exeter Wheelers)
10 Gavin MacDougall (Tavistock Wheelers)

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