THE ROAD RACE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 October 1922, Page 4

THE ROAD RACE.

WON BY HASTINGS CYCLIST.

Victory in Saturday's circular road race round Mount Egmont went to L. Ii Moore, a Hastings cyclist, who rode a splendid race throughout the long journey of about 104 miles, to finish five and a half minutes ahead of A. E. Epping (New Plymouth), and J. G. Allan (Hastings), who finished close in that order. The winner, who started off the 30 minutes mark, also gained fastest time, doing the journey in 5 hours 11 minutes 30 seconds, considerably reducing the time of former years, when, however^ the race was run on all three occasions in the rain. .This year the times of all the leading men were within O'Shea's record of 5 hours 25 minutes 15 seconds, made in 1913. Forty-seven men in. all started, being" despatched by Mr. A. Hansen. The route followed was from New Plymouth, via Oakura, Okato, Rahotu, Opunake (check and feeding station), Kaponga, Eltham (check and feeding, station), Stratford, Inglewood, Egmont Village, Mangorei, finishing in front of the grandstand on the racecourse. Details: — L. R, MOORE (Hastings), 40 minutes (Britannia Tyre Challenge Cup, £50 in cash, and gold medal); time, shr llmin 30sec 1 A. E. EPPING (New Plymouth), 40 minutes (£ls cash and bicycle valued at 15gns.); time, shr 17min 2 J. G. ALLAN (Hastings), 27 minutes (£lO cash and bicycle valued at logns) ; time, shr 14 mm 2sec 3 J. GROSS (New Plymouth), 28 minutes (£5 cash and bicycle valued at 15gns); time, shrs 15min 3sec ... 4 A. BONIS' '(Christchurcn) \' 25* minutes (£2 2s cash and bicycle valued at 15gns) ; time, shr 13 mm 15sec 5 , H S. HERBERT (lnaha), 40 minutes (bicycle valued at 15gns) ; i time, shr 30min 6 A. J. COLEMAN (Ngaere), 25 I minutes (prize not awarded); ! time, shr 17min ; 7 ! H. L. MOLES (New Plymouth), 37 ' minutes (prize not awarded); time, shr 30 mm 21sec 8 G. WYLIE (Christchurch), 28 minutes (prize not awarded) ; time, shr 24min 27sec ; 9 J. WELSH (Christchurch), 25minutes (prize' not awarded) ; time, shr 22min 48sec 10 A. CHRISTIANSEN (Woodville), 30 minutes; time, shr 29min 55 see ' 11 D. GEORGE (New Plymouth), 30 minutes; time, shr 33min lOsec 12 | D. FITZHERBERT (Inglewood), 40 minutes; time, shr 43min 12sec IB ■W. MACKIE (Christchurch), 22 minutes; time, shr 25min 31sec 15 W. WELSH (Christchurch), 22 mm;- --; utes; time, shr 25min 3lsec ... 15 J. COULTER (Woodville), 16 mini utes; time, shr 19min 33sec ... 16 ! FASTEST TIMES. L. R, MOORE (Hastings), £20 i cash, shr llmin 30sec 1 A. BONIS (Christchurch)', £5 cash, I shr 13min 15sec 2 FASTEST TARANAKI RIDER, J. CROSS (New Plymouth), gold , medal, shr 15min 3sec 1 I FASTEST RIDER UNDER 21. J. G. ALLAN (Hastings), gold medal, shr Llmin 2sec 1