Irish road and track international Anna Turvey has won a significant title on the British TT scene (Photo: Stephen McMahon – Sportsfile)
Irish international rider and former national TT champion, Anna Turvey, was won the ‘champion of champions’ time trial title in Britain.
It is not a national championships event, which means riders of all nationalities are permitted to ride and are eligible to win.
The titles, for elite and junior men and women, are awarded by the Cycling Time Trials organisation for the best performers across a number of races.
It also awards annual titles for set TT distances – 10, 25, 50, 100 miles and others – each year.
The British Cycling-run national TT championships in Britain is a different event, with the winners of those crowned British champion and wearing the national champion’s jersey for a year.
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While Irish rider Turvey claimed the elite women’s CTT title for 2018, the men’s crown went to Polish cyclist Marcin Bialoblocki (NopInz).
Anna Turvey in TT mode at the Worlds in 2016, when she made her debut for Ireland (Photo: Sean Rowe)
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Turvey, who was raised in Scotland but declared for Ireland in recent years, rode with Tyneside Vagabonds CC this year. She has ridden for Ireland on both road and track in recent years.
In 2016, just a couple of months after winning the Irish TT title, she took bronze at the European Track Championships in the individual pursuit.
Turvey is also the Irish elite women’s record holder in the 10 (19:08), 25 (51:06) and 50 (1:45:38) mile TT distances.
In Britain this year, she saw off some classy competition to claim the CTT's Beryl Burton Trophy, awarded in honour of cycling legend Burton.
Turvey topped the standings from the Drag2Zero trio of Alice Lethbridge, Vicky Gill and Liz Powell. They filled places 2nd through 4th respectively.
Anna Turvey claimed the title after winning the CTT national 10 and 50 mile races this season and placing 3rd in the 25 mile event.
In September she claimed the CTT 50 mile crown with a time of 1:49:49, some 1:10 clear of Emma Lewis (The Independent Pedaler).
A month earlier she had taken the CTT 10 mile title, with a time of 20:26. She beat runner-up Lethbridge on that occasion by 43 seconds.
And in the 25 mile race she was 3rd, clocking a time of 51:06 in August. That was a new national record, with Turvey breaking her own previous best as an Irish rider.
However, her personal best is 50:32, which she clocked before switching he allegiance and racing under an Irish flag.
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