Some of the riders, including this man on the left, were clearly having trouble controlling their bikes on a rolly course very exposed to crosswinds.
With June having arrived, the countdown has very firmly begun to the National Road Championships in Omagh in just four weeks time.
Yesterday Omagh Wheelers, which is promoting the time trial and road title races this year, ran a test TT event on the course that will be used in the test title deciders on June 25th.
The vets' and separate elite women's road race crowns will be fought for two days later, with the combined U23 and elite men's race taking place the following day, Sunday June 28th.
Some of the course used during yesterday's TT test event will also feature in the road race courses at the end of the month.
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The course for the test event is exactly the same as that to be used for the time trial championships in four weeks. And some of the roads used in the test race against the clock also form part of the road race championship courses.
The footage in the clip below - produced by Jonny Collins - was recorded at the test event yesterday, Sunday. Conditions were tough, with the riders facing gusty wind.
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And some of those who rode it suggested the course was very difficult; both exposed to crosswinds and undulating.
The video below represents the first look at racing on the time trial course.
And with the road races also set to take place in the same area - and on some of the same roads - the type of terrain on view in this video will be typical of what those fighting it out for the road race crowns can expect during the last weekend of the month.
Video of championship time trial test event
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