Marcus Christie has blasted his way to a time of 18:33 in a 10 mile TT this evening (Photo: Toby Watson)

Cyclist Marcus Christie red hot 10 mile TT time

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Following a bronze at the National Championships Irish cyclist Marcus Christie has stormed to a red hot 10 mile TT time this evening.

The Irish international and former An Post-Chainreaction rider took victory in the final round of the Gareth Gallagher Memorial TT League.

On the Greysteel circuit he recorded a time of 18:33 in the North West CC event.

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It is the fastest 10 mile TT recorded on the island of Ireland so far this year. It is Christie’s second fastest 10 mile TT time.

Last year on the Woodgreen course the Performance SBR cyclist clocked 18:16 on two occasions.

This evening Craig McAuley (Caldwell Cycles Omagh) was 2^nd with 19:45. Ronan McLaughlin (Aqua Blue Academy) was 3^rd with a time of 20:01.

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In June Marcus Christie set a time of 48:31 at the Father’s Day 25 Mile TT on the Woodgreen A26 course.

That ride came on the eve of the National Road Championships.

He would take TT bronze there behind double road and TT champion Ryan Mullen (Cannondale-Drapac) and Nicolas Roche (BMC Racing).

In 2014 Marcus Christie raced a full season with An Post Chain Reaction.

He managed a career-best result when he finished sixth on the opening stage and wore the white jersey in the L’Etoile Des Besseges (2.1).

Later in the year he was 13th in the TT at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

A year earlier, 2013, he was part of the two-man Irish team for the World U23 TT Championships. In Florence he finished an excellent 28th out of 74 starters.

In late 2015 he departed the sport to return to rowing. However, within months he was back in the peloton.

In July of last year he smashed his Irish 50 mile TT record at Woodgreen. He clocked 1hr 35mins 32secs.

In doing so he shaved almost five minutes off the 1:40:11 he set three years earlier.

And last August he set the fastest ever 10-mile time-trial on the island of Ireland. He broke a record set by David McCann exactly 10 years ago to the day.

On August 17^th, 2006, McCann clocked 18.21. But Christie, on the Woodgreen course, beat that by five seconds. He stopped the clock at 18.16.