CYCLING In-form Ben Lang triumphed for the hosts as Bath Cycling Club held its open 25-mile time trial on the demanding Maiden Bradley-Frome bypass circuit.

Lang had a convincing win in a time of 56mins 11secs ahead of runner-up Dave Kiddell (Cavalier Cycling Club) in 57:17. Lang also won the coveted George Carter trophy for his winning time. VC St Raphael's Andy Stuart took third place with a time of 59:57.

Bath's George Rowntree clocked 1hr 00:42 to snatch fourth place overall.

Past winner Rob Pears was suffering from a head cold and clocked 1:01:02 having managed a 51-minute ride for the same distance the previous week.

Bath's Tom Ryan won the first veteran's prize and the Tony Mitchell Shield with a time of 1:03:24.

Dave Summers decided to make things hard for himself by riding a low fixed gear cycle and finished in 1:10:32.

Club-mates Tony Thorne (1:06:10), Peter Wilson (1:10:15) and Chris Atchison (1:10:53) also completed the course.