Wild and Matthews grind out century TT success

Riders go long as Wilts-Gloucs host 100-mile Nationals

- Snowdon Sports

Flying student Adam Wild will have to plead with his university lecturers if he wants the chance to add more national titles to his palmarès later this season.

The 23-year-old took his first national honours at the weekend in the National 100-Mile Championship on the Wiltshire- Gloucestershire border.

He was beaten into second in last year’s championship, but set a new personal best of 3:28.50 on his way to victory this time. “I have been doing a lot of long stuff during lockdown and spending four or five hours on my time trial bike, which is not always enjoyable,” said a delighted Wild following his win.

“It wasn’t a particularly quick course but my numbers have been constantly up in training and I’ve been seeing some pretty big gains during lockdown.