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Alex Dowsett during National TT Championship 2016 (copyright Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpgAlex Dowsett's national TT championship-winning ride on Strava
With everything else that went on at the tail end of last week, you could be forgiven for having missed Alex Dowsett winning the national time trial championship for the fifth time.
The Movistar rider has won five of the past six editions of the event – the only year he missed out, 2014, it was won by Sir Bradley Wiggins who would add the world title to the national one later that year.
The 27-year-old from Essex put in a time of 55 minutes 38 seconds to win in Stockton-on-Tees last Thursday, posting details of the ride to Strava afterwards.
Some of the commenters to his Strava post wished Dowsett the best of luck for the Tour de France, which starts on Saturday, although yesterday his name was missing when Movistar, targeting the overall with Nairo Quintana, announced its team.
Dowsett made his Tour debut last year but was forced to abandon on Stage 12 in the Pyrenees due to the ongoing effects of a deep cut to his right arm sustained earlier in the race.
Last month, Dowsett set a new record for a 25-mile ride under Cycling Time Trial rules, posting his data from that to Strava too.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Don't be sad or angry if Alex doesn't make the TdF this year.
The parcours is not really to his liking or strengths.
Here it is:
https://www.strava.com/activities/618647917
I can't see a link to the Strava record for the ride (unless I'm missing something). This isn't the first time an article has appeared commenting about something on another web site (think it was a recent kickstarter article) which didn't contain a link - could one be added?
Well done Alex - chapeau, and kudos when I find a link to add it too!