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Kona Sleepless in the Saddle 2007

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Sleepless in the Saddle has always been a more down to earth 24-hour event than Mountain Mayhem, and this laid-back appoach is clearly still popular, with 1,400 riders making the journey to Catton Hall.

Now settled into it's new-for-last-year location of Catton Hall, a fast dusty course was a treat in a year that has seen some spectacularly bad weather - mud tyres most certainly weren't needed.

Shred-editor Steve Toze was on-hand to give us his thoughts from the weekend:

"Sleepless this year was an evolution of previous years. Whilst some races in the UK have got bigger this event has the feel of an event that has shrunk back a little. Is this a good thing? Yeah probably, for most people."

"The huge rider numbers were still what we've come to expect from a Pat Adams' event and organisation was no less slick so perhaps really it was just the absence of the usual pro rider faces that made the event feel different."

Forum regular Juan Doran, a fan of 24-hour events, said: "SITS was awesome, possibly the best 24-hour race I've done. Nice course, decent weather, lovely mellow atmosphere and we got 24th out of 141 in Sport Men, so we were happy as a team. And I went pretty well, so I was happy as an individual."

Here's the results of those riders who did take it a little seriously:

Expert men

1. Aircom Norwood Paragon - 39 laps - 24:04:52
2. Felt My Pipe - 30 laps - 24:27:20

Mens Pairs

1 Torq/Kona 'A' - 37 laps -24:19:25
2 Ex Bath Uni - 34 laps -24:06:04
3 Mammoth Lifestyle B - 34 laps -24:35:23

Womens Pairs

1 W. Yorks. Rough Riders - 17 laps -24:27:40

Mixed Team

1 Gateway Cycles Racing Team - 39 laps -24:17:00
2 Stoke MTB Club - 38 laps -24:31:15
3 Salsa Factory Team - 37 laps -24:30:31

Mixed Pairs

1 Norfolk 'N' Chance Pair - 32 laps -24:04:54
2 Torq /Kona 'C' - 32 laps -24:18:59
3 Laurel & Hardy - 29 laps -24:28:32

Solo Men

1 James Lister - 31 laps -24:00:12
2 Shaun Wells - 30 laps -24:00:19
3 Simon Mueller - 30 laps -24:12:54

Solo Women

1 Melanie Alexander - 26 laps -24:03:03
2 Lynne Taylor - 26 laps -24:17:43
3 Lorraine Staley - 22 laps -24:02:18

Sport Men

1 Army Cycling Union A - 38 laps -24:18:16
2 Black Riders of Mordor - 38 laps -24:34:51
3 Royal Air Force 1 - 37 laps -24:10:59

Sport Women

1 Keswickbikes.co.uk - 31 laps -24:45:36
2 Pink Heifers - 29 laps -24:19:52
3 Go Go Go Girls - 29 laps -24:37:01

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Discuss this article, 1 of 8 messages, read more:
TimmyA 
Posted: 18/08/07 05:45:03 03

Great event and this year's course was spot on.

For the first time in four attempts we achieved our target of finishing in the top 50%, so maybe we can quit now!  

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