National Time Trial Championships 2020

With one exception, 2020’s NationalRoad Time Trial Championship podiums looked almost identical to those oflast year. TT specialist Fadhel Al-Khater (Rasen Adventure Shop)convincingly beating Abdulla Al-Khater (Team Doha Cycling) and Marwan AlJalham (Rasen Adventure Shop) in a time of 33:31 over the 23.8 kmcourse – an average speed of 42.7 kph.

The result was seemingly against the run of form, with Al Jalham being dominant of late; taking the National Road Race titlein December and decisively winning the Rasen 6 hour Mountain BikeMarathon just last week. However, time trialing is a specialism with adifferent mindset, a different way of applying power to the pedals andaerodynamics is all important. Marwan conceded, “Look at his positioncompared with mine and you can see how Fadhel won it