National Time Trial Championships 2020

With one exception, 2020’s National Road Time Trial Championship podiums looked almost identical to those of last year. TT specialist Fadhel Al-Khater (Rasen Adventure Shop) convincingly beating Abdulla Al-Khater (Team Doha Cycling) and Marwan Al Jalham (Rasen Adventure Shop) in a time of 33:31 over the 23.8 km course – 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 title in December and decisively winning the Rasen 6 hour Mountain Bike Marathon just last week. However, time trialing is a specialism with a different mindset, a different way of applying power to the pedals and aerodynamics is all important. Marwan conceded, “Look at his position compared with mine and you can see how Fadhel won it