Ian Scholes finally beats his bogey

IAN SCHOLES saved his best for last, winning the final event of the De Putron Winter Duathlon Series and finishing ahead of Alan Rowe for the first time.

The longest race of the season started from Pembroke with a three-mile run, followed by a 20-mile cycle to the Imperial Hotel and back, finishing with another three-mile run.

As usual, Rowe led from the start on the run and had the field well strung out by the time he entered transition, 15 seconds ahead of Dave Crosland and Scholes (pictured).

By this time, however, weather conditions were worsening and Rowe was overtaken on the Vazon Road by Scholes, who showed his strength on the bike by opening a gap of a minute.

Despite this, Scholes still had doubts, as he admitted afterwards.

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