Victorious Gosselin hits top form ahead of Games

JOSH GOSSELIN has claimed his maiden UK win to give his confidence a major boost ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

He was one of four Guernsey cyclists who headed to Surrey to compete in two events over a weekend, being joined by Island Games hopefuls Leon Ogier and Philip Touzeau along with junior Alex Wilson.

The Saturday's 26-mile time trial was on a testing 13-mile loop in Staplefield.

The undulating course favoured those with knowledge of it. That combined with wet conditions proved a tough challenge for the Sarnians.

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