HIGH Wycombe Cycling Club's Dave Johnson won the veterans trophy on Sunday morning competing in the Hounslow & District Wheelers Classic 100 mile time trial.

Club champion Johnson finished fifth overall after producing a time of 3hrs, 53min, 8sec. The time was Johnson's fastest over the distance.

Johnson competed against a field of 62 riders, among them, former British Best All-rounder champions Gethin Butler (Preston wheelers), Ian Cammish (Steve Goff Frames) and Oxford-based Nick Gardiner.

Butler took the race honours with a ride of 3hrs, 38 min, 7sec.

Johnson's time averaged nearly 26mph over the 100 miles, which now puts him in a very strong postion for the season-long RTTC British Best All-rounder competition.