Daryl Impey (Orica-Scott) claimed a record sixth title at the South African time trial championships Thursday, passing the record of five that he previously held with David George. The win in Wellington is Impey's fifth consecutive title out of seven attempts, dating back to his first elite championship in 2011.
"No-one has ever had six time trial titles here, so it is quite nice to have that achievement as well," Impey said. "In 2012 I didn’t ride the nationals, so it works out that in the elite nationals I have won this event each time I have raced.
Impey covered the 39.8-km course in a time of 49:14 to finish almost two minutes faster than his closest rival, Willie Smit. Dimension Data's Reinardt Janse van Rensburg was third.
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"It started off well," Impey said. "I think I paced it really well, and from the start I could feel I was having a decent day. I could see I was putting time into Reinardt (J V Rensburg) early on and that was a good confidence booster and I kind of learnt a bit from last year how to pace it."
"It all worked out really well and I felt like I still had something to give so I was pretty chuffed with the effort in the end."
The elite men's South African National Championship road race takes place Sunday.
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