Rachel Heal will carry the main local hopes in the the National Women's Road Race being held on the Bucks-Oxfordshire border tomorrow.

The Oxford-based Heal (WCPP) is expected to feature strongly, following her win the Clieve's Hill road race last weekend.

Other favourites from the national squad include the defending champion Ceris Gilfillian and Sara Symington fresh from the national track championships in Manchester.

Using a course with headquarters at Oakley Village Hall, the riders proceed down the B4011before turning left to Chilton, and then taking in six laps of a tough circuit-based on Chilton, Chearlsey, Ashendon and Dorton for a total distance of 65 miles.

The finish will be on the long climb out of Dorton. The women's race starts at 1.30pm, after the junior men's race has taken place, starting at 9.30am.

*Tony Hermon (Oxford City) won the latest event in the Mid-Oxon Tuesday Time Trial Series by nearly a minute from student, James Hanson in the race from Eynsham.

Results: 1 T Hermon (OCRC) 23.41, 2 J Hanson (Mid-Oxon) 24.40, 3 H Beauchamp (Oxo) 25.22, 4 S Parfitt (Oxo) 25.39, 5 D Hanson (Mid-Oxon) 25.49, 6 J Bradwell (Oxo) 26.1, 7 S Avery (Didcot Ph, trike) 26.47, 8 M Kent (Oxo) 26.50.

OTHER RESULT

Eynsham 10-mile time trial (Oxonian unless stated): 1= N Hobbs & S Shellard 23mins 41secs, 3 T Hermon (OCRC) 23.49, 4= J Baldwin & K Paddon 24.01, 6 G Booker 24.15, 7 B Ellis 24.31, 8 J Hanson (OCRC) 24.42, 9 J Yeatman 25.08, 10 N Pugh 25.12, 11= D Thornton & P. Clapham 25.53, 13 D Hanson (OCRC) 25.59, 14 H Carabin (OCRC) 26.11, 15 P Wellstead 26.28, 16 R Belcher 26.29, 17 M. Kent 26.31,18= J Jenkins (OCRC), H Beauchamp & J Vallis 26.52, 21 M Howard 27.11, 22 C Hearn 27.22, 23 J Clark 27.23, 24 M Bowmer 27.55, 25 R Heath 28.00, 26 R Gardner 28.29, 27 S Hathaway 28.58, 28 I Anson 29.21, 29 C Fisher 30.34, 30 N Lewis 30.57, 31 A. Kelly 30.59,32 L Booker 34.03,33 J Ansell 35.15, 34 S Parfitt DNF.

Tandem: G Summy & H Waller(OCRC) 21.32.