Track racer Lee Povey has retained his iron grip on the Sussex Sprint Championship.

Riding in the one-lap final at Brighton's Preston Park, the 29-year-old GS Stella rider, who lives near the track, stormed clear in the back straight and caught the other three finalists napping.

Upper Beeding's Sean McClelland (VC Londres) beat John Limpus (GS Stella) for second place and Rob Luff (Trinity) was fourth.

Povey said: "This is my event. I've won every time I've entered and that was my tenth win since I was 16."

The 13th Goodwood Gallop of the season at the motor circuit produced a win for Hastings rider Martin Markowski (VC Bayeux).

There was an international feel to the 35-mile event with Danish rider Anders Kristiansen in second place and South African James Louter third. Louter, the South African hour record holder, has joined the Uckfield-based In Gear team.

A 30-mile Sunday League race at Goodwood produced a Sussex clean sweep with Dave Clark (Brighton Mitre) winning ahead of Paul Carruthers (Worthing Excelsior) and Darron Perring (VC Etoile).

Sussex 100-mile champion Andy Payne (GS Stella) improved over two minutes on his championship time for a provisional seventh place in the Southern Counties championship.

In heatwave conditions he recorded 4hrs 9mins 18secs, but the day belonged to London rider Keith Coffey (Bec CC) who clocked 3:50.53 to retain his title.

Ian Glenn (Lewes Wanderers) produced a strong uphill sprint to win one of the two senior circuit races at Hove Park. Toby Leyton (Brighton Mitre) was second and Paul Byford (Crawley) third.

Lewes rider Mark Winton was the first local rider in third place in the other senior race won by Bryan Taylor (VC Londres).

John Limpus recorded 54mins 48secs for second place in the Farnborough 25-mile time trial and GS Stella (Limpus, Steve Woodbridge, Phil Wise) won the team prize.

Forest Row's Sean Yates (Team Clean) won the Redmon 10 near Horsham in 19min 54secs. Friston rider James Dear (In Gear) was third in 20.35.

West Sussex cyclist Dave Shepherd, who lives near Petworth and rides for the Rother Valley CC, has regained the National 24-hour championship that he last won in 1999. Competitors in the gruelling event around Cheshire and Shropshire had to ride unpaced and cover as many miles as possible in 24 hours.

Shepherd covered 482 miles, just one mile less than his 1999 winning total. It was a magnificent achievement, especially considering the heatwave conditions. But the weather took titstoll and he collapsed during the prize presentation, later recovering in hospital after receiving treatment for heat exhaustion.

Marina Bloom (Crawley Wheelers) covered 428 miles to finish second in the women's championship.