Bermuda Grand Prix when he recorded the fastest time in yesterday's 9.1 mile time trial in St. David's.

Bouchard-Hall, who won Thursday's race in Hamilton, led his Shaklee team into the overall lead going into this weekend's final two events -- the road race this morning (9.00) at the same venue and tomorrow's criterium in Hamilton.

Only two of the 117 riders in various categories completed the course in under 20 minutes and Bouchard-Hall, a 26-year-old from California, was the fastest of them all, clocking 19:32 to beat team-mate Scott Mercer by 30 seconds.

Shaklee had a one-two-three finish with Julian Dean third in 20:10, one second ahead of Eric Saunders of Snow Valley and England's Dominic Sweeney.

"Our team should be in the lead overall and that means if the guys finish in one big group that's good for us,'' said Bouchard-Hall. "We'll be trying to keep things in control and not let anyone gain any time on us.'' Bouchard-Hall said he found the course challenging. "The course had a bit of everything, wind, hills, corners and long flat stretches so it really tested every aspect of your time trialling ability.'' Mercer was the first rider to come in under 20 minutes, a time Bouchard-Hall later beat. "It was not a simple out and back course, you had to deal with a lot of corners,'' said Mercer. "It was windy with a lot of crosswinds and all in all it was a very difficult course.'' McInnis Looby was the fastest of the local riders, completing the course in 22:32 while Jason Krupp had a time of 23:01, Steve Sterritt 23:02 and Tim Palmer 23:05, all in the elite men category.

Kris Hedges, the only Junior I competitor, had an impressive time of 23:28.

"I'm quite pleased, considering the training I have been doing for the triathlon which is about half that distance,'' said the 17-year-old who borrowed Greg Hopkins' Zipp bike.

Visitor Mickey Caldwell has spent his vacation this week on the water and on the road, competing in the J-24 class in the International Race Week and then in yesterday's time trial. "Sailing was over today and the bike racing started today,'' said the Oakland resident who was fourth in the Masters in 22:48. Jeff Payne was second in 22:09, six seconds behind winner Daniel Casazza.