Results and Reports for May 20-21Great BritainNote : these pages are often updated, please hit "refresh" or "reload" on your browser for the latest version East Riding of Yorkshire Classic East Riding of Yorkshire Classic, Premier Calendar #10Beverley (nr Hull), UK, May 20-21, 2000 Summary: By dominating the first day, and then making sure to mark the riders closest to him on the overall, after day two, Jon Clay came out on top of the overall to score maximum points to take him to the top of the Premier Calendar table. This was also Jon's third Premier Calendar win this year. Day 1With Chris Newton away riding in Holland for the Great Britian team, Jon Clay took up the challenge to lead the Premier Calendar with a dominant ride by winning both stages and taking a 14 second lead over Rod Ellingworth into tomorrow's road stage. Results Stage 1: 3.3 Mile Time Trial 1. Jon Clay (GBr) SLBM 6.53.1 2. Chris Walker (GBr) ON the Edge 0.00.7 3. Rod Ellingworth (GBr) Team McEll 0.00.8 4. Julian Ramsbottom (GBr) Peter Read 0.05 5. Paul Watson (GBr) Knaresbourough RT 0.07 6. Kevin Dawson (GBr) Peter Read 0.08 Stage 2: 71.4 miles 1. Jon Clay (GBr) SLBM 2.51.30 2. Rod Ellingworth (GBr) Team McEll 3. Kevin Dawson (GBr) Peter Read 4. Martin Ford 5. Mathew Larner (GBr) Litchfield 6. Antony Malarczyk (GBr) Real Cost Car Imports 3.30 7. William Mitchinson 8. Ian Hallawell (GBr) Middridge RT 9. Chris Burrows 10. Julian Grommet (GBr) Terry Wright Cycles Day 2On the menu for todays stage was a tough 91 race through the Yorkshire Wolds and although it was raining as the riders took the line, the weather did clear up later on. The stage was dominated by Julian Ramsbottom (Peter Read Racing) who was no threat to Jon Clay's overall lead and in all, spent more than 80 of the 91 miles in the lead, around 60 of those with Steve Stoneman (GBr) Real Cost Cars. With around 20 miles to go however, Steve Stoneman dropped back and was replaced by Danny Axford (GBr) Real Cost Cars but on line, Julian Ramsbottom (GBr) Peter Read Racing still had enough in his legs to hold off Axford. Results and report courtesy of www.echelon-velo.co.uk Results Stage 3: 91.4 miles 1. Julian Ramsbottom (GBr) Peter Read Racing 3.47.00 2. Danny Axford (GBr) Real Cost Cars Imports 3. Antony Malarczyk (GBr) Real Cost Cars Imports 0.21 4. William Mitchinson 5. Paul Watson (GBr) Litchfield 6. Steve Higgins (GBr) Robert Grinsell Travel 7. Ian Holmes (GBr) VC York 8. Andrew Corbett (GBr) JS Wilson Cycles 9. Dave Coulson (GBr) Universty 10. Julian Grommet (GBr) Terry Wright Cycles Final Overall: 1. Jon Clay (GBr) SLBM 6.45.47 2. Rod Ellingworth (GBr) Team McEll 3. Kevin Dawson (GBr) Peter Read Racing 0.23 4. Martin Ford (GBr) Arctic 2000 0.51 5. Mathew Larner (GBr) Litchfield 1.13 6. Antony Malarczyk (GBr) Real Cost Cars Imports 4.08 7. William Mitchinson 4.18 8. Ian Hellawell 4.33 9. Danny Axford (GBr) Real Cost Cars Imports 5.32 10. Paul Watson 5.53 11. Julian Gromett 6.15 12. Sam Gardner 6.27 13. Andy Hintchcliff 6.29 14. Julian Ramsbottom 7.40 15. Mathew Sewel 7.42 16. Dave Coulson 9.03 17. Jim Henderson 9.14 18. Steve Higgins 9.20 19. Brendan Currey 9.20 20. Glen Turnburll 9.22 King of the Hills 1. Julian Ramsbotton (GBr) Peter Read Racing 2. Steve Stoneman (GBr) Real Cost Cars 3. Kevin Dawson (GBr) Peter Read Racing Sprints Competition 1. Julian Ramsbottom (GBr) Peter Read Racing 2. Jon Clay (GBr) SLBM 3. Rod Ellingworth (GBr) Team McEll Under 23 1. Paul Watson 1st Non-Elite Rider 1. Rod Ellingworth Team Award 1. Real Cost Cars Premier Calendar Overall after 10 rounds: 1 Jon Clay (GBr) Slbm 212 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Middridge CRT 204 3 John Tanner (GBr) Provision Powerbar 148 4 Julian Winn (GBr) WCU-Private Member 129 5 Mark Lovatt (GBr) Provision Powerbar 124 6 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Linda McCartney-WCU 123 7 Rod Ellingworth (GBr) Team Mcell 119 8 Andy Lyons (GBr) BCF Private Member 94 9 Wayne Randle (GBr) Provision Powerbar 86 9 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Pete Reade Racing 86 11 Martin Ford (GBr) Arctic 2000 70 12 Gordon McCauley (GBr) Equilibrium Oleum RT 69 13 Antony Malarczyk (GBr) www.Real Cost Imports 62 14 Paul Manning (GBr) BCF Private Member 55 15 Steve Stoneman (GBr) www.Real Cost Imports 53 16 Danny Axford (GBr) www.Real Cost Imports 50 17 Mike Jones (GBr) Robert Grinsell Travel 47 18 Russell Downing (GBr) BCF Private Member 40 18 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop/De Federale 40 20 Rob Hayles (GBr) Athletes 1 35 20 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 35 22 Gethin Butler (GBr) Preston Wheelers 33 23 Julian Ramsbottom (GBr) Pete Reade Racing 32 24 Aaron Mccaffrey (GBr) Heffs Bike/Jackson 31 25 Ben Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney RT 30 26 Dave Rand (GBr) Bournemouth Arrow 29 27 Matt Illingworth (GBr) BCF Private Member 25 Premier Calendar Races in Series * 1. 12th March Oleum-Starlight Grand Prix * 2. 19th March Grand Prix of Essex Road Race * 3. 26th March Romford-Harlow Road Race * 4. 1st - 2nd April Europa 2 Day Stage Race * 5. 9th April Archer International Grand Prix RR * 6. 16th April Lancaster Mercedes Grand Prix RR * 7. 22nd - 24th April Girvan Stage Race * 8. 7th May Lincoln International Grand Prix RR * 9. 14th May Chairman's Silver Spoon Road Race * 10. 20th-21st May East Riding of Yorkshire Classic Next: 11. 27th - 28th May Tour of the Kingdom Stage Race 12. 10th - 11th June Robert Hobbs Memorial Stage Race 13. 23rd June Manx International Road Race 14. 9th July Five Valleys Road Race 15. 30th July International Tour of the Cotswolds RR 16. 6th August Havant International Grand Prix 17. 13th August Glasgow - Dunoon Hayward Tyler Classic 18. 10th September International Tour of the Peak RR 19. 17th September Gun Hill Premier Race * RACES COMPLETED Arctic 2000 Tour D’EspoirsAnkerdine, Worcestershire, May 21, 2000 Griffiths tops Tour D’Espoirs Capping an excellent weekend for the Linda McCartney Foods team, following David Mackenzie’s Giro stage 7 win and Max Sciandri's second place on stage 8, James Griffiths took the second round of the National Under-23 Road Race Series, the Arctic 2000 Tour D’Espoirs in Worcestershire. A field of 70 riders rode out of Ankerdine village to tackle 4 laps of 20 miles each. The climb of Ankerdine Hill was the hardest of several tough climbs on a testing course which pushed the country’s best young riders to the limit. The race had only travelled 7 miles when a rider clipped an innocuously parked car and brought down approximately 20 of the bunch. One rider retired with a suspected broken collarbone and World Class Potential rider James Shaw, who was also involved, rode the rest of the race with a broken finger. Team Alsager/Addidas manager, John Herety, who witnessed the crash from the race convoy said: "It was just one of those things. The organisation of the race was excellent and the police presence was good throughout. Accidents happen - no one was really to blame." Among those involved in the crash was round one winner Steve Cummings and, although he was able to re-join the main field, the effort needed to do so prevented him from making any further impression on the race. At the end of the first lap, a five-man break went away, comprising of Tom Southam, Lee Finch (son of the race organiser), Mark Perry, Tim Morley and James Griffiths. By the end of lap two (half distance), they had opened up a gap of 2 minutes over the rest of the field. Even further back was one of the pre-race favourites, Robin Sharman, who having snapped his chain, had to collect a bike from neutral service. Left at the roadside, adjusting the seat height of a bike clearly too big for him, Sharman rode brilliantly to get back into the race. With the break clearly not coming back, Jamie Alberts, Dan Bridges (both Alsager-Addidas) and Dan Lloyd went off the front of the main bunch and set about bridging the gap. Behind them Robin Sharman followed, having caught and passed the main bunch. All four made the front group which briefly swelled to nine riders, but a series of attacks by Jamie Alberts and counters by Griffiths soon fragmented it. As the pace picked up during the run-in, Bridges, Morley and Perry all lost contact followed, in the last couple of miles, by Lee Finch. Coming into the finish Griffiths and Alberts moved clear and it was Griffiths who proved himself strongest on the day, outsprinting Alberts to take a convincing victory. In the sprint for third, Tom Southam was caught on the line by Robin Sharman. James Griffiths’ victory capped a wonderful couple of days for McCartney team manager Chris Lillywhite. First he enjoyed David Mackenzie’s Giro heroics from the team car, then flew home and watched his beloved Chelsea take the FA Cup before finally returning to his managerial duties and guiding Griffiths to an excellent win. Not a bad couple of days in and out of the office! The race was also notable for the presence of several of the country’s leading mountain bikers, with the World Class Performance Plan’s Team Y2K, Raleigh’s Dan Lloyd and Mark Perry all part of the fat-tyre brigade. There were also a couple of outstanding performances from Junior riders, with the Isle of Wight’s Keiran Page finishing 12th and Y2K’s Liam Killeen 19th. At the finish, WCPP National Road Team Manager John Herety spoke about the race and the performance of his team (Alsager-Addidas) who could not repeat their total domination of the first round of the series: "First I’d like to congratulate James Griffiths on his victory. He was the strongest rider on the day and deserved it. Our lads rode well, but we’ve just finished a hard week of training and basically they came to this race less well prepared than the last one. During the race, we made just one real mistake: we should have had more than one rider in the break when it went. Jamie Alberts is going very well, but bridging a gap of over two minutes took it out of him and Dan Lloyd. I was also pleased with Tom Southam’s work at the front." The 3rd round of the series, the Colour-Tech Road Race, is next Sunday (28th May) – Race HQ is in Edenbridge, Kent. Start 10am. Report by Phil Ingham (BCF) Results (provisional) 1. James Griffiths (GBr) Linda McCartney/WCU 2. Jamie Alberts (GBr) Team Alsager/Adidas 3. Robin Sharman (GBr) Alysys Bradgate 0.10 4. Tom Southam (GBr) Team Alsager/Adidas 5. Daniel Loyd (GBr) Raleigh Factory 6. Lee Finch (GBr) Arctic 2000 0.20 7. Mark Perry (GBr) Western Division 0.50 8. Tim morley (GBr) Team Y2K) 9. Dan Bridges (GBr) Team Alsager/Adidas 2.50 10. Phil Nixon (GBr) Series Standings after 2 rounds (provisional) 1. Jamie Alberts (GBr) Team Alsager/Adidas 36 points 2. Robin Sharman (GBr) Alysys Bradgate 32 3. James Griffiths (GBr) Linda McCartney/WCU 30 4. Tom Southam (GBr) Team Alsager/Adidas 29 5= Lee Finch (GBr) Arctic 2000) 21 5= Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Raleigh Factory 21 7. Steven Cummings (GBr) Team Alsager/Adidas 20 WCRA Women's Team Race Series Race TwoChelverton, Nottinghamshire, May 21, 2000 Rachel Heal (Western Division), gaining in confidence with every race she rides, won a tight sprint ahead of her two breakaway companions to win the second of the Team Race Series. Leaving the sprint until 150 metres into a headwind on a dead straight, mile long finish, she came past Sara Dean (West Thames Division) who led out the sprint, with Charlotte Goldsmith (Cottingham Coureurs) on her wheel but was never headed. With dark clouds threatening a thunderstorm, the riders faced 50 miles over 7 laps of a circuit that was generally rolling with no major hills. There were a few flurries of the front of the bunch, Angela Hunter (Impsport ) being the first to attack but this was gathered in smartly. Sarah Gill (Cottingham Coureurs) was the first casualty, touching wheels and crashing, getting up and chasing for half a mile she realised that the gear mech was totally smashed and had to retire. For the first three laps the race stayed together until mid way through the next lap when the leading three got away. Initially the gap was small but with good team work behind the gap gradually increased beyond a minute; those teams that missed the break were active at the front with the chasing being left to Impsport team and East Midlands Division. Cherie Pridham (East Midlands) was working hard , leading the chase for many miles despite the plaster on her wrist, a legacy of yet another hit and run 2 months ago. With no team members in the break Impsport riders Joanne Cavill, Ruth Gamwell and Jackie White also joined in the work, swinging through with great aplomb; Lucy Jude (Cottingham Coureurs) was attempting to disrupt the chase with a team member in the leading trio. Despite all the chasing, the leading trio, all working well together and taking equal turns, steadily gained time on the bunch with the gap up to a maximum of 2 minutes 24 secs with 8 miles to go. There was an attack by Pridham but this was over within a mile as first Michele Thompson (West Thames Division) then Lucy Jude, brought the bunch up to her. Immediately Joanne Cavill Launched an attack but again it was Jude that brought the bunch up to her Cherie Pridham was determined that all in the bunch were sharing the work and was seen to be explaining the finer points to a few reluctant riders. With 5 miles to go, and the break still well established with a 2 minute lead, Cherie Pridham took a flyer from the back of the bunch and got a nice gap; this in turn was countered by Cavill but this time the bunch could not reel them in and the pair gradually drew away. Into the final mile and the leaders were still going steady, thinking of the finish; passing the 200 metre flag and now all the riders were out of the saddle wondering who would go first, leaving it as late as possible into the headwind. Sara Dean was on the front watching the other two but it was Rachel Heal who jumped first followed by Charlotte Goldsmith with Sara 30 yards back and that is the way it stayed across the line. Results - 50 miles 1. Rachel Heal (GBr) Western Division 2.24.10 2. Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) Cottingham Coureurs 3. Sara Dean (GBr) West Thames Division 0.04 4. Joanne Cavill (GBr) Impsport 1.57 5. Cherie Pridham (GBr) East Midlands Division 6. Angela Hunter (GBr) Impsport 2.23 7. Julie Mather (GBr) East Midlands Division 8. Michele Thompson (GBr) West Thames Division 9. Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) Milton Keynes CA 10. Ruth Gamwell (GBr) Impsport 11. Jackie White (GBr) Impsport 12. Helen Carabin (GBr) West Thames Division 3.00 13. Trish Feely (GBr) Cottingham Coureurs 14. Katie Meakin (GBr) Milton Keynes CA 5.00 15. Claire Paginton (GBr) Western Division 16. Lucy Jude (GBr) Cottingham Coureurs 17. Nikki Meeson (GBr) West Thames 18. Sarah Collins (GBr) East Midlands Division 19. Tina Codling (GBr) Cottingham Coureurs 20. Moira Goodway (GBr) West Thames Division 21. Pepe Phillips (GBr) Western Division 22. Karen Stuart Smith (GBr) Western Division Teams: 1. West Thames 195 points 2. Western Division 173 2. Impsport 173 4. Cottingham Coureurs 154 5. East Midlands Division 123 Aylesbury CC Road RacesCublington, Buckinhamshire, May 21, 2000
The course was a tricky one, wet from constant rain in the morning which had left the roads slippery, something which many found beyond them as they crashed out on one of the tight corners, crashes which helped split the field early on as I found out to my cost, spending the rest of the race chasing with paralympian, Ian Cooper. At the front of the race however, it was the long drag into the strong headwind towards Stewkley where the strength work Ben and Heath have been doing has paid dividends, as they simply powered away from the rest along with Cambridge's Paul Holdsworth. Colin Roshier also saw the danger and bridged the gap before it grew to wide. Both Ben and Heath knew the circuit well after I took them and Aarron Philips for a ride around it on Friday and despite having ridden a race the day before at Eastway, where Heath was 2nd and Ben 6th (Grant Philips 7th), the strength in their legs took them well clear of the chasers. On the last lap, both Ben and Heath attacked a number of times along with Colin Roshier but in the end it was down to a sprint between the four of them, and with one of New Zealand's sprint icons from the 70's coaching him, is it any wonder that Heath Blackgrove had little trouble coming off Roshier's wheel to win his first race on UK soil. Results Aylesbury Elite Road Race 106 km 1 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Team Synergy/NZ 2 Colin Roshier (GBr) Team Quest 3 Paul Holdsworth (GBr) Hounslow and District Wheelers 4 Benjamin Powell (NZl) Team Synergy/NZ 5 Charles Zanettacci (GBr) Cheltenham C.C. 6 Paul Crook (GBr) Heffs Bike Shop 7 Richard Edwards (GBr) C.C. Luton 8 Tony Gibb (GBr) Team Quest 9 Roy Chamberlain (GBr) Heffs Bike Shop 10 A. Bailey (GBr) Cheltenham C.C. 11 Simon Lawn (GBr) Heffs Bike Shop 12 M. Haylett (GBr) V.C. Meudon 13 Phil Galloway (GBr) C.C. Luton 14 Andrew Rivett (GBr) V.C. St. Raphael 15 Vince Divine (GBr) C.C. Luton 16 Eamonn Deane (GBr) Bournmouth Jubilee 17 Paul Freeman (GBr) Alpha R.C. 18 Tim Lawn (GBr) Kingston Wheelers 19 Mark Shoebridge (GBr) Hounslow and District Wheelers 20 Leigh Fanner (GBr) Cheltenham C.C. ANNIVERSARY CUP ROAD RACE 3/4/V3/V4/W/J 70km 1 Martin Bunker (GBr) Nene Valley R.T. 2 Anthony Morris (GBr) Woolwich C.C 3 Andrew Cullinane (GBr) Team Sport and Publicity 4 Tim Smith (GBr) Private Member 5 Andrew Waddington (GBr) Private Member 6 Ashley Freeman (GBr) Royal Sutton C.C. 7 Paul Crossley (GBr) Cheltenham C.C. 8 Richard Whitehorn (GBr) Glendene C.C. 9 Michael Salter (GBr) St. Ives C.C. 10 John Beckett (GBr) Rugby Velo 11 Andrew Fleming (GBr) Private Member 12 Selby Dickinson (GBr) Banbury Star |
