UK National track championships - NEManchester, August 5-11, 2001The Schedule
Days 1 & 2 - August 5-6The highlights of the first weekend's competition at the National Track championships included a career best of 1m 3.320s for Craig MacLean in winning the Kilo - a time which a couple of years ago would have been a national record. Only the absent Jason Queally and Chris Hoy have ridden quicker amongst British riders. Julie Forrester retained her 500m Time Trial title, ahead of two young pretenders, Victoria Pendleton and Denise Hampson, who then went on to fight out the Women's Open Sprint title. Denise took it, and she and Victoria represent a welcome new generation of female sprinters. In the eagerly awaited Men's 4000m Pursuit, Paul Manning came out on top of a battle between last year's Olympic endurance medallists, setting the fastest time in qualifying and catching Rob Hayles in the final. Chris Newton was third. Finally, in the Junior Men's events, there were two medals for Keiran Page: gold in the 3000m Pursuit and bronze in the Kilo, behind sprinters Ross Edgar and Matt Haynes. Results1000m TT 1 Craig MacLean (City of Edinburgh RC) 1.03.320 35.53mph 2 Andrew Slater (VC St Raphael) 1.04.891 34.67 3 Jonathan Norfolk (Yasumitsu-Schlapp) 1.06.531 33.82 4 Robin Thompson (CCA Dataphonics RT) 1.07.426 33.37 5 James Taylor (City of Edinburgh RC) 1.07.686 33.24 Women's 500m Time Trial 1 Julie Forrester (VC St Raphael) 36.001 31.25mph 2 Victoria Pendleton (Cycleforce 2000) 36.996 30.41 3 Denise Hampson (GS Strada) 37.158 30.28 4 Emily Forde (Team Caledonia) 39.116 28.76 5 Claire Gross (City of Edinburgh RC) 39.460 28.51 Men's Individual Pursuit 1 Paul Manning (VC St Raphael) 3.01.655 2 Rob Hayles (Cofidis) 3 Chris Newton (Pinarello RT) 4.28.920 4 Bryan Steel (Team Chilwell) 4.30.116 5 Steve Cummings (Team McEll) 4.35.707 6 Michael Hutchinson (BCF PM) 4.37.948 7 Tim Buckle (Team McEll) 4.38.036 8 Micheal Pooley (Musselburgh RCC) 4.40.117 9 Phil West (Team McEll) 4.41.121 10 Ross Muir (City of Edinburgh RC) 4.41.176 Women's Open Sprint 1 Denise Hampson (GS Strada) 12.474, 13.053 2 Victoria Pendleton (Cycleforce 2000) 3 E Forde (Team Caledonia) 13.162, 13.253 4 C Gross (City of Edinburgh RC) Junior Men's 3000m Pursuit 1 Kieran Page (Wightlink RT) 3.26.695 2 Russell Anderson (Team Velo-Ecosse) 3.32.073 3 Adam Duggleby (Team Velo-Ecosse) 3.34.789 4 Mark Cavendish (Manx RC) 3.39.431 Junior Men 1000m TT 1 Ross Edgar (CCA Dataphonics RT) 1.05.657 34.27mph 2 Matthew Haynes (City of Edinburgh RC) 1.07.384 33.39 3 Kieran Page (Wrightlink RT) 1.07.545 33.31 4 Mark Cavendish (Manx RC) 1.09.428 32.41 5 Adam Duggleby (Team Velo-Ecosse) 1.09.448 32.40 Day 3 - August 7Craig MacLean picked up his second national title of the championships with victory in the final of the Open Sprint. After beating Ross Edgar 2 - 0 in the semi finals, MacLean went on to dispatch Andy Slater by the same score in the final. In the ride off for third place, Alwyn McMath beat Ross Edgar, 2 - 1. In the age category Sprints, there were wins for Peter Smith, Geoff Cooke and Ian Hallam, whilst Simon Cope picked up the Masters B Points Race and Katherine Hall the Under 16 Girls' Points Race. Today's highlights include the Open Scratch Race and women's 30km Points Race. ResultsMen's Open Sprint 1 C MacLean (City of Edinburgh RC) 11.133, 10.924 2 A Slater (VC St Raphael) 3 A McMath (Atom Elite RT) 11.332, 11.275 4 R Edgar (CCA Dataphonics RT) 11.140 Women Under 16 15km Points Race 1 Katherine Hill (Cycleways) 22pts 2 Rachel Ball (CC Cardiff) 21 3 Nicki Lloyd (Mossley CRT) 17 Masters 60+ Sprint 1 Peter Smith (Teeside Clarion) 12.934 2 Roland Crayford (San Fairy Ann CC) 3 Brian Dacey (De Laune CC) Masters 55-59 Sprint 1 Geoff Cooke (Raleigh Factory Racing) 12.573 2 Trevor Maddern (Ciclos Uno) 3 Peter Jenn (De Laune CC) Masters 50-54 Sprint 1 Ian Hallam (GS Strada ) 12.823 2 Steve Davies (Ferryhill Whlrs) 3 Dick Cubison (Rutland CC) Masters 35-39 30km Points Race 1 Simon Cope (Team Clean) 41pts One lap behind: 2 David James (Ipswich BC) 25 3 Chris Pyatt (Cycle Centre RT) 25 Day 4 - August 8A dead heat is a rarity in any sport, especially cycling. However, yesterday's 20km Scratch Race produced exactly that, with the photo finish unable to separate Tony Gibb and James Taylor on the line after 80 laps of racing. In the Women's 30km Points Race Angela Hunter took a well-deserved victory, from silver-medal specialist Victoria Pendleton (she also took silver in the 500m TT and sprint). Angela's long hours mixing it with the mainly male riders at the Velodrome's extremely quick 2-hour SQT sessions through the winter certainly paid off. Another regular at the SQTs is Gethin Butler, who is also having an excellent season, though in an entirely different form of the sport. It just shows what a bit of track work can do for you! Elsewhere there was a relatively easy win for the talented Ross Edgar in the junior sprint and yet another title for Ian Hallam in the Masters E Pursuit. ResultsOpen 20km Scratch Race 1 Tony Gibb (Team Quest) 23.42.920 1 James Taylor (City of Edinburgh RC) 3 James Notley (VC St Raphael) 4 Rob Wood (Paul Moy-Travelwise) 5 Mark Kelly (CCA Dataphonics RT) Women's 30km Points Race 1 Angela Hunter (GS Strada) 25pts 2 Victoria Pendleton (Cycleforce 2000) 21 3 Charlotte Hopkinson (Deeside Olympic) 18 4 Melanie Sears (Team Alsager) 17 5 Wendy Everson (Unattached) 15 Junior Sprint 1 Ross Edgar (CCA Dataphonics RT) 13.325, 11.289 2 Matthew Haynes (City of Edinburgh RC) 3 Thomas White (VC de Londres) 12.165, 13.072 3 Stephen Robertson (Glasgow Couriers) 13.324 Under 16 Points Race 1 Jason Cattermole (VC de Londres) 15pts 2 Geraint Thomas (CC Cardiff) 13 3 Bruce Edgar (West Suffolk Whlrs) 11 4 Arron Briggs (Mossley CRT) 10 5 Tom Smith (CC Cardiff) 10 Masters 40-44 Sprint 1 Steve Paulding (VC St Raphael) 12.283 2 Steve Pulford (Universal CC) 3 Ivor Reid (City of Edinburgh RC) Masters 45-49 Sprint 1 D Le Grys (CCA Dataphonics RT) 11.947 2 A Laing (Musselburgh RCC) 3 M Zaschke (Mid Anglia CC) Masters 50-54 2000m Pursuit 1 Ian Hallam (GS Strada) 2.22.428 2 Steve Davies (Ferryhill Whlrs) 2.28.322 3 Bob Rouse (CCA Dataphonics RT) 2.32.605 4 Graham Truelove (Lichfield City CC) 2.34.037 Masters 55-59 2000m Pursuit 1 Alan Pettit (Stonefield Cyles RT) 2.29.842 2 Sean Bannister (Unattached) 2.33.641 3 Max Pendleton (Mildenhall CC) 2.36.585 Masters 60-64 2000m Pursuit 1 Roland Crayford (San Fairy Ann CC) 2.38.013 2 Victor Possee (Ayr Roads) 2.41.398 3 Brian Dacey (De Laune CC) 2.45.048 4 Clive Walmsley (Birkenhead NECC) 2.50.258 Masters 65+ 2000m Pursuit 1 Ray Groves (CC Lancashire) 2.56.680 2 Laurie Rissbrook (Unattached) 3.07.675 3 George Beretta (Kenton RC) 3.18.026 Day 5 - August 9Jason Queally made his debut in City of Edinburgh colours to help the team to the Olympic Sprint title. In the Masters A, Michael Pooley (Musselburgh RCC) set an age category world record of 3m 25.674s in the qualifying round of the 3000m Pursuit. He went on to take the title from Bryan Taylor (Bournemouth Arrow) in the final. David James (Ipswich BC) took the Masters B title over the same distance. Perhaps the story of the championships so far has been to rise and rise of the Yasumitsu-Schlapp team. A Manchester-based club that specialises in Track racing and sprinting in particular, Yasumitsu-Schlapp formed only one year ago and yet have featured in the majority of adult races this week. In the Olympic Sprint, they fielded no less than four teams, each racing under a variation on the club's unique name: Yasumitsu-Schlapp-Chappes, Yasumitsu-Schlapp-Dashe, Yasumitsu-Schlapp-Ladies and Yasumitsu-Schlapp-Trappe. If you were wondering where that name came from, apparently Yasumitsu is a renowned Japanese sprinter, now a regular at the World Masters Championships, who has the habit of slapping himself vigorously before every race, presumably to psyche himself up. His activities impressed club founder (and resident Velodrome coach) Andrea Ingram and, via a little inspired brain-storming, the club's name evolved. Add to that one of the smartest and most distinctive club kits around and you've got a pretty attractive package for track riders. Membership is flourishing and, to show that they are more than just an interesting name, the club have come away with several medals, including a bronze for Jon Norfolk in the Open Kilo (Jon also picked up a bronze at the National Omnium championships a couple of weeks ago). They narrowly missed out on another yesterday in the Olympic Sprint, where their impressively well drilled team of Joby Ingram-Dodd, Jonathan Norfolk and David Robson finished fourth. Watch out for the Schlappers - their rather obvious nick-name- at track events, including next month's World Masters in Manchester, and underestimate them at your peril. ResultsOlympic Sprint 1 City of Edinburgh A Team 46.546 (Chris Hoy/James Taylor/Jason Queally) 2 VC St Raphael 47.504 (David Heald/Anton Quist/Barney Storey) 3 Dataphonics RT 48.196 (Ross Edgar/David LeGrys/Robin Thompson) 4 Yasumitsu-Schlapp-Dashe 49.161 (Joby Ingram-Dodd/Jonathan Norfolk/David Robson) Masters 30-34 3000m Pursuit 1 Micheal Pooley (Musselburgh RCC) 3.28.068 2 Bryan Taylor (Bournemouth Arrow) 3.36.275 3 Scott McWilliam (Glasgow Couriers) 3.07.157 4 Guy Cook (Chesterfield Coureurs) (caught) Masters 35-39 3000m Pursuit 1 David James (Ipswich BC) 3.44.421 2 Alastair Taylor (Musselburgh RCC) 3.44.583 3 Simon Layfield (Team Welwyn) 3.53.339 4 David Jones (Yasumitsu-Schlapp) 4.01.110 Day 6 - August 10The 'Schlappers' were at it again! No sooner had we warned you not to underestimate the Manchester-based sprinters' club Yasumitsu-Schlapp at your peril, than their riders were once again at it, winning medals. First Ian George took the Masters A and B Sprint final with a rapid ride from the front. Then, man of the moment, Jon Norfolk emerged from the middle of a tangled eight-man pack to win the Keirin, his first National title and his fourth track medal in as many weeks, following bronzes in the 800m Grass Track, Omnium and Kilo. Thursday evening was action-packed from start to finish. Highlights included a gripping Junior Points Race, dominated by Adam Duggleby and Mark Cavendish, but ultimately won by Thomas White. Cavendish and Duggleby exchanged blows throughout and one or the other seemed certain to collect the title. However, White was also quietly and efficiently accumulating points and keeping in touch. Coming into the final lap he made his move, looking to pick up the double points available. Simultaneously Duggleby touched and brought down another rider, pulling a foot out in the process, whilst Cavendish found himself unable to make one final push. White duly crossed the line first and collected one of the smartest wins you will ever see. The final result, with just two points separating first and third reflects an exciting and competitive race. Equally exciting was the open Points Race. Tony Gibb and Junior Kieran Page tore the field apart with their aggressive riding. Gibb just took the win by two points, but Page came within an ace of lapping the main bunch, a move which saw him away for two sprints and which threatened to put him in the driving seat. Earlier, Angela Hunter collected her second title of the week in the women's Scratch Race, ahead of Rachel Heal and Victoria Pendleton, who collected her fourth medal of the week. ResultsOpen Keirin 1 Jonathan Norfolk (Yasumitsu-Schlapp) 2 Barney Storey (VC St Raphael) 3 Alwyn McMath (Atom Elite RT) 4 Richard Kennedy (Chesterfield Coureurs) 5 Joby Ingram-Dodd (Yasumitsu-Schlapp) Open Points Race 1 Tony Gibb (Team Quest) 35pts 2 Kieran Page (Wightlink RT) 33 3 Ross Muir (City of Edinburgh RC) 14 4 Ben Hallam (CCA Dataphonics RT) 12 5 Tim Buckle (Team McEll) 10 Women's Scratch Race 1 A Hunter (GS Strada) 2 R Heal (Team Alsager) 3 V Pendleton (Cycleforce 2000) 4 A Forrester (CCA Dataphonics RT) 5 K Byrne (Team Stonefield) Junior Points Race 1 Thomas White (VC de Londres) 30pts 2 Mark Cavendish (Manx RC) 29 3 Adam Duggleby (Team Velo-Ecosse) 28 4 Tom House (VC de Londres) 15 5 James Boon (Team Quest) 15 Under 16 Boys Sprint 1 Neil Cooper (Reading CC) 13.022 12.551 2 Geraint Thomas (CC Cardiff) 3 Jason Cattermole (VC de Londres) 12.521 12.835 4 Arron Briggs (Mossley CRT) 2-0 (times: ) Under 16 Girls 2000m Pursuit 1 Katherine Hill (Cycleways) 2.43.711 2 Rachel Ball (CC Cardiff) 2.46.559 3 Nicki Lloyd (Mossley CRT) 2.51.059 4 Abby Jackson (Farnborough & Camberley CC) 2.55.677 Masters 30-39 Sprint 1 Ian George (Yasumitsu-Schlapp) 2 Marco Librizzi (City of Edinburgh) 3 David Robson (Yasumitsu-Schlapp) Masters 40-44 Points Race 1 Keith Jones (Deeside Olympic) 21pts 2 Chris Tomlinson (Rossendale CC) 18 3 Stuart Whitell (Stockton Whlrs) 16 4 Nick Giles (Warrington RC) 11 5 Dave Park (Brough Wheelers) 9 Masters 45-49 Points Race 1 Roy Crombie (Rockingham Forest Whlrs) 23pts 2 Mike Kelly (Manx RC) 17 3 Mark Zaschke (Mid Anglia CC) 12 4 Andy Laing (Musselburgh RCC) 12 5 Phillip Galloway (CC Luton) 12 Day 7 - August 11Gibb gets triple goldBy Gerry McManus
Tony Gibb (Team Quest The Bike Shop) took three gold medals in the British National Cycling Track Championships in Manchester last week. In the final event of the week-long championships, 25 year-old Tony partnered James Taylor from the City of Edinburgh RC, to a win in the 50km Madison competition on Saturday night. They covered the final event in an amazing time of 58 minutes and 32 seconds recording the second fastest time in the championships’ history at 31.8 m.p.h. "I’m delighted", said Tony, "Rod (Ellingworth) and I put the hammer down after the second sprint and we lapped the field. I’ve also just been told that no-one has ever taken these three medals together before." Tony’s other wins were in the 20km Scratch race on the Tuesday and the 50 km Points race on Thursday, completing the hat trick of gold championship medals. Tuesday’s scratch race did have a heart stopping moment however, when the race went to a photo-finish between Gibb and his adversary on this occasion, James Taylor. The judges finally decided that they couldn’t split the two riders and awarded two gold medals for the first time ever. Tony is currently part of the British Cycling Federation’s International squad and is a likely team prospect for both next years Commonwealth Games and the Olympics in Athens 2004. He has now represented Great Britain on the track in Holland, Belgium, South Africa, France and has recently returned from the Italy, where he help secure a silver medal for the British pursuit team in the stage of the Track World Cup series. BCF reportThe National Track Championships wound up on Saturday night with Tony Gibb and James Taylor winning the Madison. Earlier Emma Davies won her first Women's Pursuit title, when defending champion Yvonne McGregor withdrew from the final with injury. McGregor had been going for an eighth successive title. In the ride-off for third place, Sara Symington produced the fastest ride of the championships - 3m 39.876s - to show that she is making rapid progress in her first year of Track racing. Indeed, this was her first series of Pursuit races and she was delighted with her time and promised that there was still more speed to come. In the Team Pursuit, Team McEll had too much strength in depth for their opponents, VC St Raphael, despite the efforts of Individual Pursuit winner, Paul Manning. Team Pursuit 1 Team McEll 4.14.706 (Tim Buckle, Steve Cummings, Rod Ellingworth, Phil West) 2 VC St Raphael 4.22.422 (Benedict Elliott , Paul Manning, James Notley, Andrew Russell) 3 City of Edinburgh RC 4.24.292 (Richard Chapman, David Lowe, James McCallum, Ross Muir ) 4 Dataphonics RT A 4.25.375 (Rhys Gruffydd, Ben Hallam, Mark Kelly, Craig Sellen) Madison 1 Tony Gibb (Team Quest)/James Taylor(City of Edinburgh RC) 41 pts 2 Rod Ellingworth/Phil West (Team McEll) 29 One lap behind: 3 James Notley (VC St Raphael)/Rob Wood (Paul Moy-Travelwise) 28 Women's Individual Pursuit 1 Emma Davies (Team Alsager) 2 Yvonne McGregor (Team Alsager) Ride Over 3 Sara Symington (Team Alsager) 3.39.876 4 Francis Newstead (AC Slumberland) 3.49.954 Under 16 Boys 2000m Pursuit 1 Geraint Thomas (CC Cardiff) 2.23.950 2 Bruce Edgar (West Suffolk Whlrs) 2.30.606 3 Jonathon Fletcher (VC Cumbria) 2.33.632 4 Arron Briggs (Mossley CRT) 2.34.301 Junior Scratch Race 1 Matthew Haynes (City of Edinburgh RC) 2 Duncan Hallam (CCA Dataphonics RT) 3 Mark Cavendish (Manx RC) 4 James Boon (Team Quest) 5 Thomas White (VC de Londres) Under 16 Girls Sprint 1 Katherine Hill (Cycleways) 13.542 13.86 2 Rachel Ball (CC Cardiff) 3 Nicki Lloyd (Mossley CRT) 15.068 15.031 4 Kathryn McClelland (VC de Londres) British Paralympic Association Omniums Category: CP 1 Rik Waddon (Chester RC) 3 2 Thomas Evans (Rockingham Forest Whlrs) 6 3 Leslie Sangster (Bishop Auckland CC) 10 4 Zoe Marusiak (Unattached) 11 Category: LC1 1 Mark Bristow (Mid Anglia CC) 3 2 Nigel Capewell (Brereton Whlts) 6 3 Russ White (Ogmore Valley Whlrs) 9 Category: LC2 1 Carl Streeter (San Fairy Ann CC) 5 2 Ian Cooper (Bicester Millenium CC) 6 3 Keith Moore (Mid Anglia CC) 7 Masters 40-44 Scratch 1 Steve Pulford (Universal CC) 2 Ivor Reid (City of Edinburgh RC) 3 Steve White (VC de Londre)s Masters 45-49 Scratch 1 Steve Pulford (Universal CC) 2 Ivor Reid (City of Edinburgh RC) 3 Steve White (VC de Londres) Masters 50-54 Scratch 1 Ian Hallam (GS Strada) 2 Steve Davies (Ferryhill Whlrs) 3 Bob Rouse CCA (Dataphonics RT) Masters 50-59 Points 1 Ian Hallam (GS Strada) 35 pts One lap behind: 2 Steve Davies (Ferryhill Whlrs) 16 3 Sean Bannister (Unattached) 12 4 Dick Cubison (Rutland CC) 5 Masters 55-59 Scratch 1 Geoff Cooke (Raleigh Factory Racing) 2 Sean Bannister (Unattached) 3 Colin Berry (Chequers RC) Masters G 60-64 Scratch 1 Peter Smith (Teeside Clarion) 2 Roland Crayford (San Fairy Ann CC) 3 Clive Walmsley (Birkenhead NE CC) Masters 60+ Points 1 Brian Dacey (De Laune CC) 9 pts 2 Victor Possee (Ayr Roads) 7 One lap behind: 3 Clive Walmsley (Birkenhead NE CC) 15 Reports and results courtesy British Cycling (née The BCF) |
