Ronde van Woerden/Tour of Woerden (Ned),Elite with contract:1. Den Bakker (Hoogstraten) 80 km in 1.59.53 2. Boogerd (Den Haag) 3. Zabel (Dui) 4. Cornelisse (Amsterdam) 5. Van Bon (Apeldoorn) 6. Knaven (Meerle) 7. Makaay (Woerden) 0.15 8. Moens (Bel) 9. Pankov (Oek) 10. Hoj (Den) Tour of Lancashire 2nd - 5th May 1997Stage 1 46.8 miles Very fast stage with peloton running at 35mph for most of the race. Little happened, bunch Gallop 1st Chris Walker Team Invader 1h 32m 40 2nd Andrew Tinsley New Brighton CC st 3rd Mark Walsham Controlware st 4th Glen Holmes Adidas-Sci-Con st 5th Matt Beckett Wales st 6th Brian Fleming Cannon Sports st 7th Gary Adamson Manchester Div st 8th Steve Ramsey Planet X st 9th Matt IllingworthHarlow CC st 10th John Cosgrove Lakes and Lancs st Stage 2 70 miles Break of 8-10 escaped early on and built big lead. 7 riders left at finish. Big losers were John Clay puncture no service and Matt Illingworth bent frame took 5 mins to mend 1st Brian Fleming Cannon Sports 2h 29m 22 2nd Phil West Adidas-Sci-Con st 3rd Kevin Dawson Team Castelli st 4th Simon Bray Giant @1sec 5th Matt Stephens Nth Wirral Velo st 6th Dave Cook Nth Wirral Velo st 7th Paul Manning Adidas Sci-Con st 8th Chris Walker Team Invader @3.38 9th Glen Holmes Adidas-Sci Con st 10th Paul Wilkes Giant st Stage 3 Scorton Mountain TT 1st Jonny Clay Manchester Phenx 8m 45.11s 2nd Paul Manning Adidas- Sci Con 8m 50.53s 3rd Wayne Randle Team Castelli 8m 57.01s 4th Simon Bray Giant 9m 21.28s 5th Kevin Dawson Team Castelli 9m 22.55s 6th John Tanner Controlware 9m 23.99s 7th Matt Postle Wales 9m 24.81s 8th Ray Eden Planet X 9m 25.52s 9th Matt Beckett Wales 9m 27.87s 10th Matt IllingworthHarlow CC 9m 28.94s Stage 4 Hindburn Crit (Accrington) 29.8 mile Four riders broke away early on and almost lapped field. 1st Jonny Clay Manchter Pheonix 1h 5m 8s 2nd Matt IllingworthHarlow CC st 3rd John Tanner Controlware st 4th Mark McKay Team Ambrosia st 5th Rob Hayles Team Ambrosia @56s 6th Chris Walker Team Invader st 7th Mark Walsham Controlware st 8th Paul Wilkes Giant st 9th Gary Adamson Manchester Divi st 10th Julian Winn Wales st Stage 5 81.9miles Manchester to Manchester Race conducted in terrible conditions. Route changes because of flooding enacted during race. Race stoped 16 mile early because of weather and danger to riders. 2 riders broke away after 10ish miles and stayed away. Bayfield broke Becket in last hour of race 1st Joe Bayfield Controlware 2h 46m 14s 2nd Matt Beckett Wales @53sec 3rd Phil West Adidas-Sci Con @2m 04sec 4th Andy Naylor Team Ambrosia st 5th Paul Wilkes Giant st 6th Chris Walker Team Invander st 7th Jonny Clay Mancter Pheonix st 8th Mark Walsham Controlware @2m 05sec 8th John Tanner Controlware st 8th Scott Gamble Controlware st 8th Tim Hall Team Ambrosia st 8th Paul Manning Adidas-Sci Con st 8th Simon Bray Giant st 8th Kevin Dawson Team Castelli st 8th James Notley Mancter Pheonix st 8th Brian Green Oldham Century st 8th Geoff Weir New Brighton CC st 8th Chris Burrows New Brighton CC st 8th Grant Bayton SW Cof Excel. st 8th Andrew Sanders Harlow CC st 8th Matt Stephens Nth Wirral Velo st 8th Ray Eden Planet X st 8th Gary Speight Planet X st 8th Simon Bridge Leigh Premier st 8th Lee Davis Gloucester City st 8th Matt Love Manchester Div st 8th Rob Holden Manchester Div st GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 1st Paul Manning Adidas-Sci Con 232miles 8hours 5min 12 secs 2nd Kevin Dawson Team Castelli @28secs 3rd Simon Bray Giant @35s 4th Phil West Adidas-Sci Con @42s 5th Matt Stephens Nth Wirral Velo @49s 6th Brian Fleming Cannon Sports @1m 32s 7th Dave Cook Nth Wirral Velo @2m 15 8th Matt Beckett Wales @2m 54s 9th John Tanner Controlware @ 3m 17s 10th Mark McKay Team Ambrosia @4m 03s from Willi |