British Criterium championships - CN

Minet Park, Hayes, UK, May 23, 2004

Results

Roshier wins British Cycling Criterium Championships

By Gerry McManus

The podium
Photo: © Gerry McManus

Local rider Colin Roshier (Team Quest - The Bike Shop) gained his first British Cycling championship title when he won the National Criterium Championship held at the cycle circuit in Minet Park, Hayes on Sunday 23rd May.

40 year old Roshier who works locally and races regularly at the circuit finally won the fast 80km event after his surprise attack saw him cross the line clear of his two former breakaway companions Greg Sandy (Alcan/Bianchi) and Rob Enslin Prestige (VC/Viner).

"I've won medals in time-trial championships before but this is the best thing I have won," said the rider from Staines in Middlesex: "It's only just sinking in that I will be able to wear the national champions jersey now when I race at Hillingdon every week. "

"I had got across to a group of riders who had escaped early in the race but the group was too big," he explained: "So I did what I normally do every week and put in a couple of moves to try to shake some of the riders off and it worked. Three of us got away with four laps to go and we worked hard because we knew that each of us would get a medal if we stayed clear. It was touch and go and on the last lap we just hesitated a little and I decided to take my chance just got the gap I needed."

Roshier has always had class was on the long-list for the British Olympic team in Seoul in 1988 when injury forced him to suspend his career for three years. He has raced purely for fun since he returned to the sport in 1990. The neo-veteran is also heading the British Cycling over-40's road race series having finished first and second in the first two events.

Results

1 Colin Roshier (Team Quest)             1.52.11
2 Greg Sandy (Alcan Bianchi) 
3 Rob Enslin (Prestige VC) 
4 Aaron McCaffrey (Alpha RC)                0.11
5 James Taylor (City Of EdinburghRC) 
6 Paul Pickup (Liphook Cycles) 
7 James Leader Holland (Principia RT) 
8 Bryan Taylor (VC Londres) 
9 Adam Illingworth (Team Milton Keynes) 
10 Martin Freeman (Wills Wheelers RT) 
11 Mike Jones (Pinarello RT) 
12 Thomas White (Team Persil) 
13 Tom Barras (Cyclingnews.com) 
14 Matthew Larner (team Lichfield) 
15 Alexander Rowe (Team Synergy) 
16 Matt Stephens (Sigma Sport) 
17 John Hollier (Ritchey Cycleops) 
18 James Millard (Dataphonics RT) 
19 Justin Hoy (Evans RT)                    0.49
20 Andy Collis (Team Lichfield) 
21 Gary Bowditch (Alcan Bianchi)            0.55
22 Mark Creaby (VC Meudon) 
23 Paul Butler (Prestige VC) 
24 Alex Peterson (Reading CC) 
25 Daniel Rudd (Team Edwardes cycles)       1.04
26 Jason White (JD Cycles) 
27 Tom Smith (Prestige VC) 
28 Andrew Gough (Portswood Cycles RT) 
29 Chris Debens (Prestige VC) 
30 Jonathon Fletcher (Pete Read Racing) 
31 Steve Cocker (JF Wilson Cycles) 
32 Peter Cole (Twickenham CC) 
33 Simon Williams (Hillingdon CC)
34 Darren Perry (VC Xcel)
35 Chris Denman (Beyond MBC)
36 Jason Edwards (Tunbridge Wells)
37 Bill Butterworth (Twickenham CC)
38 Gary Wallis (Tunbridge Wells)
39 Kevin Wilkes (MK Cycles)
40 Mickael Metayer (Team Sport & Pub)
41 Peter Jones (Hillingdon CC)
42 Darren Perry (VC Xcel)
43 Simon Henley (Team Milton Keynes)
44 Paul Crook (Angliasport)
45 Lee Ward (Prestige VC)
46 Dave Bentley (Ritcheyccycleops)
47 James Notley (Cyclestore.co.uk)
48 Bruce Edgar (Team Persil)
49 Jamie Streather (VC St Raphael)
50 Mark Leggett (Norwood Paragon)
51 David Berkeley (Pearsons Cycles)
52 Simon Cope (Team Edwardes Cycles)
53 Paul Mill (Team edwardes Cycles)
54 Ben Price (Mid Anglia CC)
55 Mark Simmons (Team Milton Keynes)
56 Martin Quill (Team Milton Keynes)
57 Simon Smith (Comedy Superteam)
58 Andrew Rigg (Prestige VC)
59 Jason Streather (VC St Raphael)
60 Chris Doel (Team Quest)