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Evans Cycles - Surrey League 5 Day - NE
UK, August 13-17, 2004
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Stage 2 - August 14: Newdigate, 99.8 miles
Decisive break changes race lead
By Simon Melville/Surrey Cycle Racing League
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The second day of Britain's longest bicycle race saw the remaining 87 riders complete the 99 mile long stage in just under 3 hours 40 minutes, at an average speed of 27.5mph. This second stage was set in the lanes around Newdigate, to the south of Dorking in east Surrey.
Yet again, Duncan Urqhart (Prestige VC) was in an early break, this time with Paul Helion and Jody Crawforth of Evans Cycles, but again the break was brought back to the main group. Due to roadworks the course had to be altered so, instead of the usual 'flat' narrow circuit around Capel and Rusper, the race took in additional laps of the Norwood Hill circuit which included the long drag up the Hill itself. It was here that, on lap 3, a new break made its successful getaway from the bunch when 19 riders managed to break free. Missing from the break were the overnight race leader, Brian Keneally (Team Munster) and Urqhart who had the misfortune to puncture just as the break started.
This lead group rapidly extended the gap from the main bunch to some two minutes and, once the race moved onto the North Holmwood circuit, the tempo increased still further until by the finish the gap was more than four minutes. Central Division's James Flanagan was first across the line, closely followed by Andrew Roche (Team Isle of Man) and Neil Coleman (Alcan-Bianchi), who now takes over the race leader's yellow jersey.
Tomorrow sees the race move to Goodwood where the day starts with a short time trial around the motor racing circuit before the afternoon's 'main event' when the road race tackles the South Downs with eight ascents of the 140 metre-high climb.
Results
1 James Flanagan (Central Division) 3.41.23 2 Andrew Roche (Jersey/Isle of Man) 3 Neil Coleman (Alcan Bianchi) 4 Richard Whitehorn (Glendene CC) 5 Shaun Snodden (Recycling.co.uk) 6 Antony Malarczyk (Wales) 7 Paul Griffin (Team Munster) 8 Tim Barry (Team Munster) 9 Tim Dunford (Pacific Racing) 10 Roger Morgan (Parrot Print RT) 11 Matt Melville (VC St Raphael) 12 Dave Crowley (Port Talbot Wheelers) 13 Jeffrey Capper (www.cyclestore.co) 14 Ryan O'Connor (Ballymena RC) 15 Gary Dodd (Sigma Sport) 16 Sam Gardner (Evans Cycles RT) 17 John Horgan (Team Munster) 0.35 18 Martin Smith (Central Division) 2.33 19 Gareth Jones (Energy Cycles) 4.08 20 Martin Ford (Jersey/Isle of Man) 21 Ben Greenwood (Recycling.co.uk) 22 Paul Helion (Usher IRC) 23 Alastair Kay (York Cycleworks) 24 Micheal Cotty (Evans Cycles RT) 25 Ian Black (Kingsnorth International) 26 Adam Thomson (Swindon RC) 27 Robert English (Private) 28 Chris Birch (Evans Cycles RT) 29 Andrew Rigg (Prestige VC) 30 Daniel Duguid (Evans Cycles RT) 31 Guy Pearson (Pearson Cycles) 32 Chris McNamara (Team Synergy) 33 Greg Roche (Energy Cycles) 34 Jamie Newall (Evans Cycles RT) 35 Tim Wallis (Parrot Print RT) 36 Christian Varley (Jersey/Isle of Man) 37 Simon Saunders (SP Systems) 38 Ed Perry (SP Systems) 39 Brian Keneally (Team Munster) 40 Simon McNamara (Team Synergy) 41 Dave Berkeley (Pearson Cycles) 42 Andy Lyons (Parrot Print RT) 43 Justin Hoy (Evans Cycles RT) 44 Rob Partridge (Wales) 45 Stephen Bayliss (Pacific Racing) 46 Adrian Bird (Artic Shorter Roch) 47 Andrew Eagles (Dulwich Paragon) 48 Chris Doel (Central Division) 49 Dave Worthington (Prestige VC) 50 Steve Gowar (Pacific Racing) 51 Duncan Stewart (Private) 52 Gareth Hewitt (JE James Racing ) 53 Tony Kelly (Pacific Racing) 54 Andrew Young (Python RT) 55 Jon Ibbotson (Pacific Racing) 56 Eoin Concannon (Team Munster) 57 Richard Jones (Energy Cycles) 57 Thomas Gardner (Glendene CC) 57 Sam Firby (Jersey/Isle of Man) 57 Adrian Lansley (Pedalon.co.uk) 57 Henry Furniss (The London Firm) 62 Vincent Gleeson (Team Munster) 63 Dave Coulson (JE James Racing ) 64 Duncan Urqhart (Prestige VC) 65 Andrew Cook (Jersey/Isle of Man) 66 Gary Flint (In Gear RT) 67 Danny Axford (Parrot Print RT) 68 John Veness (Evans Cycles RT) 69 Chris Spence (Jersey/Isle of Man) 70 Paul Butler (Prestige VC) 71 Neil Linford Relph (VC Meudon) 72 Nick Kenwright (Energy Cycles) 73 Matthew Ellis (Saey-Deschart) 74 Rob Enslin (Prestige VC) 75 Gary Kristensen (Prestige VC) 76 Jody Crawforth (Evans Cycles RT) 77 Philip Smith (Sotonia CC) 78 Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael) 79 Colin Peerman (Private) 4.40 80 John Dempsey (Team Munster) 5.01 81 Matt Spurgin (Evans Cycles RT) 11.17 82 Alistair Cann (Jersey/Isle of Man) 12.16 83 Paul Dring (Parrot Print RT) 13.41 84 Steve Dring (Parrot Print RT) 85 Stuart Lemanski (City Cycle Club) 14.56 86 James Louter (In Gear RT) 17.48 87 Luke Myers (Team Axiom) 28.08 General classification after stage 2 1 Neil Coleman (Alcan Bianchi) 7.42.16 2 Shaun Snodden (Recycling.co.uk) 3 Paul Griffin (Team Munster) 3 Antony Malarczyk (Wales) 5 Sam Gardner (Evans Cycles RT) 0.40 6 Richard Whitehorn (Glendene CC) 1.21 7 Gary Dodd (Sigma Sport) 8 Ryan O'Connor (Ballymena RC) 9 James Flanagan (Central Division) 1.31 10 Andrew Roche (Jersey/Isle of Man) 11 Tim Barry (Team Munster) 12 Tim Dunford (Pacific Racing) 13 Roger Morgan (Parrot Print RT) 14 Matt Melville (VC St Raphael) 15 Dave Crowley (Port Talbot Wheelers) 16 Jeffrey Capper (www.cyclestore.co) 17 John Horgan (Team Munster) 2.06 18 Martin Smith (Central Division) 3.54 19 Brian Keneally (Team Munster) 4.06 20 Duncan Urqhart (Prestige VC) 21 Martin Ford (Jersey/Isle of Man) 4.08 22 Paul Helion (Usher IRC) 23 Rob Partridge (Wales) 24 Gareth Jones (Energy Cycles) 5.29 25 Chris McNamara (Team Synergy) 26 Andrew Young (Python RT) 27 Jon Ibbotson (Pacific Racing) 28 Vincent Gleeson (Team Munster) 29 Ben Greenwood (Recycling.co.uk) 5.39 30 Alastair Kay (York Cycleworks) 31 Micheal Cotty (Evans Cycles RT) 32 Ian Black (Kingsnorth International) 33 Adam Thomson (Swindon RC) 34 Andrew Rigg (Prestige VC) 35 Daniel Duguid (Evans Cycles RT) 36 Guy Pearson (Pearson Cycles) 37 Greg Roche (Energy Cycles) 38 Jamie Newall (Evans Cycles RT) 39 Tim Wallis (Parrot Print RT) 40 Christian Varley (Jersey/Isle of Man) 41 Simon Saunders (SP Systems) 42 Ed Perry (SP Systems) 43 Simon McNamara (Team Synergy) 44 Dave Berkeley (Pearson Cycles) 45 Andy Lyons (Parrot Print RT) 46 Adrian Bird (Artic Shorter Roch) 46 Justin Hoy (Evans Cycles RT) 48 Stephen Bayliss (Pacific Racing) 49 Andrew Eagles (Dulwich Paragon) 50 Chris Doel (Central Division) 51 Dave Worthington (Prestige VC) 52 Steve Gowar (Pacific Racing) 53 Duncan Stewart (Private) 54 Gareth Hewitt (JE James Racing ) 55 Tony Kelly (Pacific Racing) 56 Eoin Concannon (Team Munster) 57 Richard Jones (Energy Cycles) 57 Thomas Gardner (Glendene CC) 57 Sam Firby (Jersey/Isle of Man) 57 Henry Furniss (The London Firm) 61 Dave Coulson (JE James Racing ) 62 Andrew Cook (Jersey/Isle of Man) 63 Gary Flint (In Gear RT) 64 Danny Axford (Parrot Print RT) 65 Chris Spence (Jersey/Isle of Man) 66 Paul Butler (Prestige VC) 67 Nick Kenwright (Energy Cycles) 68 Chris Birch (Evans Cycles RT) 69 Robert English (Private) 70 John Veness (Evans Cycles RT) 71 Matthew Ellis (Saey-Deschart) 72 Jody Crawforth (Evans Cycles RT) 72 Rob Enslin (Prestige VC) 74 Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael) 75 John Dempsey (Team Munster) 6.32 76 Adrian Lansley (Pedalon.co.uk) 6.56 77 Colin Peerman (Private) 8.01 78 Alistair Cann (Jersey/Isle of Man) 13.47 79 Steve Dring (Parrot Print RT) 15.12 80 Gary Kristensen (Prestige VC) 15.39 81 James Louter (In Gear RT) 19.19 82 Matt Spurgin (Evans Cycles RT) 22.48 83 Paul Dring (Parrot Print RT) 25.12 84 Philip Smith (Sotonia CC) 25.39 85 Stuart Lemanski (City Cycle Club) 26.27 86 Luke Myers (Team Axiom) 30.26 87 Neil Linford Relph (VC Meudon) 35.39 Points classification 1 Duncan Urqhart (Prestige VC) 41 pts 2 Neil Coleman (Alcan Bianchi) 22 3 Andrew Roche (Jersey/Isle of Man) 17 4 James Flanagan (Central Division) 15 4 Brian Keneally (Team Munster) 15 4 Shaun Snodden (Recycling.co.uk) 15 7 Paul Griffin (Team Munster) 14 8 Richard Whitehorn (Glendene CC) 11 8 Jeffrey Capper (www.cyclestore.co) 11 10 Paul Butler (Prestige VC) 10 11 Sam Gardner (Evans Cycles RT) 9 12 Paul Helion (Usher IRC) 6 13 Rob Partridge (Wales) 5 13 Antony Malarczyk (Wales) 5 15 Christian Varley (Jersey/Isle of Man) 4 15 Adrian Lansley (Pedalon.co.uk) 4 17 Jody Crawforth (Evans Cycles RT) 3 17 Tim Barry (Team Munster) 3 17 Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael) 3 17 Ryan O'Connor (Ballymena RC) 3 17 Martin Ford (Jersey/Isle of Man) 3 22 Gareth Jones (Energy Cycles) 2 22 Tim Dunford (Pacific Racing) 2 22 Gary Dodd (Sigma Sport) 2 22 Vincent Gleeson (Team Munster) 2 26 Roger Morgan (Parrot Print RT) 1 26 Andy Lyons (Parrot Print RT) 1 26 Martin Smith (Central Division) 1 26 Dave Crowley (Port Talbot Wheelers) 1 KOM classification 1 Paul Griffin (Team Munster) 25 pts 2 Jamie Newall (Evans Cycles RT) 13 3 Paul Butler (Prestige VC) 10 3 Jody Crawforth (Evans Cycles RT) 10 3 Martin Smith (Central Division) 10 3 Paul Helion (Usher IRC) 10 7 Duncan Urqhart (Prestige VC) 9 8 Adrian Lansley (Pedalon.co.uk) 7 8 James Flanagan (Central Division) 7 10 Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael) 6 11 Andrew Roche (Jersey/Isle of Man) 5 12 Antony Malarczyk (Wales) 3 12 Jeffrey Capper (www.cyclestore.co) 3 14 Christian Varley (Jersey/Isle of Man) 2 14 Chris Spence (Jersey/Isle of Man) 2 14 Tim Dunford (Pacific Racing) 2 14 Ryan O'Connor (Ballymena RC) 2 18 Shaun Snodden (Recycling.co.uk) 1 18 Gareth Jones (Energy Cycles) 1 18 Gary Flint (In Gear RT) 1 18 Tim Barry (Team Munster) 1
