Roger Hammond Goes Back to Evans Roots
Story posted December 2
Source: Evans Cycles
Roger Hammond Planning to ride Evans Cycles Cyclo-Cross race
Evans Cycles, have announced British Cyclo-Cross champion Roger Hammond plans to ride their round of the London cyclo-cross league on the 21st December.
Hammond will fins himself up against a quality field as also expected amongst a field of perhaps 100 - 120 riders on the day are Jody Crawforth - who is having an excellent domestic season - and the Arctic team of Darren Barclay and Matt Holmes, plus possibly Jamie Newhall. The Hargroves team will also be there in force with Ian Field - currently 3rd in the National Trophy - Stu Bowers - the South of England champion - and Matt Mac Donald. Road specialist Peter Dibben is also expected to line up.
Hammond, who is set to join the new Cervélo Test Team for the 2009 season, has said in the past; “If I just train, train, train, it’s only numbers. Whereas if you can get out and do a little race, it’s a little test and the opposition in the cyclo-cross world is all very similar.”
With seven British Cyclo-Cross titles under his belt, he went on to comment: “You can see from my results at the start of each season I’ll start with a 6th or 7th and then move up, and hopefully by the time of the nationals...”
On paper it looks to be a cracking pre-Christmas race. Of course, with the National Championships just three weeks away, there's a good chance for a few psychological blows to be struck. Especially as there's relatively little racing in the South of the country over the Christmas period.
The venue for the Evans Cycles Cyclo Cross race is:
Dunsfold Aerodrome, Dunsfold Park, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8TB. Dunsfold Park is located 7 miles south of Guildford and accessed via the A281. If using a Satellite Navigation System to find Dunsfold Park, please type in the street address which is Stovolds Hill instead of the postcode as this will not get you directly to the site.
Timetable
Under 10 11:00 Free
Under 12 11:15 FreeYouth 11.45 (£5.00)
Sen/Vet/Wom 13:00 £12.00 (£3)
Juniors 13.00 £7.00 (£3)
Race Organiser:
Mr Stuart McGhee
62 Upper Court Road
Epsom
Surrey
KT19 8RD01372 745969
07905 107 056