Sid Standard Memorial Road Races

 

Sunday, June 22, 2007, Nottinghamshire

Women's Team Series Road Race

 

Report

 

 

 Held on a  5.3 mile course around Kingston on Soar, the riders in this first Team Series event of the year covered 8 laps. After a fairly inactive race where the main action to note was a serious crash where its said as many as five riders fell and one was taken to hospital with head injuries, a group of around 50 riders contested the finish and the winner was Alice Monger-Godfrey (Impsport Composite B) ahead of Charlotte Colcough (Fat Birds Cycling Club) and Louise Mahe (Team Quality Products).

 

Helen Clayton forces the pace at the front.

 

Katie Colough was the only rider I saw go clear which she did early on.

 

The race

With a full field plus reserves - and new teams wanting to make their mark early, the pace was high for the first 8.5 kilometre lap and it was inevitable that first time up the main hill there would be a loosening at the rear of the bunch and it was to be the hill that provided the pain each lap. Helping to force the pace early on were Laura Bissell and Katie Colclough, with Colcough having a gap on the group prior to the crash.

 

With one of the girls needing an ambulance (Clare Thomas - Edinburgh RC)when she hit the tarmac on the 3rd lap; the race was brought to a halt while the ambulance arrived from nearby Nottingham and as a consequence the race had 2 laps lopped off. Clare went to hospital for observation but was expected to be released later in the evening.

 

With five laps on the board, and the ambulance having gone, the race got back under way and again, the action was mainly at the back, as the odd rider here and there got dropped but the group largely remained together all the way to the finish. On the slightly uphill drag, the group came into sight well strung out as the pace of the sprint saw gaps open in the group from where Monger-Godfrey surged clear for a well earned win.

 

NEG marshal helps direct traffic as the race is restarted.

 

Result

1.  Alice  Monger-Godfrey,  Impsport Team A  1hr 57mins 38 secs
2.  Charlotte Colclough, Fat Birds Cycling Club  same time
3.  Louise Mahe,  Team QCP  same time
4.  Jo  Tindley, Team Luciano B  same time
5.  Melissa Mather,  Team Luciano  same time
6.  Jeanette Caldicott, Team Luciano  same time
7.  Angela  Pike, Impsport team B  same time
8.  Pippa  Handley,  Edinburgh RC same time
9.  Katie  Colclough, Fat Birds Cycling Club same time
10. Sarah  Byrne, West Midlands Division same time
11.  Helen  Gutteridge,  Team Luciano same time
12.  Kelly  Moore,  West Midlands Division  same time
13.  Kimberley Walsh,  Impsport team A  at 1 second
14.  Anna  Watson, Impsport team A same time
15.  Tracey Fletcher, Fat Birds Cycling Club  same time
16.  Susannah Osborne, Planet X  same time
17.  Hannah  Rich,  Pinarello RT  same time
18.  Tarne  Bevan,  Planet X  same time
19.  Carrie  Bedingfield, Team Luciano  same time
20.  Laura  Bissell,  Impsport Team A  same time
21.  Janet Birkmyre, Planet X  same time
22.  Alix Chester , Fat Birds Cycling Club  same time
23.  Jessica  Allen,  Pinarello RT same time
24.  Lisa  Parsons,  Welland Valley Whs same time
25.  Lizzy  Goodband,  Fat Birds Cycling Club  same time
26.  Lorna Marlow, Welland Valley CC same time
27 Rohan  Battison,  www.agiskoviner  same time
28.  Linda Hubbard,  Welland Valley CC same time
29.  Jenny  Wright,  Edinburgh RC at 2 seconds
30.  Diane Moss, Team Luciano same time
31.  Jackie Bull,  Fat Birds Cycling Club same time
32.  Hannah  Bussey, Team Luciano same time
33.  Janet  Stevenson,  Edinburgh RC same time
 
TEAM
1.  Fat Birds Cycling Club  394 points
2.  Team Luciano A  386 points
3.  Planet X  A team 307 points
4.  Impsport Team A  179 points
5.  Welland Valley CC  224 points
6.  West Midlands Division  149 points
7.  Edinburgh RC 215 points
8.  Impsport Team B  176 points 
9.  Team Luciano B  157 points 
9.  Agiskoviner  159 points 
11. Pinarello RT 152 points
12. Team QCP 130 points
13. Planet X B Team  123 points

 

More Photos (more on Tuesday)

 

Charlotte Colough goes clear at the bottom of the only hill on the course.

 

Riders on the first lap.

 

Bell lap and the gas is yet to be turned on the in the peloton with the finish only 5 miles away.

 

 

Action at the front but little damage being done behind them as the riders sit tucked in the wheels.