2008 Bikeline Two Day
March 8/9, 2008
Hope (Wales); Mersey Roads Club Promotion
A British Cycling Premier Calendar Event
The opening race of the Premier Calendar season was the two day race in North Wales sponsored by Bikeline. British Cycling was there for both days.
| Saturday, March 8 (Prologue & Road Stage) |
Winner of the opening time trial was SiS/Trek rider Ian Wilkinson who last year held the leaders jersey after stage 2. This year in similar conditions to last year, strong cold winds, the field were set off down the undulating lane one by one for the mile long race against the clock. For stage 2, Wilkinson donned the orange Leader jersey which is so coloured because its the race sponsor, Bikeline, corporate colours.
In the first road stage, stage 2, Evan Oliphant was part of a small group that got away with 20k to go and after an attack by Dean Downing with a kilometre to go, Oliphant countered, Dale Appleby attacked him and then as the line approached, Oliphant came back at him and sprinted all the way to the line to gain as many seconds as possible.
| Sunday, March 9 (Road stage) |
Dean Downing of Rapha Condor/Recycling has won the 2008 Bikeline Two Day after finishing second on stage 3 today. Downing finished ahead overall of Evan Oliphant of Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles and Dale Appleby also of the Rapha Condor team. Winner of stage 3 was stage 1 winner, Ian Wilkinson of SiS/Trek.
| Related Features |
2007 Premier Calendar Home Page
2006 Premier Calendar Home Page
Former Winners of the Premier Calendar
2008 Premier Calendar Races
08/09 March - Bikeline 2 Day Hope, Flintshire
22/24 March - Girvan Stage Race Girvan, Scotland
30 March - Tour of The Reservoir Edmundbyers, Co. Durham
20 April - Archer Grand Prix High Wycombe, Bucks
3/4 May - Chas Messenger 2 Day Long Crendon, Bucks
11 May - Lincoln Grand Prix Lincoln
15 June - Beaumont Trophy Ponteland, Northumberland
6 July - Tour of Blackpool Grand Prix Road Race Blackpool
03 August - East Yorkshire Classic Beverley, E.Yorks
10 August - Tour of Pendle Barnoldswick, Lancs
21 September - Richmond Grand Prix Richmond, N. Yorks
Last Years Premier Calendar Series
1. Chris Newton, Recycling.co.uk 767
2. Gordon McCauley, Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing Team 684
3. Robin Sharman, KFS Special Vehicles 619
4. Dean Downing, Rapha/Condor 579
5. Russell Downing, Team Health Net/Maxxis 529
Ian Wilkinson, Science in Sport-Trek 529
7. Malcolm Elliott, Pinarello RT 516
8. Richard Wilkinson, Rapha/Condor 257
9. Andrew Roche, Pinarello RT 256
10. David Clarke, Unattached 249
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Two Day Race
2007 Chris Newton
2006 Simon Richardson
2005 Julian Winn
2004 Steve Cummings
2003 Kevin Dawson
2002 Kevin Dawson
2001 Race cancelled
2000 Mike Jones
1999 Gareth Sheppard
1998 David Williams
1997 Garry Thomas
1996 Rod Ellingworth
1995 Daniel Wedley
Delamere Circuit
1994 Mark Lovatt
1993 David Williams
Aintree Race Circuit
1992 Garry Adamson
Circuit of Ashurst
1991 Chris Boardman
1990 Steve Farrell
1989 Ben Luckwell
1988 Steve Farrell
1987 Cancelled
1986 Keith Jones
1985 Ian Jones
1984 Joey McLoughlin
1983 John Cavanagh
1982 Russell Harrington
1981 Jeff Williams
1980 Ian Binder
1979 John Herety
1978 Paul Milnes
1977 Graham Jones
1976 Alan Kemp
1975 John Cleworth
1974 Alan Kemp
1973 Doug Dailey
1972 Richie Gregson
1971 Pete Matthews
1970 Ernie Potter
1969 Dave Rollinson
1968 Dave Rollinson
1967 Doug Dailey
1966 Hugh Porter
1965 Les West
1964 Ken Fitzpatrick
1963 Doug Dailey
1962 Neil Bartley
1961 Roger Gray
1960 Eddie Hayes
1959 Paddy Boyd
1958 John Geddes
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