Russell Downing at the Double
Chas Messenger Two Day
A British Cycling Premier Calendar Event
Report Gerry McManus, Pictures Gerry McManus, Larry Hickmott
Stage 3, Day 2
Russell Downing (Pinarello RT) scored his second stage win of the weekend and took overall victory in the Plowman Craven sponsored Chas Messenger 2-Day road race in Buckinghamshire on Sunday May 4th. Downing’s final stage win was at the expense of Tom Last (Kinesis RT) who had prematurely raised his arms in victory only to see Downing ride up the inside and snatch the victory by a quarter of a wheel in the bunch sprint.
Rob Hayles (Halfords/Bike Hut) finish third in the high speed gallop and secured second place overall in the three stage event. Matt Higgins (Team Corley Cycles) finished safely in the bunch to take third overall in the British Cycling Premier Calendar event.
Day two’s stage started with the riders competing over 140km of fairly flat Buckinghamshire countryside with rain threatening a warm day. The bunch was altogether on the first of six ascents of the prime at Pitchcott Hill with Matt Clinton (KFS Special Vehicles) taking the honours at the top of the climb ahead of mountains’ leader Simon Gaywood (Plowman Craven RT).
Three riders headed up the climb on the second lap with a clear lead over the main field. Matt Talbot (Glendene CC), Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven) and Freddie Johansson (Pinarello RT) had gone clear had a leading margin of 50 seconds and Gibb pushed his way past Talbot to win the second prime. Johansson’s only motive was to protect the lead of team mate Downing and the Swedish international sat in while the Gibb and Talbot shared the pace. Dean Downing led the bunch up the climb and was beginning to show the strength he lacked on day one.
There was no change on lap three with the leading trio gaining a maximum of just over a minute as Gibb and Talbot put the hammer down to take advantage of the flat, wind assisted sections. Gibb was now the points’ leader on the road and would win the green jersey outright by the end of the day.
The Pinarello team decided to reel in the leaders with two laps to go and injected such speed into the pursuit that they pulled back the remaining 40 second lead in only a few miles and made a few sore legs along the way. Tom Murray led team Pinarello on the front of the peloton up the long drag through the finish at the end of the penultimate lap of the race which proved to be the quickest.
Last was actually the first to immerge at the front as the gallop started round the final bend and the 19 year old took on the more experienced legs which included Malcolm Elliott (Plowman Craven), Hayles and the Downing brothers. Elliott hit a bump as he changed gear ahead of Downing and the resulting delay saw his chances evaporate. Russell Downing came off Hayles’s wheel to hunt Last down in the final 100m and went the long way around to cross the finish line first. Hayles his showed pure strength by holding on to take third and Dean Downing followed him home in fourth spot.
Plowman Craven will have pleased their team and race sponsors by winning the points (Gibb), mountains (Gaywood) and team (Oliphant, Gaywood & Richardson) awards.
Russell Downing now holds a clear lead in the British Cycling Premier series ahead of the tough Lincoln GP on May 11th. Downing has already had success this year including two race wins in Mallorca and is delighted with his new team this year.
“It was an unbelievable team effort today,” said race winner Russell Downing: “We had Freddie (Johansson) in the early move policing things which was great and then we brought the break back with two laps to go. The boys sat on the front for the last lap to hold things together and I was able to sneak in for the win. It was fast all the way in to the finish with the Rapha team attacking. I was behind Malcolm (Elliott) as the sprint started but he had mechanical trouble and I lost my lead out man and I had to use everyone else. I went with Hayles and was able to get a jump from him and I made a lunge for the line just as Tom Last started to put his hands up.”
“I was always in the front ten today with the team all around me,” continued the former British road race champion: “We did a brilliant job as a team.”
Tom Last was philosophical at the end of the race. “I feel a bit stupid now” said the youngster from Bakewell in Derbyshire: “But to be honest, if someone had said I would get second this morning I would have been really pleased but how I got second was probably very stupid.”
“I know that Tom Boonen did it this year but that doesn’t stop me from feeling like and idiot,” Last continued laughing: “I hadn’t been feeling good this morning and the race was really fast and I was suffering. I attacked early in the finishing straight and every one sat up so I thought that I would win it but obviously I didn’t. This is my first real year on the road as a senior. Last year I did mountain biking and cyclo cross and I am surprised that I rode so well in the front group today. This year will be a massive learning curve but I am pleased with how it has gone so far.”
Rob Hayles is looking to keep his form ahead of the Olympic team selection later this year and is looking to keep his name on the selectors lists. His win in the opening time trial to win the first yellow jersey showed his winter training is paying off. “I have had a big block of work over the winter,” said Hayles: “There was a lot of work put in on the track and the short 5km time trial really suited me and it’s nice to get a win.”
Hayles and Tom Southam are the only two male members of the Halfords/Bike Hut team and were at a severe numerical disadvantage againts the larger teams. “I certainly would not want to have started with the yellow jersey today,” explained Hayles: “Yesterday was very hard and I had to follow a lot of moves. In previous years the road was all about putting in the effort for me. My priorities were on the track but this year is a little bit different. I want and need to get some results. I have done a lot of damage in races on the road in the past but I will ride more conservatively now. There have been a lot of people who have benefited from what I have done in races in previous years but now I am trying to be the one who benefits for a change.”
Top three on the stage. Russell Downing (centre), Rob Hayles (3rd) and Tom Last (Right, 2nd). Picture Larry Hickmott.
First year senior, Tom Last, doing a Tom Boonen! He raises his hands only for Russell Downing to nip past on the barriers and win the stage, his second of the race. Photo Gerry McManus
The anguish of being beaten on the line is on Tom's face as it dawns on him he's been beaten. Tom however was part of an excellent Kinesis team effort on the day when they were pictured attacking in turns and their turn for a victory will surely come. Photo Gerry McManus
RACE RIDER COMMENTS
Before and after the race, British Cycling's Larry Hickmott spoke to the riders about their races....
Russell Downing (Pinarello): Pre-stage, playing jokes on friends and smiling a lot was the race leader. “We had a good result yesterday so morale is good. We’ll get the team to the front and try and defend it today.”
On this year and how well its going for him in the Premier Calendar, he told us “I came back at the end of last year and a few meetings with Phil and those at Pinarello and Yellow have been really great. Basing the team around Malcolm and me has worked well and the boys have all stepped up a level being in a big team. I am looking forward to the Tour of Britain which is a big focus. I had a good winter in training really hard and I wasn’t sure how I was going to go and how I was going to settle into British racing but I settled in all right.”
On his three stage wins in Spain recently, he had this to say… “That was good. I had been training and racing hard and when you go abroad, you are normally a peg behind but I was going really well. I think the training out there really helped. I had my sights on either the second or third day and then I got over the Pig in the first group, a big 50 minute climb, and I knew I was going well. And if I can climb well, then a few people are in trouble at the finish.”
Russell has been staying with brother Dean for a few months but is expecting to move home to his old home in a few weeks. One of his targets in the near future is the Lincoln GP. “The Lincoln is not only a good race for everyone, it’s a good race for Dean and myself because all the guys we train with come out to watch and they have been talking about what they’re going to do there for the last few weeks. So I’m looking forward to that and the form is alright.”
Team Corley Cycles doing the work at the front to keep the lead of the break down to a minimum.
Matt Higgins (Team Corley Cycles). Before the stage, he said the result, 2nd, on stage 2 was one of his best. “I was told to sit and look after myself and I did what I was told and it paid off at the end. It was quite fast all day and the road surface wasn’t brilliant with god knows how many punctures and so it was quite hard to move up and down the bunch.”
Talking about the moment that Russell had attacked the day before to win, Matt explained the race from his view point by saying “I was behind Rob Hayles and didn’t see him go. I pulled out from behind Rob and he’d gone. I was on Evan’s (Oliphant) wheel and thought everyone was lined out behind me and looked behind and there was no one there.”
“I don’t think its sunk in beating the likes of Evan.”
On his day ahead for stage 3, he explained “I climb reasonably well so hopefully I’ll be able to hold my own and I have a strong team round me. Being second overall, there is massive pressure – it’s nice! Roy (Chamberlain) will be here soon and telling us all what we need to do. What he doesn’t know isn’t worth knowing.”
Post race, having been just beaten to the line by Rob Hayles, Matt dropped to third overall but said afterwards of his team “They did a brilliant job. Pinarello had Freddie up the road so they didn’t have to do anything so that put us into the driving seat. My team did a brilliant job and I could not have asked for anything else.”
“It was a good stage, very grippy and I think everyone had good form today – it didn’t seem to wear anybody out. Asked where he is taking his good form next, Matt replied “back to work on Tuesday! Hopefully I will hold on to it for Lincoln but good never lasts does it… It would be nice if it does.”
Tony Gibb celebrates a sprints win in his sponsors Chas Messenger Two Day. Photo Gerry McManus
Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven) Corley Cycles Sprints winner. Finishing the race with a painful knee that saw him struggle to get around to the finish and to claim his Corley Cycles Sprints jersey, Tony explained how his race went. Asked if his knee was a problem before the race, he replied “not, not at all. It wasn’t until I was in the break it started hurting. When we got caught, it then got pretty hectic and that was when it really started twinging.”
About the break, he told us “Freddy was sitting in (because his teammate was in yellow) and Matt was doing everything he could and it was fine for the first half hour and then it started getting a bit grippy and Matt looked like he was suffering a bit. I just wanted to stay away long enough and get as many King of the mountains and Sprints points as I could.”
On the fact the jerseys the team won was a good payback for the money his sponsor, Simon Barnes at Plowman Craven have put into the race and the team, Tony says “That’s right. We were a bit disappointed after yesterday so we really had to do something today and I think we’ve exceeded what we wanted to do. We would like to have won the stage but having the King of the Mountains, the Sprints and the Team has kind of paid him back a little bit.”
“All in all, the race went well. The NEG did a great job and the race in the end was well supported and well marshalled.”
Dean Downing (Rapha Condor/Recycling.co.uk): Speaking to British Cycling before the stage today: “I felt really strong last week and yesterday I went to see John (Herety, team manager) and said I feel really empty. No energy. I had a bit of a pain in my left knee possibly from the crash in France where I broke my shoe.”
His troubles didn’t end there as he explained when talking about his time trial when he felt he would do a good time “I got held up by a tractor! I was coming up to the back of it, and thinking ‘trust him to be there for the only person in the peloton – me!’ And after last weekend’s episode as well. I must have lost time, at least 10 seconds.”
Although he didn’t go into the TT race with disc wheels like many did including his brother Russell, Dean explained that he did have his tri bars and area wheels and added he was really going for it. “Just after the left hander I was catching a tractor up, the type with all the dangly things on it, and he started to indicate right but he stopped in the middle of the road and turned around and the dangly bits went into the hedge and I was beside it so I had to duck! I must have slowed down to 10k at the time.”
Talking about stage 2 on Saturday afternoon, he explained “I tried yesterday but missed the final break and then in the sprint, some one ran into my rear mech and broke it. I’ll take it as a one day race today. Little brother (Russell) has put some more points into me (in the Premier Calendar) but we’re still not halfway through the season.”
Dean Downing who felt empty on day 1, was better on day on the spare bike and Rapha showed themselves at the front when they closed the 40 second gap on the break in the space of a few miles. Photo Gerry McManus.
Dean then explained that Russell is currently staying with him and his wife Katie and they train together so the two leaders of the Premier Calendar before the Chas Messenger knew each other’s form well. “We train together most of the time so we can’t get away from each other! We have done that since we’ve both returned to the UK. My form yesterday is even more frustrating because I dropped him when we went training on Wednesday while we were climbing the peaks and then he kicks my rear end this weekend. Russell has a good strong team behind him – they proved that in the Girvan.”
On Rapha Condor’s fortunes in the race, Dean explained, “Kristian isn’t well so he isn’t starting today. He’s just done a lot of stage racing and is really tired. On the others in the team he said they’ll treat it as a one day race and try and stick it to little brother.”
Next week he has the Lincoln GP the race he won last year and one victory he states as a career best. “All the preparation is done and like any big race, you kind of rest a lot so I’ll just go out and ride my bike rather than train. I’ll probably train on Wednesday quite hard and then the other days, kick back a bit. The scene round our area (Rotherham) is really good and we can go out on our bikes and you don’t have to go out on your own. On Tuesday we have a chain gang and Friday we have a café run which is good fun.”
“We have it perfect in that we can go East towards Nottinghamshire or Lincolnshire, or South or West into the Peak district and Derbyshire. So we go into the peaks a few times a week or go flat on rolling roads down south. There are still good groups that go out because guys round our way love riding their bikes and not working!”
Post race Dean, admitted to feeling a lot better than he did the day before, and explained more about how his team rode the stage “we worked hard today after not doing too good yesterday. We had nothing to lose today and brought the break back. Tony was best placed at 36 seconds so it was never going to stay away. We tried to line it out and break the bunch up. It was fast race after that and we drilled it for half a lap. Then, at the end, we had nothing to lose so we were firing men off until the finish. Every rider had a go and then Graham (Briggs) and I had a go in the sprint.”
“It was a shame we lost Kristian today as he’s an awesomely strong rider. We rode better today as a team but still didn’t get anything out of the overall. Overall, the time trial stage yesterday let us down but we’ll see how we go next week (Lincoln). 
The break of Tony Gibb, Matt Talbot and Freddy Johannson have plenty of space behind them early on.Picture Larry Hickmott.
Freddie Johannson, Pinarello “That was the best break I have ever been in! I didn’t need to do a turn because Russell had his leader’s jersey on but it was good for us that I got into the break and the others in the team didn’t need to work. They only needed to control it which they did. It was a good circuit and it’s been a good race. I enjoy this race and am starting to get back to my old self after a not so good year last year when it didn’t go as well as it should have done.”
This is Rob Hayles, second overall after the stage, idea of fun ... drilling it in the lanes before Quainton to try and break the elastic holding the peloton together. Picture Larry Hickmott.
Rob Hayles (Team Halfords Bikehut): Asked about his attacking off the front of the race before the village of Quainton, he replied “we were just having fun! I was feeling rubbish today again because it was so slow but there was no point having fun today too early so we waited until two laps to go and we started getting at them and gathering a bit of momentum.”
Talking about the bunch sprint and whether that many riders on narrow roads was a bit hairy, Rob explained “Yeah, I had about three bar in my front tyre for the last lap… It was alright though, I had fresh legs but Russ is sprinting really well. I took it up a bit earlier than I would like to but then there was a lad out front – Tom Last -- so I had to chase. He went just before the bends.”
“Today was easier in that the break went away for some reason and that settled everything down. The break could have come back at any moment when a team decided it should. Rapha did it and it was a little bit unusual where they did it – it would have done a lot more damage if some one had chosen some where else. It was good for everyone behind though and it was the catalyst for kicking the race off. Then we started hitting them as hard as we could for a bit of fun”.
On his programme and the next one, Lincoln, he explained “it’s a nice race to do and I am looking forward to it.”
Matt and the team test their radios before the stage...
Matt Stephens (Sigma Sport/Specialized/Sportful): “I’m still trying to find my feet back after a chest infection at the Girvan. Week by week I’m getting stronger and felt a lot better this week which is encouraging for the Lincoln and I’ll try and show it there. I have been third before at Lincoln and it’s a tough race. You have to ride different to a stage race like this and hopefully it will suit me more and I can be a lot more aggressive.”
On how the team are going since it was expanded, Matt replied “we have had our ups and down this year with illness and are gradually coming to the boil and Wouter (Sybrandy) who was really keyed up for this finished 10th. He rode a very good time trial and managed to keep his place overall. We have had several wins this year and hopefully Robin Sharman will be back with us for the Lincoln. He’s not been well and once he’s back in the team, it will give us an extra boost.”
John Herety on Rapha Condor/Recycling.co.uk at the Chas Messenger: “Chris Newton rode the Tour of Britanny last week, his first race back after he broke his collarbone and in all honesty we didn’t expect him to finish it and so it was in his programme to have the next few days off and ride the Chas Messenger. But things went well for him in the Tour of Brittany after his first day was pretty grim. He got better and better as the race went on and finished quite strongly.”
“After riding it four times and not finishing it, we decided to get him to finish because from a morale point of view, its always good to finish races. So he did and he’s having a break before resuming training in the middle of next week in readiness for the RAS in 10 days. He’ll do the Lincoln GP and then continue training and then off to the RAS in Ireland. It’s all to do with an eye on Beijing.”
On Kristain House, John explained “He wasn’t feeling great after Brittany where he emptied the tank but this three weeks of racing is all about having one eye on the Tour of Britain later on in the year. We thought we might get away with putting him in here so soon after Brittany and he was going well but unfortunately was taken sick late last night.”
On the Premier Calendar, he had this to say about the fact the smaller teams are helping make the racing better. “It’s good. I think after the domination of the Recycling.co.uk team for three or four years, people have caught on. What we did last year too, where we had a younger team who rode in the same fashion as the senior riders did before them proved it could be done. That encouraged other teams to pull a few riders together and the racing has been really good this year.”
“I am glad to see things being shared out a bit. Okay, Russell (Downing) has dominated a bit but I think in a calendar like ours, a sprinter like him is always going to be dominating and Russell is a phenomenal sprinter internationally so domestically he is going to do well and he can climb too to be honest. As we saw yesterday he’s not a bad time trialler either.”
“I think Russell is going to be extremely difficult to beat in the Premier Calendar this year. He has a good team around him and gets the best from them.”
Finally, I mentioned that one of his young riders, Simon Holt, did well by making the break on stage 2. The response from John though was surprising and shows the level of commitment he demands of his riders. “It as pleasing, but he got a bit of a talking to last night. He didn’t ride correctly and our young riders are good enough to get up there in these moves. In fact, as they’re not punching above their weight, they are not really maximising what they can do at the moment.”
“Last night we had a long chat about whether it was my style of management or whether its about them understanding the instructions we have given them. There is an element of fear of not wanting to do the wrong thing and as a consequence not doing the right thing. Its all very amicable and its pleasing he’s capable of being there but then that is why he’s in the team – if he wasn’t, he wouldn’t be in the team.”
“It’s the second year of being with us now and they have to start producing those sort of rides. You only have too look at what Kinesis are doing. They are punching above their weight and riding very well as a unit and that’s not what we are doing. We need to pull the individuals in our team together a little bit better.”
FIRST PHOTOS
One of the KFS riders goes for the sprint on Pitchcott Hill. Photo Gerry McManus
Gerry gets the stare of a man being dropped on the big climb... Right. Pinarello group at the front in the later stages of the race. Photo Gerry McManus
Plowman Craven rider Evan Oliphant attacks before the race gets to East Claydon. Photo Gerry McManus
Felt racing rider Justin Hoy grits his teeth for Gerry as they pass through Quainton. Photo Gerry McManus
The peloton race through the colourful fields of rape seed around the village of East Claydon. Picture Larry Hickmott.
King of the mountains Leader (and eventual winner) Simon Gaywood gets a leg rub before the start of the stage. Picture Larry Hickmott.
Riders in the Pearly Izumi team test their radios before the start. Picture Larry Hickmott.
The jerseys in the race before the final stage line up in Winslow. Picture Larry Hickmott.
Kinesis on the attack on the first lap just before North Marston. Right: Tony Gibb and Matt Talbot in the break. Picture Larry Hickmott.
team Corley Cycles rider Roy Chamberlain lines them out through Quainton. Picture Larry Hickmott.
The moment the break was caught, Tony Gibb looks back to see the Rapha Condor/Recycling lead peloton make contact ...Picture Larry Hickmott.
... and straight away the attacks were being put in as Rapha and race leader Russell Downing tried to break the race up. Picture Larry Hickmott.
Bell lap and Kinesis are at the front as is early break rider Matt Talbot. Picture Larry Hickmott.
Winner of stage 1, second overall and third on stage 3, Rob Hayles takes his stash of Kingfisher beer home....
Stage Result
1. Russ Downing Pinarello Rt
2. Tom Last Kinesis Uk
3. Robert Hayles Team Halfords-Bikehut
4. Dean Downing Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk
5. Ian Wilkinson Scienceinsport-Trek
6. Marcin Bialoblocki Sports Bean-Wilier
7. Evan Oliphant Plowman Craven Rt
8. Graham Briggs Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk
9. Neil Coleman Plowman Craven Rt
10. Martin Smith Awcycles.Co.Uk
11. Stephen Adams Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt
12. Matthew Higgins Team Corley Cycles
13. Tom Barras Plowman Craven Rt
14. Jon-Kris Mason Arctic-Premier Rt
15. Marc Perry Sports Bean-Wilier
16. Dave Coulson Sports Bean-Wilier
17. Dafydd Dylan Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles
18. Wouter Sybrandy Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct
19. James Stewart Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles
20. Matthew Stephens Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct
21. Simon Holt Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk
22. James Sampson Kinesis Uk
23. Peter Williams Pinarello Rt
24. Grant Bayton Sports Bean-Wilier
25. Simon Gaywood Plowman Craven Rt
26. Matt Cronshaw Kinesis Uk
27. Matt Clinton Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles
28. Kit Kilham Kinesis Uk
29. Matthew Jones Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt
30. Adam Norris Heron Cyclesport
31. Tom Southam Team Halfords-Bikehut
32. Matt Rowe Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk
33. Roy Chamberlain Team Corley Cycles
34. David Clarke Team Lucuna
35. Richard Sykes-Popham Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles
36. Alex Higham Plowman Craven Rt
37. James Williamson Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct
38. Matt Talbot Glendenecc/Biketrax
39. James Dobbin Arctic-Premier Rt
40. Richard Cartland Team Corley Cycles
41. Simon Richardson Plowman Craven Rt
42. Mark Wordsworth Team Corley Cycles
43. Malcolm Elliot Pinarello Rt
44. Dale Appleby Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk
45. Rhys Lloyd Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk
46. Ben Luckwell Sports Bean-Wilier
47. John Wager Felt Racing
48. Jody Crawforth Arctic-Premier Rt
49. Martin Freeman Team Corley Cycles
50. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
51. Tom Murray Pinarello Rt
52. Neil Swithinbank Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct
53. Tom Kirk Team Corley Cycles
54. Andy Roche Pinarello Rt
55. Jeroen Janssen Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt
56. Raphael Deinhart Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt
57. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
58. Dave Collins Scienceinsport-Trek
59. Andrew Bye Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct
60. Daniel Duguid Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct
61. Daniel Smith Team Lucuna
62. Josh James Kinesis Uk
Overall
1. Russ Downing Pinarello Rt 6:36:35
2. Robert Hayles Team Halfords-Bikehut @:29
3. Matthew Higgins Team Corley Cycles @:29
4. Evan Oliphant Plowman Craven Rt @:44
5. Marcin Bialoblocki Sports Bean-Wilier @1:00
6. James Stewart Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles @1:02
7. Peter Williams Pinarello Rt @1:03
8. Simon Gaywood Plowman Craven Rt @1:03
8. Simon Richardson Plowman Craven Rt @1:06
10. Wouter Sybrandy Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct @1:08
11. Matt Cronshaw Kinesis Uk @1:10
11. Tom Southam Team Halfords-Bikehut @1:10
13. Ian Wilkinson Scienceinsport-Trek @1:11
14. Alex Higham Plowman Craven Rt @1:12
15. Dafydd Dylan Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles @1:13
16. Tom Last Kinesis Uk @1:13
17. Neil Coleman Plowman Craven Rt @1:14
17. Matt Rowe Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk @1:14
17. Matt Talbot Glendenecc/Biketrax @1:15
20. Dean Downing Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk @0:01:17
21. Tom Barras Plowman Craven Rt @1:17
22. Matthew Jones Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt @01:19
22. Simon Holt Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk @1:22
22. James Sampson Kinesis Uk @1:23
22. Malcolm Elliot Pinarello Rt @1:23
22. James Williamson Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct @1:23
27. Martin Smith Awcycles.Co.Uk @1:24
28. Graham Briggs Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk @1:25
29. Roy Chamberlain Team Corley Cycles @1:25
30. Kit Kilham Kinesis Uk @1:29
30. Mark Wordsworth Team Corley Cycles @1:30
30. Marc Perry Sports Bean-Wilier @1:31
30. Matthew Stephens Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct @1:34
30. Matt Clinton Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles @1:40
35. Adam Norris Heron Cyclesport @1:41
35. Ben Luckwell Sports Bean-Wilier @1:41
37. Rhys Lloyd Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk @1:43
37. Dave Coulson Sports Bean-Wilier @1:43
37. James Dobbin Arctic-Premier Rt @1:44
40. Richard Cartland Team Corley Cycles@1:44
40. David Clarke Team Lucuna @1:44
40. Richard Sykes-Popham Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles@1:45
43. Jon-Kris Mason Arctic-Premier Rt @|1:48
44. John Wager Felt Racing @1:50
44. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt @1:53
44. Dale Appleby Rapha Condor Recycling.Co.Uk @1:55
47. Martin Freeman Team Corley Cycles @2:01
48. Jody Crawforth Arctic-Premier Rt @2:08
48. Grant Bayton Sports Bean-Wilier @2:08
50. Stephen Adams Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt @5:59
50. Tom Murray Pinarello Rt @7:03
52. Tom Kirk Team Corley Cycles @8:04
53. Andy Roche Pinarello Rt @9:19
53. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt @10:51
53. Andrew Bye Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct @11:17
56. Daniel Duguid Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct @11:17
56 Jeroen Janssen Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt @11:29
5.8 Daniel Smith Team Lucuna @11:42
5.8 Raphael Deinhart Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Rt @11:49
60. Josh James Kinesis Uk @12:30
60. Neil Swithinbank Sigma Sport-Specailized-Sportful Ct @22:32
62. Dave Collins Scienceinsport-Trek @45:08
CORLEY CYCLES SPRINT COMP
Sprint 1
1. Josh James Kinesis Uk
2. Tom Murray Pinarello Rt
3. Graham Briggs Rapha Condor Recycling
Sprint 2
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
3. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
Sprint 3
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
3. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
Sprint 4
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
3. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
Sprint 5
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Kit Kilham Kinesis Uk
3. Peter Williams Pinarello Rt
Sprint 6
1. Kit Kilham Kinesis Uk
2. Tom Last Kinesis Uk
3. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
Final Result
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Josh James Kinesis Uk
3. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
ARCTIC AIR CONDI HILL CLIMB COMP
Climb 1
1. Matthew Clinton Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles
2. Simon Gaywood Plowman Craven Rt
3. Raphael Deinhart Pearl Izumi-Planet X
Climb 2
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
3. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
Climb 3
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
3. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
Climb 4
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
3. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
Climb 5
1. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
2. Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
3. Freddy Johansson Pinarello Rt
Climb 6
1. Simon Gaywood Plowman Craven Rt
2. David Clarke Team Lucuna
3. Tom Barras Plowman Craven Rt
Climb 7
1. Dale Appleby Rapha Condor Recycling
2. James Stewart Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles
3. Simon Richardson Plowman Craven Rt
Final Result
1. Simon Gaywood Plowman Craven Rt
2. Tony Gibb Plowman Craven Rt
3. James Stewart Kfs Special Vehicles/Sunday Bicycles
Matthew Talbot Glendene Cc/Biketrax
