Tribute to Brian Cossavella at Lincoln GP
Story posted May 2; Event Press Release
The Lincoln Grand Prix lost a friend and valuable race official with the sad and untimely death of Brian Cossavella who passed away suddenly on March 1st. Brian was well known for organising the world masters track championships in Manchester, he also organised many other major events, including the 1996 world track championships, the Cleveland Grand Prix and the 1997 world table tennis championships. Brian has for many years taken on the responsibility as the driver and assistant to the Chief Race official at the Lincoln Grand Prix and a special award has now been established in his memory.
Right: Brian Cossavella (Tributes to Brian)
The elegant silver trophy to be known as 'The Brian Cossavella Michaelgate Trophy' will be awarded to the rider gaining the most points on each lap of the Grand Prix as they cross the finish line following the 1 in 6 cobbled climb of Lincoln's Michaelgate with the first three riders being awarded 3, 2 and 1 points.
The competition will have its own prize list with £100 going to the winner, £60 to second place and £40 to third place. The new annual award is being sponsored by Rotherham based Universal Cycle Centre and owner Dave Marsh will make the presentation in Lincoln's Castle Square.
Dave said "Brian was well known to everybody in the sport and was a regular race official at the Lincoln Grand Prix. He was also a good friend to me and I am pleased to be able to support this special award in his memory". Another new special competition within the race this year is sponsored by the East Midlands Development Agency who are supporting the Grand Prix under its London 2012 awareness campaign. This £120 award along with the East Midlands British Cycling Trophy will go to the highest placed East Midlands based rider.
Jackson Building Centres continue as the event's main commercial sponsor and will again sponsor the special award of £120 for the 'Most Meritorious Performance' This was awarded to Wayne Randle last year after a spirited race-long ride at the head of affairs.
The above awards with a total prize of £440 add to the race prize list of £3,000 with the event winner receiving £600 together with the Roy Alan Hart Memorial Trophy.
The race starts from Lincoln's Yarborough Leisure Centre at 10 am on Sunday, May 11th and finishes in Lincoln's Castle Square at 1.30 pm after 11 laps of the 8 mile circuit.
THE 53rd LINCOLN GRAND PRIX (Updated May 2)
Competitors
1 Dean Downing Rapha Condor Recycling Rotherham
2 Chris Newton Rapha Condor Recycling Oldham
3 Kristian House Rapha Condor Recycling Cheadle
4 Rob Partridge Rapha Condor Recycling Wrexham
5 Graham Briggs Rapha Condor Recycling Doncaster
6 Matt Rowe Rapha Condor Recycling Cardiff
7 Ryan Bonser Rapha Condor Recycling Ashton under Lyne
8 Adam Bonser Rapha Condor Recycling Oldham
9 Tom Slagter Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam Netherlands
10 Dion Beukeboom Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam Netherlands
11 Jody Tesselaar Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam Netherlands
12 Germ van der Burg Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam Netherlands
13 Sierd Steigenga Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam Netherlands
14 Dennis Leliveld Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam Netherlands
15 Eugene Moriarty MyHome.ie/BDBC/Cycleways Ireland
16 Stephen O’Sullivan MyHome.ie/BDBC/Cycleways Ireland
17 Alex Coutts Giant Asia RT Burntisland
18 David McCann Giant Asia RT Ireland
19 Alessandro Grandi Team Co Bo Italy Italy
20 Robert Willcocks Ajchva Limoux Melton Mowbray
21 David Miller API Metrow Cambridge
22 Darren Barclay Arctic-Premier Racing Team Brighton
23 Simon Wilson Arctic-Premier Racing Team Burnely
24 Jody Crawforth Arctic-Premier Racing Team Leatherhead
25 Oliver Graham Arctic-Premier Racing Team Redditch
26 Jon-Kris Mason Arctic-Premier Racing Team Ticknall
27 Matt Holmes Arctic-Premier Racing Team Gravesend
28 Neil Beasley Ashfield Road Club Chilwell
29 Scot Gamble Ashfield Road Club Selston
30 Owain Lovell Ashfield Road Club Newthorpe
31 Andrew Stuart Ashfield Road Club Newthorpe
32 Alex Peterson Awcycles.co.uk Thatcham
33 Martin Smith Awcycles.co.uk Milton Keynes
34 Tom Smith Awcycles.co.uk Winkfield Row
35 Philip Borrett Bikinmotion CC Sidmouth
36 Sam Ward Team Chevin Cycles Otley
37 Roy Chamberlain Team Corley Cycles Newport Pagnell
38 Mark Wordsworth Team Corley Cycles Doncaster
39 Matthew Higgins Team Corley Cycles Pelsall
40 Richard Cartland Team Corley Cycles Worcester
41 Martin Freeman Team Corley Cycles Glossop
42 Karl Freeman Team Corley Cycles Glossop
43 Tom Kirk Team Corley Cycles Headington
44 Tom Martin Team Corley Cycles Tamworth
45 Richard Lambert Cottingham Coureurs Rossington
46 David Shackleton Cottingham Coureurs Hull
47 Carl Dyson cyclingbargains.com Leicester
48 Paul Bell Doncaster Wheelers Rossington
49 Rob Watkinson Doncaster Wheelers Rotherham
50 Adam Weaver Doncaster Wheelers Rotherham
51 Adrian Bird Team Echelon Spiuk East Didsbury
52 Nicolaas Jansen van Rensburg Evans Cycles RT South Africa
53 Tim Elverson Felt Racing Fleet
54 Justin Hoy Felt Racing Lindford
55 John Wager Felt Racing Long Wittenham
56 Gary Adamson FP Mailing Scarisbrick
57 Neil Jones Gateway Cycles RT Abergavenny
58 Robbie Powell Gateway Cycles RT Ebbw Vale
59 Euan Pope Glasgow Coureurs Glasgow
60 Ben Thompson Glendene Cycling Club Woodford Green
61 Matt Talbot Glendene Cycling Club Streatham
62 Andri Joubert Glendene Cycling Club Brentwood
63 Matthew Charity Go Sportspex RT Nottingham
64 Wayne Webster Go Sportspex RT Hucknall
65 Jon Pain GWR Team Gloucester
66 Rob Hayles Team Halfords Bike Hut Hayfield
67 Tom Southam Team Halfords Bike Hut Cheadle
68 Dafydd Dylan KFS Special Vehicles Aberystwyth
69 Matt Clinton KFS Special Vehicles Coventry
70 Gareth Hewitt KFS Special Vehicles Sheffield
71 Richard Sykes Popham KFS Special Vehicles Bury St Edmunds
72 James Stewart KFS Special Vehicles Ormskirk
73 Kieran Frend KFS Special Vehicles Burton on Trent
74 Gregg Roche KFS Special Vehicles Macclesfield
75 James Sampson Kinesis UK Huddersfield
76 Kit Gilham Kinesis UK Sheffield
77 Matt Cronshaw Kinesis UK Carnforth
78 Jack Pullar Kinesis UK Carnforth
79 Josh James Kinesis UK St Andrews
80 Tom Last Kinesis UK Bakewell
81 Leigh Cowell Kuota/Biemme/Spinergy Preston
82 Robert Orr Team Lacuna Leicester
83 David Clarke Team Lacuna Swadlingcote
84 Daniel Smith Team Lacuna Saltburn
85 Richard Williamson Team Lacuna Great Ayton
86 David McGowan Liverpool Mercury Liverpool
87 Harry Penn Mammoth Lifestyle Racing Team Lichfield
88 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Mid Devon CC Plymstock
89 Paul Londors Team Milton Keynes Northampton
90 Mike Wragg Team Milton Keynes Aylesbury
91 Wayne Coombs VC Montpellier Winchcombe
92 Withdrawn
93 James Moss MTS Inkland Gosforth
94 Simon Baxter MTS Inkland Ormesby
95 Lewis Medows MTS Inkland Middlesbrough
96 Sean Poison MTS Inkland North Shields
97 Daren Tiffin MTS Inkland Gateshead
98 Ian Thomas Newport Shropshire Telford
99 Jimmy Finch Newark Castle Cycling Club Newark
100 David Robinson NFM Racing Team Durham
101 Christopher Moores Norwood Paragon Bath
102 Simon Warren Norwood Paragon London
103 Martin Bryant PCA/Ciclos Uno South Woodford
104 Ian Franklin PCA/Ciclos Uno Writtle, Essex
105 Withdrawn
106 Daniel Kogan PCA/Ciclos Uno Ilford
107 Daniel Patten PCA/Ciclos Uno Corringham
108 James Whatling PCA/Ciclos Uno Walthamstow
109 Jon Mozley Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Derby
110 Liam Holohan Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Leeds
111 Jeroen Janssen Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Netherlands
112 Stephen Adams Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Nottingham
113 Matthew Jones Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Milton Keynes
114 Raphael Deinhart Pearl Izumi-Planet X-High 5 Germany
115 Gary Hand Pedal Power Race Team Livingston
116 Gordon Murdoch Pedal Power Race Team East Kilbride
117 Paul Coatts Pedal Power Race Team Hamilton
118 Kevin Barclay Pedal Power Race Team West Calder
119 Scott Macrae Pedal Power Race Team Edinburgh
120 Malcolm Elliott Pinarello Racing Team Stannington
121 Russell Downing Pinarello Racing Team Rotherham
122 Freddy Johansson Pinarello Racing Team Sweden
123 Lee Davis Pinarello Racing Team Stonehouse
124 Tom Murray Pinarello Racing Team Huddersfield
125 Matthew Kipling Pinarello Racing Team Bishop Auckland
126 Peter Williams Pinarello Racing Team Croston
127 Andy Roche Pinarello Racing Team Isle of Man
128 Mark Lovatt Planet X Racing Team Leek
129 Simon Gaywood Plowman Craven RT Bedford
130 James Millard Plowman Craven RT Canvey Island
131 James McCallum Plowman Craven RT Edinburgh
132 Simon Richardson Plowman Craven RT Bristol
133 Tom Barras Plowman Craven RT Keighley
134 Evan Oliphant Plowman Craven RT Edinburgh
135 Neil Coleman Plowman Craven RT Corsham
136 Tony Gibb Plowman Craven RT Ruislip
137 Geoffrey Beetham retrobike.co.uk Loughborough
138 Jamie Burgan Rutland Cycling Club Sheffield
139 Ian Wilkinson Scienceinsport-Trek Barnoldswick
140 Dave Collins Scienceinsport-Trek Leicester
141 Richard Kent Scienceinsport-Trek Oldham
142 Richard Wilkinson Scienceinsport-Trek Sale
143 Tim Lawson Scienceinsport-Trek Blackburn
144 Matthew Stephens Sigmasport Crewe
145 Alex Wise Sigmasport Uppingham
146 Mike Harrison Sigmasport Sandbach
147 James Williamson Sigmasport Crewe
148 Neil Swithenbank Sigmasport Littleborough
149 Daniel Duguid Sigmasport Fleet
150 Andrew Bye Sigmasport Feltham
151 Robin Sharman Sigmasport Holbrook
152 Grant Bayton Sports Beans-Wilier Swindon
153 Marcin Bialoblocki Sports Beans-Wilier Langport, Somerset
154 Mark Perry Sports Beans-Wilier Bognor Regis
155 Mark Thwaites Sports Beans-Wilier Ilkley
156 Ashley Brown Sportscover Spluk Castleford
157 Gav Evans Sportscover Spluk Tibshelf
158 Dieter Droger Sportscover Spluk Barnsley
159 Nigel Haigh Sportscover Spluk Huddersfield
160 Withdrawn
161 Stephen Guymer Star Bikes RT Cottingham
162 Stephen Ward Star Bikes RT Driffield
163 Matt Jennings Websters Cycles Leicester
164 Andrew Griffiths Wielergroep Beveren 2000 Hornchurch
165 James Makepeace Wild Side Racing Team Worthing
166 Chris McNamara Wild Side Racing Team Worthing
167 Simon McNamara Wild Side Racing Team Worthing
168 Stephen Skuse Wild Side Racing Team Strood
169 Mark Sussex Wild Side Racing Team Burgess Hill
170 Alastair Kay York Cycleworks York
171 Simon Blythe Unattached Germany
172 Martin Ford Unattached Newcastle, Staffs
173 George Richardson Unattached Redditch
174 Peter Hawkins Usher Irish Road Club Ireland
175 Dave Coulson Team Sports Beans Wilier Sheffield
176 Phil Axe Sharrow Cycling Club Sheffield
177 Raymond Rol W.V. Noord-Holland Netherlands
PRIZE LIST
Winner: £600
plus The Roy Alan Hart Memorial Shield
2nd - £450 3rd - £360
4th - £255 5th - £210 6th - £180
7th - £150 8th - £120 9th - £105 10th - £90
11th - £75 12th - £60 13th - £60 14th - £60 15th - £45
16th - £45 17th - £45 18th - £30 19th - £30 20th - £30
Total - £3,000
SPECIAL AWARDS
The Jackson Building Centres Special Award
for the Most Meritorious Performance
£120
Best Performance by an East Midlands Based Rider
£120
Sponsored by East Midlands Development Agency
The Brian Cossavella ‘Michaelgate’ Trophy
Hill Climb competition based upon 3,2,1 points each lap
Winner to receive the Trophy plus £100, 2nd place £60, 3rd place £40
RELATED LINKS
www.lincolngrandprix.org.uk
www.universalcyclecentre.co.uk
www.emda.org.uk
www.jacksonbc.co.uk
