London Grand Prix Supports Stage One of The Tour of Britain
Latest News - Entries flood in for London Grand Prix
Monday 18 August
Just over two weeks until closing date for entries to Tour of Britain support race. With just over three weeks until The Tour of Britain hits London, entries are flooding in for the London Grand Prix, the curtain raiser to a day of exciting cycle racing action on Sunday 7th September.
As the penultimate round of the Elite Men's Circuit Race Series, the racing is certain to be fast and frantic. With 60 points on offer to the winner, several riders will be looking to take the win to overhaul Dean Downing of Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk, at the top standings. Among the teams already entered are the Pearl Izumi - Planet X - High 5 Racing Team, who's rider Jeroen Janssen currently lies 7th in the series standings, and the Arctic Premier Racing Team.
Action gets underway at 10.30 on the 7th September, with the Grand Prix taking place over 55 minutes plus 5 laps. Entries are open via the British Cycling website until Friday 29th August at £15, while entries will be available on the line at £20.
News Posted: 29 July 2008
The London Grand Prix will once again support the opening stage of this year's Tour of Britain, based on a grandstand circuit at the heart of central London, on Sunday 7th September.
As a round of the Elite Men's Circuit Race Series, the London Grand Prix will provide an action packed curtain raiser to the main event, Stage One of The Tour of Britain, which will certainly wet the crowd's appetite for bike racing with some thrilling action ahead of Stage One of The Tour.
The event returns to the streets of central London, after being held last year at Crystal Palace, ahead of the Prologue of The Tour of Britain. Pinarello's Malcolm Elliott was the winner that day, just as 12 months previously on The Mall ahead of the final stage of the 2006 Tour of Britain.
With Elliott due to ride The Tour with Pinarello this year, the opportunity is there for a new rider to be crowned, King of London.
The flag will drop at 10.30, with an hours exciting action taking place over the shorter 'criterium circuit', before the winner is decided in front of spectators at the start finish line on Victoria Embankment.
The Elite Men's Circuit Race Series focuses on fast, technical criteriums based across the country in towns like Stone, Rochdale and Blackpool. The London Grand Prix forms the penultimate round of a series, which usually goes down to the wire at its finale in Warwick a week later.
So far in 2008 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co.uk's Dean Downing has been the man to beat, but like Elliott he's due to contest The Tour of Britain, opening the way for Rapha youngsters Simon Holt (whose older brother Ian won the 2004 event) and Graham Briggs who currently lie second and third in the standings, and Ian Wilkinson, winner of the last round of the series, the Colne GP in July.
To find out more about the London Grand Prix, and details on how to enter please go to the British Cycling website - www.britishcycling.org.uk
Stage One of The Tour of Britain takes place after the London Grand Prix, beginning at 13.30 over ten laps of the full 8.6km circuit, which takes in the whole of Victoria Embankment and on to the Tower of London.
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