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Report: Coventry Road Club Boxing Day 'Cross
Event: 26th December 2010, Kenilworth Common | Report and Images: Andy Whitehouse
Above: Senior race winner Liam Killeen tests his form with a win at Kenilworth, prior to January's Cross Nationals at Derby
Coventry Road Club hosted the annual post Christmas day cobweb blow-out 'cross at Kenilworth Common on Boxing day. As always a healthy (well as healthy as one can be on Boxing day) field took to the grid at the bottom of the Common Lane hill before cutting off left and into the wooded section leading up to the bombhole which as always was proving a more then popular place to watch the race unfold, the Kenilworth tifosi were, as always, in fine voice, the bigger the crash the louder the cheer.
A nasty little drag back out of the hole saw the course level out for a short while before the riders had to tackle the Turret,yet another vicious drop off which was proving a bit of a challenge for the more sensible of the field.
Above: The icy conditions didn't deter a healthy Boxing Day field.
Ben Roach(Cult Racing) led the field up the first climb from the off with Steve Allen (Unattached) and Liam Killeen (Unattached) glued to Roach's Rear tyre, Hope Factory Racing's Dave Collins was always going to be in the mix with the front runners and it wasn't to be long before he and Killeen would be out in front setting a blistering pace between them. By the midpoint of the race the leading pair had pulled a forty second advantage over the chase group of Roach, Allen and first junior on the course, Luke Grivell-Mellor(Mid Shropshire Wheelers).
Both Collins and Killeen rode tyre to tyre but it would be Killeen who at forty minutes would take the lead and retain it to cross the finish line and take the victory. First Junior home was Grivell-Mellor, first vet was Phil Roach (Coventry RC/Ride.cov) who rode a more the credible 7th place overall and the first lady over the line was Michele Paget (RLS4X.com).
Senior
1 Liam Killeen Unattached M
2 Dave Collins Hope Factory Racing M
3 Ben Roach Cult Racing u23 M
4 Steven Allen Unattached u23 M
5 Andrew Baum Cwmcarn Paragon M
6 Matt Clinton Mike Vaughan Cycles M @ 1Lap
7 Jack Hibberd Halesowen A & CC u23 M @ 1Lap
8 Richard Fairholme Kenilworth Wheelers M @ 1Lap
9 Daniel Goode Black Cat Racing M @ 1Lap
10 Colin Miller Coventry RC / Ride.Cov M @ 1Lap
11 Thomas Hibberd Solihull CC u23 M @ 1Lap
12 Matthew Smart Coventry RC / Ride.Cov M @ 2Lap
13 Bradley Burbidge Cycling bargains u23 M @ 2Lap
14 Christopher Allcott Wolverhampton Whrs M @ 2Lap
15 Adam Jackson Coventry RC / Ride.Cov M @ 3Lap
16 Jethro Bartle Solihull CC M @ 3Lap
17 James Stout Team Type 1 M DNF
Jun/Lady/Vets/Sen
1 Liam Killeen Unattached Sen M
2 Dave Collins Hope Factory Racing Sen M
3 Ben Roach Cult Racing Sen u23 M
4 Steven Allen Unattached Sen u23 M
5 Luke Grivell-Mellor Mid Shropshire Whs Jun M
6 Andrew Baum Cwmcarn Paragon Sen M
7 Philip Roach Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Vet M
8 Matt Clinton Mike Vaughan Cycles Sen M @ 1Lap
9 Mark James M.I.Racing Endura Thule Vet M @ 1Lap
10 Jack Hibberd Halesowen A & CC Sen u23 M @ 1Lap
11 Richard Fairholme Kenilworth Wheelers Sen M @ 1Lap
12 Daniel Goode Black Cat Racing Sen M @ 1Lap
13 Andrew Roberts Evans Cycles Vet 50+ M @ 1Lap
14 Mark Farrar Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Vet M @ 1Lap
15 David Perry Go Sports Spex Vet M @ 1Lap
16 Tim Stowe M.I.Racing Endura Thule Vet 50+ M @ 1Lap
17 Colin Miller Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Sen M @ 1Lap
18 Philip Bromwich Evesham Whs Vet M @ 1Lap
19 Thomas Hibberd Solihull CC Sen u23 M @ 1Lap
20 Peter Bromwich Unattached Vet M @ 2Lap
21 Phil Evans Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Vet 50+ M @ 2Lap
22 Adrian Ravenscroft Birmingham CC Vet M @ 2Lap
23 Lorenzo Buratti Wyre Forest CRC Vet M @ 2Lap
24 Michael Perrin Ashfield RC Vet 50+ M @ 2Lap
25 Robert Pisolkar Finsbury Park CC Vet 50+ M @ 2Lap
26 Matthew Smart Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Sen M @ 2Lap
27 Mark Humphries Rugby Velo Vet M @ 2Lap
28 Bradley Burbidge Cycling bargains Sen u23 M @ 2Lap
29 Donald Grey Cardiee Jif / Cyclopeadia Vet 50+ M @ 2Lap
30 David Miller Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Vet 60+ M @ 2Lap
31 Keith Peters Worcestershire Cycle Centre Vet M @ 2Lap
32 David Watts Here Come The Belgians Vet M @ 2Lap
33 Gregory Dighton Beacon RC Jun M @ 2Lap
34 Simon Dighton Beacon RC Vet M @ 2Lap
35 Keith Dilly Ragnarok Vet M @ 2Lap
36 James Garrett Rugby Velo Jun M @ 2Lap
37 Christopher Allcott Wolverhampton Whrs Sen M @ 2Lap
38 Paul Selkeld Redditch R & P Vet M @ 2Lap
39 David Walker Elizabethen CC Vet M @ 2Lap
40 Adam Jackson Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Sen M @ 3Lap
41 Gary Townsend M.I.Racing Endura Thule Vet M @ 3Lap
42 Andrew Kendall Halesowen A & CC Vet M @ 3Lap
43 Joe Atkins Coventry RC / Ride.Cov Jun M @ 3Lap
44 Michelle Paget RLS4X.com Lady F @ 3Lap
45 Jethro Bartle Solihull CC Sen M @ 3Lap
46 Serafino Palmeri Unattached Vet M @ 3Lap
47 Adrie Breugielmans Leamington C & AC Vet M @ 3Lap
48 Alex Potts Redditch R & P Jun M @ 3Lap
49 Stephen Allcott Wolverhampton Whrs Vet M @ 3Lap
50 John Potts Redditch R & P Vet M @ 3Lap
51 Rebecca Keogh Solihull CC Lady F @ 4Lap
52 Craig Sketchley Unattached Vet M @ 4Lap
53 Steve Davies Team Endura Thule 24/7 Kine Vet 50+ M DNF
54 James Stout Team Type 1 Sen M DNF
55 Joe Fox Rapha Condor CC Jun M DNF
56 Gary Hipwell Rugby Velo Vet M DNF
57 Martin Tinsley Halesowen A & CC Vet 50+ M DNF
