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Location: South Dartmoor College, Ashburton, Devon
Event: 18 September 2011
Report: Snowdon Sports
Talented young senior rider Luke Gray secured victory in the second round of the South West League, staged at South Dartmoor College in Ashburton, Devon, on Sunday.
Gray, the 19-year-old Hargroves Cycles rider from Poole in Dorset, took victory from Motorpoint Pro Cycling ace Will Bjergfelt in a two-up finish, while the rest of the field were a country mile behind.
Gray won both the two South West League events he entered last season, and if he continues to ride the league events will be hard to beat in the overall, with last season's overall victor, Mark Davies (Southfork Racing) well behind the leading two.
Gray and Bjergfelt attacked from the start and were soon out of sight, and went on to lap the majority of riders - some being caught twice.
Heavy rain the previous day and overnight had stopped for the event, and although the course was slippery it held together reasonably well and made for fast racing on the small circuit with most riders covering around 16 laps.
First and second in the opening round last week, Pete Dawe (Southfork Racing) and Tim Carpenter (Empella Cyclo-Cross.com) were again first and second in the veterans 40-49 category, while Steve Davies (Team Jewson) pushed round one winner Robin Delve (Mid-Devon CC) into second.
Mid-Devon CC's Adam Fursdon won the junior race from Daniel Wellings of Somerset Road Club, while his team-mate at Mid-Devon, Will Kelly, was fastest of the youth riders.
Results:
Seniors:
1 Luke Gray (Hargroves Cycles)
2 Will Bjergfelt (Motorpoint Pro Cycling)
3 Mark Davies (Southfork Racing)
4 James Bovey (Mid-Devon CC)
5 John Peters (CS South Hams)
6 Matt Loake (Southfork Racing)
7 Roy Wyle-Smith (Elite Velo)
8 Jason Duckworth (Team Tor 2000)
9 Justin Webb (Etape Reine)
10 Gabriel Clarke (Plymouth University CC)
Veterans 40-49:
1 Pete Dawe (Southfork Racing)
2 Tim Carpenter (Empella Cyclo-Cross.com)
3 Steve Birchill (Mid-Devon CC)
Veterans over 50:
1 Steve Davies (Team Jewson)
2 Robin Delve (Mid-Devon CC)
3 Lester Young (Cyclo-Cross.com)
Juniors:
1 Adam Fursdon (Mid-Devon CC)
2 Daniel Wellings (Somerset RC)
3 Harry Loader (Mid-Devon CC)
Youth:
1 Will Kelly (Mid-Devon CC)
2 Charlie Meredith (Tor Velo)
3 Charles Hough (The Bike Cellar)
4 Harry Clarke (Mid-Devon CC)
5 Joel Kelly (Mid-Devon C)
6 Tom Evans-Groute (unattached)
Under-12s:
1 Harry Birchill (Mid-Devon CC)
2 Harry Meredith (Tor Velo)
3 Jude Ray (unattached)
Girls: Erin Clarke (Mid-Devon CC). Under-10s: Freddie Birchill (Mid-Devon CC). Under-8s: Solomon Drury (Mid-Devon CC).
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.
