Location: Alexandra Palace, London
Event: 27 October 2013
Hope Factory Racing, led by Paul Oldham and Annie Simpson, secured a hat-trick of wins in the Rapha Super Cross series at Alexandra Palace in front of a loud capital city crowd.
The steep slopes of Ally Pally once again nearly proved the dominant team’s undoing, as they slipped to third on the day, but wins secured at Broughton Hall and Manchester ensured a third straight victory in the series, beating Hargroves Cycles by just one point.
The young guns of Rapha-GB, led home by Ben Sumner, produced a storming ride in the bright and blustery conditions to take the team prize on the day and lift them to third overall.
Another young team, Raleigh, secured the ‘Rouleur Team of the Day’ award for their classy riding throughout the series, ending a very respectable fifth overall.
Both men’s and women’s races ran true to form, Oldham shaking off the persistent Jody Crawforth to finish alone, and Simpson leading from the gun and dominating the field.
Around 500 riders faced the mysterious ‘Spiral of Doom’ and emerged unscathed, while the final race of the day, featuring the tequila shortcut and wall of foam, brought another fine series to a close.
Results
Elite
1 Paul Oldham Senior
2 Jody Crawforth Senior @20 seconds
3 Steve James U23 @33 seconds
4 Ben Sumner U23 @41
5 Nick Craig Senior @01:02.6
6 Jack Ravenscroft U23 01:12.4
7 Nick Barnes U23 01:14.7
8 Jack Clarkson U23 01:46.6
9 John Whittington Senior 01:51.0
10 Dave Collins Senior 01:51.1
11 Adam King U23 01:57.9
12 Andrew Hargroves U23 02:07.3
13 Dan Booth Senior 02:24.8
14 Mike Thompson U23 02:32.4
15 Dylan Kerfoot-Robson U23 02:38.4
16 Dieter Droger Senior 02:50.6
17 Matt Hargroves U23 02:51.1
18 Thomas Craig U23 02:51.2
19 Will Bjergfelt Senior 02:53.6
20 Richard Mardle Senior 03:15.4
21 Tom Payton Senior 03:38.2
22 Scott Chalmers Senior 03:42.2
23 Steve Davis Senior 03:42.6
24 Chris Barnes Senior 04:11.9
25 Jake Poole U23 04:22.3
26 Scot Easter Senior 04:57.3
27 Danny Fox U23 05:06.1
28 Ben Cooper U23 1 Lap
29 Joshua Wells-Walling U23 1 Lap
30 Joe Atkins U23 1 Lap
31 Ben Pygott Senior 1 Lap
32 Bruce Dalton Senior 1 Lap
33 Annie Simpson Woman 1 Lap
34 Hannah Payton Woman 1 Lap
35 Delia Beddis Woman 1 Lap
36 Jough Watson Senior 1 Lap
37 Andy Taylor Senior 1 Lap
38 Beth Crumpton Woman 1 Lap
39 Diane Lee Woman 1 Lap
40 Amira Mellor Woman 1 Lap
41 Nichola Butler Woman 2 Laps
42 Abby Mae Parkinson Woman 2 Laps
43 Rebecca Womersley Woman 2 Laps
44 Matt Waitford U23 2 Laps
45 Ffion James Woman 2 Laps
46 Claire Beaumont Woman 2 Laps
47 Mel Brand Woman 2 Laps
48 Sophia Joy Woman 2 Laps
49 Phoebe Sneddon Woman 2 Laps
DNF Hugo Robinson U23 DNF
DNF Verity Appleyard Woman DNF
ROULEUR TEAM OF THE DAY AWARD - Raleigh
Alexandra Palace Team Result
1. Rapha-GB
2. Hargroves Cycles
3. Hope Factory Racing
4. Raleigh
5. Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves
6. MG-Maxifuel
7. Rouleur
8. Charge
9. Yorkshire
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. Hope 28pts
2. Hargroves 27pts
3. Rapha-GB 21pts
4. Rouleur 20pts
5. Raleigh 19pts
6. Felt 15pts
7. MG-Maxifuel 13pts
8. Yorkshire 12pts
9. Charge 7pts
