UCI Disability Cycling Grand Prix of Wales 2010
Event Sunday 16th May | Newport Velodrome (Wales), Photos: Christina Kelkel
Event Website: http://www.walesgp.com |
As well as setting a World Record, the GB Team Sprint riders were also rewarded with some stylish trophies. L-R, Terry Byrne, Richard Waddon and Jody Cundy.
The 5th UCI Disability Grand Prix of Wales was held at Newport (Wales) last Sunday with riders from Brazil, South Africa, Romania, Spain, Belgium, France, Slovenia and Ireland competing against a Great Britain team. Now an established P1 World ranking event in the UCI calendar, this year’s Grand Prix was the first track event in the World to utilise the new classification system implemented by the UCI in January 2010 and will follow the programme format to be used at the London 2012 Paralympics.
The event is on the European calendar as a P1 event which means it is a Points scoring event towards a nation’s ranking for the end of the year but crucially, not a qualifying event for London 2012. The race programme was also a major test for the teams with the events being held over the one day whereas in London 2012, they will be held over three days.
For the GB team, the day of racing proved to be very important as they looked to bring all their coaches up to speed with the races so that they can provide their riders with the best support possible, not just in training but in forthcoming major events including the 2012 Paracycling Games.
The GB team’s head coach, Chris Furber explained that because there are so few events on the track for Paracycling, they felt it was an important opportunity for the riders to have a good hit out early season that they could peak for. They can now back off before starting their training for the World Track Championships which the teams hope will fall at the end of the year some where in Europe.
Above: Scottish power... Craig MacLean and Neil Fachie on their way to a world best in the flying 200.
The competition at Newport says Chris Furber was very good. “There were a lot of the big nations like the Spanish, Irish, Romanians as well as others like South Africa competing. GB had a very big squad competing with riders from our Podium, Academy and Talent programmes.”
It was added the GB coach, the first time that all three levels have raced at the one competition and where as the Podium riders were looking for performances, the others were looking to improve and press home the fact they may be close to being competitive for medals. One of the very familiar faces there was former World track champion Craig Maclean.
The Scottish rider, explained Chris, was still not eligible for world records and scoring nation points and doesn’t become so until November but GB were lucky the organisers let him race as part of a block of racing that will include the Tandem Championships on the 23rd of May.
When asked how the day went for the Great Britain team, Chris replied “it was a mixed bag today. Craig and Neil did exceptional in their Kilo and also in the sprint and their 10.30 would have been a World record had Craig been eligible so that is really good news. They were also only a hairs breathe off the World record in the kilo.”
Ellen Hunter & Aileen MacGlynn
“Ellen and Aileen were very solid again with their performances and Jody was likewise very solid with his kilo after we tried a different approach to the event and that worked well. Mark Bristow went very well too but some of the best performances came from the Academy and Development riders and in particular Terry Byrne”.
“He stepped up to the plate and did a 1.10.5 in the kilo which I think would put him on the podium at World level and he beat the guy who was second in the Worlds who was also here. And then he rode the Team Sprint and they set a new Worlds best in the new format. That was a highlight of the day for me, to have two new riders in there, with no Darren Kenny or Mark Bristow, and they went only a shade slower than we went at the Worlds last year. That was a really awesome performance.”
The French were just one of many international teams competing at Newport.
RESULTS
MALE BVI 1000m Time Trial
Neil Fachie /Craig Mclean, Gbr 1.03.093
Simon Jackson / Barney Storey, Gbr 1.04.392
Anthony Kappes / David Readle, Gbr 1.04.613
Michael Delaney / Con Collis, IRL 1.08.536
Andrew Fitzgerald / Paul Giblin, IRL 1.11.694
Yann Vergeylen / Cyrille Santerre, FRA 1.16.417
FEMALE BVI 3000m Pursuit
Aileen MacGlynn / Eleen Hunter, Gbr 3.41.485
Catherine Walsh / Francine Meehan IRL 3.50.023
Clair Butler / Fiona Meade IRL 4.20.096
MALE C1-C2-C3 1000m Time Trial
Vitório Silvestre BRA C1 2.08.990
Mark Colborne GBR C2 1.33. 067
Stuart Trow GBR C2 1.45.077
Colin Lynch IRL C3 1.23.658
James Brookman GBR C3 1.24.816
Martin Christmas GBR C3 1.27.427
FEMALE C4-C5 3000m Pursuit
Roxanne Burns RSA C4 4.39.763
Crystal Lane GBR C5 4.24.099
MALE C4 4000m Pursuit
Carol Eduard Novak ROU 4.49.385
Janos Plekker RSA 5.09.948
Shaun McKeown GBR 5.11.022
Enda Smyth IRL 5.21.450
Stephan Herholdt RSA 6.13.007
MALE C5 4000m Pursuit
Russ White GBR 5.00.795
John-Allan Butterworth GBR 5.13.090
Alain Goolaerts BEL 5.13.798
Tim Challinor GBR 5.22.501
Imre Torok ROU 5.27.170
Dominic Walls IRL 5.51.018
Irish Matcheke RSA 5.52.605
MALE BVI 4000m Pursuit
Michael Delaney / Con Collis IRL 4.42.884
Andrew Fitzgerald / Paul Giblin IRL 4.44.284
FEMALE BVI 1000m Time Trial
Aileen MacGlynn / Eleen Hunter GBR 1.10.025
Catherine Walsh / Francine Meehan IRL 1.16.519
Clair Butler / Fiona Meade IRL 1.24.025
MALE C3 3000m Pursuit
Richard Waddon GBR 3.46.050
Colin Lynch IRL 4.07.971
James Brookman GBR 4.25.823
Martin Christmas GBR 4.31.127
MALE BVI Sprint
Qualification Round
Neil Fachie / Craig Mclean GBR 10.309
Simon Jackson / Barney Storey GBR 10.752
Anthony Kappes / David Readle GBR 10.492
Michael Delaney / Con Collis IRL 11.090
Jose Lareo/ Jose Trindad ESP 11.335
Andrew Fitzgerald / Paul Giblin IRL 12.472
Yann Vergeylen / Cyrille Santerre FRA 12.537
Semi Final
SF 1
Neil Fachie / Craig Mclean GBR 10.675
Michael Delaney / Con Collis IRL
SF 2
Anthony Kappes / David Readle GBR 11.438
Simon Jackson / Barney Storey GBR
Minor Final
Andrew Fitzgerald / Paul Giblin IRL
Won by ride over
Yann Vergeylen / Cyrille Santerre FRA
3rd-4th Place Match
Michael Delaney / Con Collis IRL
Won by ride over
Simon Jackson / Barney Storey GBR
1st – 2nd Place Match
1 Neil Fachie / Craig Mclean GBR 11.535
2 Anthony Kappes / David Readle GBR
MALE C1-C2 3000m Pursuit
Vitório Silvestre BRA C1 6.23.915
Mark Colborne GBR C2 4.44.608
Stuart Trow GBR C2 5.15.341
MALE C4 1000m Time Trial
Jody Cundy GBR 1.06.381
Terry Byrne GBR 1.10.538
Carol Eduard Novak ROU 1.11.409
Enda Smyth IRL 1.15.537
Janos Plekker RSA 1.15.846
Stephan Herholdt RSA 1.17.284
Shaun McKeown GBR 1.18.447
Kris Bosmans BEL 1.18.785
FEMALE C4-5 500m Time Trial
Crystal Lane GBR 43.417
Roxanne Burns RSA 43.766
Male C5 1000m Time Trial
Mark Bristow GBR 1.10.286
John-Allan Butterworth GBR 1.10.482
Russ White GBR 1.13.754
Imre Torok ROU 1.15.590
Alain Goolaerts BEL 1.17.118
Tim Challinor GBR 1.20.081
Irish Matcheke RSA 1.20.204
Dominic Walls GBR 1.20.552
MIixed Team Sprint
Qualification
South Africa 57.842
Janos Plekker RSA
Roxanne Burns RSA
Stepahn Heroldt RSA
Ireland 58.659
Enda Smyth IRL
Colin Lynch IRL
Dominic Walls IRL
Great Britain 51.208 New World Record
Richard Waddon GBR
Jody Cundy GBR
Terry Byrne GBR
FINAL RESULT
Great Britain 50.501 New World Record
Richard Waddon GBR
Jody Cundy GBR
Terry Byrne GBR
South Africa 57.108
Janos Plekker RSA
Roxanne Burns RSA
Stepahn Heroldt RSA
