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Imperial Winter Series Race 9

Posted January 26, 2010; Results, report & photos by Imperial RT

Saturday saw an increased entry for all categories partly due no doubt to the improved weather situation and with the road season getting ever closer.  

The 3rd and 4th cat races followed their usual familiar pattern with the groups staying together. The main highlight of the 4th cat race was performed by Piers Curle (Exiles) who left the comfort of the main group to catch the 3rd cat group, although to his credit he rode 25m off the back and gained no advantage. This gave him a very creditable win with second place going to a bemused Tom Bell (Twickenham CC) who won the sprint comfortably not realising a rider was ahead!

In the finish of the 3rd category race, again it was very tight for the first three places with Ed Rose (Progression Fitness) holding off Ben Moores (Norwood Paragon CC) and last weeks 4th cat winner Jacek Reder. It was good to see one of the Moores family back in action!

Primes were again supplied by PurnaSports.com and won by Jon Lewis (Charlotteville CC) 3rd cat and Nicholas Hutchings (C.S. Grupetto) 4th cat.  These have been welcomed by the riders and provided a little added interest mid race; the organisers are indebted to Stuart Stow (who rides in the 3rd cat race) for his generosity.

In the E/1/23/ race it was action from the start, with several riders in their new season’s kit and bikes, notably Sigma Sport and Cycles Dauphin. We saw a first appearance from Jerone Walters and Wouter Sybrandy, who joined their teammate and this year’s Winter Series sensation Phill Sykes (Sigma Sport). 

As usual Sykes was the most active and started the move to be joined by Jon Dibben (Hargroves Cycles) and Sybrandy who last year won his first Premier Calendar race. The main group seemed quite happy for them to ride away and have their own race with Walters and Steve Golla working to keep the main group at a safe distance behind. 

It was refreshing to see Youth rider Jon Dibben mixing it with the Sigma men.  The Prime winner was Daniel McCulloch, who was in the mix initially but dropped back and by this time after 20km, the break was well on its way to catching and passing the main group.  It was a delight to see the break working in harmony until Sykes pushed even harder and started to break it up but was pulled back by Dibben in spite of the help from team mate Sybrandy. 

The group were eventually lapped and let the leaders pass.

With 300m to go, and with the extra help of Walters, Team Sigma Sport made it virtually impossible for Dibben (riding his under 16 gears) to take the lead.  Dibben is another young man to watch for this season with his new sponsor Hargroves Cycles giving him the backing he needs. There will be slight dip in the Sigma efforts next week as the Sigma Team head off to mountainous Wales for their pre-season training camp. They have now established themselves as the team to beat in southern England and perhaps in the Premier Calendar events.

 For all imperial Winter Series information go to www.imperialracingteam.com

RESULTS

Elite 1/2/3
1st    Phill sykes  Sigma sport
2nd    Jon Dibben  Hargroves Cycles
3rd    Wouter Sybrandy  Sigma Sport
4th    Jerone Walters  Sigma Sport
5th    Taylor Johnson  Team De Ver
6th    Richard Mason  Cycles Dauphin
7th    Daniel Rudd  Arctic RT
8th    Jo Skelton  Brixton Cycles
9th    Jason Edwards  V C Meudon
10th    Vincent Halpern  A W Cycles.Co.Uk
11th    John Heaton-Armstrong  Cycles Dauphin
12th    Gianluca Cappello  VC Meudon
13th    Lily Matthews  100% Me
14th    Charlie Heffernan  VC Jubilee
15th    Phil Holloway  southend wheelers
16th    Robert Moore  London Phoenix CC
17th    Tom Spreckley  Cycles Dauphin
18th    Steve Golla  Sigma Sport
19th    Nat Spurling  Finsbury Park
20th    Sam Grant  West Drayton M.B.C.
21st    Adelo Christides  Egmes
22nd    Scott Nelson  Brixton Cycles
23rd    Stewart Ward  Twickenham CC
24th    Michael Widera  www.sportscoaching.com
25th    Steve Legg  RT316
26th    Cosmo Kedros  WyndyMilla
27th    Matthew Myers  Twickenham CC
28th    Lawrence Carpenter  Hillingdon Slipstreamers
29th    Martin Garratt  London Dynamo
30th    Richard Da Silva  Stevenage CC
31st    Steven Jackson  Rollapaluza CC
32nd    Dave Woods  CC Luton
33rd    Toby Meadows  Heist Zuiderkempen
34th    Geoff Powell  High Wycombe CC
35th    mark ottaway  vc meudon
36th    Richard Collins  Imperial Racing Team
37th    Robert Jeffroy  London Dynamo/Cyclefit
38th    Mike Knight  VC Meudon
39th    Simon Henley  Team Corley Cycles
40th    Daniel McCulloch  Private Member
41st    Thomas Sutherland  Twickenham CC
42nd    Ashley Holding  VC Meudon
43rd    Martin Dawkins  Team Quest
44th    David Swan  Cycles Dauphin
45th    Chris Ball  Sisma Sport Specialized Cycling Team

3rd cat
1st    Ed Rose  Progression Fitness
2nd    Ben Moores  Norwood Paragon
3rd    jacek reder  private member
4th    Gordon Kenneway  London Dynamo
5th    Mark Northover  CC Giro
6th    William Platt  Kingston Wheelers CC
7th    Andrew Elderfield  VC Revolution
8th    Alan Strang  Dulwich Paragon
9th    Phil Adams  CC Ashwell
10th    Jon Lewis  Charlotteville CC
11th    Josh Maynard  Welwyn Wheelers
12th    Andrew Harvey  Kingston Wheelers
13th    Stuart Stow  Twickenham CC
14th    Charlie Pearch  Rapha Condor
15th    Clinton Thomas  lonon dynamo
16th    Andy Edwards  Kingston Wheelers CC
17th    Ralph Keeler  Cambridge CC
18th    David Murrell  London Phoenix
19th    Simon North  Hemel Hempstead CC/TORQ
20th    Tom Neale  Spalding CC
21st    Phillip Burgess  Norwood Paragon CC
22nd    Stephen Hird  London Pheonix
23rd    Christopher Wright  Private Member
24th    Peter Jones  Hillingdon Cycling Club
25th    Jai Watson  Dulwich Paragon CC
26th    James Clark  Inverse Racing/Bikefood
27th    Phil Roker  Ful-on Tri
28th    Andy Lack  Kingston Wheelers
29th    Tav  InverseRacing/BikeFood
30th    David Webborn  London Dynamo CC
31st    Dave Ryan  Imperial Racing Team
32nd    wayne thomas  READING CC
33rd    Peter Dixon  Willesden CC
34th    Matt Treadwell  Twickenham CC
35th    Robert Wright  Addiscombe CC
36th    Corrine Hall  Team Corridori
37th    Nick Franzini  London Dynamo
38th    Maryka Sennema  Kingston Wheelers
39th    Jason Evans  Inverse Racing  / Bikefood
40th    Leona Kadir  Kingston Whrs / SigmaSport
41st    Rachel Przybylski  Charlotteville CC
42nd    james cartridge  Inverse Racing
43rd     
44th    Jim Ley  Kingston Wheelers
45th    Nathan Smith   London Phoenix
46th    Jeremy Hewitt  Kingston Wheelers CC

4th cat
1st    Piers Curle  Exiles
2nd    Thomas Bell  Private Member
3rd    Ian Redding  TimeRT-TerryWrightCycles
4th    Bruce Turner  Rugby Velo
5th    James Ryan  Lewes Wanderers
6th    Peter Morris  Lewes Wanderers CC
7th    Chris Grange  Hemel Hempstead
8th    Steven James  Pedalon.co.uk
9th    Daniel Sibbick  Sigma Racing Team
10th    steve sibley  inverse racing
11th    paul gibb  Beds Road
12th    Laurie Griffiths  Kingston Wheelers CC
13th    Richard Hosking  Addiscombe CC
14th    James Foy  Team Trisports
15th    Gavin Percy  Inverse Racing / Bike food
16th    Richard Gearing  London Dynamo
17th    Neil Heffernan  Amersham CC
18th    Mark Orphan  Dulwich Paragon
19th    Gregg Barber  Charlotteville CC
20th    Alan Nixon  Amersham RCC
21st    Steve Bell  London Phoenix
22nd    Dave Larkin  Team Velo Sportif
23rd    Paul Bannard  Team Terminator
24th    Rachel Armitage  London Dynamo
25th    Ralph DeKanter  Private Member
26th    Nicolas Hutchings  C.S. Grupetto
27th    Alex Jump  Dulwich Paragon
28th    Chris Hewitt  Kingston Wheelers CC
29th    Paul Lincoln  Gregarious
30th    Roger Richards  Dulwich Paragon
31st    Stephen Jones  Inverse Bikefood Racing
32nd    Phil Wege  Inverse Racing
33rd    Sam Bullen  London Phoenix CC
34th    Chris Zavos  London Dynamo
35th    Rob Griffiths  London Phoenix
36th    Andrew Clare  Private Member
37th    Simon Parton  Kingston Wheelers
38th    Stuart Bettis  Private Member
39th    Martin Porter  Thames Velo
40th    Mike Miach  Twickenham CC
41st    Kevin Smart  Stevenage CC
42nd    Chris Gilligan  Kingston Wheelers CC
43rd    Alex Murray  London Dynamo
44th    Monica DaPolenza  AWCycles.com

Under 16s
1st Tanveer Mann
2nd Josh Maynard Welwyn Wheelers
3rd Jack Reed Chippenham Wheelers
4th Harry Franklin VCL
5th Andy Sharkel I- team CC
6th Rory Townsend
7th Ross King Lotto Interbike
8th Robert Mackenzie Solihull CC
9th Callum Oliver
10th Charles Bexfield Welwyn Wheelers
11th Louis Fawke

Under 14s
1st Louis Magnani
2nd Jack Hoyle PPYCC
3rd Matt Hill VC Jubilee
4th Joe Fry Welwyn Wheelers
5th Daniel Maynard Welwyn Wheelers
6th Simon Passey
7th Hugo Cauvas HHYCC

Girls
1st Kirsten Savage
2nd Laura Cheesman PPYCC
3rd Harriet Hollis
4th Rebecca Maynard Welwyn Wheelers

Under 12s
1st Daniel Tullett PPV
2nd Ben Smith
3rd Michael Parry Welwyn Wheelers
4th Charles Page
5th Louis Rose-Davies
6th Niall Dawkins

Under 10s
1st Tom Durkin Welwyn Wheelers
2nd Harry Tadman
3rd Ben Tullett PPV
4th Timothy Dineen

Girls
1st Emma-Louise Stilwell

Under 8s
1st Harvey Tadaman
2nd Kye Lewis
   
Girls   
1st Olivia Dentus   

Imperial Winter Series Leader board after Race 9
 
E/1/2/3 Series
1st r  4 Phill Sykes Sigma Sport 1200
2nd r 58 Jo Skelton Brixton Cycles 710
3rd r 19 Felix English Team Pearson Cycles 660
4th r 44 Steve Golla Sigma Sport 620
5th r 29 Henry Furniss WyndyMilla 600
 
3rd Cat Series
1st w 31 Steven Jackson Rollapaluza CC 820
2nd w 42 William Platt Kingston Wheelers CC 730
3rd w 41 Alan Strang Dulwich Paragon 720
4th w 44 Nathan Smith  London Phoenix 630
5th w 40 Tim Benham DHCYCLESPORT.CO.UK 600

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