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Preview: 2011 Ryedale Grand Prix

Event: 5th June 2011
Promoted by: British Cycling Yorkshire
Duncombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Event Details

Above: Rob Partridge wins rain lashed 2010 edition.

Once again Elite Cycle Racing returns to the roads of North Yorkshire on the 5th June with the Ryedale Grand Premier Calendar Road Race. 112 miles lies in store for the top UK based riders covering two rolling circuits that feature Hovingham as their hub. The start and finish is once again Helmsley's magnificent Duncombe Park playing host to the Grand Prix as well as a range of cycling events throughout the day.

Above: The 2011 Ryedale GP Route

The Ryedale Grand Prix was first held in 2005 when it was also run as the National Road Race Championships a feature that was repeated in 2008. The event is also held as a Memorial to Peter Longbottom the former Olympian from Malton who was tragically killed in 1998.

The Ryedale Grand Prix is the longest of the Premier Calendar Races and is the ideal guide to form for the National Championships that this year take place in Newcastle on the 26th June. Each edition of the Grand Prix has featured all out action from the start and is an event ideally suited to the likes of the Swede; Magnus Backstedt the former winner of the infamous Paris Roubaix, the cobbled "Hell of the North" Classic in Northern France. After a couple of years away from the continent Magnus is returning to action as a UK based rider.

Another overseas rider to watch is the young Australian Zak Dempster, now in his second season with the Rapha Condor Sharp and a prolific winner in the early part of the season. Returning to the event will be last year's winner Welshman Rob Partridge, who will be hoping to repeat last year's storming ride. Returning too will be Wakefield based sponsors Grass Concrete Limited, developers of the Grasscrete paving system, they have supported the event since 2005.

Many an ambition has been lost on the kilometre long drag up to the finish in Duncombe Park, that never fails to provide a worthy winner or a late twist. It has broken a few hearts too with Yorkshireman Kevin Dawson's hopes crumbling when his breakaway was caught at the entrance to the park a few years ago. He returns this year as does his Pontefract based Sportscover Team. York based riders are once again represented by breakaway specialist James Sharp of the York Cycle Works Team and Alastair Kay who for this year has shifted his allegiance from the Cycle Works to Cumbrian based Herbalife.

Start List

1 Luke Rowe 100% Me E / U23
2 Simon Yates 100% Me E / U23
3 Marcus Smith Black Hawk Bikes.com 2
4 Rhys Howells CC Hackney 2
5 Clem Berrill CC Hackney 2 / U23
6 Joshua Edmondson Colpack E / U23
7 Tom Barras CyclePremier / Metaltek E
8 Ashley Finn CyclePremier / Metaltek E / U23
9 Stephen Gallagher CyclePremier / Metaltek E
10 Ross Creber CyclePremier / Metaltek E
11 Dale Appleby CyclePremier / Metaltek E
12 Robert Smail CyclePremier / Metaltek 1
13 Gary Hand Endura / Pedalpower Development 1
14 David Lines Endura / Pedalpower Development E
15 Robert Hassan Endura / Pedalpower Development 1
16 Dougie Young Endura / Pedalpower Development 2
17 Scott McCrossan Endura / Pedalpower Development 2
18 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing E
19 Scott Thwaites Endura Racing E / U23
20 Evan Oliphant Endura Racing E
21 Alex Blain Endura Racing E
22 James Moss Endura Racing E
23 Maarten de Jonge Endura Racing E
24 Robert Partridge Endura Racing E
25 David Clarke Endura Racing E
26 Andrew Hastings Finchley RT / Paul Simon Homes 1
27 Robert Orr Forme Procycliste SanLamere 2
28 Jack Adams Forme Procycliste SanLamere E
29 Will Fox Forme Procycliste SanLamere E
30 Dexter Gardias Forme Procycliste SanLamere 1
31 Adam Rayner Forme Procycliste SanLamere 1 / U23
32 Sam Parker Forme Procycliste SanLamere 1
33 Joshua Gosselin Guernsey Velo 2
34 Jacob Tipper Halesowen A & CC / Wood + Loine 1 / U23
35 Dillon Byrne Herbalife / Wheelbase E
36 Richard Bott Herbalife / Wheelbase E
37 Andy Coupe Herbalife / Wheelbase E
38 Simon Baxter Herbalife / Wheelbase 1
39 Alastair Kay Herbalife / Wheelbase 1
40 Russell Falder Mammoth Lifestyle RT 1 / U23
41 Martin Ford Mammoth Lifestyle RT E
42 Adam Yates Maxgear RT E / U23
43 Mark Thwaites Motorpoint E
44 Peter Williams Motorpoint E
45 James Sampson Motorpoint E
46 Tobyn Horton Motorpoint E
47 Malcolm Elliott Motorpoint E
48 Andrew Magnier Motorpoint E
49 Yanto Barker Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago E
50 Jon Mozeley Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago 1
51 Ricahrd Meadows Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago 1 / U23
52 Chris Opie Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago E
53 Rhys Lloyd Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago E
54 James McLaughlin Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago 1 / U23
55 Junior Heffernan Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago 1 / U23
56 Wayne Coombs Primal Europe / RU Training today 1
57 Peter Ladd Primal Europe / RU Training today E
58 Paul Londors Python RT / Smartest Energy / Push 1
59 Andrew Tennant Rapha Condor Sharp E
60 Kristian House Rapha Condor Sharp E
61 Dan Craven Rapha Condor Sharp E
62 Tom Southam Rapha Condor Sharp E
63 Graham Briggs Rapha Condor Sharp E
64 Zakkari Dempster Rapha Condor Sharp E
65 Casey Munro Rapha Condor Sharp E
66 Tom Murray Sigma Sport / Specialized 1
67 Simon Richardson Sigma Sport / Specialized E
68 James Williamson Sigma Sport / Specialized 1
69 Tom Copeland Sigma Sport / Specialized 1
70 Steve Adams Sigma Sport / Specialized 1
71 Steve Lampier Sigma Sport / Specialized E
72 Tom Last Sigma Sport / Specialized 1
73 Kit Gilham Sigma Sport / Specialized E
74 Simon Gaywood Team Corley E
75 Matthew Higgins Team Corley 1
76 Richard Cartland Team Corley E
77 Ashley Cox Team Corley E
78 James Millard Team Corley 1
79 Mark Wordsworth Team Corley 1
80 Ian Knight Team Corley 1
81 Jake Hales Team Corley 1 / U23
82 Steven Allen Team Coventry Cycle Centre 1
83 Tim Kennaugh Team MG.K VIS-Norda-Whistle E / U23
84 Ben Stockdale Team Qoroz 1 / U23
85 Tom Stockdale Team Qoroz 1 / U23
86 Luke Dunbar Team Qoroz 2 / U23
87 Scott Law Team Qoroz 2 / U23
88 Matt Ulmer Team Qoroz 2
89 Mikey Thelwell Team Qoroz 2 / U23
90 Matt Jones Team Raleigh E
91 Philip Mooney Team Raleigh E
92 Matt Cronshaw Team Raleigh E
93 Richard Handley Team Raleigh E
94 Matthew Kipling Team Raleigh E
95 James Sparling Team Raleigh E
96 Liam Holohan Team Raleigh 1
97 Gael Le Bellec Team Raleigh 1
98 Ashley Brown Team Sportscover / Altura 1
99 John Tanner Team Sportscover / Altura E
100 Duncan Moralee Team Sportscover / Altura 2
101 Jake Tanner Team Sportscover / Altura 1
102 Kevin Dawson Team Sportscover / Altura E
103 Colin Humphrey Team Sportscover / Altura 1
104 Magnus Backstedt Team UK Youth E
105 James Stewart Team UK Youth E
106 Niklas Gustavsson Team UK Youth E / U23
107 Frederik Johansson Team UK Youth E
108 Greg Mansell Team UK Youth 2
109 Filip Rudenstam Team UK Youth 1
110 Gruff Lewis Team UK Youth 2
111 Steven Burke Team UK Youth 1
112 Andy Lyons Twenty3c - Orbea E
113 Gunnar Gronlund Twenty3c - Orbea 1
114 Marcel Six Twenty3c - Orbea E
115 Rob Sharman Twenty3c - Orbea 1
116 Rafa Rodriguez Segarra Twenty3c - Orbea 1
117 Kristian Downs Twenty3c - Orbea 1
118 Mikey Cuming Twenty3c - Orbea E / U23
119 Daniel Smith Velo 29 / Subway/ Vankru 1
120 Rob Carter Velo 29 / Subway/ Vankru 1
121 Joe Norledge Velo 29 / Subway/ Vankru 2
122 Chris Mark Velo 29 / Subway/ Vankru 2
123 Jack Rees Velo 29 / Subway/ Vankru 2 / U23
124 Michael Dales Velo 29 / Subway/ Vankru 2
125 Hugh Wilson Willier / Go Self Drive 1
126 Colin Parry Willier / Go Self Drive E
127 Sam Ward Wills Bros Racing 2
128 David Shackleton Wilsons Wheels RT 2
129 Alex Higham WyndyMilla / Maxifuel E
130 Henry Furniss WyndyMilla / Maxifuel E
131 Adam Cotterill WyndyMilla / Maxifuel E
132 James Sharp York Cycleworks 2