Location: Penistone, South Yorkshire
Event: 11 August 2013
Report: Snowdon Sports
Keighley’s Matthew Robinson sprinted to top spot in the Stocksbridge CC Road race held at Penistone School in South Yorkshire on Sunday.
The 33-year-old All Terrain Cycles rider was part of a part of a group of five that peeled away from the front of the field three laps in and pushed on to open up a 1:20 gap.
The demanding course, formerly used for divisional championships, takes in a lot of hills and a strong wind made conditions slightly more difficult.
But the group at the front, with James Bailey (Langsett Cycles RT), William Corden (Lyme RC), Andrew Nichols (Neonvelo.com) and Nick Spencer (Gosforth RC) joining Robinson, were way ahead of everyone else and were going well.
By the time the finish line approached, it came down to three riders in a scramble for the line. Robinson got the jump on Bailey and Crowden to take it with Nichols and Spencer just behind. The gap of 1:20 was now reduced to 45 seconds as the rest of the field came through.
Results:
1 Matthew Robinson (All Terrain RT)
2 James Bailey (Langsett Cycles RT)
3 William Corden (Lyme RC) both @ same time
4 Andrew Nichols (Neonvelo.com)
5 Nick Spencer (Gosforth RC) both @2 seconds
6 James Headley-Smith (Clay Cross RT) @45 sec
7 Michael Harrison (4 Star Racing) @55 seconds
8 Steven Fidler (David Hind RT)
9 David Morris (Harrogate Nova)
10 Paul Bell (Peak RC)
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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.
