Location: Preston Park Cycle Track, Brighton
Event: 22 September 2013
Report: Ben Goddard/Snowdon Sports
Ryan Visser (Redhill CC) sprinted out of a 13-man breakaway to take victory in the 2/3 category race in round three of the Après series in Brighton.
An early split let an 11-man group go clear which left ASL 360 riders Pete Morris and Dan Gardner with a lot to do to bridge the gap to the breakaway which were working well together.
The pair bridged the gap with 30 minutes still to go and the 13-man breakaway group lapped the rest of the field then took it easy with their eyes on the sprint.
Visser, aged 29 and from Redhill, took the honours again just pipping Barny Willard (In-Gear) and Richard Unwin (VC Meudon) came home third.
A resurgent Luke Farren showed both power and class jumping away from the rest of the field to win convincingly for Brighton Mitre in the Masters.
In the fourth category race Brighton Mitre’s Brazillian ace Francisco Piai proved it was no fluke last week when he came past Duncan Mahwinney’s to win by five bike lengths.
An unusually active third cat race didn't settle down until around 40 minutes in and then they all seemed to play it cagey until the last lap.
Jess Harding (Neon Velo) just took victory in a photo finish from Rapha Condor’s Livio Nannetti.
Winner of the youth events were Chris Jackson (Strada-Sport) in the under-16s, Oliver Nixon (VO2 Development Team) in the under-14s and Rahul Fortescue Talwar (PPYCC) in the under-10s.
Results:
2/3
1. Ryan Visser Redhill CC
2.Barny Willard Ingear
3.Richard Unwin VC Meudon
4.Dan Gardner ASL360
5.Rhys Clegg PMR@ Toachim House
6.Ian Robins Brighton Mitre
7.Nick Gasson 34 Nomads
8.Rory Wilkinson Dulwich
9.Pete Morris ASL360
10.Graeme Crow Twickenham CC
11.Paul Butler In-Gear
12.Gavin Mitchell Twickenham CC
13. Frank Kilsby Hargroves CC
14.Iain Palmer Twickenham CC
15.Jez McCan 4FT Velo
16.Sean Mcauliffe Redhill CC
17.Sam Davies Abergavenny RC
18.Jason Ginn ASL360
19.Brian Hennessey Redhill CC
20.Stuart Davison Redhill CC
21. Kieran Barber Redhill CC
22.Chris Wilkinson Dulwich Paragon
3rds
1.Jess Harding Neon Velo
2.Livio Nannetti Rapha Condor
3.Graham Austin East St. Cycles
4.Matt Kuwertz Southborough Wheelers
5.Stuart Adair Redhill CC
6. Carl Farrell PM 4
7.Brian Hennessey Redhill CC
8.Frank Kilsby Hargreaves CC
9.Mark Townsend Neon-Velo
10.Kieran Barber Redhill CC
11.Chris Jackson Strada-Sport
12.Sam Davies Abergavenny RC
13.Gregg Moss Dulwich Paragon
14Jake Fieldsons VC Jubilee
15.Alan Lester In-Gear
16.Anthony Steaman Crawley Wheelers
17.Sean Mcauliffe Redhill CC
4ths
1.Francisco Piai Brighton Mitre
2.Duncan Mahwinney PM
3.Graeme Garner Gatorway CC
4.Jake Hill Team PCC
5. Mike Jack Dulwich Paragon
6.Chris Griggs Crawley Wheelers
7.Morris Pamplin Dulwich Paragon
8.Andrew Martin LBRCC
9.Mathew Hare
10.Mike Joseph Twickenham CC
11.Daniel Fagg Brighton Mitre
12.James Horan South Downs Bikes
13.Darren Haynes Crawley Wheelers
14.Nick Silva Thames Velo
15.Adam Daniel Dulwich
16.Josh Beattie Sussex Nomads
17.Matt Evans Southborough DW
18.Gregor Ross PM
19.Oliver Phillips Brighton Mitre
20.Graeme Read Twickenham CC
21 John Makepeace JMS Cycles
Masters C+
1 Luke Farren Brighton Mitre
2 Livio Nannetti Rapha Condor
3 Richard Unwin VC Meuden
4 Stuart Adair Redhill CC
5 Iain Leeding Norwood Paragon
6 Graeme Crow Twickenham CC
7 Jason Ginn ASL360
8 James Horan South Downs Bikes
9 Daniel Fagg Brighton Mitre
Youth
1. Chris Jackson Strada-Sport
2 Matthew Webber Catford CC
3 Oliver Nixon VO2 Dev Team
4 Isaac Wright PPYCC
5 Joe Hill PPYCC
6 Jack Algar VO2 Dev Team
Under 8/10
1.Rahul Fortescue Talwar PPYCC
2 Isaac Warrin South Down Velo
3 Harvey Algar PPYCC
4.Zoe Algar PPYCC
5.Alexander Mahwinney
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