World & National Junior Champion, Lucy Garner, leads the very strong entry of 53 riders in the Hillingdon Women’s GP, on Sunday, 27 May 2012, at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit.
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The race is the second in the British Cycling National Road Race Series. Lucy won her world championship last September in Copenhagen, with a devastating sprint at the font of a large bunch, perhaps showing superstar Mark Cavendish how to win his world championship the following day! Although this is a senior race, Lucy is favourite to win as in previous years it has often been a sprint finish from a large number of riders.
Prior to the women’s 80km/50m event at 3pm, there is the similarly prestigious men’s Hillingdon GP which has been extended this year to a very tough 100km/62.5m, unusually long for a circuit just 0.94m per lap, starting at 12.30pm, after earlier youth and lower category events.
Winning her national championship just two weeks prior to the Hillingdon event, Lucy, who lives in Leicester and rides for the Node 4 Giordana team, is obviously in good form, which was only a week after coming third in the Bedford International 2-day event, just behind Elinor Barker who leads the rival Scott Contessa Epic team.
But perhaps they both have to watch out for Tracy Best, who recently arrived from New Zealand to establish herself on the European scene, while a longshot is veteran Janet Birkmyre, from Feltham and riding for Torq Performance, a past winner of the Hillingdon GP.
In addition to a generous race end prize list, a series of lap primes will tempt riders to sprint to amass points to win a £500+ value pair of Soul race wheels, plus runner up prizes. In the men’s event, the race and crowd favorite will be Tony Gibb, Metaltek Scott, a regular at the circuit and a past winner of the GP, but his team will be outnumbered by the strong Raleigh Cycles team which has to be whittled down from 12 entries to a selection of eight.
Entries to date:
Hillingdon Women’s GP
Amy Hill Abergavenny Road Club
Tamina Oliver Abergavenny Road Club
Hayley Edwards Champion System/Maxgear/Kyklos
Nicola Soden Champion System/Maxgear/Kyklos
Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC
Louise Haston City of Edinburgh RC
Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh RC
Hannah Manley For Viored
Adele Martin GB Cycles.co.uk
Molly Weaver Halesowen A & CC
Karla Boddy High Wycombe Cycling Club
Mary Evans High Wycombe Cycling Club
Keira McVitty Kings Cliffe Flyers CC
Catherine Wiggins Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC
Jane McInnes London Dynamo
Lydia Boylan Look Mum No Hands
Hannah Rich Matrix Fitness – Prendas
Penny Rowson Matrix Fitness – Prendas
Louise Mahe Mulebar Girl
Lucy Garner Node 4 Giordana Womens Team
Corrine Hall Node 4 Giordana Womens Team
Harriet Owen Node 4 Giordana Womens Team
Kelly Moore RST Racing Team
Emily Kay Scott Contessa Epic
Rebecca Hunt Scott Contessa Epic
Amy Roberts Scott Contessa Epic
Elinor Barker Scott Contessa Epic
Karen Poole Squadra Donne/Shutt/VR/Bikefood
Tracy Best – NZ Squadra Donne/Shutt/VR/Bikefood
Gillian Taylor Strada Cycles
Adela Carter Team Hope Factory Racing
Miriam Freemantle Team Hope Factory Racing
Lyndsey Glazier Team Hope Factory Racing
Nicole Walters Team Hope Factory Racing
Stephanie May Team Quest – The Bike Shop
Janet Birkmyre Torq Performance
Ceri Dipple Twenty3c.co.uk Orbea
Ellie Gilham VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles
Caroline Harding VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles
Rebecca Heath VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles
Eleanor Jones VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles
Marianne Britten VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles
Adel Tyson-Bloor VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles
Delia Beddis Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT
Nikola Butler Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT
Dyanne Holland Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT
Laura Massey Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT
Bethany Taylor Welwyn Wh
Kimberley English Welwyn Wh
Monica Da Polenza WyndyMilla UK Youth
Julie Granshaw WyndyMilla UK Youth
Rachel Przybylski WyndyMilla UK Youth
Brit Tate Dirtwheels Cycles Otley
Emily Barnes Condor/Rapha
Hillingdon Men’s GP
Stephen Bradbury AW Cycles
Alex Peterson AWCycles.co.uk
Michael Berling Cycle Premier – Kovert
Jake Martin Cycle Premier – Kovert
Jon Mozley Cycle Premier – Kovert
George Tansley Cycle Premier – Kovert
George Moore Cyclepremier Racing Team
Tao Geoghegan Hart Cycling Club Hackney
John Wager Felt-Colbornes RT
Vincent Halpern Handsling Racing
James Norris High Wycombe Cycling Club
Scott Holmes Hillingdon Cycling Club
Tom Fitzpatrick Icini Velo
Jerzy Kuzminski London Phoenix CC
Marcel Six Metaltek – Scott
Anthony Gibb Metaltek Scott
Matt Gee Metaltek Scott
Tom Gallagher Metaltek Scott
Tim Elverson Pedal Heaven RT
Chris McNamara Pedal Heaven RT
David Creggan Pedal Heaven RT
Robert McCarthy Pedal Heaven RT
Anders Christensen Pedal Heaven RT
Allan Ridler Pedal Heaven RT
Paul Pickup Pedal Heaven RT
Todd Hotchkiss Performance Cycles-CMI U23
Tom Stockdale Primal Europe
Adam Bright Primal Europe
Richard Oram Primal Europe
Martin Smith Primal Europe
Joe Fox Rapha Condor Cycling Club
Philip Holloway Southend Wheelers
Matthew Jones Team Corley Cycles/Blue
Liam Stones Team Corley Cycles/Blue
Marc Wilmot Team Quest-The Bike Shop
Paul Doel Team Quest-The Bike Shop
Graham Briggs Team Raleigh/GAC
Evan Oliphant Team Raleigh/GAC
Brennan Townshend Team Raleigh/GAC
Matthew Holmes Team Raleigh/GAC
Simon Holt Team Raleigh/GAC
Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Raleigh/GAC
Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) Team Raleigh/GAC
James Sparling Team Raleigh/GAC
Jeroen Janssen NED Team Raleigh/GAC
Toby Horton Team Raleigh/GAC
Russell Hampton Team Raleigh/GAC
Andy Shackel VC St Raphael/Waite Contracts/Hewitt
Jason Streather VC St Raphael/Waite Contracts/Hewitt
Joshua Maynard Welwyn Wh
George Farrell Welwyn Wh
Nick Abraham, PM
Martin Garratt, London Dynamo
