News: European Championships in Ipswich

Major events in Britain keep coming as European Cyclo-Cross Championships are held in Ipswich on November 3 with National Trophy action the day after

Chantry Park in Ipswich will be the venue for two big helpings of top Cyclo-Cross action with the European Championships on November 3 (Saturday) and then the second round of the National Trophy on Sunday.

Helen Wyman in action in Europe this week. The British champion has a great chance of a European title in Ipswich on November 3rd. Photo: Thomas van Bracht

The Euro’s event is the first time since the Worlds were held in Leeds over 20 years ago that international ‘cross racing has come back to these shores. The day will see three events; Women Elite, Under 23 Men and Junior Men.

Britain’s hopes will rest mainly on the likes of Helen Wyman, Nikki Harris and Gabby Day who in the last World Cup were all in the top 10. Wyman also finished second to Sanne van Paassen in the midweek ‘cross event, Kiremko Nacht van Woerden this week and is certainly a top chance for a medal, if not the win on home ground.

It was at the start of this year that Helen won her British stripes on the very same turf and will certainly have crowd support urging her on to what would be a memorable victory for her and the sport in this country.

Sanne van Paassen will be a favourite for the title along with Wyman. Photo: Thomas van Bracht

The woman that beat in her Holland this week though, Sanne van Paassen, is on the start list for the Euros as are the first six from the Kiremko Nacht van Woerden event including Wyman (2nd). The British rider, for a long time Britain’s top female ‘cross rider is joined in Ipswich in GB colours by Gabby Day, Nikki Harris, Louise Robinson (former Silver medallist at the Worlds), Bethany Crumpton and Hanah Payton.

The event will see riders from Germany, Holland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy competing. That includes a female rider who is a legend in the sport, racing at the top on the track, road and in ‘cross, Hanka Kupfernagel of Germany.

Men’s Racing
There is sadly no Elite Men’s championship but there will be still be plenty of top male riders in action. World Cup winner in the Czech Republic in the Under 23 race Mike Teunissen is on the start sheet as are most of the top ten in that race.

They include Corne Van Kessel (Netherlands), Wietse Bosmans (Belgium), Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium), Jens Adams (Belgium), David van der Poel (Netherlands), Emiel Dolfsma (Netherlands), Wout Van Aert (Belgium) and Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic).

Taking them on will be seven riders from Great Britain. British champion Steve James who rides for Hargroves Cycles in domestic events will line up with trade and GB teammate Andrew Hargroves. Also entered is double Junior British champion and local rider Hugo Robinson, Luke Gray, Adam Martin, Ben Sumner and Jack Clarkson.

Andy Hargroves.

In the Junior race, GB have entered six riders; Billy Harding, Jake Womersley, Jack Ravenscroft, Adam King, Matthew Hargroves and Harry Franklin, the latter two yet more riders from the Hargroves Cycles team. They will face competition from Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Italy and Luxembourg.

Racing takes place at Ipswich’s Chantry Park where the British Championships were held in 2012.

11am: Junior Men’s Championship
12.30pm: Under 23 Men’s Championship
2pm: Elite Women’s Championship

Admission for spectators is free but car parking carries a charge of £5.00.

EVENT WEBSITE: http://ip-cross.co.uk/cx/

RIDER LISTS

WOMEN

2 DE BOER Sophie Netherlands
3 GRIMBERG Arenda Netherlands
4 HORMES Reza Netherlands
5 VAN PASSEN Sanne Netherlands
6 KALVENHAAR Annefleur Netherlands
7 STULTIENS Sabrina Netherlands
8 VAN NIEUWPOORT Tessa Netherlands
9 HAVLÍKOVÁ Pavla Czech Republic
10 MIKULÁŠKOVÁ Martina Czech Republic
11 PIRZKALLOVÁ Zuzaha Czech Republic
12 ŠT?PÁNOVÁ Karla Czech Republic
13 ACHERMANN Jasmin Switzerland
14 MAURER Sabrina Switzerland
15 HENZELIN Lise-Marie Switzerland
16 DAY Gabriella Great Britain
17 HARRIS Nikki Great Britain
18 ROBINSON Louise Great Britain
19 WYMAN Helen Great Britain
20 CRUMPTON Bethany Great Britain
21 PAYTON Hannah Great Britain
22 CANT Sanne Belgium
23 VAN LOY Ellen Belgium
24 CHAINEL Lucie France
25 FERRIER BRUNEAU Christel France
26 MOREL PETITGIRAR Marlène France
27 KUPFERNAGEL Hanka Germany
28 SCHWEIZER Sabrina Germany
29 LECHNER Eva Italy
30 OBERPARLEITER Anna Italy
31 POLLINGER Judith Italy
32 ROSSI Vania Italy
33 SCANDOLARA Valentina Italy
34 VECCHIO Stefania Italy
35 ARZUFFI Alice Maria Italy
36 BULLERI Alessia Italy
37 CAUZ Francesca Italy
38 INNERHOFER Julia Italy
39 VALENTINI Elena Italy

UNDER 23 MEN
2 BOSMAN Gert-Jan Netherlands
3 DOLFSMA Emiel Netherlands *
4 EISING Tijmen Netherlands
5 GODRIE Stan Netherlands
6 TEUNISSEN Mike Netherlands
7 VAN DER HEIJDEN Michiel Netherlands
8 VAN DER POEL David Netherlands *
9 VAN KESSEL Corne Netherlands *
10 ADAMS Jens Belgium
11 AERTS Toon Belgium
12 BOSMANS Wietse Belgium *
13 BRAET Vinnie Belgium
14 MERLIER Tim Belgium
15 SOETE Daan Belgium
16 SWEECK Diether Belgium
17 SWEECK Laurens Belgium
18 VAN AERT Wout Belgium *
19 VANDEKINDEREN Jens Belgium
20 VANTHOURENHOUT Michael Belgium *
21 VERMEERSCH Gianni Belgium
22 ALAPHILIPPE Julian France
23 DOUBEY Fabien France
24 DOUBEY Loïc France
25 JAUREGUI Quentin France
26 VENTURINI Clément France
27 BOROŠ Michael Czech Republic
28 HNÍK Karel Czech Republic
29 LASÁK Mat?j Czech Republic
30 NESVADBA Jan Czech Republic
31 NIPL Vojt?ch Czech Republic &
32 PAPRSTKA Tomáš Czech Republic
33 POLNICKÝ Radek Czech Republic
34 SKÁLA Jakub Czech Republic
35 FORSTER Lars Switzerland
36 LIENHARD Fabian Switzerland
37 MÜLLER Lukas Switzerland
38 PAGE Dylan Switzerland
39 SÄGESSER Severin Switzerland
40 ACQUAVIVA Francesco Italy
41 BRAIDOT Daniele Italy
42 BRAIDOT Luca Italy
43 FALASCHI Bryan Italy
44 PEDANTE Francesco Italy
45 PETTINA’ Nicholas Italy
46 SAMPARISI Lorenzo Italy
47 TODARO Fabio Alfonso Italy
48 VANNUCCI Chiara Italy
49 BRETSCHNEIDER Toni Germany
50 DRUMM Felix Germany
51 GRUNER Yannick Germany
52 LEHMANN Julian Germany
53 LINDENAU Max Germany
54 MAYER Yannick Germany
55 QUAST Enno Germany
56 SCHWEIZER Michael Germany
57 SIEMERMANN Johannes Germany
58 CLARKSON Jack Great Britain
59 GRAY Luke Great Britain
60 HARGROVES Andrew Great Britain
61 JAMES Steven Great Britain
62 MARTIN Adam Great Britain
63 ROBINSON Hugo Great Britain
64 SUMNER Ben Great Britain

JUNIORS
1 VAN DER POEL Mathieu Netherlands
2 BUDDING Martijn Netherlands
3 JANSEN Richard Netherlands
4 VAN DER HEIJDEN Bjorn Netherlands
5 VAN DIJKE Koen Netherlands
6 WIJKEL Stan Netherlands
7 AERTS Thijs Belgium
8 AMEEL Alexander Belgium
9 BOETS Ben Belgium
10 CALUWÉ Stijn Belgium
11 CLEPPE Nicolas Belgium
12 DEGROOTE Jonas Belgium
13 GOOSSENS Kobe Belgium
14 HERMANS Quinten Belgium
15 JOSEPH Thomas Belgium
16 PEETERS Yannick Belgium
17 VAN HECKE Elias Belgium
18 VAN LAER Ward Belgium
19 COSNEFROY Benoit France
20 GAY Raphael France
21 GESBERT Elie France
22 MORICHON Matthieu France
23 RUSSO Clément France
24 AUERBACHER Adrian Germany
25 KÖNIG Marco Germany
26 LINDENAU Paul Germany
27 MEILER Lukas Germany
28 MÜLLER Manuel Germany
29 RUDOLPH Justin Germany
30 GRAB Dominic Switzerland
31 RÜEGG Timon Switzerland
32 VITZTHUM Simon Switzerland
33 DEJMEK Martin Czech Republic
34 HONZÍK Jakub Czech Republic
35 KUBÍN Filip Czech Republic
36 LEHKÝ Roman Czech Republic
37 POKORNÝ Karel Czech Republic
38 SVR?INA Karel Czech Republic
39 ?OUPALÍK Adam Czech Republic
40 VASTL Jan Czech Republic
41 VRÁNA Dominik Czech Republic
42 ANDREATTA Luca Italy
43 BERTOLINI Gioele Italy
44 BOLLARDINI Stefano Italy
45 COLLEDANI Nadir Italy
46 CRESPI Samuel Italy
47 FRANZOLIN Giulio Italy
48 PELLIZZON Moreno Italy
49 PERNA Simone Italy
50 TODARO Manuel Italy
51 VELASCO Simone Italy
52 ZANELLA Marco Italy
53 ZOPPAS Nicolo’ Italy
54 FRANKLIN Harry Great Britain
55 HARDING Billy Great Britain
56 HARGROVES Matthew Great Britain
57 KING Adam Great Britain
58 RAVENSCROFT Jack Great Britain
59 WOMERSLEY Jake Great Britain
60 REICHLING Lex Luxembourg
61 THILTGES Scott Luxembourg