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Round 3 of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series returns to Aberystwyth in Wales for two events, a Hill Climb and then a town centre race

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Live! Tour Series Aberystwyth

Round 3 of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series returns to Aberystwyth in Wales for two events, a Hill Climb and then a town centre race

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After a brutal hill climb which as anybody who has done them knows, they can be a gut wrenching beast, came a crit every bit as brutal. No matter where I stood on the circuit, the riders came past attacking and at the end, only four riders survived the pain cave or had stayed upright. After the day had brightened up after early morning rain, and the circuit dried out, the rain came just as the riders lined up on the finish straight to be gridded.

The drizzle caused havoc although it is a testament to the riders bike handling skills that there were not more crashes, especially early on. The wet stuff didn’t deter attacking riding though. Some did take the safe option and after being dropped, riding round to complete the race without damaging themselves for future races and who could blame them. But so many others put their ‘cojones’ on the line.

I lost count of the amount times I’d see through the lens a rider coming into a corner ‘hot’ as the attacks continued throughout the hour and five laps.

A night in Aberystwyth at the Tour Series

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Madison Genesis, Tom Scully, Matt Cronshaw, Tobyn Horton, Mike Northey, and Tom Stewart  were the team winners. No surprise as everyone of them were influential in the race and at the front attacking. Scully fell and got back up and got back again. 

The Pearl Izumi Tour Series’ Welsh double-header round in Aberystwyth saw the Series lead twice change hands on Friday night, as ONE Pro Cycling took victory in the hill climb to move back to the top of the standings, before Madison Genesis re-took the lead following the evening criterium.

Along the way there were significant individual wins for George Harper and Ed Clancy, the former taking his first ever win in the Pearl Izumi Tour Series with the winning time in the hill climb, while the latter extended his Series record for individual wins to seven.

 

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The race kicked off with some dancing by a local group of girls

The Olympic Champion is also now a master of Aberystwyth, becoming the first rider to win three times on the same circuit and ensuring that the JLT Condor team continue their record of an individual victory in each of the seven seasons of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series.

Clancy was part of a four rider group to finally edge away in the closing quarter of the race alongside Tobyn Horton, Mike Northey and Jon Mould, although the quartet were caught with two laps to go, setting up a 16-rider dash for the line on Pier Street.

Thanks to his previous success’ in Aberystwyth, Clancy knew the correct tactic to adopt, hitting the final corner first and holding off Tom Stewart and Mould to the line. With all five Madison Genesis riders in the front group though the fastest team time of the night went comfortably to them.

Earlier in the day Harper had led ONE Pro Cycling to victory in the hill climb, recording a 3:52.744 on the 1.4km climb up Constitution Hill, beating NFTO’s Jonathan McEvoy and Madison Genesis’ Tom Stewart, with Aberystwyth local Stephen Williams of Pedal Heaven a highly creditable fourth.

That helped Pedal Heaven finish runner’s up behind ONE Pro Cycling with Madison Genesis in third, dropping to one point behind the Series leader’s, a deficit they overcame in the evening’s criterium.

MORE PHOTOS

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On the seafront, the attacks with a few crashes as well, kept the crowd entertained

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Despite the rain, the crowds came out in force yet again

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This is the second or third lap and already Matt Cronshaw of Madison Genesis is giving it big licks at the front and causing splits at the back

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Tobyn Horton leads Mike Northey with Madison Genesis having two in a break of four, a show of strength from the team winners on the night. Also in the move were Ed Clancy and Jon Mould

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Just as he was at the start, Matt Cronshaw was at the front on the bell lap on a night he was in his element. The four leaders were caught by a chase group that never gave up but Clancy, third wheel here, was not going to be beaten to his third win in Aberystwyth. He now has seven wins in the series since it began in 2009, two more than Jon Mould who’s next on five.

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Bad luck for the team leaders One Pro Cycling as they lost ground in crashes like this one for Yanto Barker who got up and kept fighting

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Jon Mould of One Pro Cycling puts  Ed Clancy into the hurt locker but could not shake the double Olympic Champion

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Tom Stewart of Madison Genesis has a a good lead in the Points competition after yet another strong performance for his team.

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Ed Clancy of JLT Condor was on and off the podium after winning the race, the fastest lap and the Points competition on the night … phew.. what a night for the champ

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Raleigh GAC team owner Cherie Pridham gets a birthday cake and the crowd singing happy birthday to her before the race.

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Team winners in the Hill Climb were One Pro Cycling

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Winner of the Hill Climb George Harper of One Pro Cycling gets the Costa fastest lap trophy

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You can’t come to Aber and not do this shot. I didn’t stay long enough as shortly after I moved on, there were a load of crashes on the exit from the bend!

Report from Round 1 in Ryde (Isle of Wight)
Report from Round 2 in Redditch

INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATION – CIRCUIT RACE

1 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:07:18.233 41
2 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 1:07:18.921 41
3 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 1:07:19.085 41
4 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 1:07:19.997 41
5 George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 1:07:20.356 41
6 Matt Cronshaw Madison Genesis 1:07:21.383 41
7 Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 1:07:21.422 41
8 Mike Northey Madison Genesis 1:07:21.760 41
9 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 1:07:21.873 41
10 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 1:07:21.932 41
11 Richard Hepworth SportGrub Kuota 1:07:22.258 41
12 James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 1:07:22.444 41
13 Gruff Lewis Pedal Heaven 1:07:24.487 41
14 Tom Scully Madison Genesis 1:07:41.029 41
15 Ryan Perry SportGrub Kuota 1:07:41.217 41
16 Dale Appleby NFTO Pro Cycling 1:07:41.515 41
17 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 1:08:09.368 40
18 David Lines Velosure Starley Primal 1:04:12.066 38
19 Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:04:12.089 38
20 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 1:04:12.131 38
21 Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota 1:04:12.414 38
22 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 1:04:12.432 38
23 Liam Stones Team Raleigh – GAC 1:04:12.849 38
24 Richard Handley JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:04:13.094 38
25 Adam Kenway SportGrub Kuota 1:04:13.231 38
26 James Gullen Velosure Starley Primal 1:04:13.306 38
27 Adria Moreno Sala Velosure Starley Primal 1:04:13.826 38
28 David McGowan Pedal Heaven 1:02:34.558 37
29 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 1:02:34.622 37
30 Luc Hall Team WIGGINS 1:02:46.050 37
31 Will Fox Pedal Heaven 1:02:47.727 37
32 Stephen Williams Pedal Heaven 1:02:53.075 37
33 Steve Lampier Team Raleigh – GAC 1:03:33.704 37
34 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 1:03:33.909 37
35 Josh Burns Velosure Starley Primal 1:03:34.150 37
36 Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal 1:03:44.552 37
37 Sam Lowe Team Raleigh – GAC 1:04:12.775 37
38 Charlie Tanfield Easton Ritte** 1:04:14.072 37
39 Sam Redding Easton Ritte** 1:02:42.016 36
40 Karol Domagalski Team Raleigh – GAC 1:02:43.504 36
41 Al Murison Easton Ritte** 1:02:44.629 36
42 Lee Frost Easton Ritte** 1:03:07.025 36
43 Adam Duggleby SportGrub Kuota 1:04:25.958 36
44 Ioannis Spanapolous Easton Ritte** 1:03:44.784 35
DNF Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 0:42:29.213 26
DNF Graham Briggs JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:43:05.992 26
DNF Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:22:08.282 13
DNS Steven Burke Team WIGGINS
DNS Mark Christian Team WIGGINS
DNS Jon Dibben Team WIGGINS

Costa Express Fastest Lap Competition
Ed Clancy, JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:32.224

Team Classification for Round 3
1 Madison Genesis 5:37:03 10
2 NFTO Pro Cycling 5:39:40 9
3 Pedal Heaven 5:45:12 8
4 ONE Pro Cycling 5:45:32 7
5 SportGrub Kuota 5:48:50 6
6 Velosure Starley Primal 5:51:58 5
7 Team Raleigh – GAC 5:54:36 4
8 JLT Condor presented by Mavic 6:04:48 3
9 Team WIGGINS 6:34:17 2

Team Overall Classification after Round 3
1 Madison Genesis 46
2 ONE Pro Cycling 44
3 Pedal Heaven 38
4 Team Raleigh – GAC 33
5 NFTO Pro Cycling 32
6 SportGrub Kuota 27
7 JLT Condor presented by Mavic 21
8 Velosure Starley Primal 19
9 Team WIGGINS 10

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Competition

Sprint 1
1  James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 5
2  Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 4
3  Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 3
4  Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 2
5  Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 1

Sprint 2
1  Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 5
2  Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 4
3  Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 3
4 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 2
5  James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 1

Sprint 3
1  Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 5
2  Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 4
3  Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 3
4  Mike Northey Madison Genesis 2
5  Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 1

Finish
1  Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 5
2  Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 4
3  Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 3
4  Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 2
5  George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 1

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Classification for Round 3
1  Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 11
2  Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 11
3  Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 8
4  James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 6
5  Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 6
6  Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 6
7  Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 5
8 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 4
9  Mike Northey Madison Genesis 2
10 George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 1

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Overall Classification after Round 3
1 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 35
2 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 28
3  Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 17
4  Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 15
5  Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 11
6  Tom Scully Madison Genesis 10
7  Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 9
8  Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 7
9  Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 7
10  Mike Northey Madison Genesis 7
11  James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 6
12  Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 6
13  Ian Bibby NFTO Pro Cycling 5
Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 5
15  Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota 5
16  Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 3
17  Richard Handley JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1
=  Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 1
=  Gruff Lewis Pedal Heaven 1
=  George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 1

INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATION – HILL CLIMB

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George Harper of One Pro Cycling, 3rd in the last Tour Series Hill Climb and this year his first Tour Series win as an individual

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Jonny McEvoy of NFTO

1 George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 0:03:52.744
2 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 0:03:54.436
3 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 0:03:55.162
4 Stephen Williams Pedal Heaven 0:03:55.638
5 Richard Handley JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:03:58.332
6 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 0:03:58.915
7 Adam Kenway SportGrub Kuota 0:03:59.041
8 Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 0:03:59.209
9 Adria Moreno Sala Velosure Starley Primal 0:03:59.374
10 Karol Domagalski Team Raleigh – GAC 0:04:00.825
11 Tom Scully Madison Genesis 0:04:01.486
12 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 0:04:01.909
13 Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:04:02.616
14 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 0:04:03.228
15 Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal 0:04:04.794
16 David McGowan Pedal Heaven 0:04:05.002
17 Steve Lampier Team Raleigh – GAC 0:04:06.237
18 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 0:04:06.811
19 Gruff Lewis Pedal Heaven 0:04:07.082
20 James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 0:04:07.968
21 James Gullen Velosure Starley Primal 0:04:09.586
22 Will Fox Pedal Heaven 0:04:09.667
23 Sam Lowe Team Raleigh – GAC 0:04:12.550
24 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 0:04:12.557
25 Matt Cronshaw Madison Genesis 0:04:13.546
26 Richard Hepworth SportGrub Kuota 0:04:13.607
27 Mike Northey Madison Genesis 0:04:16.074
28 Ryan Perry SportGrub Kuota 0:04:18.012
29 Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota 0:04:18.255
30 Liam Stones Team Raleigh – GAC 0:04:19.819
31 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 0:04:21.693
32 Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:04:24.158
33 Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 0:04:24.387
34 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:04:26.095
35 Luc Hall Team WIGGINS 0:04:27.805
36 Dale Appleby NFTO Pro Cycling 0:04:28.140
37 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 0:04:30.745
38 Adam Duggleby SportGrub Kuota 0:04:32.924
39 David Lines Velosure Starley Primal 0:04:35.829
40 Graham Briggs JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:05:05.715
41 Josh Burns Velosure Starley Primal 0:05:12.123
42 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 0:05:35.539

Team Classification for Round 3
1 ONE Pro Cycling 20:03.607 10
2 Pedal Heaven 20:29.946 9
3 Madison Genesis 20:57.013 8
4 Team Raleigh – GAC 21:01.124 7
5 SportGrub Kuota 21:21.839 6
6 JLT Condor presented by Mavic 21:56.916 5
7 Velosure Starley Primal 22:01.706 4
8 NFTO Pro Cycling 22:30.470 3
9 Team WIGGINS 25:43.631 2

Team Overall Classification after Round 3
1 ONE Pro Cycling 37
2 Madison Genesis 36
3 Pedal Heaven 30
4 Team Raleigh – GAC 29
5 NFTO Pro Cycling 23
6 SportGrub Kuota 21
7 JLT Condor presented by Mavic 18
8 Velosure Starley Primal 14
9 Team WIGGINS 8

 

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FORM GUIDE PRE RACE

Individual winners so far:
Ryde: Tom Scully
Redditch: Jon Mould

Team Overall Classification after Round 2
1 Madison Genesis 28
2 ONE Pro Cycling 27
3 Team Raleigh – GAC 22
4 Pedal Heaven 21
5 NFTO Pro Cycling 20
6 SportGrub Kuota 15
7 JLT Condor presented by Mavic 13
8 Velosure Starley Primal 10
9 Team WIGGINS 6

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Overall Classification after Round 2
1 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 24
1 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 24
3 Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 15
4 Tom Scully Madison Genesis 10
5 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 9
6 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 7
7 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 6
8 Ian Bibby NFTO Pro Cycling 5
9 Mike Northey Madison Genesis 5
9 Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota

Riders in Form – Top 10 in both rounds
Jon Mould, Chris Opie and Mike Northey
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS IN FULL SO FAR

REDDITCH ROUND 2
1 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 1:11:17.824
2 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 1:11:18.332
3 Mike Northey Madison Genesis 1:11:19.639
4 Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:11:23.762
5 Gruff Lewis Pedal Heaven 1:11:24.880
6 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 1:11:31.618
7 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 1:11:31.637
8 Will Fox Pedal Heaven 1:11:32.449
9 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 1:11:32.699
10 Adria Moreno Sala Velosure Starley Primal 1:11:34.282
11 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 1:11:34.337
12 Tom Scully Madison Genesis 1:11:34.888
13 Richard Handley JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:11:35.390
14 Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota 1:11:35.424
15 Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 1:11:36.338
16 James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 1:11:36.517
17 David McGowan Pedal Heaven 1:11:36.961
18 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:11:37.299
19 Karol Domagalski Team Raleigh – GAC 1:11:37.347
20 James Gullen Velosure Starley Primal 1:11:37.750
21 Steve Lampier Team Raleigh – GAC 1:11:39.312
22 Liam Stones Team Raleigh – GAC 1:11:52.180
23 Matt Cronshaw Madison Genesis 1:11:56.041
24 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 1:12:00.976
25 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 1:12:03.697
26 Richard Hepworth SportGrub Kuota 1:12:04.722
27 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 1:12:14.800
28 George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 1:12:21.322
29 Robert Scott VCUK PH Mas** 1:04:55.129
30 Marc Hester ONE Pro Cycling 1:05:03.178
31 Adam Kenway SportGrub Kuota 1:05:03.201
32 Dale Appleby NFTO Pro Cycling 1:05:03.422
33 Josh Burns Velosure Starley Primal 1:05:03.610
34 Andrew Hawdon Team Raleigh – GAC 1:05:04.104
35 Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:05:34.840
36 Dan Fleeman SportGrub Kuota 1:05:35.299
37 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 1:05:35.597
38 Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 1:04:56.253
39 James Davey Velosure Starley Primal 1:05:14.681
40 Alfie Moses VCUK PH Mas** 1:05:35.028
41 Luc Hall Team WIGGINS 1:05:35.873
42 Ollie Maxwell SportGrub Kuota 1:04:56.734
43 Max Spedding VCUK PH Mas** 1:06:10.142
44 Owen Line VCUK PH Mas** 1:06:38.396
45 Steven Burke Team WIGGINS 1:04:55.089
46 Ralf Hodgson VCUK PH Mas** 0:48:51.656
47 Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal 0:21:45.406

RYDE ROUND 1
1 Tom Scully Madison Genesis 1:10:37.341
2 Ian Bibby NFTO Pro Cycling 1:10:48.917
3 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 1:10:49.952
4 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 1:10:50.146
5 Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 1:10:50.545
6 Mike Northey Madison Genesis 1:10:50.554
7 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 1:10:50.593
8 George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 1:10:51.183
9 Karol Domagalski Team Raleigh – GAC 1:10:51.229
10 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 1:10:51.353
11 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 1:10:51.687
12 Marcin Bialoblocki ONE Pro Cycling 1:10:52.208
13 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 1:10:53.306
14 Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 1:10:53.813
15 James Gullen Velosure Starley Primal 1:10:54.477
16 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 1:10:54.646
17 Dan Fleeman SportGrub Kuota 1:10:55.721
18 Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:10:56.454

19 Gruff Lewis Pedal Heaven 1:11:13.739
20 Adam Kenway SportGrub Kuota 1:11:13.862
21 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:12:33.291
22 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 1:12:34.036
23 Will Fox Pedal Heaven 1:12:34.296
24 Rob Partridge NFTO Pro Cycling 1:12:37.714
25 Steve Lampier Team Raleigh – GAC 1:12:37.847
26 Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota 1:07:05.201 32
27 Mark McNally Madison Genesis 1:07:28.240 32
28 Ryan Perry SportGrub Kuota 1:07:34.884 32
29 Evan Oliphant Team Raleigh – GAC 1:07:50.865 32
30 Adria Moreno Sala Velosure Starley Primal 1:04:49.431 31
31 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 1:04:49.717 31
32 Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:06:20.454 31
33 Graham Briggs JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:06:21.375 31
34 Simon Holt Pedal Heaven 1:07:29.610 31
35 Ian Wilkinson Team Raleigh – GAC 1:04:46.965 30
36 Richard Lang JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:04:47.711 30
37 Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal 1:06:12.301 30
38 Luc Hall Team WIGGINS 1:06:15.078 30
39 Steven Burke Team WIGGINS 1:07:29.571 30
40 Marius Cordier Velosure Starley Primal 1:07:51.918 30
41 Ollie Maxwell SportGrub Kuota 1:04:48.954 29
42 Daniel Patten Team WIGGINS 1:05:01.543 29
43 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 1:05:51.640 29
44 Stephen Bradbury Velosure Starley Primal 1:06:14.363 29

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