Report & Result – Monsal Hill Climb

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Joe Clark edged out Adam Kenway by .2 second to win the Monsall Hill Climb in Derbyshire on Sunday. Lou Bates won the Women’s event

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Report & Result – Monsal Hill Climb

On a yet another cracking day at Monsal Head in Derbyshire, one of the country’s leading Hill Climbs took place with yet another big crowd lining the climb to see the action.

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Winner Joe Clark (Box Alan / Envelopemaster).

The event was well over subscribed and on the day almost 150 riders took part including a rider on a penny farthing! With the sun shining on the event, there were all manner of bikes under the riders as they sprinted up the short sharp climb.

I am sure there were more fixies in this year’s event than the year before but not as many as in Malcolm Elliott’s day with the record holder explaining that most riders back when he set the record in the 80’s were on fixed wheel bikes.

Modern bikes however have many advantages such as allowing riders to change gear out of the saddle and not have to reach down to a gear lever on the down tube. The weight of the geared bikes now is also as light if not lighter than the fixed wheeled bikes of old.

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Dame Sarah Storey (3rd), Lou Bates(1st) and Jessie Walker (2nd)

Unsurprisingly then, it was a geared bike that won the race powered by Joe Clark of Team Bikebox/Envelopemaster who edged out Adam Kenway of Sportgrub Kuota who’s bike was just 5.5 kilos. In third was a season fatigued Jack Pullar (Starley Primal) whilst the first fixie was the ever popular Russell Downing in his last outing for Cult Energy.

In the Women’s race, the big stars were upstaged by Lou Bates (Carnac) who beat last years winner Jessie Walker of Servetto Footon who arrived at the event not so fresh from the road worlds the week before and Dame Sarah Storey (Pearl Izumi Sports Tours). All round it was yet another great success from Marc Edges and Sheffrec CC.

After the presentation, winner Joe Clark explained how in 2014, he crossed the line feeling he could have ridden harder. “People were telling me I needed to get it all out on the middle part of the climb and hold on through the crowd at the top and I think I did that perfectly today.”

“Winning was a surprise though. I have been doing short efforts last week and this week to prepare for the event.” Joe will now be looking ahead to the British championships in Yorkshire in a few weeks.

Adam Kenway of Sportgrub Kuota has been making a habit of winning hill climbs of late and went close on Monsal. He explained if you are going to do it, do it properly and so went to town on his Kuota bike to bring the weight down. I changed the bars to time trial ones with TT shifters, took the big chain ring and front mech off and tried to get the weight down on it as much as possible.”

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Adam Kenway of Sportgrub Kuota

He did however make an error putting a new rear block on without a new change and suffered as a consequence with the old chain not working well on the new rear sprockets. “The race had a worthy winner with Joe though” added said. “I have won five hill climbs this year and a road race yesterday to get my Elite licence.”

Adam then explained he has a race on the nationals course next weekend adding it will be interesting to see how he goes on a course three times the length of Monsal Head.

Jack Pullar finally was disappointed with third, explaining that his time was not as good as his previous ones on the climb with the time for 2015 six seconds slower than his best.

“It’s been a long season with the Prems, Tour Series and I’ve just come back from a break as well and was ill this week too so it was not great prep. This is a pretty amazing hill climb and considering it’s in the middle of no-where, it’s amazing they get these big crowds. The climb is hard to pace because it’s so short, you don’t know whether to get it all out at the bottom and hang on or leave a bit for the top because of how steep it is. If you don’t get it right, you can lose a lot of seconds”.

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Jack Pullar of Velosure Starley Primal Pro Cycling

“I think this is the shortest hill climb I have done with the BEC CC one the next longest which is about 20 seconds longer and both are pretty special hill climbs.” Jack added that Monsal is the season done for him and he’ll back with a new team in 2016.

 

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Top 20
1 Joe Clark Bike Box Alan / Envelopemaster Sen 01:20.1
2 Adam Kenway SportGrub Kuota Cycling Team Sen 01:20.3
3 Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal Pro Cycling Sen 01:24.2
4 Russell Downing Cult Energy Pro Cycling UCI Sen 01:24.6
5 Robert Gray HMT Academy with JLT Condor J 01:26.9
6 Andy Nichols Langsett Cycles RT Sen 01:27.0
7 William Bourne Clay Cross RT Sen 01:27.5
8 Daniel Featherstone Andy Moore Autocentres Racing Sen 01:27.7
9 John Johnston Matlock CC Sen 01:28.2
10 Peter Cocker Pedal Pushers Sen 01:29.9
11 = Shaun Dolby Birdwell Whs Sen 01:30.8
11 Matthew Burton Velo Club Rutland Sen 01:30.8
11 James Allen Langsett Cycles RT Sen 01:30.8
14 Connor Swift PolyPipe Cycling Team Sen 01:30.9
15 Thomas Traviss-Pollard PolyPipe Cycling Team Sen 01:31.9
16 Jack Stephenson Out of the Saddle CC Sen 01:32.0
17 Matthew Cosgrove Sport City J 01:32.6
18 Callum Stewart Sheffrec CC Sen 01:32.9
19 Steve Tait Mapperley CC Sen 01:33.2
20 Kieran Savage Yorkshire Road Club J 01:33.4

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Dame Sarah Storey Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International

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Jessie Walker Servetto Footon

Ladies
1 Lou Bates Carnac Planet X Sen 01:55.1
2 Jessie Walker Servetto Footon UCI Sen 01:57.1
3 Dame Sarah Storey Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International Sen 01:59.1
4 Diane Lee Mule Bar Girls Sigma Sport Sen 01:59.7
5 Emilie Verroken Langsett Cycles RT Sen 02:00.2
6 Elizabeth Stedman Fusion RT Gear Club Sen 02:03.6
7 Elizabeth Bullivant Whirlow Wheelers Sen 02:05.6
8 Nicola Soden Stocksbridge CC Sen 02:06.6
9 Julia Van Campen Sheffrec CC Sen 02:08.5
10 Helen Eborall Born to Bike – Bridgtown Cycles Sen 02:11.9
11 Charlotte Thompson Velo Club St Raphael Sen 02:18.0
12 Elisha Clarke Matlock CC Sen 02:21.9
13 Nicola Holloway Sheffrec CC Sen 02:22.7
14 Jayne Dickens Vision Racing LV 02:26.8
15 Becky Gregson Sport City SG 02:30.7
16 Sandra Mackay Veloschils Interbike RT LV 02:30.8
17 Rachel Young VeloViewer LV 02:33.5
18 Holly Carter Manchester Wheelers Club Sen 02:41.6
19 Louise Kelly Mansfield Road Club Sen 02:48.8
20 Fiona Bell Sheffrec CC Sen 02:49.7
21 Tia Sheldon North Midland Youth Squad SG 02:57.1
22 Erin Avill Bike Box Alan SG 02:57.7
23 = Claire Munton Malteni Race Team Sen 03:04.2
23 Sarah Gregson Sport City LJ 03:04.2
25 Rosemary Williams Chesterfield Spire Cycling Club V 03:25.0

Juniors

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1 Robert Gray HMT Academy with JLT Condor 01:26.9
2 Matthew Cosgrove Sport City 01:32.6
3 Kieran Savage Yorkshire Road Club 01:33.4
4 Karl Baillie HMT Academy with JLT Condor 01:34.9
5 Kieran Simcox Bike Box Alan 01:37.0
6 Eugene Cross Clifton C.C. York 01:38.1
7 Cameron Orr SherwoodPines SRAM RT 01:38.9
8 Charlie Renshaw Bike Box Alan 01:39.4
9 Sam Smith Rutland CC 01:41.3
10 Daniel Minor Lyme Racing Club 01:44.5
11 Sidney Wilson Derby Mercury RC 01:46.7
12 Tom Lloyd-Hughes Common Lane Occasionals 01:52.5
13 Matthew Bacon Sheffrec CC 01:55.5
14 Michael o Driscol Stockton Wheelers CC 02:27.5
15 Sarah Gregson Sport City 03:04.2

Veterans
1 Chris Myhill Peak Road Club 01:36.9
2 Andy Hibberd Rapha Cycling Club 01:38.3
3 Simon Froberg Dinnington Racing Club 01:39.3
4 Ben Lowe VeloViewer 01:39.8
5 Adrian Timmis Cadence Sport 01:40.8
6 Jonathan Knapp Derby Mercury RC 01:41.4
6 Darryl Wall Out of the Saddle CC 01:41.4
8 Andrew Sedgewick Langsett Cycles RT 01:41.5
9 Jon Wild VeloViewer 01:42.2
10 Tony Cope Leek Cyclists Club 01:43.3
11 Alex Jones Team Cystic Fibrosis 01:43.7
12 Neil Bentley Sheffrec CC 01:44.0
13 Robin Mckinnon Harworth & District CC 01:44.2
14 = Simon Warren Norwood Paragon CC 01:45.1
14 Marc Hughes Common Lane Occasionals 01:45.11
14 Lee Brown Holmfirth CC 01:45.1
17 Nick Boden Common Lane Occasionals 01:48.0
18 Graham Walton Common Lane Occasionals 01:48.5
19 John Hey West Pennine RC 01:49.8
20 David Todd VeloViewer 01:50.1
21 Tim Russon Chesterfield and Totley CC 01:52.2
22 Jamie Humphries Westmead Team 88 01:53.1
23 Daryl May Sheffrec CC 01:56.6
24 Mike Adams Mapperley CC 01:57.5
25 Chris Green Matlock CC 01:57.8
26 Matthew Withycombe Sheffrec CC 01:58.6
27 Matthew Rodgers Harworth & District CC 01:59.3
28 Daniel Gee Ashfield RC 02:00.2
29 Tim Glenie Derby Mercury RC 02:02.1
30 Richard Birkin Nottingham Clarion CC 02:04.8
31 Kris Bowditch Lyme Racing Club 02:05.0
32 John Hind Bolsover & District CC 02:08.8
33 Paul Kippax Rutland CC 02:09.2
34 Richard Walker VTTA (Yorkshire) 02:11.1
35 Stewart Smith Stocksbridge CC 02:12.5
36 Jayne Dickens Vision Racing 02:26.8
37 Sandra Mackay Veloschils Interbike RT 02:30.8
38 Rachel Young VeloViewer 02:33.5
39 Paul Heggie Birdwell Whs 02:42.1
40 Keith Minor Lyme Racing Club 02:54.8
41 Richard Thorpe Bolsover & District CC 02:59.1
42 Jonathan Poole Ashley Touring CC 03:04.8
43 Brian Hygate Farnborough & Camberley CC 03:23.5
44 Rosemary Williams Chesterfield Spire Cycling Club 03:25.0

Schoolboys

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1 Jim Brown Holmfirth CC 01:33.7
2 Nathan Allatt Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA 01:37.3
3 Harry Buxton Out of the Saddle CC 01:46.1
4 Bruno Schooling Rutland CC 01:50.3
5 Luke Hind Bolsover & District CC 01:53.3
6 Joe Law Doncaster Whs 02:00.9
7 James Bunting Sheffield Sports Cycling Club 02:01.6
8 James Hawkins North Midland Youth Squad 02:08.8
9 Thomas Booth Geared Up Cycles 02:12.0
10 Taylor Hill North Midland Youth Squad 02:14.6
11 Dylan Harries Rockingham CC 02:29.8
12 Becky Gregson Sport City 02:30.7
13 Sam Turney North Midland Youth Squad 02:39.6
14 Tia Sheldon North Midland Youth Squad 02:57.1
15 Erin Avill Bike Box Alan 02:57.7
16 Louis Jacobs Sheffield Sports Cycling Club 03:45.5
17 Max Jacobs Sheffield Sports Cycling Club 04:18.8

School Girls
1 Becky Gregson Sport City 02:30.7
2 Tia Sheldon North Midland Youth Squad 02:57.1
3 Erin Avill Bike Box Alan 02:57.7

A big thanks to John Gledhill for the prize fund donation.

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Adam Kenway (2nd), Joe Clarke (1st), Jack Pullar (3rd) and VIP and record holder Malcolm Elliott

Team Standings – Fastest 3 to count
1 Langsett Cycles RT 0:04:39
2 Team Envelopemaster 00:04:44
3 VeloViewer 00:04:56
4= Out of the Saddle CC 00:05:00
Sheffrec CC 00:05:00
6 Derby Mercury RC 00:05:06
7 Rutland CC 00:05:15
8 Common Lane Occasionals 00:05:22
9 Matlock CC 00:05:48
10 Mansfield Road Club 00:06:02
11 Bolsover & District CC 00:06:06
12 Bike Box Alan 00:06:14
13 Lyme Racing Club 00:06:44
14 Manchester Wheelers Club 00:06:58
15 North Midland Youth Squad 00:07:03
16 Sport City 00:07:08
17 Sheffield Sports Cycling Club 00:10:06

Overall
1 Joe Clark Bike Box Alan / Envelopemaster Sen 01:20.1
2 Adam Kenway SportGrub Kuota Cycling Team Sen 01:20.3
3 Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal Pro Cycling Sen 01:24.2
4 Russell Downing Cult Energy Pro Cycling UCI Sen 01:24.6
5 Robert Gray HMT Academy with JLT Condor J 01:26.9
6 Andy Nichols Langsett Cycles RT Sen 01:27.0
7 William Bourne Clay Cross RT Sen 01:27.5
8 Daniel Featherstone Andy Moore Autocentres Racing Sen 01:27.7
9 John Johnston Matlock CC Sen 01:28.2
10 Peter Cocker Pedal Pushers Sen 01:29.9
11 = Shaun Dolby Birdwell Whs Sen 01:30.8
11 Matthew Burton Velo Club Rutland Sen 01:30.8
11 James Allen Langsett Cycles RT Sen 01:30.8
14 Connor Swift PolyPipe Cycling Team Sen 01:30.9
15 Thomas Traviss-Pollard PolyPipe Cycling Team Sen 01:31.9
16 Jack Stephenson Out of the Saddle CC Sen 01:32.0
17 Matthew Cosgrove Sport City J 01:32.6
18 Callum Stewart Sheffrec CC Sen 01:32.9
19 Steve Tait Mapperley CC Sen 01:33.2
20 Kieran Savage Yorkshire Road Club J 01:33.4
21 Jim Brown Holmfirth CC SB 01:33.7
22 Adam Snow VeloViewer Sen 01:34.3
23 Karl Baillie HMT Academy with JLT Condor J 01:34.9
24 hamish mcdougall Leicester Forest CC Sen 01:35.9
25 James Hill Bike Box Alan / Envelopemaster Sen 01:36.1
26 = Chris Myhill Peak Road Club V 01:36.9
26 Michael Brown Geared Up Cycles Sen 01:36.9
28 Kieran Simcox Bike Box Alan J 01:37.0
29 = Nathan Allatt Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA SB 01:37.3
Archie Cross University of Sheffield CC Sen 01:37.3
31 Elliot Harrison Derby Mercury RC Sen 01:38.0
32 Eugene Cross Clifton C.C. York J 01:38.1
33 Andy Hibberd Rapha Cycling Club V 01:38.3
34 Leon Wright Team P B Performance Sen 01:38.7
35 Cameron Orr SherwoodPines SRAM RT J 01:38.9
36 Matthew Brown University of Sheffield CC Sen 01:39.2
37 Simon Froberg Dinnington Racing Club V 01:39.3
38 Charlie Renshaw Bike Box Alan J 01:39.4
39 Patrick Clark Tyneside Vagabonds CC Sen 01:39.6
40 Ben Lowe VeloViewer V 01:39.8
41 Adrian Timmis Cadence Sport V 01:40.8
42 Sam Smith Rutland CC J 01:41.3
43 Jonathan Knapp Derby Mercury RC V 01:41.4
43 Darryl Wall Out of the Saddle CC V 01:41.4
45 Andrew Sedgewick Langsett Cycles RT V 01:41.5
46 Jon Wild VeloViewer V 01:42.2
47 = Adam Machan Sheffrec CC Sen 01:43.3
47 Tony Cope Leek Cyclists Club V 01:43.3
49 Jamie Raven Rutland CC Sen 01:43.4
50 Alex Jones Team Cystic Fibrosis V 01:43.7
51 Tom Llewellyn Mansfield Road Club Sen 01:43.9
52 Neil Bentley Sheffrec CC V 01:44.0
53 Robin Mckinnon Harworth & District CC V 01:44.2
54 Daniel Minor Lyme Racing Club J 01:44.5
55 Oliver Humphreys Shutt Velo Rapide Sen 01:44.8
56 = Simon Warren Norwood Paragon CC V 01:45.1
56 Marc Hughes Common Lane Occasionals V 01:45.1
56 Lee Brown Holmfirth CC V 01:45.1
59 Xavier Scott Andy Moore Autocentres Racing Sen 01:45.3
60 Harry Buxton Out of the Saddle CC SB 01:46.1
61 Sidney Wilson Derby Mercury RC J 01:46.7
62 Matthew Cartlidge Kuota-GSG-Spinergy Sen 01:47.1
63 Jacob Trotter Bike Box Alan / Envelopemaster Sen 01:47.9
64 Nick Boden Common Lane Occasionals V 01:48.0
65 = Graham Walton Common Lane Occasionals V 01:48.5
65 Sam Mansfield Champion System/VCUK Sen 01:48.5
67 Jonathan Harvey Dinnington Racing Club Sen 01:49.5
68 John Hey West Pennine RC V 01:49.8
69 = David Todd VeloViewer V 01:50.1
69 Lee Allen Beeston RC Sen 01:50.1
71 Josh Stringfellow Mansfield Road Club Sen 01:50.3
71 Bruno Schooling Rutland CC SB 01:50.3
73 Laurence Jackson Westmead Team 88 Sen 01:52.0
74 Tim Russon Chesterfield and Totley CC V 01:52.2
75 Gavin McCloskey-Lambert Manchester Wheelers Club Sen 01:52.3
76 Tom Lloyd-Hughes Common Lane Occasionals J 01:52.5
77 = Adam Stacey Sheffrec CC Sen 01:53.1
77 Jamie Humphries Westmead Team 88 V 01:53.1
79 Luke Hind Bolsover & District CC SB 01:53.3
80 Alan Gibworth Manchester Wheelers Sen 01:54.1
81 Lou Bates Carnac Planet X Sen 01:55.1
82 Iain Barlow Sheffrec CC Sen 01:55.4
83 Matthew Bacon Sheffrec CC J 01:55.5
84 Daryl May Sheffrec CC V 01:56.6
85 Jessie Walker Servetto Footon UCI Sen 01:57.1
86 Mike Adams Mapperley CC V 01:57.5
87 Chris Green Matlock CC V 01:57.8
88 Matthew Withycombe Sheffrec CC V 01:58.6
89 Dame Sarah Storey Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International Sen 01:59.1
90 Matthew Rodgers Harworth & District CC V 01:59.3
91 = Diane Lee Mule Bar Girls Sigma Sport Sen 01:59.7
91 Stewart Bates Beeston RC Sen 01:59.7
93 = Daniel Gee Ashfield RC V 02:00.2
93 Emilie Verroken Langsett Cycles RT Sen 02:00.2
95 Joe Law Doncaster Whs SB 02:00.9
96 James Bunting Sheffield Sports Cycling Club SB 02:01.6
97 Tim Glenie Derby Mercury RC V 02:02.1
98 Elizabeth Stedman Fusion RT Gear Club Sen 02:03.6
99 Daniel Farrand Bolsover & District CC Sen 02:04.1
100 Richard Birkin Nottingham Clarion CC V 02:04.8
101 Kris Bowditch Lyme Racing Club V 02:05.0
102 Elizabeth Bullivant Whirlow Wheelers Sen 02:05.6
103 Pete Crawforth VeloViewer Sen 02:05.7
104 Nicola Soden Stocksbridge CC Sen 02:06.6
105 Julia Van Campen Sheffrec CC Sen 02:08.5
106 = James Hawkins North Midland Youth Squad SB 02:08.8
106 John Hind Bolsover & District CC V 02:08.8
108 Paul Kippax Rutland CC V 02:09.2
109 Peter Morris Carnac Planet X Sen 02:09.6
110 Declan Bowler Stockton Wheelers CC Sen 02:10.2
111 Richard Walker VTTA (Yorkshire) V 02:11.1
112 Helen Eborall Born to Bike – Bridgtown Cycles Sen 02:11.9
113 Thomas Booth Geared Up Cycles SB 02:12.0
114 Jamie Walker-Jones Nottingham Clarion CC Sen 02:12.4
115 = Stewart Smith Stocksbridge CC V 02:12.5
115 Nick Decker Congleton CC Sen 02:12.5
117 Taylor Hill North Midland Youth Squad SB 02:14.6
118 Dave Asquith VeloViewer Sen 02:14.9
119 Charlotte Thompson Velo Club St Raphael Sen 02:18.0
120 Elisha Clarke Matlock CC Sen 02:21.9
121 Nicola Holloway Sheffrec CC Sen 02:22.7
122 Dan Robinson Manchester Wheelers Club Sen 02:24.5
123 Jayne Dickens Vision Racing LV 02:26.8
124 Michael o Driscol Stockton Wheelers CC J 02:27.5
125 Dale Wilkes Mansfield Road Club Sen 02:27.6
126 Dylan Harries Rockingham CC SB 02:29.8
127 Becky Gregson Sport City SG 02:30.7
128 Sandra Mackay Veloschils Interbike RT LV 02:30.8
129 Rachel Young VeloViewer LV 02:33.5
130 Sam Turney North Midland Youth Squad SB 02:39.6
131 Holly Carter Manchester Wheelers Club Sen 02:41.6
132 Paul Heggie Birdwell Whs V 02:42.1
133 Louise Kelly Mansfield Road Club Sen 02:48.8
134 Fiona Bell Sheffrec CC Sen 02:49.7
135 Keith Minor Lyme Racing Club V 02:54.8
136 Tia Sheldon North Midland Youth Squad SG 02:57.1
137 Erin Avill Bike Box Alan SG 02:57.7
138 Richard Thorpe Bolsover & District CC V 02:59.1
139 = Claire Munton Malteni Race Team Sen 03:04.2
139 Sarah Gregson Sport City LJ 03:04.2
141 Jonathan Poole Ashley Touring CC V 03:04.8
142 Brian Hygate Farnborough & Camberley CC V 03:23.5
143 Rosemary Williams Chesterfield Spire Cycling Club V 03:25.0
144 Louis Jacobs Sheffield Sports Cycling Club SB 03:45.5
145 Max Jacobs Sheffield Sports Cycling Club SB 04:18.8

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