A good day for Team UK Youth in the Welsh race, Legstretchers Memorial to Betty Pharoah RR, with a 1-2 and six riders and in the top 15.
Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers RR 2011
By Ian Homer (www.ianhomerphotography.co.uk)
Lucky for some, the 13th installment of the Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers Elite, 1 & 2 cat Road race was won by Frederik Johansson of Team UK Youth who also took the 1,2 with James Stewart.
Photos by Ian Homer (www.ianhomerphotography.co.uk)
The Vale of Glamorgan course was bathed in beautiful spring sunshine and made for some hot racing in both events. In the E123 early breaks were soon brought back under control by the peleton but by the 3rd Lap, however, a group of 7 riders (James Stewart, Frederik Johansson, Junior Heffernan, Dale Appleby, Mark Perry & Grant Bayton) went off the front and got a gap of 2 minutes on the field. One rider (Matt Rowe (Cycle Premier Metaltek) dropped back) and at Pentre Meyrick on the final lap Johansson broke free with a well timed attack and immediately took a gap of 13 seconds on the chasing group. This he consolidated on the run in and even with the negotiation of the tricky final climb was a clear winner by some 37 seconds.
Things were much tighter in the 3&4 cat race with no attacks sticking from the main bunch. It all pretty much came down to the final climb to the finish to produce a selection with Tony Kiss of Stratford CC taking the spoils on the line with 2nd place Rob Tuner of Climb on Bikes 2 seconds behind. Third and fourth was hotly contested and Joe Lally of CC Abergavenny pipping home rider Dave Medhurst (Cardiff Ajax CC) by less than a wheel length.
Photo: Ian Homer (www.ianhomerphotography.co.uk)
Joe Lally CC Abergavenny wins the sprint 3rd in the 3/4 race. Ian Homer (www.ianhomerphotography.co.uk)
Ian Homer (www.ianhomerphotography.co.uk)
Result
1st   Frederik Johansson Team UK Youth ESen 2h 55m 35s
2nd   James Stewart Team UK Youth ESen @ 37s
3rd   Dale Appleby Cycle Premier / Metaltek ESen st
4th   Mark Perry Wilier/GoSelfDrive.com ESen @ 42s
5th   Junior Heffernan Primal Europe/RUTrainingToday/BikeChainRicci 1Sen st
6th   Grant Bayton Wilier/GoSelfDrive.com ESen @ 55s
7th   Russell Falder Mammoth Lifestyle RT 1Sen @ 1m 07s
8th   Ian Alexander Cheltenham & County CC 2Sen @ 1m 28s
9th   Colin Parry Wilier/GoSelfDrive.com ESen @ 1m 32s
10th   Filip Rudenstam Team UK Youth 1Sen @ 1m 38s
11th   Gruff Lewis Team UK Youth 2Sen @ 1m 45s
12th   Glyndwr Griffiths Team Cyclemart 2Sen st
13th   Joe Norledge Web 29 2Sen st
14th   Greg Mansell Team UK Youth 2Sen @ 1m 56s
15th   James Lowesley-Williams Team UK Youth 2Sen st
16th   Douglas Dewey GWR/Team Swindon Cycles/High 5/Kalas/Scott Wilson 1Sen st
17th   Ian Bendall Forza Cycles 2Sen st
18th   Hugh Wilson Wilier/GoSelfDrive.com 1Sen st
19th   Conor Ryan Velo Club Montpellier 3Sen st
20th   Sion O’Boyle Torq Perfromance 2Sen st
21st   Darren Parker Pythin racing Team 2Sen @ 1m 58s
22nd   Richard Harris Cwmcarn Paragon RC 2Sen st
23rd   Andrew Butcher Cwmcarn Paragon RC 3Sen st
24th   Ben Simmons Team Wiggle 1Sen st
25th   Toby Eichler Velo Club Montpellier 2Sen st
26th Tavis Walker Adeo Cadence Race Team 2Sen @ 2m 05s
27th   Dave Povall Cwmcarn Paragon RC 3Sen @ 2m 08s
28th   Russ White Forza Cycles 2Sen @ 2m 15s
29th   Hefin Price Port Talbot Wheelers 2Sen @ 2m 22s
30th   Richard Bowen Abergavenny RC 2Sen @ 2m 24s
31st   Wayne Coombs Primal Europe 1Vet40 st
32nd   Thomas Cann Shred Racing 2Vet40 @ 2m 32s
33rd   Daniel Davies Team Wallis Cycles 2Sen @ 2m 34s
34th   David Bees Forza Cycles 2Sen st
35th   David Crowley Port Talbot Wheelers 2Sen st
36th   Nick Pilborough Dream Zerog 2Sen @ 2m 45s
37th   Steve Edwards Cardiff JIF 2Vet40 st
38th   Paul Tucker Team VR 2Sen st
39th   Karl Hine Adeo Cadence Race Team 2Sen @ 3m 04s
40th   Lee Williams Team Wiggle W1Sen @ 3m 25s
41st   Matt Rowe Cycle Premier Metaltek 1Sen @ 4m 30s
42nd Courtney Rowe Cardiff JIF 2Vet40 @ 7m 35s
3/4 Race
1st   Tony Kiss Stratford CC 3Sen 2h 19m 30s
2nd   Rob Turner Climb On Bikes 4Sen @ 2s
3rd   Joe Lally CC Abergavenny 3Sen @ 4s
4th   David Medhurst Cardiff Ajax CC 4Sen st
5th   James Hansell Cardiff JIF 3Sen st
6th   Hywel Sylvester Privte Member 4Sen st
7th   David Griffiths Tenby Aces CC 3Sen st
8th   James Shaw Team Cyclemart 3Sen @ 8s
9th   Steven Bennett Acme Wheelers (Rhondda CC) 3Sen st
10th   Rhys Gravelle Port Talbot Wheelers 4Sen @ 10s
11th   Christopher Crowther Army Cycling Union 3Vet40 @ 12s
12th   Liam Sullivan Forza Cycles 3Vet40 st
13th   Jack Gibson Cardiff Ajax CC 3Sen @ 16s
14th   Ed Laverack Bynea CC 4Jun st
15th   Paul Bennett Cardiff JIF 3Vet50 st
16th   Matthew Thompson Cardiff JIF 3Jun st
17th   Ioan Williams Cwmcarn Paragon RC 3Sen @ 26s
18th   Ben Allister Cardiff JIF 4Sen st
19th   David Squire Cheltenham and County CC 4Sen st
20th   Ross Clayton Climb On Bikes 3Sen st
21st   Luke Cornish Cwmcarn Paragon RC 3Jun st
22nd   Mark Stacey Port Talbot Wheelers 3Vet50 st
23rd   Justin Harcourt Team Cyclemart 3Sen st
24th   Guy Stevens Abergavenny RC 3Vet40 st
25th   Christopher Matthews Ogmore Valley Wheelers 3Vet40 st
26th   Jamie Fenaroli Cardiff Ajax CC 3Sen st
27th   Angharad Mason Cardiff JIF W2Sen @ 53s
28th   Huw Austin Cwmcarn Paragon RC 4Vet40 st
29th   Jonathan Shepherd Forza Cycles 4Vet40 st
30th   Tony Trigg Cardiff JIF 3Vet50 st
31st   Darren Stone Cardiff JIF 3Sen st
32nd   Gareth Sheppard Cardiff JIF 3Sen @ 1m
33rd   Julian Morgan Cardiff Ajax CC 4Vet40 @ 1m 14s
34th   Gareth Rees Cwmcarn Paragon RC 3Sen @ 1m 16s
35th   Jeremy Read Swindon Wheelers 3Sen st
36th   Curtis Stacey Port Talbot Wheelers 3Sen st
37th   James Peckham Onelife Fuga RT 3Vet40 @ 1m 23s
38th   Delbert DelaRonde Cardiff JIF 3Vet50 @ 1m 36s
39th   Neal Craig Forza Cycles 3Vet40 @ 1m 46s
40th   Daniel Taylor Acme Wheelers (Rhondda CC) 4Sen @ 7m 04s
41st   Will Robbins Cardiff JIF 3Vet40 @ 7m 14s
42nd   Adrian Peall Forza Cycles 4Sen st
43rd   Darren Lloyd Cardiff Ajax CC 4Sen @ 7m 23s
44th   Kevin Hughes Bynea CC 4Sen @ 7m 37s
45th   Barrie McGregor Cwmcarn Paragon RC 4Vet40 @ 8m 40s
46th   Liam Payne Newport Olympic CC 4Sen @ 8m 45s
47th   Jonathan Webb Gannet CC 4Vet40 @ 8m 59s
48th Bryn Ruston Cardiff Ajax CC 4Vet40 @ 18m 53s
49th   James Rabaiotti Cardiff Ajax CC 4Vet40 @ 19m 17s
50th   Robert Bignell Abergavenny RC 3Sen @ 19m 45s
51st   Dean Cummings Acme Wheelers (Rhondda CC) 4Vet40 @ 20m 05s
52nd   Harry Watson-James Cardiff Ajax CC 3Jun @ 40m.
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