Dan Smith from Velo29 writes … It was a great day’s racing that ended in victory for Sigma Sport Specialized’s Tom Murray. Tom scored consistently in every round of the omnium and won the third event (which was a block handicap) in a full on bunch sprint with several bike lengths lead. In second place was young local rider James Alder from BlackHawkBikes. James started the day badly when he pulled his foot out when starting the time trial but he came back strongly however when he won the second event 15 lap points race.
In 3rd place representing Pendragon was Richard Meadows who is beginning to show form again after a long mid-season illness. A mention to the other winners on the day: Giles Harrison won the first round Time Trial by a massive 3 seconds. Giles is a regular winner of Velo29 events so it was good to see him perform well in front of some tough competition. And the final winner of the day in the 15 lap scratch race was ex Velo29 rider Tommy ‘the train’ Bustard, who won a 2-up sprint from Velo29’s Michael Dales.
Full Results:
Race 1:Â Time Trial 1 lap
1st Giles Harrison ActivCycles 1m13.33 5
2nd Craig Anderson BlackHawkBikes 1m16.14 4
3rd Richard Meadows Pendragon 1m17.48 3
4th Alex Bottomley Fietsen Tempo 1m18.05 2
5th Tom Murray Sigma Sport Specialized 1m18.11 1
Race 2: Points Race 15 laps
1st James Alder BlackHawkBikes 5
2nd Simon Baxter Herbalife Wheelbase 4
3rd Tom Murray Sigma Sport Specialized 3
4th Chris Mark Velo29 2
5th Tom Bustard BBM Bikes 1
Race 3: Handicap (3 Groups) 15 laps
1st Tom Murray Sigma Sport Specialized 5
2nd Richard Meadows Pendragon 4
3rd James Alder BlackHawkBikes 3
4th Marcus Smith BlackHawkBikes 2
5th Liam Armstrong VC Briganti 1
Race 4: Scratch Race 15 laps
1st Tom Bustard BBM Bikes 5
2nd Mike Dales Velo29 4
3rd Tom Murray Sigma Sport Specialized 3
4th James Alder BlackHawkBikes 2
5th Liam Armstrong VC Briganti 1
Overall
1st Tom Murray Sigma Sport Specialized 12
2nd James Alder BlackHawkBikes 10
3rd Richard Meadows Pendragon 7
4th Tom Bustard BBM Bikes 5
5th Giles Harrison ActivCycles 5
6th Mike Dales Velo29 4
7th Simon Baxter Herbalife Wheelbase 4
8th Craig Anderson BlackHawkBikes 4
9th Liam Armstrong VC Briganti 2
10th Marcus Smith BlackHawkBikes 2
11th Chris Mark Velo29 2
12th Alex Bottomley Fietsen Tempo 2
A special thanks to Mike Milen for commissairing, Geoff Lloyd for judging, Mike Smith for putting up with the worst PA system known to man and to all the Velo29ers who came out to help. We hope to see you all at our next event next weekend (16th & 17th July) on Stockton Riverside. Entries are still open so be sure to come along!
