Cyclo-Cross: Crispin Doyle makes it a double when he won round ten of the Western Summer League at Supermarine, near Swindon on Tuesday evening.
With a large field of 40 riders lining up for the tenth and final round, a strong start was all important. Leading the field into the first of the woodland sections was Luke Cowely who got hole shot and took the lead for the first half lap. As the riders hit the main drag through the finish line, series leader Dan Smith took over and lead for the next half lap until Paul Lloyd and Crispin Doyle, both starting slowly from the back from the grid, made their way to the front.
Lloyd and Doyle created a small advantage on Cowely and Smith, which they were able to hold until the finish. The four leading riders opened up a sizable gap on the fight for 5th place which was a five way battle between Peter Kench, Jason Painton, Lee King, Gary Clark and Grant Bayton as they lapped the twisting circuit like a tight and compact snake for the 45 minute duration.
With 15 minutes to go, Round 8 winner Doyle lined up to take his second win of the series as he made the most of a slight advantage over Lloyd that he held until the finish line. Lloyd came home in a comfortable 2nd with Cowely disposing of Smith on the penultimate lap to take third. Smith came home for 4th and to take the overall Western summer series league win.
For full results and the overall league table please go to http://www.gwrteam.com/cyclo.html
For an HD video of Round 10 find GWR team on Facebook.
Coming Up: 6th September 2011 sees the first round of the GWR team Floodlit Winter series supported by Joyriders. This will be a 10 race series with the best of 7 counting, riders will battle it out for the overall league win and a chance to take the prize of a holiday to Joyriders, who are based in the sun drenched province of Cordoba, AndalucÃa only 80 minutes away from Malaga Airport. For more information on the series go to www.gwrteam.com and for more information about Joyriders holidays go to www.joy-riders.com
1   Crispin Doyle   Swindon RC
2   Paul Lloyd   Banjo Cycles
3   Luke Cowley   Swindon RC
4   Dan Smith   GWR Team
5   Jason Painton   ?
6   Peter Kench   GWR Team
7   Jo Griffiths   ?
8   Lee King   ?
9   Steven Brown   Dream Zero G
10   Ian Dawes   Dream Zero G
11   Tom Holden   Swindon RC
12   Jonathan Wickham   GWR Team
13   Rob Collins   Dream Zero G
14   Peter Hutchinson   Swindon RC
15   David Hobbs   ?
16   Pip Sowden   ?
17   Isaac Staff   Swindon RC
18   Mike Joffe   ?
19   Jack Sowden   ?
20   Tom Sewel   Swindon RC
21   Paul Sewel   Swindon RC
22   Harry Sowden   ?
23   Roger Chamberlain   ?
24   Lewis Maynard   ?
25   John Hawes   ?
26   Matt Antrobus   ?
27Â Â Â Barry Thompson
28   Gordon Smillie   ?
29   Mark Horton   ?
30   Stephen Williams   ?
31   Bruce Driffill   Dream CC
