Andy Betts wins the racing at week 10 of the Imperial Winter Series at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in West London on Jan 28.
Photos by Antony Edmonds: Gallery Here
Category 4 race – A biting northerly wind blowing down the finishing straight made it a difficult day to breakaway, however in the 4th cat race, this did not apply as Ben Sumner (Beelines Bicycles) broke clear with 8 km to go and held off a charging main group; a rare feat! He now moves up to 3rd category racing. The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 29th place Stuart Smith (High Wycombe CC) who can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.
The 3rd cat race followed a similar pattern with James Walker (High Wycombe CC) breaking clear but sadly he was swallowed up before the fast finish with Peter Hudson (Durham Uni) holding off Dominic Clegg (Redhill CC) and Ben Wimpory (Sydenham Wheelers). The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 9th place finisher Rob Sharland (Kingston Wheelers) who receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.
Elite/1/2/3 – From the off Andy Betts (Felt Colbornes RT) was clearly determined to dictate the race initially with Jason Edwards (GB MSTina) and then after another 3km with Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) with Conall Yates (inGear Quickvet RT) and Pete Wager (Felt Colbornes RT) chasing. These all finally came together with Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing) then attacking marked by Steve Legg (Police Sport UK), Ashley Holding (GB MSTina), Edwards and later Rudie Marais (La Fuga/Sigma Sport) and Bill Butterworth (Twickenham CC).
Betts, however, was in scintillating form and opened another gap with Moores the only rider that seemed capable of closing the gap. They distanced themselves from the peloton, with the overall contenders apparently content to watch each other, the gap quickly extended to 55 seconds.
Video (thanks to Simon Whiten)!
With a headwind uphill finish it looked like Betts would attack early but they were together in the last 200m with Betts leading out. In the final 50m Moores went to come round him but did not quite have the strength to pass. Tom Smith (Felt Colbornes RT) led the main bunch in for 3rd place holding off overall leader Jamie Pine (London Dynamo), Halpern and Steve Golla (High Wycombe CC).
The current overall is now Jamie Pine 1590, Steve Golla 1280, Rory Townsend 980 and Pete Wager 800 with just two races left in the series.
Next race: Saturday 4th February 2012 4th Cat & 3rd Cat start @ 13:00 with the E123 @ 14:15
RESULTS
Elite/1/2/3
1st      Andy Betts   Felt Colbornes RT
2nd      Chris Moores   Norwood Paragon
3rd      Tom Smith   Felt Colbornes RT
4th      Jamie Pine   London Dynamo
5th      Vincent Halpern   Handsling Racing
6th      Steve Golla   High Wycombe rt
7th      Tony Lock   Elite Cycling
8th      Steve Legg   Police Sport UK
9th      Dominic Gabellini   Rapha Condor
10th      Rory Townsend   Prestige VC
11th      Sean Sumner   St Ives CC
12th      Jerzy Kuzminski   London Phoenix
13th      Joshua Swords   Pedal Heaven RT
14th      Peter Cole   Handslingracing
14th      Matthew Tibbutt   Wightlink
16th      Ashley Holding   GB MSTina
17th      Harry Franklin   Hargroves Cycles
18th      Harry Strudley   AWCycles.co.uk
19th      Rudie Marais   La Fuga/Sigma Sport
20th      Robin Basford   WyndyMilla
21st      Bill Butterworth   Twickenham CC
22nd      Simon Whiten   Handsling Racing
23rd      Tamina Oliver   Abergavenny rc
24th      Christian Yates   East Grinstead CC
25th      Steven Jackson   Sigma Sport-LaFuga
26th      Cameron Foster   Zappi’s CC
27th      Stephen Cambell   Twickenham CC
28th      Matthew Carden   Team Quest
29th      Pete Wager   Felt-Colbornes RT
30th      Conall Yates   InGear Quickvit RT
31st      Geoff Powell   High Wycombe CC
32nd      Mario Manelfi   Blazing Saddles
33rd      Martin Garratt   London Dynamo
34th      Kieran Dineen   Amersham RCC
35th      Phil Holloway   Southend Wheelers
36th      Jason Edwards   GB MSTina
3rd Cats
1st      Peter Hudson   Durham University – AURA Cycles
2nd      Dominic Clegg   Redhill CC
3rd      Ben Wimpory   Sydenham Wheelers
4th      Dan Mitchell   Redhill CC
5th      Daniel Tamplin   aylesbury cycling club
6th      Jake Norman   WyndyMilla
7th      Rune Sanbeck Nilsson   London Dynamo
8th      Angelo Christides   unattached
9th      Rob Sharland   Kingston Wheelers
10th      Ed Rose   progression/bikelux
11th      Leigh-Roy Macfarlane   Cycleworks
12th      Luke Souter   Banbury Star CC
13th      Fabio Amati   unattached
14th      Ralph Keeler   Cambridge CC
15th      Ryan Visser   Redhill cc
16th      Werner Van Der Merwe   MarathonMTB.com
17th      Alex Toghill   Twickenham CC
18th      Tim Benham   WyndyMilla
19th      Colin Hodges   Welwyn Wheelers
20th      Phil Dempsey   Aprire Bicycles
21st      Stephen Morrell   Aylesbury CC
22nd      Edmond Irwin   london fire brigade CC
23rd      Will Lane   VC Meudon
24th      George Fox   45 Road Club
25th      Adam Buckland   banjocycles.com/specialized/soul/torq
26th      Gavin Francis   London Dynamo
27th      James Walker   High Wycombe CC
28th      Taimur Tanwir   London Dynamo/Prologue
29th      Ethan Lee   Solihull CC
30th      Rich Cooper   Willesden CC
31st      Greg Barber   Charlotteville CC
32nd      Brian Blease   Dulwich Paragon
33rd      Keria McVitty   Kings Cliffe Flyers
34th      David Walls   unattached
35th      Przemyslaw Radomski   Gregarious Superclub Ciclista
36th      Richard Rose   Bikelux Progression
37th      Lubomir Belak   Welwyn Wheelers
38th      Andrew Stronge   unattached
39th      Martin Porter   Thames Velo
40th      Mark O’Brien   Archer RC
41st      Jason Gardiner   Kingston Wheelers
42nd      George Withers   AWCycles.co.uk
43rd      Emily Barnes   Condor Cycles
44th      Stuart Williams   Reading CC
45th      Wayne Thomas   GS Henley
46th      James Curry   ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT
47th      Simon Parton   Kingston Wheelers
48th      Dave McMullen   GWR Team/Swindon Cycles
49th      Dennis Wright   London Fire Brigade
50th      Peter Hitt   Mountain Trax RT
51st      Chris Campbell   London Dynamo
52nd      Noah Banner   Kingston Wheelers cc
4th Category
1st      Ben Sumner   Beelines Bicycles
2nd      Russell Jones   Team Matador
3rd      Adam Capes   London Dynamo
4th      James Roberts   Amersham
5th      Shaun Williams   San Fairy Ann CC
6th      George Lancaster   unattached
7th      Luke Dixon   unattached
8th      Luke Farren   Brighton Mitre
9th      Kevin Argent   unattached
10th      Gordon McCulloch   Welwyn Wheelers
11th      Gary Brind   Southdowns Bikes Cycling Club
12th      Jonathan Rogers   Kingston Wheelers CC
13th      Peter Mollison   Kingston Wheelers
14th      Andy Colsell   high wycombe cc
15th      Mark Grigg   Unattached
16th      Jordan Oneill   unattached
17th      Graeme York   Twickenham CC
18th      Joel Draper   Brighton Mitre CC
19th      Tim Clark   unattached
20th      Nicholas Griffiths   Kingston Wheelers
21st      Andrew Snook   Kingston Wheelers
22nd      Brett Greenwood   Kingston wheelers
23rd      Richard Carrington   London Dynamo
24th      Jon Train   GS Gazzetta
25th      Stan Akinnibi   unattached
26th      Jonathan Whybrow   Reading CC
27th      Jamie Ford   Southdown Velo
28th      Mark Oliver   Rapha Condor CC
29th      Stuart Smith   High Wycombe
30th      Tim Osborne   High Wycombe CC
31st      Ray Wilson   London Dynamo
32nd      Justin Costley   Cycling Club Hackney
33rd      Guy Elyahou   London Phoenix CC
34th      Keith Butler   BEC CC
35th      Stephen Rush   Twickenham CC
36th      Paul Batchelor   Charlotteville CC
37th      Joel Lewis   Kettering CC
38th      Jorge Da Silva Gonçalves   Willesden
39th      Daniel Hills   Imperial College Cycling Club
40th      Andrew Macey   Ashford Wheelers
41st      Phil Sowton   Wyndymilla
42nd      Alan Nixon   Amersham RCC
43rd      Andrew Clare   London Dynamo
44th      Andrew Wright   La Fuga/Sigmasport
45th      Alex Murray   London Dynamo
46th      Sean Parr   Welwyn Wheelers
47th      Jorge Alberzoni   London Dynamo
48th      Paul Morrissey   High Wycombe CC
