Emily Barnes was the winner of the first round in the Shutt VR Women’s Team Series held at the Redbridge Cycle Centre on Good Friday
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EMILY THE FIRST (from Jon Miles) | Photos Steve Davidson
Shutt Velo Rapide sponsored Women’s Team Race Series got of to a great start at the Eagle RC organised first event at the Hog Hill circuit when 64 riders lined up on what is always a hard racing course in sunshine but that pesky wind always blowing with Emily Barnes – Corvida Allpress winning in a bunch sprint – and a good share of the £400 in prize money on offer.
The biggest field ever for the start to a season saw the various levels of fitness beginning to tell as the fast moving bunch gradually lost riders from the rear until with halfway covered there were 40 riders in the main bunch, perhaps mainly due to the 3 cash primes that organiser Chris Baldwin had put up – Claire Galloway – For Viorad winning two of them.
With 2 laps to go Natalie Creswick (above) – MuleBar Girls shot into the lead and rapidly gained 20 seconds but coming into the finishing straight for the final lap she was riding on a rapidly deflating rear wheel and although she was able to get another one the bunch had swept past her and in the final dash for the line it was Nicola Juniper – Corvida Allpress leading out team mate Emily for the win just beating Eve Dixon – Maxgear RT into 2nd place with Sarah Brook – Mulebar Girls in 3rd.
To see so many riders on the start line and with a good race that followed really does give a sense of excitement to what looks like being another great season of women’s racing in this country.
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RESULT
1. Emily Barnes Corvida Allpress
2. Eve Dixon Maxgear RT
3. Sarah Brook Mulebar Girls
4. Emily Kay Scott Contessa Epic
5 Lowri Bunn Abergavenny RC
6. Laura Massey Vivelo Bikes-Inverse Cyclaim RT
7. Molly Weaver Scott Contessa Epic
8. Karla Boddy High Wycombe CC
9. Clare Leaver Zappi Cycling Club
10. Karen Poole Squadra Donne-Shutt VR-Bikefood-C Originals-Cello Sports
11. Clare Galloway For Viorad
12. Zoe Armstrong Scott Contessa Epic
13. Nicola Juniper Corvida Allpress
14, Astrid Wingler Surrey League
15. Delia Beddis Vivelo Bikes-Inverse Cyclaim RT
16. Mary Evans High Wycombe CC
17. Sophie White London Dynamo
18. Rohan Battison For Viorad
19. Emily Bagnall Surrey League
20. Rebecca Curley For Viorad
21. Sarah Austin Abergavenny RC
22. Helen Ralston Pearson Cycling Club
23. Abigail Dentus Eastern Region
24. Anna Christian Scott Contessa Epic
25. Eryn Nolan Corvida Allpress
26. Anna Reid Zappi Cycling Club
27. Tanya Hunt Surrey League
28. Lara Newell Eastern Region
29. Natalie Creswick Mulebar Girls
30. Elizabeth Chittenden Corvida Allpress
31. Catherine Hills Brighton Mitre
32. Vikki Filsell Pearson Cycling club
33. Rachel Przybyski Surrey League
34. Keira McVitty Eastern Region
35. Monica Da Polenza Brighton Mitre
36. Tessa Pugh London Dynamo
37. Katherine Fisher Pearson Cycling Club
38. Miriam Freemantle Team Hope Factory Racing
39. Lucy Harper Eastern Region
40. Lyndsey Glazier Team Hope Factory Racing
41. Clare Leonard Brighton Mitre
42. Gina McGeever Brighton Mitre
43. Lisa Gunn Brighton Mitre
44. Nikki Engelbach Pearson Cycling Club
45. Isabel Irwin Zappi Cycling Club
TEAM
1. Corvida Allpress 248 points
2. Scott Contessa Epic 248 points
3. Mulebar Girls 139 points
4. Maxgear RT 130 points
5. Surrey League 126 points
6. Vivelo Bikes-Inverse Cyclaim 123 points
7. Abergavenny RC 122 points
8. For Viorad 122 points
9. High Wycombe CC 106 points
10. Zappi Cycling Club 95 points
11. Eastern Region 88 points
12. Pearson Cycling Club 77 points
13. Brighton Mitre 63 points
14. London Dynamo 56 points
15. Squadra Donne-Shutt VR 55 points
16. Team Hope Factory Racing 28 points
OTHER EVENTS
E/1/2
1. Andrew Griffiths, IG Markets Sigma RT
2. Jake Hales, IG Markets Sigma RT
3. Ian Paine, London Dynamo
4. Dave McLean, Meridiana
5. Jonny Shuster, XRT Elmy
6. Dean Shannon, Twenty3c Orbea
7. Josh Green, Glendene CC J
8. Richard Da Silva, Stevenage CC
9. Scott Cousins, Malson & Dist CC
10. Ben Lamb, Wilier
11. Tom Fitzpatrick, Iceni Velo
12. Harry Franklyn, Stevens
13. Wojciech Szlachta, Twenty3c Orbea
14. Adam Cotterell, Team Zappi
15. Ian Franklin, PCHire UK
Category 3/4
1. Joe Giggins, PCH
2. Christopher Stuart Leach
3. Colin Bailey, North Rd CC
4. Ben Laam, Wilier
5. Will Adams,
6. Jack Finch,
7. Joe Fry, Welwyn Whlrs
8. Rurai Grant, Durham Uni
9. Tim Allen, Bigfoot CC
10. David Bamford, East London Velo
Masters
1. Lee Rowe, Finchley RT
2. Kieran Dineen, Amersham RC
3. Vincent Halpern, Slingshot media
4. Mark Ottoway, Wyndamilla
5. Phil Holloway, Southend
6. Jon Lewis, Charlotteville
7. Darren Cainey, East London Velo
8. Ralph Carter, London Dynamo
9. Seal Kilroy, Glade CC
YOUTH
1. Tom Franklin, Hargroves Cycles
2. Louis Modell, East London Velo
3. Jez McCain, Forme Impsport
4. David Barnes, Condor B
5. Alex McKerrel, CC Hackney
6. Thomas Finch, VC Londres B
