Report/results and photos from the Newcastle Track Cycling Association’s Mid-Summers Open Cycle Track Meet on the 15th June
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Thanks to Steve Cronshaw
Despite a horrendous weather forecast the Newcastle-under-Lyme Mid-Summer Open Track meeting in Staffordshire went ahead in warm and sunny conditions with no rain interruptions.
The main event of the day was the Swinnerton Cycles sponsored Sprint part of the season long British Cycling Sprinters League. With a good field attracted including British Cycling Paralympic multi medallist Jody Cundy MBE. The early rounds went very much to the seeding of the 200m time trial with Matthew Rotherham and home track local rider Sean Mayer of Swinnerton Cycles winning through comfortably but special mention to Joseph Truman who is still only a Youth A rider with a fast time trial ride to give him the 3rd seed.
The 2nd round sorted the Semi-finalist out with Ryan Owens upsetting the seeding by winning through into the last four and then eventually going through to win the 3rd place slot. In the Final for 1st and 2nd Sean Mayer drew the position to lead but Matthew Rotherham was forced to the front, positions swapped again but then it was Matt who led out the sprint in the back straight but waited for Sean’s attack to turn on the gas for a very controlled display of lead out sprinting, holding Sean off for Matthew Rotherham to with the Swinnerton Cycles sponsored Sprinters League.
The other Counting event for the British Cycling “Hard Track Endurance League†was the Newcastle Track 20km Grand Prix, this resulted in a sprint finish with Matthew Rotherham leading out at the bell, with John McClelland finishing strong only for Thomas Gregory of Halesowen A & CC come round John up the finishing straight.
There were lots more sprinting in the Swinnerton Cycles sponsored B-Sprint being won by Jack Hoyle with Thomas Gregory 2nd but a well deserved 3rd place by Rachel James of the Abergavenny Road Club who concentrated in this sprint instead of the Woman’s only sprint.
The sprinting continued in the Brookscycles.co.uk Women’s Sprint, with an exciting final with Rosie Blount coming 2nd, Helen Scott away from her tandem racing coming in 2nd and Danielle Khan 4th but it was young youth rider Sophie Capewell of the Lichfield City CC who powered away from the others despite the sprint being full, Sophie could still manage an impressive out of the saddle acceleration just before the line on youth gears to win clear of the others.
Other rides of note were local riders Roger Duncalf and Stephen Hall both rode extremely well to both of them win separate events in the B-Class.
In the Youth events local cycling club “Newcastle Racing Club 2001†have sponsored this event now for over 10-years and it was Josef Feiven who won the Omnium from Liam Zwetschnikow and James Duncalf 3rd, with young Samuel Hall who rode against older riders to win his class in the Youth-C category.
Other photos courtesy of Sue Jones at:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/grimey_lymies/sets/72157634156979513/
Swinnerton Cycles Sprinters League – Qualifying 200m TT |
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Rider N° |
First Name |
Last Name |
Time |
Position |
44 |
Matthew | Rotherham |
11.22 |
1 |
37 |
Sean | Mayer |
11.44 |
2 |
50 |
Joseph | Truman |
11.64 |
3 |
23 |
Leon | Gledhill |
11.75 |
4 |
2 |
Miles | Annon |
11.87 |
5 |
41 |
Max | Nethell |
11.90 |
6 |
43 |
Ryan | Owens |
11.93 |
7 |
53 |
Ryan | Whatmough |
11.94 |
8 |
15 |
Jody | Cundy MBE |
12.00 |
9 |
48 |
Barnaby | Swinnerton |
12.02 |
10 |
62 |
Joel | Partington |
12.06 |
11 |
20 |
Max | Gethin |
12.09 |
12 |
46 |
Toby | Sherwood |
12.25 |
13 |
27 |
Jack | Hoyle |
12.28 |
14 |
58 |
Geoff | Cooke |
12.94 |
15 |
Swinnerton Cycles – Round 1 – Winner through to round 2, rest through to reps. |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
1st |
Final 200m |
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1 |
44 |
20 |
44 |
12.65 |
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2 |
37 |
62 |
37 |
11.98 |
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3 |
50 |
48 |
50 |
11.93 |
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4 |
23 |
15 |
23 |
12.90 |
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5 |
2 |
53 |
2 |
12.00 |
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6 |
41 |
43 |
43 |
11.80 |
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Swinnerton Cycles  – Round 1 Reps – Winner only to round 2 |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
1st |
final 200m |
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1 |
20 |
15 |
53 |
53 |
– |
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2 |
62 |
48 |
41 |
41 |
– |
Swinnerton Cycles  – Round 2 – Winner through to the semi final, others through to the minor final |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
1st |
final 200m |
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1 |
44 |
53 |
44 |
12.64 |
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2 |
37 |
41 |
37 |
– |
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3 |
50 |
43 |
43 |
11.91 |
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4 |
23 |
2 |
23 |
11.75 |
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Swinnerton Cycles  – Semi-Final – Winners through to 1st/2nd final, others through to 3rd/4th final |
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Semi-Final |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
1st |
final 200m |
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1 |
44 |
23 |
44 |
11.88 |
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2 |
37 |
43 |
37 |
11.97 |
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Swinnerton Cycles Sprinters League Finals for 1st and 2nd |
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1st | Matthew | Rotherham | Sportcity Velo |
2nd | Sean | Mayer | Swinnerton Cycles |
Minor final for 3rd & 4th |
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3rd |
Ryan | Owens | Performance Cycle Coaching |
4th |
Leon | Gledhill | Sportcity Velo |
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Ride of for 5th & 6th
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5th
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Joseph
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Truman
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I-Team Cyclists’ Club
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6th
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Ryan
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Whatmough
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Shepherds Cycles
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7th
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Miles
|
Annon
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Swinnerton Cycles
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8th
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Max
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Nethell
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County Cycles Race Team
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Swinnerton Cycles B Sprint |
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Round 1 – 1.5 laps – Winners through to round 2, others through to round 1 reps |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
Rider 4 |
Rider 5 |
1st |
final 200m |
1 |
46 |
5 |
30 |
12 |
46 |
12.77 |
|
2 |
27 |
28 |
32 |
4 |
28 |
12.69 |
|
3 |
58 |
59 |
45 |
14 |
59 |
12.95 |
|
4 |
24 |
22 |
61 |
6 |
24 |
12.12 |
|
5 |
38 |
7 |
60 |
29 |
31 |
38 |
12.42 |
Swinnerton Cycles B Sprint |
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Round 1 Reps – 1.5 laps – Winners only through to round 2 |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
Rider 4 |
Rider 5 |
1st |
final 200m |
1 |
5 |
30 |
29 |
6 |
12 |
29 |
12.19 |
2 |
27 |
7 |
32 |
22 |
31 |
27 |
12.77 |
3 |
14 |
61 |
58 |
45 |
66 |
61 |
12.93 |
3 |
4 |
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Swinnerton Cycles B Sprint |
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Round 2 – 1.5 laps – Winners through to final, others through to Round 2 Reps |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
Rider 4 |
1st |
Final 200m |
|
1 |
46 |
24 |
38 |
61 |
24 |
– |
|
2 |
28 |
59 |
29 |
27 |
27 |
– |
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Swinnerton Cycles B Sprint |
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Round 2 Reps – 1.5 laps’ - Winners only through to final |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
Rider 4 |
1st |
final 200m |
|
1 |
46 |
61 |
38 |
38 |
13.11 |
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2 |
59 |
29 |
28 |
29 |
– |
Final Positions – Swinnerton Cycles B Sprint |
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Rider N° |
First Name |
Last Name |
Club |
Position |
27 |
Jack | Hoyle | Performance Cycle Coaching |
1st |
24 |
Thomas | Gregory | Halesowen A & CC |
2nd |
29 |
Rachel | James | Abergavenny Road Club |
3rd |
38 |
John | McClelland | Prestige Velo Club |
4th |
Brookscycles.co.uk Women’s Sprint “derby” Round 1 – 1.5 laps – 1st and 2nd through to final, others to rep |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
Rider 4 |
Rider 5 |
1st |
2d |
3rd |
final 200m |
1 |
32 |
14 |
60 |
32 |
14 |
60 |
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2 |
4 |
45 |
12 |
45 |
4 |
12 |
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3 |
61 |
5 |
6 |
30 |
5 |
61 |
6 |
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Brookscycles.co.uk Women’s Sprint “derby” Reps – 1.5 laps – 1st to final, 2nd and 3rd to minor final. |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
Rider 4 |
Rider 5 |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
final 200m |
1 |
30 |
60 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
60 |
30 |
13.87 |
|
2 |
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brookscycles.co.uk women’s sprint derby semi final – 1.5 laps |
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Heat N° |
Rider 1 |
Rider 2 |
Rider 3 |
Rider 4 |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
|
1 |
32 |
45 |
60 |
4 |
32 |
45 |
60 |
4 |
|
2 |
6 |
14 |
61 |
5 |
5 |
61 |
14 |
6 |
Final Positions – Brookscycles.co.uk Women’s Sprint |
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Rider N° |
First Name |
Last Name |
Club |
Position |
61 |
Sophie | Capewell | Lichfield City CC |
1st |
5 |
Rosie | Blount | Derby Mercury RC |
2nd |
45 |
Helen | Scott | Performance Cycle Coaching |
3rd |
32 |
Danielle | Khan | Solihull CC |
4th |
Sprinters – Win and Out – 8 laps – winner on 4 laps (4 laps to go), 2nd on 6 laps (2 laps to go) |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
Position |
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28 |
William | Hyde |
1st |
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62 |
Joel | Partington |
2nd |
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31 |
Joseph | Kendrick |
3rd |
Women and B Endurance |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
position |
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25 |
Stephen | Hall |
1st |
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58 |
Geoff | Cooke |
2nd |
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45 |
Helen | Scott |
3rd |
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Women and B Endurance Devil take the hind most |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
position |
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45 |
Helen | Scott |
1st |
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7 |
Peter | Boyd |
2nd |
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6 |
Megan | Boyd |
3rd |
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Women and B endurance Win and out – 8 laps (winner on 4 laps (4 laps to go) and 2nd 6laps (2 laps to go)) |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
Position |
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16 |
Roger | Duncalf |
1st |
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25 |
Stephen | Hall |
2nd |
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33 |
David | Latham |
3rd |
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Women and B Endurance 10 lap course-de-prime |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
lap |
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14 |
Ellie | Coster |
1 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
14 |
Ellie | Coster |
2 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
14 |
Ellie | Coster |
3 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
25 |
Stephen | Hall |
4 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
4 |
Hannah | Blount |
5 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
4 |
Hannah | Blount |
6 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
4 |
Hannah | Blount |
7 |
2 x Bottle’s Wine |
Newcastle Racing Club 2001 – Sponsors of the Youth events for over 10-years in this event now |
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Races |
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N° |
First Name |
Last Name |
Club |
Age Cat |
Scratch (6 laps) |
Points (8 laps) |
Block Handicap (2.5 laps) |
Unknown Distance |
Total Points |
Position |
Y2 |
Josef |
Feiven |
Solihull CC |
B |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
1st |
Y7 |
Liam |
Zwetschnikow |
Lyme RC |
B |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
2nd |
Y1 |
James |
Duncalf |
Lyme RC |
B |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
3rd |
101 |
Samuel |
Hall |
Lyme RC |
D |
5 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
4th |
100 |
Joe |
Nethell |
Maindy Flyers Youth CC |
C |
3 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
16 |
5th |
Y4 |
Bradley |
Hill |
Lyme RC |
B |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
24 |
6th |
A Endurance 10 lap course-de-prime |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
lap |
||
53 |
Ryan | Whatmough |
1 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
53 |
Ryan | Whatmough |
2 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
53 |
Ryan | Whatmough |
3 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
54 |
Alex | Wise |
4 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
40 |
Gavin | Murty |
5 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
52 |
Robbie | Westwood |
6 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
56 |
Alexander | Simmons |
7 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
38 |
John | McClelland |
8 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
38 |
John | McClelland |
9 |
1 x Bottle Wine |
|
1 |
Peter | Anderson |
10 |
2 x Bottle’s Wine |
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A Endurance Points Race – 20 laps |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
Position |
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40 |
Gavin | Murty |
1st |
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54 |
Alex | Wise |
2nd |
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52 |
Robbie | Westwood |
3rd |
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A Endurance Devil |
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
Position |
||
52 |
Robbie | Westwood |
1st |
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53 |
Ryan | Whatmough |
2nd |
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24 |
Thomas | Gregory |
3rd |
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Newcastle Track 20km Grand Prix Counting event for the British Cycling “Hard Track Endurance League†|
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Rider N° |
first name |
last name |
Position |
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24 |
Thomas | Gregory |
1st |
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38 |
John | McClelland |
2nd |
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52 |
Robbie | Westwood |
3rd |
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35 |
Zak | Loney |
4th |
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34 |
Timothy | Lawson |
5th |
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44 |
Matthew | Rotherham |
6th |
||
1 |
Peter | Anderson |
7th |
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54 |
Alex | Wise |
8th |
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56 |
Alexander | Simmons |
9th |
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53 |
Ryan | Whatmough |
10th |
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13 |
Stephen | Clayton |
11th |
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28 |
William | Hyde |
12th |
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40 |
Gavin | Murty |
13th |
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51 |
Martin | Usher |
14th |
No |
Rider |
Club |
No |
Rider | Club | |||
1 |
Peter | Anderson | City of Edinburgh RC |
37 |
Sean | Mayer | Swinnerton Cycles | |
2 |
Miles | Annon | Swinnerton Cycles |
38 |
John | McClelland | Prestige Velo Club | |
3 |
Robert | Bishop | MJS Racing |
39 |
Hannah | Meads | PMR@Toachim House | |
4 |
Hannah | Blount | Derby Mercury RC |
40 |
Gavin | Murty | Edinburgh Racers | |
5 |
Rosie | Blount | Derby Mercury RC |
41 |
Max | Nethell | County Cycles Race Team | |
6 |
Megan | Boyd | Sportcity Velo |
42 |
James | Notley | Planet X | |
7 |
Peter | Boyd | VC St Raphael |
43 |
Ryan | Owens | Performance Cycle Coaching | |
8 |
Dan | Bray | Unattached |
44 |
Matthew | Rotherham | Sportcity Velo | |
9 |
John | Brearley | Cottingham Coureurs RT |
45 |
Helen | Scott | Performance Cycle Coaching | |
10 |
David | Brearley |
46 |
Toby | Sherwood | City of Edinburgh RC | ||
11 |
Greg | Brown | City of Edinburgh RC |
47 |
Martin | Smith | Chesterfield Coureurs | |
12 |
Deborah | Capewell | Brooks Cycles |
48 |
Barnaby | Swinnerton | Swinnerton Cycles | |
13 |
Stephen | Clayton | Lichfield City CC |
49 |
Philip | Trodden | City of Edinburgh RC | |
14 |
Ellie | Coster | Bushhealthcare |
50 |
Joseph | Truman | I-Team Cyclists’ Club | |
15 |
Jody | Cundy MBE | Para-T Cycling Team |
51 |
Martin | Usher | Time RT | |
16 |
Roger | Duncalf | Crewe Clarion Wheelers |
52 |
Robbie | Westwood | Cwmcarn Paragon Cycle Club | |
17 |
Rowan | Elliott | VC St Raphael |
53 |
Ryan | Whatmough | Shepherds Cycles | |
18 |
Benedict | Elliott | VC St Raphael |
54 |
Alex | Wise | VC St Raphael | |
19 |
Karl | Freeman | Team Wheelguru |
55 |
Mark | Zambarda | Private member | |
20 |
Max | Gethin | Lyme RC |
56 |
Alexander | Simmons | Swinnerton Cycles | |
21 |
Matthew | Gittings | AW Cycles |
57 |
Adrian | Adgar | Mods RT | |
22 |
Paul | Gittins | Performance Cycle Coaching |
58 |
Geoff | Cooke | Bushhealthcare | |
23 |
Leon | Gledhill | Sportcity Velo |
59 |
Steve | Cronshaw | Brooks Cycles | |
24 |
Thomas | Gregory | Halesowen A & CC |
60 |
Emily | Capewell | Lichfield City CC | |
25 |
Stephen | Hall | Lyme RC |
61 |
Sophie | Capewell | Lichfield City CC | |
26 |
Mark | Hammersley | Team Wheelguru |
62 |
Joel | Partington | Sportcity Velo | |
27 |
Jack | Hoyle | Performance Cycle Coaching | |||||
28 |
William | Hyde | MJS Racing |
Youth Riders B |
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29 |
Rachel | James | Abergavenny Road Club |
Y 1 |
James | Duncalf | Lyme RC | |
30 |
Naomi | Johnston | Clifton CC |
Y 2 |
Josef | Feiven | Solihull CC | |
31 |
Joseph | Kendrick |
Y 3 |
Bradley | Hill | Lyme RC | ||
32 |
Danielle | Khan | Solihull CC |
Y 4 |
Liam | Zwetschnikow | Lyme RC | |
33 |
David | Latham | Lyme RC | |||||
34 |
Timothy | Lawson | Wheelbase Altura MGD |
Youth Riders C & D |
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35 |
Zak | Loney | Team LFH |
100 |
Joe | Nethell | Maindy Flyers Youth CC | |
36 |
Martin | Lonie | www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk |
101 |
Samuel | Hall | Lyme RC |
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