Results: MKCA/Corley Cycles 2 Day

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Jake Hales of IG Sigma Sport leads Milton Keynes Cycling Association/Corley Cycles 2 Day after two stages

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by Gordon Wiseman (words & pictures)

Milton Keynes Cycling Association/Corley Cycles Two Day Road Race – Saturday 17, Sunday 18 August

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With their eye firmly looking to the future, at quite short notice the Milton Keynes Cycling Association together with their long term supporter Corley Cycles organised a two day, three stage race starting at the MK Bowl on Saturday morning.

With financial support coming from the Bletchley based accountancy firm H.W.S, the racing started with a 6.6km team time trial on Saturday morning followed by a rain disrupted 60km crit that was supposed to have been held around one of the longer combinations linking the roads circulating the MK Bowl with a 130km road stage around the popular Astwood circuit closing the action on Sunday.

During the early planning stages, suggestions were made to make this a three day affair, the last home based stage race of such a length before the Tour of Britain, but in the first year the decision was taken not to take on such a challenge.

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Stage 1 - 6.6km Team Time Trial

Thirteen, 5-man teams lined up for the opening time trial, 6 laps of the MK Bowl’s inner circuit and Team IG Sigma Sport, one of the more fancied outfits for overall honours, used the local knowledge of Jakes Hales and Matt Jones to the full in beating Metaltek-KOO by just one second after first team away, that of the promoting Corley Cycles had set the bench mark time.

MG Maxifuel were pushed by Metaltek into second place, the three  best supported teams in the line-up taking the top honours with local boys Team Corley Cycles hanging on to their bench mark time to finish in an excellent fourth place overall with their quintet including Ben Chapman, probably the youngest rider in the race

By virtue of his leading the Sigma Sport outfit over the finishing line, Newport Pagnell’s Jake Hales took the white jersey of race leader.

1. Team IG Sigma Sport (Jake Hales, Matt Jones, Ryan Mullen. Andrew Griffiths, Will Goulbourne) – 8m 13s
2. Metaltek-KOO (Will Fox, Dexter Gardias, Ben Stockdale, Chris Bartlett, Tom Stockdale) @ 1secs
3. MG Maxifuel (Jamie Scott, Liam Stones, Will Bjergfelt, Jamie Caldwell, Tim Allen) @ 8secs
4. Team Corley Cycles @12secs
5. Pedal Heaven @ 16secs
6. Team Spirit @ 18ses
7. Twenty3c-Focus @ 23secs
8. CC Luton @ 25secs
9. MKCA @ 35secs
10. High Wycombe CC @ 37secs.

Stage 2 - 60km Circuit Race

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With a strong wind blowing across the circuit, many riders were conscious of the black clouds that had been forming during the lunch break and after an opening spell of around 20 minutes racing the expected rain started to fall.

Almost immediately, on re-entering the main Bowl area, Chris Dredge (Team Spirit) was pushing just that bit too hard when leading the large group of riders that were forcing the pace of the race and as his front wheel slipped from underneath him causing him to fall, Team Corley’s Simon Wilson was the next rider onto the scene and was caught up in the the youngster’s accident.

The surface soon caused a number of other incidents and with the organisers wisely taking action, the race was quickly transferred to the Bowl’s inner circuit but run in the reverse direction of the morning’s team time trial.

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As the rain kept falling then clearing, for a number of laps the race followed suit with riders attempting to break away before being pull back but as the race distance increased, many sensed that the second stage would finish in a bunch sprint, leaving the overall honours to be determined overall in Sunday’s lengthy road stage.

With their riders dominating the overall after the morning’s action, Metaltek-KOO and Sigma Sport were active in the closing laps and it was Metaltek’s Will Fox who just won the sprint from MG-Maxifuel’s guest rider Tim Allen. But with Sigma Sport’s Hales close in attendance in 7th place he retained the leader’s jersey ahead of Sunday’s decisive stage.

1. Will Fox (Metaltek-KOO)
2. Tim Allen (MG-Maxifuel)
3. Lewis Atkins (Pedal Heaven)
4. Ben Stockdale (Metaltek-KOO)
5. Will Bjergfelt (MG-Maxifuel)
6. Chris McNamara (Pedal Heaven)
7. Jake Hales (Team IG Sigma Sport)
8. Luke Ryan (Twenty3c-Focus)
9. Matt Jones (Team IG Sigma Sport)
10. Jozef Metalka (Beeline Bikes RT)

FULL RESULTS (Provisional)

 

Overall after stage 2
1 Jake Hales Team IG Sigma Sport 01:38:13
2 Matt Jones Team IG Sigma Sport 01:38:13
3 Ryan Mullen Team IG Sigma Sport 01:38:13
4 Will Goulbourne VS Sprint 01:38:13
5 Will Fox Metaltek-KOO 01:38:14
6 Ben Stockdale Metaltek-KOO 01:38:14
7 Chris Bartlett Metaltek-KOO 01:38:14
8 Tom Stockdale 01:38:14
9 Liam Stones MG Maxifuel 01:38:21
10 Will Bjergfelt MG Maxifuel 01:38:21
11 Jamie Caldwell MG Maxifuel 01:38:21
12 Simon Wilson Team Corley Cycles 01:38:25
13 Jonathan Shuster Team Corley Cycles 01:38:25
14 Ben Chapman Team Corley Cycles 01:38:25
15 Simon Henley Team Corley Cycles 01:38:25
16 Andrew Griffiths Team IG Sigma Sport 01:38:26
17 Chris McNamara Pedal Heaven RT 01:38:29
18 Rob McCarthy Pedal Heaven RT 01:38:29
19 Anders Christensen Pedal Heaven RT 01:38:29
20 Lewis Atkins Pedal Heaven RT 01:38:29
21 Francis Cade Pedal Heaven RT 01:38:29
22 Tim Allen Private Member 01:38:31
23 Mark Baines Spirit RT 01:38:31
24 Ed Clemens Spirit RT 01:38:31
25 Chris Dredge Spirit RT 01:38:31
26 Jack Waller Spirit RT 01:38:31
27 Andy Marriott Spirit RT 01:38:31
28 Dean Shannon Twenty3c-Focus 01:38:36
29 Oliver Rossi Twenty3c-Focus 01:38:36
30 Luke Ryan Twenty3c-Focus 01:38:36
31 Mike Jackson CC Luton 01:38:38
32 James Fox CC Luton 01:38:38
33 Doug Coleman CC Luton 01:38:38
34 Ashley Cox CC Luton 01:38:38
35 Jim Moffat Virgin Active 01:38:48
36 Cameron Foster Club Corley Cycles 01:38:48
37 Luke Dunbar 01:38:48
38 Robert Moore London Phoenix 01:38:48
39 Steve Golla High Wycombe CC 01:38:50
40 Adam Brittain High Wycombe CC 01:38:50
41 Richard Wood Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 01:38:53
42 Mike Wragg Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 01:38:53
43 Stephen Colbert Arbis LLP Development Team 01:39:07
44 Chris Palfreeman Arbis LLP Development Team 01:39:07
45 Edward Palfreeman Arbis LLP Development Team 01:39:07
46 Felix Barker St Ives CC 01:39:07
47 Kieran Brady St Ives CC 01:39:07
48 Lee Desborough St Ives CC 01:39:07
49 Jozef Metalka Beeline Bikes RT 01:39:07
50 Tony Purnell Cambridge CC 01:39:07
51 John Peters CC Luton 01:39:16
52 Kevin Hardwick Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 01:39:37
53 Sean Dines Team Corley Cycles 01:39:44
54 Steve James High Wycombe CC 01:40:08
55 Dexter Gardias Metaltek-KOO 01:40:32
56 Simon Alexander Twenty3c-Focus 01:40:36
57 Alan Trolove St Ives CC 01:44:24
58 Jamie Scott MG Maxifuel 02:38:21
59 James Norris High Wycombe CC 02:38:50
60 Jerry Kuzminski High Wycombe CC 02:38:50
61 Robert Fletcher Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 02:38:53
62 Joel Lewis Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 02:38:53
63 Lubomir Belak St Ives CC 02:38:58
64 Iain Gillam Arbis LLP Development Team 02:39:07
65 Rory Havis St Ives CC 02:39:07
66 Adam Norris Twenty3c-Focus 02:39:59
67 Richard Stanton Arbis LLP Development Team 02:40:53

STAGE 1 Team Time Trial
1. IG-Sigma Sport

Stage 2
1 Will Fox Metaltek-KOO
2 Tim Allen Private Member
3 Lewis Atkins Pedal Heaven RT
4 Ben Stockdale Metaltek-KOO
5 Will Bjergfelt MG Maxifuel
6 Chris McNamara Pedal Heaven RT
7 Jake Hales Team IG Sigma Sport
8 Luke Ryan Twenty3c-Focus
9 Matt Jones Team IG Sigma Sport
10 Jozef Metalka Beeline Bikes RT
11 Chris Bartlett Metaltek-KOO
12 Will Goulbourne VS Sprint
13 Steve Golla High Wycombe CC
14 Francis Cade Pedal Heaven RT
15 Mike Jackson CC Luton
16 Ashley Cox CC Luton
17 Jonathan Shuster Team Corley Cycles
18 Liam Stones MG Maxifuel
19 Chris Dredge Spirit RT
20 Dexter Gardias Metaltek-KOO
21 Jamie Caldwell MG Maxifuel
22 Robert Moore London Phoenix
23 Simon Wilson Team Corley Cycles
24 Ben Chapman Team Corley Cycles
24 Stephen Colbert Arbis LLP Development Team
25 Oliver Rossi Twenty3c-Focus
25 Adam Brittain High Wycombe CC
28 Tom Stockdale
28 Anders Christensen Pedal Heaven RT
29 Rob McCarthy Pedal Heaven RT
29 Felix Barker St Ives CC
30 James Fox CC Luton
31 Mark Baines Spirit RT
32 Richard Wood Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles
33 Luke Dunbar
34 Ed Clemens Spirit RT
35 Jack Waller Spirit RT
36 Ryan Mullen Team IG Sigma Sport
37 Andy Marriott Spirit RT
38 Dean Shannon Twenty3c-Focus
39 Doug Coleman CC Luton
40 Cameron Foster Club Corley Cycles
41 Kevin Hardwick Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles
42 Kieran Brady St Ives CC
43 Mike Wragg Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles
44 Edward Palfreeman Arbis LLP Development Team
45 Chris Palfreeman Arbis LLP Development Team
46 John Peters CC Luton
47 Jim Moffat Virgin Active
48 Simon Henley Team Corley Cycles
49 Lee Desborough St Ives CC
50 Tony Purnell Cambridge CC
51 Andrew Griffiths Team IG Sigma Sport
52 Sean Dines Team Corley Cycles
53 Steve James High Wycombe CC
54 Simon Alexander Twenty3c-Focus
55 Alan Trolove St Ives CC
DNF Jamie Scott MG Maxifuel
DNF James Norris High Wycombe CC
DNF Jerry Kuzminski High Wycombe CC
DNF Robert Fletcher Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles
DNF Joel Lewis Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles
DNF Lubomir Belak St Ives CC
DNF Iain Gillam Arbis LLP Development Team
DNF Rory Havis St Ives CC
DNF Adam Norris Twenty3c-Focus
DNF Richard Stanton Arbis LLP Development Team

 

 

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