Day 2: MKCA/Corley Cycles 2 Day

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Ben Stockdale wins the MKCA/Corley Cycles 2 Day on Sunday, August 18 after winning the final stage

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Stage 3 -130km Road Race (Report by Gordon Wiseman)
(Day 1 here)

Leaving his race winning move until inside the last kilometre, a hot and very tired Ben Stockdale (Metaltek-KOO) won the third stage – and the overall – of the inaugural MKCA-Corley Cycles Two Day and declared himself more than pleased with his and his team’s efforts over the two days racing.

With the overall positions being covered by just seconds going into the final stage it was always going to be the case that the leading teams would want to be represented in any significant break and that’s exactly what happened with the break of the day containing around a dozen riders opening up a gap of 1min 55secs with around half the race distance completed.

They were slowly reeled in and with less than 2 laps to go the two leading groups reformed to be 30 strong but two riders – Richard Wood (Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles) and Chris Bartlett (Metaltek-KOO) – slipped away and very soon had opened their own gap of just under a minute.

With Metaltek represented in that break – Chris Bartlett was lying 7th overall after the second stage – the Stockdale brothers and Will Fox could afford to sit in and let the others undertake the chase.

Team IG Sigma Sport – for overall race leader Jake Hales – and CC Luton were seen to be working furiously to consolidate their own positions but as the field remerged as the race readied itself for the final climb into Astwood, in the final kilometre Ben Stockdale launched his race winning move.

Hunched over his bike just seconds after crossing the finishing line, Stockdale breathlessly explained how he saw the race.

“In the closing laps we had Chris (Bartlett) away at the front so we could just follow Sigma and make them do all the work. But even then I wasn’t completely sure it’d all come back. With a lap to go the lead was around 40 seconds so we just covered all the moves. But when we regrouped my brother Tom went over the top and then inside the last kilometre I went passed him.

“We’ve now had two back to back race wins so this is great but boy, I had to spring for nearly the last kilometre up hill to get the win. This is a great course and the whole race has been really good with a great atmosphere”.

1. Ben Stockdale (Metaltek-KOO) 2hrs 48mins 52secs
2. Liam Stones (MG-Maxifuel) @2secs
3. Simon Wilson (Team Corley Cycles) @ 3secs
4. Dean Shannon (Twenty3c-Focus) @ 3secs
5. Will Bjergfelt (MG Maxifuel) st
6. Jake Hales (Team IG Sigma Sport) st

KoM
Tom Stockdale (Metaltek-KOO)

Overall
1. Ben Stockdale (Metaltek-KOO) 4hrs 48mins 52secs
2. Jake Hales (Team IG Sigma Sport) @ 5secs
3. Liam Stones (MG-Maxifuel) @ 4secs
4. Will Fox (Metaltek-KOO) @ 1sec
5. Tom Stockdale (Metaltek-KOO) st
6. Ryan Mullen (Team IG Sigma Sport) @ 2secs

FULL RESULTS (thanks Sarah) | Results from Day 1

Final Overall (Provisional)
1 Ben Stockdale Metaltek-KOO 04:27:06
2 Jake Hales Team IG Sigma Sport 04:27:11
3 Liam Stones MG Maxifuel 04:27:15
4 Will Fox Metaltek-KOO 04:27:16
5 Tom Stockdale 04:27:16
6 Ryan Mullen Team IG Sigma Sport 04:27:18
7 Will Bjergfelt MG Maxifuel 04:27:19
8 Simon Wilson Team Corley Cycles 04:27:20
9 Jamie Caldwell MG Maxifuel 04:27:20
10 Chris Bartlett Metaltek-KOO 04:27:22
11 Ben Chapman Team Corley Cycles 04:27:24
12 Francis Cade Pedal Heaven RT 04:27:27
13 Anders Christensen Pedal Heaven RT 04:27:27
14 Ed Clemens Spirit RT 04:27:29
15 Jack Waller Spirit RT 04:27:30
16 Chris Dredge Spirit RT 04:27:31
17 Dean Shannon Twenty3c-Focus 04:27:34
18 Oliver Rossi Twenty3c-Focus 04:27:34
19 Mike Jackson CC Luton 04:27:36
20 Ashley Cox CC Luton 04:27:36
21 James Fox CC Luton 04:27:37
22 Doug Coleman CC Luton 04:27:43
23 Luke Dunbar 04:27:46
24 Steve Golla High Wycombe CC 04:27:48
25 Adam Brittain High Wycombe CC 04:27:49
26 Richard Wood Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 04:27:53
27 Mike Wragg Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 04:27:56
28 Felix Barker St Ives CC 04:28:05
29 Rob McCarthy Pedal Heaven RT 04:28:08
30 Matt Jones Team IG Sigma Sport 04:30:15
31 Jonathan Shuster Team Corley Cycles 04:30:28
32 Lewis Atkins Pedal Heaven RT 04:30:29
33 Luke Ryan Twenty3c-Focus 04:30:37
34 Lee Desborough St Ives CC 04:30:48
35 Andrew Griffiths Team IG Sigma Sport 04:30:49
36 Simon Henley Team Corley Cycles 04:32:11
37 Mark Baines Spirit RT 04:32:14
38 Chris McNamara Pedal Heaven RT 04:32:24
39 Andy Marriott Spirit RT 04:32:32
40 Jim Moffat Virgin Active 04:32:36
41 Cameron Foster Club Corley Cycles 04:32:46
42 Stephen Colbert Arbis LLP Development Team 04:33:05
43 Jozef Metalka Beeline Bikes RT 04:33:06
44 Tony Purnell Cambridge CC 04:33:08
45 Kieran Brady St Ives CC 04:33:10
46 John Peters CC Luton 04:33:14
47 Kevin Hardwick Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 04:33:35
48 Sean Dines Team Corley Cycles 04:33:48
49 Steve James High Wycombe CC 04:34:07
50 Simon Alexander Twenty3c-Focus 04:34:21
51 Dexter Gardias Metaltek-KOO 04:37:22
52 James Norris High Wycombe CC 05:32:27
53 Robert Fletcher Arbis LLP/Colberts Cycles 05:32:52
54 Lubomir Belak St Ives CC 05:32:57
55 Rory Havis St Ives CC 05:33:10

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

 

 

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