Paul Oldham & Annie Simpson make it a double for Hope Factory RT at round 1 of the Rapha Supercross Series at Broughton Hall in Yorkshire
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Hope Factory Racing began the defence of their title in a convincing manner in the spectacular setting of Broughton Hall, north Yorkshire.
Winners of the Rapha Super Cross title for the previous two years, Hope packed three riders into the top ten positions, led home as usual by captain Paul Oldham.
Twice runners-up Hargroves also put two riders in good positions – Jody Crawforth and under-23 winner Steve James – as did Rouleur and Yorkshire, but Hope’s Dave Collins and Dan Booth rode strongly together to clinch the win.
Annie Simpson, also riding for Hope, comfortably led home the women – passing a fair few men in the process – followed by Diane Lee (Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves) and Delia Beddis (Raleigh).
With in the region of 500 riders, from five-year-olds to veterans, taking the line at Broughton Hall, it was a full-on day of racing, capped off with the fun category, featuring the wall of foam and infamous tequila shortcut. Our host Roger Tempest distributed shots dressed in a fetching pair of gold lamé leggings…
Rapha Super Cross moves to Manchester tomorrow (Sunday 20th). Entry on the line is available. See http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross for details.
Credit –Â Photos: Jonathan Hines – www.jonathanhines.co.uk
RESULTS
Elite Men/Women
1 Paul Oldham Senior 48:27.6
2 Nick Craig Senior 56.589
3 Rob Jebb Senior 59.844
4 Steve James U23 01:23.3
5 Jody Crawforth Senior 02:04.2
6 Dave Collins Senior 02:25.4
7 Dan Booth Senior 02:26.0
8 Ian Taylor Senior 02:32.5
9 Adam King U23 02:39.9
10 Hugo Robinson U23 03:08.2
11 Nick Barnes U23 03:47.3
12 Mike Thompson U23 03:54.6
13 Scott Chalmers Senior 04:18.6
14 Dieter Droger Senior 04:19.0
15 Chris Metcalfe Senior 04:43.6
16 Tom Payton Senior 04:52.7
17 John Whittington Senior 05:00.5
18 Steve Davis Senior 05:05.9
19 Thomas Craig U23 05:32.5
20 Ben Simmons Senior 05:32.5
21 Will Bjergfelt Senior 06:20.1
22 Dylan Kerfoot-Robson U23 06:53.6
23 Richard Mardle Senior 1 Lap
24 Matt Hargroves U23 1 Lap
25 Scot Easter Senior 1 Lap
26 Perry Bowater U23 1 Lap
27 Ben Cooper U23 1 Lap
28 Bruce Dalton Senior 1 Lap
29 Joe Fox U23 1 Lap
30 Annie Simpson Woman 1 Lap
31 Diane Lee Woman 1 Lap
32 Delia Beddis Woman 1 Lap
33 Beth Crumpton Woman 1 Lap
34 Joshua Wells-Walling U23 1 Lap
35 Amira Mellor Woman 1 Lap
36 Ffion James Woman 2 Laps
37 Nichola Butler Woman 2 Laps
38 Claire Beaumont Woman 2 Laps
39 Rebecca Womersley Woman 2 Laps
40 Sophia Joy Woman 2 Laps
41 Mel Brand Woman 2 Laps
42 Marie Jackson Woman 2 Laps
43 Verity Appleyard Woman 2 Laps
44 Rachel Fenton Woman 2 Laps
45 Phoebe Sneddon Woman 2 Laps
Senior/Juniors
1 Rob Partridge (UK Youth) Seniors 47:08.9
2 George Thompson Seniors 5.642
3 Tom Seaman Junior 01:56.1
4 James Edmond Junior 02:04.9
5 Andrew Johnson Seniors 02:31.9
6 Kevin Smith Seniors 02:41.7
7 Ashton Payne Seniors 02:46.7
8 Carl Donaldson Seniors 03:52.2
9 Ben Hallworth Seniors 04:01.8
10 Preslav Dimitrov Junior 04:14.8
11 Tom Hooper Seniors 04:29.2
12 Matthew Worton Junior 05:11.0
13 Tym Burman Seniors 05:49.8
14 Dave Wilby Seniors 07:42.9
15 Henry Thompson Junior 1 Lap
16 Tom Ramsay Seniors 1 Lap
17 Stuart Cowperthwaite Seniors 1 Lap
18 Paul Troughton Seniors 1 Lap
19 Dave Hemming Seniors 1 Lap
20 Sam Alison Seniors 1 Lap
21 Conor Palliser Junior 1 Lap
22 Tom England Seniors 1 Lap
23 Sandy Lockett Seniors 1 Lap
24 Eddie Halstead Seniors 1 Lap
25 Scott Yoda Weston Seniors 1 Lap
26 Matthew Webb Seniors 1 Lap
27 Mark Richmond Seniors 1 Lap
28 James Burns Seniors 1 Lap
29 Ben Howe Seniors 1 Lap
30 Tom Hebditch Seniors 1 Lap
31 Joe Mann Junior 1 Lap
32 Luke Dabbs Seniors 1 Lap
33 Matt Love Seniors 1 Lap
34 Neil Harris Seniors 1 Lap
35 Ed Neilson Seniors 1 Lap
36 Barry Crichton Seniors 1 Lap
37 Michael Burton 1 Lap
38 David Wilson Seniors 1 Lap
39 Matthew Wakeford Seniors 1 Lap
40 James Hendry Junior 1 Lap
41 Lee Morley Seniors 1 Lap
42 Gavin Slack Seniors 1 Lap
43 Gavin Chatterton Seniors 1 Lap
44 Russell Ellis Seniors 1 Lap
45 Thomas Hordon Junior 1 Lap
46 Jason Cutler Seniors 1 Lap
47 Brandon Stock Junior 2 Laps
48 Peter Holland Seniors 2 Laps
49 Henry Aarvold Seniors 2 Laps
50 Paul Francis Seniors 2 Laps
51 Ben Hillsdon Seniors 2 Laps
52 Adam Pridmore Seniors 2 Laps
53 Jonathan Walkingshaw Seniors 2 Laps
Veterans/Women
1 Andy Peace 38:43.2
2 Chris Rathbone 53.978
3 Antony Glover 01:43.0
4 Stephen Bottomley 02:32.8
5 Paul Bethell 02:33.5
6 Roy Hunt 02:39.5
7 Mark Horrocks 03:39.2
8 Guy Kesteven 03:45.9
9 Richard Allen 04:35.1
10 Stefan Macina 04:44.1
11 Andy Cosgrove 04:49.5
12 Steve Smales 05:10.4
13 Nick Shaughnessy 05:42.1
14 Davey Johnston 05:47.9
15 Stuart Rider 05:51.9
16 Alan Dorrington 06:11.9
17 Martin Worner 06:18.1
18 Simon Pateman 06:42.3
19 Timothy Bull 06:45.2
20 Michael Burdon 06:46.8
21 John Wood 06:54.8
22 Richard Gate 07:11.0
23 Andrew Edmond 07:19.3
24 Adrian Hill 07:25.3
25 John Savage 07:26.7
26 Nick Mason 07:40.3
27 Sean Hoban 07:40.4
28 Brent Carr 07:41.5
29 Ian Chapman 1 Lap
30 Paul Nutton 1 Lap
31 Tim O’Sullivan 1 Lap
32 Ian Cliffe 1 Lap
33 Andrew Holgate 1 Lap
34 Sarah Murray 1 Lap
35 Edward Sarmiento 1 Lap
36 Carl Nelson 1 Lap
37 Craig Smithson 1 Lap
38 Juliet Horrocks 1 Lap
39 James Roberts 1 Lap
40 Nick Waggett 1 Lap
41 Jonathan Allan 1 Lap
42 Stuart Spencer 1 Lap
43 Craig Forrester 1 Lap
44 Jon Robinson 1 Lap
45 Andrew Tones 1 Lap
46 Carl Hammal 1 Lap
47 Andrew Moxon 1 Lap
48 Steve Plunkett 1 Lap
49 John Gillmore 1 Lap
50 Rich Brewster 1 Lap
51 Alison Kinloch 1 Lap
52 Graeme Scott 1 Lap
53 Peter Kettleborough 1 Lap
54 Bev Blakeman 1 Lap
55 Ed Smith 1 Lap
56 Jessica Burman 1 Lap
57 Kate Johnston 1 Lap
58 Amy O’Halloran 1 Lap
59 Neil McLaughlin 1 Lap
60 Tim Tharratt 1 Lap
61 Christian Haw 1 Lap
62 Bryan Shedden 1 Lap
63 Bruce Attwood 2 Laps
64 Helen Smith 2 Laps
65 Andrew Hatfield 2 Laps
66 Paul Andrews 2 Laps
67 Andrew Bernard 2 Laps
68 Andrew Murphy 2 Laps
69 Nicky Hartle 2 Laps
70 Paul Burgoine 2 Laps
71 Tim Edward 2 Laps
72 Steve Laycock 2 Laps
73 David Hordon 3 Laps
Youth
1 Alfie Moses Youth 30:07.2
2 Mark Donovan Youth 01:14.5
3 Robert Scott Youth 01:49.0
NOVICES
1 Jim Simpson 25:23.3
2 Andrew Butler 6.814
3 Rob Groves 42.876
4 David Trotter 1 Lap
5 Ed Neilson 1 Lap
6 Stephen Coy 1 Lap
7 Jon Hobson 1 Lap
8 Ben Boardwell 1 Lap
9 Iain Robertson 1 Lap
10 Neil Pomfret 1 Lap
11 Scott Fraser 1 Lap
12 Henry Stam 2 Laps
13 David Procter 2 Laps
14 Paul Mitchell 2 Laps
15 Edward Lee 2 Laps
16 Richard Cleathero 2 Laps
17 Norman Grotz 2 Laps
18 Ben Houldsworth 2 Laps
19 Paul Lane 2 Laps
20 Karen Robertson 2 Laps
21 Matthew Atkinson 2 Laps
22 Dave Mitcheson 2 Laps
23 Antony Lomas 2 Laps
24 Matthew Aldridge 3 Laps
25 Adam Pridmore 3 Laps
26 Matthew Twigger 3 Laps
27 Matthew Ellis 3 Laps
28 Phillip Gannon 3 Laps
29 Nick Scanlon 3 Laps
30 Annie Donovan 3 Laps
31 John McCurrie 3 Laps
32 Greg Jessop 3 Laps
33 Gareth Field 3 Laps
34 David Burnell 3 Laps
35 John Sim 4 Laps
36 James Grabowski 4 Laps
37 philip wardman 4 Laps
38 Matthew Field 4 Laps
39 Colin Fisher 4 Laps
40 Nicholas Lloyd 4 Laps
41 Alistair Reid 5 Laps
42 Mike Hind 5 Laps
43 Craig Sneddon 5 Laps
44 Lisa Parnaby 5 Laps
45 Cath Wightman 5 Laps
46 Kevin McKenna 6 Laps
47 Marshall’s 6 Laps
48 Jane Briggs 6 Laps
Standings after two roundsÂ
Elite Team
1. Hope Factory Racing | 20 pts
2. Hargroves Cycles | 18pts
3. Rouleur | 16pts
4. Raleigh | 12pts
5. Rapha-GB | 11pts
6. Yorkshire CCA | 10pts
7. Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves | 9pts
8. MG-Maxifuel | 8pts
9. Charge | 4pts
Elite Men
1. Paul Oldham (Hope Factory Racing)
2. Jody Crawforth (Hargroves Cycles)
3. Steve James (Hargroves Cycles)
4. Dave Collins (Hope Factory Racing)
5. Mike Thompson (Hope Factory Racing)
6. Nick Barnes (Raleigh)
7. Nick Craig (Rouleur)
8. Dan Booth (Hope Factory Racing)
9. Adam King (Rapha-GB)
10. John Whittington (MG-Maxifuel)
Elite Women
1. Annie Simpson (Hope Factory Racing)
2. Diane Lee (Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves)
3. Amira Mellor (Rapha-GB)
Under 23: Steve James (Hargroves Cycles)
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