Report – Women’s Team Series Oakley

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Winning her first ever road race, double Carribean road race champion Tamiko Butler won an eventful Women’s Team Series race on the Oakley circuit

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Report – Women’s Team Series Oakley
(From Jon Miles)

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Winning her first ever road race, double Carribean road race champion Tamiko Butler -WindyMilla/Reynolds crossed the finish line at the end of an eventful Women’s Team Series race held on the Oakley circuit on her own after having dropped breakaway companion Louisa Lobigs two kilometres from the end.

Heavy rain was a feature of the race superbly organised by Scott Holmes and Hiilingdon CC with sponsorship from Holmes Engineering & Mint Velvet.

A full field faced an 80 kilometre race on this flatfish course but when the rain fell heavily, it was not surprising that the first crash came with just 10 Kim’s covered although Sam Thoy did not suffer major injury.

Another crash a few km’s later involved Lou Collins and Clover Murray but again without serious damage. Sixteen kilometres covered and two riders got away from the bunch – Tamiko and Louise. The time gap slowly grew at first although the heavy rain did help as it slowed the bunch who had to ride through deep surface water. After 20 kms, the gap was 25 seconds growing to an eventual 3 minutes.

Mathilda Mathhijsse-Bonito Squadra Corse got away from the bunch with the intention of getting up to the break but she was never able to get across and was absorbed by the bunch after a few kms of freedom.

Another break happened after 60 kms when Iona Sewell-GB Cycles left the bunch in the driving rain but was back in the bunch later, a few kms later Jennifer Crouch-London Dynamo left the bunch and stayed away for 7 kilometres but again was brought back into the fold again.

With just two kilometres to go, Tamiko dropped Louise. Later Tamiko said “I am not the most confident in the rain so I decided to keep the pace high and try to get away. I knew there were several strong riders in the race so I hoped that a few would go in a break but in the end it was just the two of us.”

“On that final motorway bridge, I sensed that Louise was not as strong so rather than wait for the sprint I went for it”.

Tamiko is from Antigua looking to get more experience and broaden her horizons in Europe dropping back to the Carribean in October to try to win her third championship.

1 Tamiko Butler Wyndymilla – Reynolds
2 Louise Lobigs
3 Jennifer Crouch London Dynamo
4 Lauryn Therin Bonito Squadra Corse
5 Mary McFadzean South West Team
6 Sophie Lankford Team WNT
7 Rose Osborne High Wycombe CC
8 Flora Gillies Speg – Project 51
9 Paige Milward Bike Pure – LeMond- Aspire Velotech
10 Lucy Harper Bike Pure – LeMond- Aspire Velotech
11 Susan Freeburn Wyndymilla
12 Holly James Bristol RC
13 Lou Collins Beeston RC
14 Iona Sewell GB Cycles.co.uk
16 Adele Martin VC St Raphael
17 Sian Botteley Squadra Donne
18 Alexandra Sheehan Merlin Cycles
19 Mathilde Mathijsse Bonito Squadra Corse
20 Lydia Brookes G.S.Henley
21 Hester Stembridge Bike Pure – LeMond- Aspire Velotech
22 Juliet Milward High Wycombe CC
23 Claire Richardson London Dynamo
24 Laura Cheesman RP Racing Team
25 Anastasia Welsh RP Racing Team
26 Harriet Guest Performance Cycles
27 Phoebe Speck
28 Louise Marsden VC Norwich
29 Donna Short Army Cycling Union
30 Victoria Strila Wyndymilla
31 Wiebke Rietz South West Team
32 Chanel Mason Army Cycling Union
33 Jennifer Lake Squadra Donne
34 Coralie Glaunes Les Filles RT
35 Sarah Thomas Army Cycling Union

 

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