Wins for Tavis Walker, Ruby Chappell, & David Peel at round 9 of the Ludgershall Summer Series on the edge of Salisbury Plain
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Report – Ludgershall Summer Series 9
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The first on the track were the 3rd and 4th Cat riders for a 45mins +3lap race, the bunch were very attentive throughout the entire race with each and every attack being brought back quickly. It wasn’t until five minutes to go when Ian Donohue (Southern Planning Practice Ltd) made a big attack, got away a built a lead but he was eventually reeled back by the bunch.
Next up was the E/1/2 Race followed a few minutes later by the women. The women’s race stayed together for the entire 40mins and 3lap race with Ruby Chappell doing most of the work on the front for lap after lap, when she did attack the others chased, and when she slowed the rest slowed. So it was only right that Ruby won the sprint very easily getting the arms up with room to spare.
The feature race did see some action during their 45mins and 5lap race when after 15mins a small group of six slipped away and soon they had managed to build a small gap but their escape only lasted for nine minutes when the remainder of the bunch caught them.
The deciding move came on 36mins when Tavis Walker slipped away; he held a 13secs lead for about 7laps and the bunch very happy to allow him to stay there. Then he attacked, broke the elastic and built his lead, first he had 20secs lead then with the 5 laps to go his lead went to over a minute. At one point he must have seen the rest of the bunch at one end of the long straight as he was at the other end. At the bell his lead was 1mins 28secs, he then went on to solo to the line while we waited for the bunch sprint which was won by Justin Hoy (Felt Colbornes-Hargroves RT) just ahead of Ben Rowe (WyndyMilla Reynolds).
E/1/2/3
1 Tavis Walker Velo Club Walcot
2 Justin Hoy Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT
3 Ben Rowe WyndyMilla – Reynolds
4 Liam Walsh VC St Raphael
5 Brook Elgie Peter Hansford Racing
6 David Billings VC St Raphael
7 Donal Linehan Newbury RC
8 Joseph Henstridge NFTO Race Club
9 Alex Harding Andover Whls
10 Alastair Luxford CSE Racing
Women E/1/2/3/4
1 Ruby Chappell Behind The Bikeshed
2 Lili McLean Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT
3 Julia Hesselberg Performance Cycles
4 Victoria Long Army Cycling Union
5 Charlotte Sampson Bournemouth Arrow CC/Hotel Col…
6 Keeley Spate Salisbury Road and Mountain CC
3/4
1 David Peel Salisbury Road and Mountain CC
2 Leon Marshall Royal Navy & Royal Marines…
3 Alastair Luxford CSE Racing
4 Graham Rogerson Army Cycling Union
5 John Miller Army Cycling Union
6 David Mitchell Annan 2010 Racing
7 Timothy Allen Didcot Phoenix CC
8 Thomas Leach Gloucester City CC
9 Matthew Hargreaves Bath Cycling Club
10 Kevin Baker Salisbury Road and Mountain CC
11 Robert Jones Army Cycling Union
12 Martin Chaldecott Bournemouth Jubilee Whls
13 Phil Wilks Sotonia CC
14 Ben Bradley Southdown Velo
15 Sam Norrish Army Cycling Union
16 Oliver Clark RP Racing Team
17 Alex Collins Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
18 Keith Gandy VC Meudon
19 Daniel Edwards Sotonia CC
20 Simon Hayward Army Cycling Union
21 Jaime Shilling Army Cycling Union
22 Edward Wu Sotonia CC
23 Ian Donohue Southern Planning Practice Ltd
24 Simon Waller Kingston Phoenix RC
25 Andrew Banks Salisbury Road and Mountain CC
U16 Boys
1 Joseph Linehan Palmer Park Velo RT
2 Alex Collins Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3 Giles Clark Didcot Phoenix CC
U14 Boys
1 Charley Calvert Bournemouth Arrow CC/Hotel Col…
2 Morgan Curle Sulis Scorpions YCA
U10 Boys
1 Jack Webb 1st Chard Whls
2 Marshall Thompson Andover Whls
U8 Boys
1 Jack Shuker Chippenham & Dist Whls
2 Ben Cooper
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