Pearl Izumi Tour Series – Canary Wharf

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Steele Von Hoff (NFTO) got the win his sprint deserves after a spectacular drag race between One Pro Cycling and Madison Genesis

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Pearl Izumi Tour Series – Canary Wharf

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Steele Von Hoff of NFTO wins the sprint from Ed Clancy (JLT Condor) and Chris Opie (One Pro Cycling) after a spectacular race at Canary Wharf

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A spectacular show of force from ONE Pro Cycling gave the team of England cricketer Matt Prior their sixth win of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series at Canary Wharf on Thursday night to move them to within one point of the Series lead with two rounds to go.

However it was an equally strong performance by Madison Genesis to battle back after Tom Stewart was caught in an early crash that earned them second and kept the team in the lead going into the final week’s two events.

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After Madison Genesis went back to help their fallen teammate Tom Stewart, the event became a drag race between One Pro Cycling (above) trying to prevent Madison Genesis coming back to the front group and the series leaders (below). The result was the race was blown to bits to the extent that Madison Genesis, despite being caught for a lap in the closing stages of the race  still finished second.

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Individually, it was the Australian Criterium Champion’s jersey of Steele Von Hoff taking the individual glory, with the NFTO rider heading home Ed Clancy and Chris Opie in the final sprint beneath Canary Wharf’s skyscrapers.

Having been felled from the peloton early on, all four Madison Genesis riders dropped back to Stewart in an effort to pace him back to the bunch setting themselves up for what was virtually an hour’s team pursuit effort against the ONE Pro Cycling led peloton.

Lap after lap the five ONE Pro Cycling jerseys led the main field at a frightening pace, eventually reeling in the quintet of Madison Genesis riders who despite driving along the second group were unable to regain contact. Eventually the Madison Genesis five were lapped, along with many other riders, and with all five ONE Pro Cycling riders in the front group, the team win was assured.

However the fierce pace the team had set may also have contributed to their downfall, with other teams failing to keep up with the pace, the second fastest team across all five riders was in fact Madison Genesis, albeit a lap in arrears.

The dominant victory moves ONE Pro Cycling to one point behind Madison Genesis, with Pedal Heaven in third now assured of taking the trophy for the highest ranked non-UCI level team.

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Victory for the Aussie champion in Canary Wharf Steele Von Hoff (NFTO)

Stewart’s absence from the head of the race meant Team Raleigh’s Morgan Kneisky took back the Chain Reaction Cycles Points Jersey, while Opie’s final lap dash may not have earned him the race win, but was enough for the Costa Express Fastest Lap trophy.

Earlier in the evening it has been Madison Genesis’ Mike Northey who had helped his sponsor’s corporate team, Madison, to victory in the Costa Express Canary Wharf Corporate Grand Prix.

Highlights from Canary Wharf will be shown on ITV4 at 2200 on Friday 5 June, with a repeat at 0955 on Saturday 6 June.

The final week of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series sees Britain’s fastest teams visit Peterborough (Tuesday 9 June) before the final round in the historic setting of Bath (Thursday 11 June), including a circuit which laps the famous Royal Crescent. Both events will also include rounds of the women’s Matrix Fitness GP Series, which culminates in Bath.

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Rounds left

Round Nine Tuesday 9 June Peterborough
Round Ten Thursday 11 June Bath

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Series leaders by a single point, Madison Genesis (Tom Scully, Mike Northey, Tobyn Horton, Mark McNally, Tom Stewart) this years series is the hardest fought one ever.

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Team winners on the night after a flat stick team on team battle, One Pro Cycling, Yanto Barker, George Atkins, Jon Mould, Chris Opie and Marcin Bialoblocki

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Usual start among the skyscrapers hiding the drama that was about to unfold

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Tom Stewart (Madison Genesis), already bandaged to the hilt, came past off the back after a crash

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What happened next was not expected! Stewart’s team came back to pace him back to the peloton and that started a race between them and One Pro Cycling. Madison Genesis racing flat out to get back to the front, One Pro Cycling (below) also full gas making sure they didn’t come back which they didn’t and were eventually lapped.

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Behind One Pro Cycling, Steele Von Hoff and his NFTO wing man, Jonny McEvoy sat behind the train ahead of them and behind riders one by one, three by three, were jettisoned off the back.

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With three laps to go, Madison Genesis sprinted for the line for their final positions and were pulled out along with all other lapped riders.

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The race was then set for a bunch kick and Zach May (NFTO) hit the front to keep the pace high for his leader Steele Von Hoff. 

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Chris Lawless (team Wiggins) then did the same for his team leader Owain Doull.

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and the sprint was close!

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Fastest lap Chris Opie of One Pro cycling

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Morgan Kneisky (Raleigh GAC) leads Tom Stewart by three points in the Points competition

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One Pro Cycling team winners on the night in Canary Wharf clawing back another point on Madison Genesis (below) who still lead despite a week of crashes

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Finally, Bradley Wiggins was there …. well, sort of…

Team Classification for Round 8
1 ONE Pro Cycling 5:29:20 10
2 Madison Genesis 5:37:40 9
3 Team Raleigh – GAC 5:40:36 8
4 Pedal Heaven 5:40:37 7
5 Velosure Starley Primal 5:40:39 6
6 SportGrub Kuota 5:42:03 5
7 NFTO Pro Cycling 5:49:21 4
8 Team WIGGINS 5:55:01 3
9 JLT Condor presented by Mavic 6:03:54 2

Team Overall Classification after Round 8
1 Madison Genesis 93
2 ONE Pro Cycling 92
3 Pedal Heaven 76
4 Team Raleigh – GAC 63
5 NFTO Pro Cycling 58
6 SportGrub Kuota 46
7 Velosure Starley Primal 44
8 JLT Condor presented by Mavic 42
9 Team WIGGINS 26

Individual Round Classification
1 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 1:05:48.039 51
2 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:05:48.074 51
3 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 1:05:48.171 51
4 Marcin Bialoblocki ONE Pro Cycling 1:05:48.285 51
5 Owain Doull Team WIGGINS 1:05:48.544 51
6 Richard Hepworth SportGrub Kuota 1:05:48.575 51
7 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 1:05:48.649 51
8 Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:05:49.594 51
9 Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal 1:05:50.263 51
10 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 1:05:51.170 51
11 Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1:05:51.460 51
12 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 1:05:51.944 51
13 Andrew Tennant Team WIGGINS 1:05:52.539 51
14 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 1:05:52.639 51
15 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 1:06:00.035 51
16 Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 1:06:26.790 51
17 Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 1:06:26.985 51
18 Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota 1:06:10.656 50
19 Mike Northey Madison Genesis 1:01:59.174 47
20 Mark McNally Madison Genesis 1:01:59.343 47
21 Tom Scully Madison Genesis 1:01:59.752 47
22 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 1:02:00.603 47
23 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 1:02:01.529 47
24 David Lines Velosure Starley Primal 1:02:02.820 47
25 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 1:02:03.326 47
26 Evan Oliphant Team Raleigh – GAC 1:02:04.156 47
27 Karol Domagalski Team Raleigh – GAC 1:02:04.221 47
28 Liam Stones Team Raleigh – GAC 1:02:04.655 47
29 Sam Lowe Team Raleigh – GAC 1:02:04.822 47
30 James Gullen Velosure Starley Primal 1:02:05.576 47
31 Simon Holt Pedal Heaven 1:02:05.956 47
32 Adria Moreno Sala Velosure Starley Primal 1:02:06.092 47
33 Ryan Davis SportGrub Kuota 1:02:17.822 47
34 Ryan Perry SportGrub Kuota 1:03:16.693 47
35 Mitch Webber Pedal Heaven 1:02:06.533 46
36 Wouter Sybrandy Nuun Sigma Sport** 1:02:34.850 46
37 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 1:03:02.719 46
38 Will Fox Pedal Heaven 1:03:19.006 46
39 James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 1:02:04.465 45
40 Stephen Bradbury Velosure Starley Primal 1:03:15.741 45
41 Ollie Maxwell SportGrub Kuota 1:03:16.032 45
42 Chris Snook Nuun Sigma Sport** 1:03:16.162 45
43 Simon Lewis Nuun Sigma Sport** 1:03:17.770 44
44 Luc Hall Team WIGGINS 1:02:06.732 43
45 Tony Lock Nuun Sigma Sport** 1:02:35.064 41
46 George Gori Nuun Sigma Sport** 1:02:52.204 41
DNF Ian Bibby NFTO Pro Cycling 0:49:19.662 38
DNF Jon Dibben Team WIGGINS 0:34:23.131 24
DNF Harry Tanfield JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:34:23.124 23
DNF Graham Briggs JLT Condor presented by Mavic 0:29:59.830 22

Costa Express Fastest Lap Winner: Chris Opie

Points Competition Round Winner: Jon Mould

Points Competition Overall Leader: Morgan Kneisky

Individual Race Winner: Steele Von Hoff

Team Round Winner: ONE Pro Cycling
Chris Opie, Marcin Bialoblocki, Yanto Barker, George Atkins, Jon Mould,

Team Overall Leader: Madison Genesis

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Competition
Sprint 1
1 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 5
2 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 4
3 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 3
4 Owain Doull Team WIGGINS 2
5 Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1

Sprint 2
1 Marcin Bialoblocki ONE Pro Cycling 5
2 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 4
3 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 3
4 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 2
5 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 1

Sprint 3
1 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 5
2 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 4
3 Marcin Bialoblocki ONE Pro Cycling 3
4 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 2
5 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 1

Finish
1 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 5
2 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 4
3 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 3
4 Marcin Bialoblocki ONE Pro Cycling 2
5 Owain Doull Team WIGGINS 1

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Classification for Round 8
1 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 11
2 Marcin Bialoblocki ONE Pro Cycling 10
3 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 8
4 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 8
5 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 5
6 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 5
7 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 5
8 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 4
9 Owain Doull Team WIGGINS 3
10 Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1

Chain Reaction Cycles Points Overall Classification after Round 8
1 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh – GAC 60
2 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 57
3 Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic 43
4 Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling 42
5 Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling 30
6 Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS 28
7 Marcin Bialoblocki ONE Pro Cycling 21
8 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 20
9 Mike Northey Madison Genesis 20
10 Richard Handley JLT Condor presented by Mavic 16
11 Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic 16
12 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 16
13 Tom Scully Madison Genesis 13
14 Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling 11
15 James Lowsley Williams NFTO Pro Cycling 10
16 Will Bjergfelt SportGrub Kuota 10
17 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO Pro Cycling 9
18 Owain Doull Team WIGGINS 8
19 George Atkins ONE Pro Cycling 8
20 Andrew Tennant Team WIGGINS 8
21 Andrew Hawdon Team Raleigh – GAC 7
22 Ian Bibby NFTO Pro Cycling 7
23 Zach May NFTO Pro Cycling 5
= Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling 5
25 Ian Wilkinson Team Raleigh – GAC 2
= Jack Pullar Velosure Starley Primal 2
27 Felix English JLT Condor presented by Mavic 1
= Liam Stones Team Raleigh – GAC 1
= Richard Hepworth SportGrub Kuota 1
= Gruff Lewis Pedal Heaven 1
= Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 1
= George Harper ONE Pro Cycling 1

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