News: Second for Two GB Tandems

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GB tandem pairing Lora Turnham & Corrine Hall second in women’s & Stephen Bate & Adam Duggleby second in mens 5 stage, 4 day Belgische Tandemrace (5th-8th May)

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News: Second for Two GB Tandems
(thanks to Eamonn Deane)

GB tandem pairing Lora Turnham & Corrine Hall secured second place at the 5 stage, 4 day Belgische Tandemrace (5th-8th May) with Stephen Bate & Adam Duggleby matching the girls in the men’s race.

Essen Win

Irish duo Katie George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal took the opening 75 km hilly stage at Gedinne ahead of Turnham & Hall with Bate & Duggleby finishing behind Marcin Polak & Michal Ladosz from Poland but crucially conceding 2:44.

The general classification remained unchanged after Friday’s flat, 84km stage at Overpelt with both races ending in bunch kicks. Saturdays split stage at Hulshout decided the women’s race with Dunlevy & McCrystal clocking 2:53:03 on the bumpy outdoor track to Turnham & Halls 2:55:60.

Gedinne

The 2.4km test also gave the Polish bike another win (2:35:78) but the gap to the British pair was less than a second (2:36:52). Dunlevy & McCrystal picked up their third win in the afternoons 83km stage with the Dutch pair Stephen de Vries & Patrick Bos winners at Overpelt adding a second win in another sprint.

Polak & Ladosz underlined their strength, taking Sunday’s final stage, an 80km blast around Essen, sealing the victory they had set up at Gedinne. Turnham & Hall outsprinted the Irish bike to win the stage but the two seconds conceded on the track cost them the overall.

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The GB Paracycling team return to Belgium next week for the UCI Road World cup at Ostende before turning attention to Rio and the Paralympic Games.

Brief Results
1 Dunlevy Katie-George Mc Cristal Eve IRL 8.18.54,6
2 Turnham Lora Hall Corrine GBR 8.18.57,2
3 Weldon Robbi Lemieux Audrey CAN 8.19.14,3

Men
1 Polak Marcin Ladosz Michal POL 7.39.09,8
2 Bate Stephen Duggleby Adam GBR 7.41.54,5
3 Debeaupuits Damien Dhinnin Mickael FRA 7.42.01,9

*The 30th edition of the Belgische TandemRace, the brainchild of John Dereat will be the last. Dereat passed away in 2013.

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