Paul Hart of Southend Wheelers winner of the Colchester Rover’s Annual Promotion for the Eastern Road Race League, the Abberton Road Race
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Report: Abberton Road Race
(Thanks Matt)
Great day out in the Colchester Rover’s Annual Promotion for the Eastern Road Race League. Strong headwind leading up to the Finish meant for a hard days racing, with several breaks failing to stick.
At around 2 laps to go, Paul Hart of Southend Whrs and Tom Elwood of CC London broke free of the pack, quickly gaining a minute on the chasing bunch, and working well to build their final time gap of nearly 3 minutes over the bunch.
Paul Hart took the win in the sprint for 1st place. In the bunch sprint for last spot on the podium, local Velo-Schils rider Tom Rowson just edged out Adam Colbert (Ipswich) and Peter Shaw (VC Revolution).
1 Paul Hart Southend Wheelers @ 2 hrs 14 mins 6 secs
2 Tom Elwood CC London @ 2 secs
3 Tom Rowson Velo Schils – Interbike RT @ 2 mins 41 secs
4 Adam Colbert Ipswich Bicycle Club S.T.
5 Peter Shaw VC Revolution S.T.
6 Zak Coleman Strada Sport S.T.
7 Will Morton Rapha Cycling Club S.T.
8 Isaac Bowers-Barnard Ipswich Bicycle Club S.T.
9 Nicholas Esser Velo Club Baracchi S.T.
10 Lubomir Belak St Ives CC S.T.
11 Joseph Halloran Cambridge CC S.T.
12 Tony Meader Eagle RC S.T.
13 James Moore Velo Club Baracchi S.T.
14 Ian Perry Colchester Rovers CC S.T.
15 Paul Radley Colchester Rovers CC S.T.
16 Trevor Skeggs VC Revolution S.T.
17 Jamil Shehadeh Colchester Rovers CC S.T.
18 Andy Defrates VC Norwich S.T.
19 Hugo Evans North Road CC S.T.
20 Peter Blenkinsop Fast Test Racing Team S.T.
21 James Newton CC Sudbury S.T.
22 Miles Butler London Phoenix CC S.T.
23 Ben Locke Maldon & District CC S.T.
24 Peter Stiff Southend Wheelers S.T.
25 Andy Hurst VC Revolution S.T.
26 Stephen Messenger East London Velo S.T.
27 Paul Roberts Lea Valley CC S.T.
28 Neal Hughes Stowmarket & District CC S.T.
29 Ian Sandall Gt Yarmouth CC S.T.
30 Matthew Day Manningtree Bicycle Club S.T.
31 Lyster Romero Ipswich Bicycle Club S.T.
32 Valentino Fontana SD Racing Team S.T.
33 Christopher Hezelgrave Cycling Club Hackney S.T.
34 Ben Willy Southend Wheelers S.T.
35 Robert Abbey Hemel Hempstead CC S.T.
36 David Warwick Orwell Velo S.T.
37 Stephen Clark Ipswich Bicycle Club S.T.
38 Philip Hetzel Ipswich Bicycle Club S.T.
39 Glyndwr Thomas VC Norwich S.T.
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