Feature Report: Tour Series Croydon

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The machine that is Jon Mould continues to go unbeaten whilst Grace Garner sprints to victory in the Women’s race at the Croydon round of the Pearly Izumi Tour Series

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Feature Report: Tour Series Croydon

Madison Genesis halt JLT Condor winning run in Croydon Tour Series round

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Jon Mould helped himself to yet another individual race victory in Croydon, his sixth of the 2016 Pearl Izumi Tour Series, but it was the Madison Genesis squad who took the round honours, picking up their second win of the season to slightly reduce the gap to JLT Condor presented by Mavic at the top of the standings.

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In the women’s Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series, the Drops Cycling Team continued their run of form with the round win in Croydon, but there was a new name on the podium as the individual race winner with Grace Garner of the Podium Ambition presented by Club La Santa team sprinting to her first ever win in the 2016 Series.

Garner follows in the wheel tracks of elder sister Lucy, who won races in 2011 and 2012 in the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series. As a result of her race win, Garner is just three points behind reigning champion Nikki Juniper in the individual standings heading to Portsmouth.

Video Interview – Grace Garner

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In the men’s event, JLT Condor presented by Mavic’s coronation is nearly complete and they will head to the south coast on Thursday night with a seven point lead over Madison Genesis.

The Croydon win helped them move clear of the battle for second and third, six points ahead of Team Raleigh GAC who are level on points with Pedal Heaven, with 79-apiece.

Round Five of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series had seen Garner amongst the most active riders in the race, attacking and holding an early solo lead, before showing enough recovery and composure to win the bunch sprint after she’d been caught.

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The Podium Ambition rider held off Monday night’s winner Alice Barnes and British criterium champion Nikki Juniper, with Lydia Boylan and Charlotte Broughton rounding out the top five.

A night on from victory in Stevenage, Barnes took the runners-up spot in Croydon, this time from a bunch sprint. That combined with sixth for Rebecca Durrell and eleventh for Croydon resident Jennifer George gave Drops Cycling the win and a 56-point lead over Podium Ambition presented by Club La Santa heading to the final event in Portsmouth, where double points are on offer.

Team Ford EcoBoost are third, a further 34-points in arrears, while Team Breeze and Team WNT are locked in a battle for fourth, with just ten points the difference.

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Juniper extended her lead in the sprints competition and will wear the green jersey in Portsmouth, as she hopes to retain that title. The Ford EcoBoost rider has an eight point lead over Barnes, with ten points on offer at Round Six.

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Just 13-seconds separated the top four teams on the night, with JLT Condor presented by Mavic having an uncharacteristic off-night, coming fourth.

Behind Madison Genesis, Team Raleigh GAC trailed by just three seconds, a margin so small in a 22-rider bunch sprint to make it the narrowest of margins for success.

Liam Stones of the NFTO team had made a prolonged break for freedom around the Croydon town centre circuit, building and maintaining an 11-second lead, but with five laps to go it was all back together, setting up what seems to be the now inevitable Jon Mould victory.

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Seb Mora, world champion racing for Raleigh GAC, had a spell off the front on his way to winning the Points comp on the night. It’s the second Points win of the series with Albert Torres alko winning.

Mould headed Tom Stewart and Johnny McEvoy, but it was fifth placed Graham Briggs who set the Brother Fastest Lap on the final tour, clocking a 1:40.963.

In the Chain Reaction Cycles Points classification, Team Raleigh GAC’s Sebastian Mora paid a visit to the podium as the Points winner on the night in Croydon, whilst Pedal Heaven’s Rory Towsend,  stretched his hold on the jersey out to 12-points over Chris Lawless.

Video Interview – Jon Mould

Just Townsend or Lawless can now win the blue and white Chain Reaction Cycles jersey, but with only a further 20-points on offer in Portsmouth, the current incumbent will start the favourite.

In the guest team competition for South teams there was a home win for South London based Catford CC Equipe Banks, helped by another impressive top 15 finish for Eddie Soens winner Bertie Newey, but with Richardsons Trek taking second behind them they only reined in the leaders by one-point.

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Highlights of the Croydon event are shown on ITV4 at 2000 on Wednesday 8 June, with a repeat the following morning at 1150. The programmes from every round of the 2016 Pearl Izumi Tour Series are available on demand via the ITV Hub catch-up service.

The final rounds of the men and women’s competitions take place in Portsmouth on Thursday evening as the Series returns to the South Coast city for the first time since 2010.

A full afternoon of support events on the city centre circuit will begin at 1300 with a women’s race followed by an emergency services race, which will include teams from the Royal Marines and Royal Navy, before an amateur support race.

The Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series race begins at 1830 and the elite men’s race at 2000, while a big screen close to the finish line will be showing the highlights from all nine previous events throughout the afternoon.

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Points leader overall, Rory Towsend of Pedal Heaven

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Fastest lap was Graham Briggs, denying Jon Mould at least one podium spot

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A top ride by World Champion on the track Seb Mora saw him win the Points on the night.

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Liam Stones on his solo break

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Charlotte Broughton chasing lone leader Grace Garner

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Nikki Juniper winning another sprint to extend her lead in that competition

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Top team, yet again were Drops Cycling 

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WOMEN’S EVENT

INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Grace Garner Podium Ambition p/b Club La Santa 47:04.0
2 Alice Barnes Drops Cycling Team 47:04.4
3 Nikki Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost 47:04.6
4 Lydia Boylan Team WNT 47:04.7
5 Charlotte Broughton Team Ford Ecoboost 47:04.9
6 Rebecca Durrell Drops Cycling Team 47:04.9
7 Bethany Crumpton Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Club 47:05.9
8 Neah Evans Scotland Cycling Team 47:06.5
9 Louise Laker Aprire HSS Hire 47:06.5
10 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Podium Ambition p/b Club La Santa 47:06.7
11 Jennifer George Drops Cycling Team 47:08.6
12 Gabriella Shaw Podium Ambition p/b Club La Santa 47:37.1
13 Charline Joiner Team Ford Ecoboost 47:37.8
14 Lucy Shaw Drops Cycling Team 47:37.9
15 Clemence Copie Les Filles Racing Team 47:38.0
16 Abi Van Twisk Drops Cycling Team 47:39.0
17 Rhona Callander Team Jadan-Weldtite 47:39.6
18 Laura Greenhalgh Les Filles Racing Team 47:40.0
19 Alice Sharpe Sunsport Velo 47:40.3
20 Bethany Hayward Podium Ambition p/b Club La Santa 47:40.9
21 Natalie Grinczer Team WNT 47:40.9
22 Sarah Bradford Team Jadan-Weldtite 47:41.3
23 Hayley Jones Team Breeze 47:44.1
24 Corrine Hall Matrix Fitness 47:47.5
25 Emiy Nelson Team Breeze 48:17.4
26 Manon Lloyd Team Breeze 48:17.6
27 Hannah Walker Team WNT 48:59.2
28 Verena Eberhardt Team Footon Velosport 48:59.8
29 Madison Campbell Team Footon Velosport 48:59.9
30 Julie Erskine Team Ford Ecoboost 49:00.0
31 Maxine Filby Cannondale Girls 49:01.5
32 Emily Kay Team Breeze 40:32.6
33 Jo Tindley Team WNT 40:32.6
34 Anouska Edwards Sunsport Velo 40:37.1
35 Aoife Doherty Aprire HSS Hire 40:37.7
36 Gemma Sargent Aprire HSS Hire 40:37.8
37 Emily McLoughlin Aprire HSS Hire 40:37.9
38 Jenny Holl Team Jadan-Weldtite 40:38.4
39 Christine Robson VC Londres 40:40.5
40 Shauna McFadden Sunsport Velo 41:07.0
41 Claire Mcllwaine Sunsport Velo 41:08.2
42 Chloe Weller Army Cycling Race Team (ACRT) 41:08.3
43 Ruth Taylor Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Club 42:04.7
44 Annabel Fisher Team Jadan-Weldtite 42:04.8
45 Sandra MacKay Velo Schils – Interbike RT 42:05.3
46 Clover Murray Team Ford Ecoboost 42:05.5
47 Sarah Burke Team Jadan-Weldtite 42:05.9
48 Nikola Matthews Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Club 42:07.8
49 Sophie Curle Les Filles Racing Team 42:09.3
50 Sam Burman Team WNT 40:52.8
51 Charlotte Cole-Hossain VC Londres 40:55.0
52 Jennifer Crouch Les Filles Racing Team 41:10.4
53 Abigail Dentus Team Breeze 37:47.5
54 Katharine Broadbent GB Cycles.co.uk 39:36.9
55 Ellie Coster Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Club 39:41.4
56 Michelle Forster GB Cycles.co.uk 41:24.9
57 Elanor Cadzow Kinetic Cycles / Welwyn Racing 41:46.1
58 Nicola Toms Aprire HSS Hire 39:41.8

Podium
Individual Race Winner: Grace Garner, Podium Ambition p/b Club La Santa
Sprints Competition Winner: Nikki Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost
Individual Overall Leader: Nikki Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost
Sprints Competition Overall Leader: Nikki Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost
Team Overall Leader: Drops Cycling Team

TEAM

Team Classification for Round 5
1 Drops Cycling Team 93
2 Team Ford Ecoboost 91
3 Podium Ambition p/b Club La Santa 90
4 Team WNT 58
5 Team Breeze 34
6 Team Jadan-Weldtite 33
7 Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Club 29
8 Aprire HSS Hire 28
9 Sunsport Velo 19
10 Team Footon Velosport 15

Team Overall Classification for Round 5
1 Drops Cycling Team 475
2 Podium Ambition p/b Club La Santa 419
3 Team Ford Ecoboost 385
4 Team Breeze 311
5 Team WNT 301
6 Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Club 131
7 Sunsport Velo 118
8 Aprire HSS Hire 101
9 Team Jadan-Weldtite 81
10 Velo Schils – Interbike RT 76
11 Team Footon Velosport 50

MEN’S EVENT

TEAM

Team Classification for Round 9
1 Madison – Genesis 4:34:00 10
2 Team Raleigh GAC 4:34:03 9
3 Pedal Heaven 4:34:07 8
4 JLT Condor P/B Mavic 4:34:13 7
5 NFTO 4:37:40 6
6 Team Wiggins 5:05:11 5

Team Overall Classification after Round 9
1 JLT Condor P/B Mavic 92
2 Madison – Genesis 85
3 Team Raleigh GAC 79
4 Pedal Heaven 79
5 NFTO 64
6 Team Wiggins 10

PODIUM

Brother Fastest Lap Winner: Graham Briggs JLT Condor P/B Mavic
Points Competition Round Winner: Sebastian Mora Team Raleigh GAC
Points Competition Overall Leader: Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven
Individual Race Winner: Jon Mould JLT Condor P/B Mavic

Team Round Winner: Madison – Genesis
Alex Blain, Matt Cronshaw, Felix English, Tobyn Horton, Tom Stewart

Team Overall Leader: JLT Condor P/B Mavic

Individual Classification
1 Jon Mould JLT Condor P/B Mavic 08:27.8
2 Tom Stewart Madison – Genesis 08:27.8
3 Johnny McEvoy NFTO 08:27.9
4 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh GAC 08:28.1
5 Graham Briggs JLT Condor P/B Mavic 08:29.0
6 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 08:29.3
7 Ian Bibby NFTO 08:29.4
8 Alex Blain Madison – Genesis 08:29.8
9 Matthieu Boulo Team Raleigh GAC 08:30.2
10 Albert Torres Team Raleigh GAC 08:30.3
11 Felix English Madison – Genesis 08:31.1
12 Tobyn Horton Madison – Genesis 08:31.1
13 Bertie Newey Catford CC Equipe Banks 08:31.6
14 Jack Pullar Pedal Heaven 08:31.9
15 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 08:32.6
16 Max Stedman Pedal Heaven 08:32.9
17 Sebastian Mora Team Raleigh GAC 08:34.1
18 Ed Clancy JLT Condor P/B Mavic 08:36.6
19 Steven Roach Team Raleigh GAC 08:37.5
20 Luke Ryan Richardsons Trek RT 08:39.4
21 Chris Lawless JLT Condor P/B Mavic 08:39.8
22 Alex Frame JLT Condor P/B Mavic 08:43.6
23 Liam Stones NFTO 10:04.9
24 Richard Mardle NFTO 08:42.8
25 Owen James Catford CC Equipe Banks 08:45.3
26 Lloyd Chapman Pedal Heaven 04:54.5
27 Scott Probert H.R. Owen Maserati RT 03:35.4
28 Josh Green Catford CC Equipe Banks 03:44.3
29 Josh Outram Richardsons Trek RT 03:45.0
30 Lawrence Carpenter Nuun-Sigma Sport – London Race Team 04:10.4
31 Will Ranoe H.R. Owen Maserati RT 04:10.6
32 Simon Alexander Richardsons Trek RT 04:54.4
33 Dean Shannon Richardsons Trek RT 04:55.1
34 Chris McNamara Nuun-Sigma Sport – London Race Team 04:56.0
35 Daniel Patten Team Wiggins 04:58.0
36 Buauna Ball Catford CC Equipe Banks 05:18.5
37 Sam Harrison Team Wiggins 03:42.3
38 Tom Hargreaves Nuun-Sigma Sport – London Race Team 03:52.0
39 Chris Snook Nuun-Sigma Sport – London Race Team 03:54.8
40 Laurence Kirby Catford CC Equipe Banks 03:54.9
41 Adam Moore H.R. Owen Maserati RT 03:55.3
42 Ryan Smith H.R. Owen Maserati RT 04:12.3
43 Alex Harvey NFTO 04:38.9
44 Luc Hall Team Wiggins 00:24.8

POINTS

Sprint 1
1 Chris Lawless JLT Condor P/B Mavic 5
2 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 4
3 Graham Briggs JLT Condor P/B Mavic 3
4 Alex Blain Madison – Genesis 2
5 Tom Stewart Madison – Genesis 1

Sprint 2
1 Sebastian Mora Team Raleigh GAC 5
2 Matthieu Boulo Team Raleigh GAC 4
3 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 3
4 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 2
5 Chris Lawless JLT Condor P/B Mavic 1

Sprint 3
1 Liam Stones NFTO 5
2 Sebastian Mora Team Raleigh GAC 4
3 Ed Clancy JLT Condor P/B Mavic 3
4 Tom Stewart Madison – Genesis 2
5 Graham Briggs JLT Condor P/B Mavic 1

Finish
1 Jon Mould JLT Condor P/B Mavic 5
2 Tom Stewart Madison – Genesis 4
3 Johnny McEvoy NFTO 3
4 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh GAC 2
5 Graham Briggs JLT Condor P/B Mavic 1

Points Classification for Round 9
1 Sebastian Mora Team Raleigh GAC 9
2 Tom Stewart Madison – Genesis 7
3 Chris Lawless JLT Condor P/B Mavic 6
4 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 6
5 Jon Mould JLT Condor P/B Mavic 5
6 Liam Stones NFTO 5
7 Graham Briggs JLT Condor P/B Mavic 5
8 Matthieu Boulo Team Raleigh GAC 4
9 Johnny McEvoy NFTO 3
10 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 3
11 Ed Clancy JLT Condor P/B Mavic 3
12 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh GAC 2
13 Alex Blain Madison – Genesis 2

Overall Classification after Round 9
1 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven 82
2 Chris Lawless JLT Condor P/B Mavic 70
3 Jon Mould JLT Condor P/B Mavic 47
4 Tom Stewart Madison – Genesis 42
5 Graham Briggs JLT Condor P/B Mavic 40
6 Morgan Kneisky Team Raleigh GAC 35
7 Will Fox Pedal Heaven 26
8 Matthieu Boulo Team Raleigh GAC 26
9 Albert Torres Team Raleigh GAC 23
10 Sebastian Mora Team Raleigh GAC 16
11 Gruff Lewis Madison – Genesis 16
12 Alistair Slater JLT Condor P/B Mavic 15
13 Johnny McEvoy NFTO 14
14 Jack Pullar Pedal Heaven 10
15 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven 10
16 Liam Stones NFTO 9
17 Steven Roach Team Raleigh GAC 8
18 Alex Blain Madison – Genesis 8
19 Harry Tanfield Pedal Heaven 7
20 Ed Clancy JLT Condor P/B Mavic 7
21 Ian Bibby NFTO 7
22 Felix English Madison – Genesis 6
23 Dale Appleby NFTO 5
24 Max Stedman Pedal Heaven 4
25 Adria Moreno Team Raleigh GAC 3
26 Alex Frame JLT Condor P/B Mavic 2
27 James Lowsley-Williams NFTO 2

Guest Teams South — Round 3 Classification
1 Catford CC Equipe Banks 4:43:58 5
2 Richardsons Trek RT 4:45:50 4
3 Nuun-Sigma Sport – London Race Team 4:52:41 3
4 H.R. Owen Maserati RT 4:56:22 2

Guest Teams South — Overall Classification
1 Richardsons Trek RT 14
2 Catford CC Equipe Banks 13
3 Nuun-Sigma Sport – London Race Team 9
4 H.R. Owen Maserati RT 6

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