Oli Wood won a nailbiting sprint against Matt Holmes of Madison Genesis with Graham Briggs in third place in the Ryedale Grand Prix on Sunday
Feature Report: Ryedale Grand Prix Mens
Oli Wood won a nailbiting sprint against Matt Holmes of Madison Genesis with Graham Briggs in third place in the Ryedale Grand Prix on Sunday
After a brutal final lap of the Ryedale Grand Prix circuit, only a select group of riders were left to sprint out the win and from that group, Olli Wood grabbed his chance at the biggest road race victory of his career so far, snatching it from Matt Holmes of Madison Genesis with Graham Briggs in third.
The race began with the usual flurry of attacks and when Tom Moses and James Lowsley-Williams opened up a gap, the peloton chase was on and off for a while before they decided to let the duo go and the gap soon opened to over five minutes. This remained for most of the big loops before Madison Genesis and One Pro upped the pace and started to reel them in. James Lowsley-Williams soon blew his doors off and dropped back looking very empty as he came through the finish well down on the lone leader Tom Moses.
The legs were soon getting itchy in the peloton as riders were eager to race on whilst others wanted to keep control. The final few laps were very active indeed and the circuits main climb saw the peloton split to pieces and when there was a resemblance of a regrouping on the 50mph descent, it was a much smaller peloton,. A former winner Richard Handley of Madison Genesis was one rider who was pictured off the front of a slimmed down peloton.
One the final lap, a small group escaped but with only a handful of seconds, it was touch and go whether they would stay away but this they did and Team Wiggins, with two in the move, won the day thanks to Ollie Wood’s effort to just get over the line ahead of Matt Holmes (Madison Genesis) with Graham Briggs showing what a solid rider he is on the road with third.
The mens race got underway at 2pm with the usual quality present for a race of this stature
James Lowsley Williams leads Tom Moses on their ‘epic’ breakaway
In the series jersey was Jonny McEvoy of Madison Genesis
The peloton cruising, not bothered by the leaders opening up a gap until they realised it was over five minutes
So the hammer went down so to speak and they started the chase but the hammer was still to start nailing riders to the road
Tom Moses was left alone out front for a few laps of the small circuit
And then with the bell lap starting, former winner Richard Handley of Madison Genesis took flight
The final podium, Matt Holmes (Madison Genesis), Ollie Wood, and Graham Briggs
Post race interviews
Ollie Wood (Winner)
Matt Holmes (Madison Genesis) who was second
Graham Briggs (third)
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Result: Ryedale Grand Prix Mens
1 Oliver Wood Team Wiggins 3:52:54
2 Matthew Holmes Madison Genesis st
3 Graham Briggs JLT Condor st
4 James Oram One Pro Cycling st
5 Dexter Gardias BIKE Channel Canyon st
6 Nathan Draper Team Wiggins st
7 Liam Holohan Metaltek Kuota Racing Team st
8 Dan Fleeman Metaltek Kuota Racing Team +13
9 Dylan Kerfoot-Robson Team Wiggins +15
10 Brenton Jones JLT Condor +16
11 Enrique Sanz Raleigh GAC st
12 Will Fox Catford CC Equipe/Banks st
13 Connor Swift Madison Genesis st
14 Gruffudd Lewis Madison Genesis st
15 Joseph Clark Cycling Sheffield Giant Sheffie st
16 George Pym Metaltek Kuota Racing Team st
17 Isaac Mundy Metaltek Kuota Racing Team st
18 Max Stedman BIKE Channel Canyon st
19 Matthew Clarke Neon-Velo Cycling Team st
20 Etienne Georgi Team Wiggins st
21 Joey Walker Team Wiggins st
22 Jack Stanton-Warren Halesowen A & CC st
23 Thomas Stewart One Pro Cycling +23
24 Thomas Baylis One Pro Cycling +30
25 Callum Ferguson Catford CC Equipe/Banks +51
26 Richard Handley Madison Genesis +1:06
27 Rhys Howells Team Wiggins +1:49
28 Oliver Maxwell Richardsons-Trek RT +1:51
29 Tim James 365 4 Bikes Academy +1:55
30 Ashley Dennis Team Wiggins +1:58
31 Joshua Hunt One Pro Cycling +2:18
32 Conn McDunphy Raleigh GAC +5:19
33 Taylor Gunman Madison Genesis st
34 Adam Kenway Raleigh GAC st
35 George Wood Richardsons-Trek RT +6:17
36 James Rix Hoste TAAP Storck st
37 David Hewett TBW Bottecchia Wigmore RT st
38 Jake Tanner Cycling Sheffield Giant Sheffie +6:23
39 Ben Hardy Zappi Racing Team +6:27
40 Dillon Byrne VCUK Velochampion Racing Team st
41 James Jobber Catford CC Equipe/Banks +6:32
42 Robert Partridge BIKE Channel Canyon +7:17
43 Jack Pullar BIKE Channel Canyon st
44 Kristian House One Pro Cycling +8:05
45 Jude Taylor Team B38 / Underpin Racing +8:53
46 Nic McKibbin Bath Cycling Club +9:30
47 Archie Cross Team B38 / Underpin Racing +10:18
48 James Jenkins Richardsons-Trek RT +12:05
49 Alex Dalton Catford CC Equipe/Banks st
50 Daniel Nieto TBW Bottecchia Wigmore RT +12:06
51 Freddie Jagger Cycleways-SG Petch +12:08
Series Points
1 Dexter Gardias BIKE Channel Canyon 70
2 Jonathan McEvoy Madison Genesis 65
3 Graham Briggs JLT Condor 51
4 Ian Bibby JLT Condor 51
5 Thomas Stewart One Pro Cycling 50
6 Thomas Moses JLT Condor 50
7 Karol Domgalski One Pro Cycling 46
8 Brenton Jones JLT Condor 42
9 Matthew Holmes Madison Genesis 39
10 James Oram One Pro Cycling 38
11 Andrew Tennant Team Wiggins 34
12 Will Fox Catford CC Equipe/Banks 31
13 Oliver Wood Team Wiggins 30
14 Christopher Latham Team Wiggins 28
15 Matt Holmes Madison Genesis 27
16 Chris Opie BIKE Channel Canyon 26
17 George Pym Metaltek Kuota Racing Team 26
18 Kamil Gradek One Pro Cycling 24
19 Liam Holohan Metaltek Kuota Racing Team 23
20 Hayden McCormick One Pro Cycling 23
21 George Wood (u23) Richardsons-Trek RT 21
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