Thirty six teams representing 25 different nations presents a record for the Rutland -Melton CiCLE Classic, will be on the start line of the 14th edition of the race to be held on Sunday 22nd April.
News: Rutland – Melton International CiCLE Classic
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Thirty six teams representing 25 different nations presents a record for the Rutland -Melton CiCLE Classic, will be on the start line of the 14th edition of the race to be held on Sunday 22nd April.
The field, confirmed just a few days, ago provides a strong foreign challenge of ten teams, possibly representing the biggest threat to the domination of British squads in recent years, although even then the winner has not necessarily been of British nationality.
Neither, has the winner come from the highest ranked of the British teams with the 2017 winner being provided by the second tier Melton based Metaltec-Kuota team, who sadly will not form part of this year’s race as they are not contesting the 2018 season, with Dan Fleeman the surprise 2017 victor having retired from racing.
Once again the race will provide the single opportunity for riders from more lowly ranked British teams to take on the might of both British and continental based teams, offering the exciting prospect of the race featuring surprises galore, both in the uniqueness of the CiCLE Classic course, and unknown riders being given too much leeway by their more experienced fellow competitors.
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Teams contesting the 14th Rutland – Melton CiCLE Classic
UCI Continental Teams ONE ProCycling 01-6 GBR JLT-Condor 07-12 GBR Team Sauerland-NRW 13-18 GER Madison-Genesis 19-24 GBR Vitus Pro Cycling 25-30 GBR Monkey Town 31-36 NED Memil- CCN Pro Cycling 37-42 FIN Canyon-Eijsberg 43-48 GBR Holdsworth- Campagnolo 61-66 IRL Dare-Gavina 85-90 ESP Team Wiggins 97-102 GBR National /International Teams Latvia National Team 91-96 LAT Guerciotti – Kiwi Atlantica 55-60 ESP Aseg Douai 67-72 FRA Cotes A’mour 109-114 FRA V C Toucy 121-126 FRA WPG Amsterdam 133-138 NED British Teams Wheelbase-Altura-MGB 49-54 GBR Morvelo-Basso 73-78 GBR Saint Piran 79-84 GBR Ribble Pro Cycling 103-108 GBR Spirit-Tifosi RT 115-120 GBR Team KTM 127-132 GBR Cycling Sheffield 181-184 GBR Richardsons - Trek 139-143 GBR Flamme Rouge RT 149-152 GBR Team PB Performance 153-156 GBR Leisure Lakes Bikes 161-164 GBR Verulum- ReallyMoving 165-168 GBR TBW23-Stuart Hall - Bottech. 169-172 GBR OVB 173-176 GBR Cycling Team On Form 177-180 GBR Regional British Teams RAF CA 189-192 GBR BC Central Region 157-160 GBR Wales National Academy 185-188 GBR East Mids.-RDA 144-148 GBR
“We have always prided ourselves at CiCLE Classic that we enable more lowly ranked British competitors to take on foreign competition on British roads, the only event in the country doing so this year. Seeing the riders rise to the challenge is always a satisfying time, and this year is likely to be no different than the 13 editions that have gone before, “ said Race Director Colin Clews.
Whilst Metaltec-Kuota are not taking part this year, there are many alternative local based teams such as the East Midlands Regional Team, wearing the jerseys of the Mount Group RDA that will still be there to receive the cheers of locals, along with OVN, PB Performance and Nottingham based Leisure Lakes.
Whilst the CiCLE Classic has tried to emulate the likes of the major Northern European Spring Classic races, it is interesting to note that many of the latter races have now followed the ideas of the CiCLE Classic by adding into their own routes sections of gravel roads to spice up their appeal. Clews continued,” When we set out to recreate the Spring Classic atmosphere of continental Europe in our race, something that we believe we have been successful in doing, little did we think that the very races that we sought to copy, would come around to copy us.”
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The CiCLE Classic will once again be the first UK based International cycle road race of the year.
As in 2017 this will be only the second year in the CiCLE Classic organisation has staged its three event programme in a two day format. The Men’s International race on Sunday 22nd April, followed by the 3rd edition of the Women’s professional CiCLE Classic on Sunday 3rd June, alongside the 5th Junior Men’s CiCLE Classic. Both these events will start and finish in Melton town Centre.
All three events will cover unique on and off-road courses in and around the Rutland and East Leicestershire countryside with total distance covered by each being the only difference.
Also new will be several sponsors with Bills Bar of Oakham sponsoring the start area in the Market Place, and ReallyMoving.com providing the new sponsorship of the King of the Bergs competition which will be contested as usual over six climbs within the overall race route. Pearce’s jewellers of Melton and Oakham also step in to sponsor the Timing car that will proceed both the International race in April as well as the Junior Men’s and Women’s races in June.
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