Result/Report/Video: Wales Open Criterium

The Wales Open Criterium on a sunny Friday night in Abergavenny saw British Road Race Champion Connor Swift (Madison Genesis) sprint to victory before crashing, thankfully without injury other lost skin.

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Result/Report/Video: Wales Open Criterium

The Wales Open Criterium on a sunny Friday night in Abergavenny saw British Road Race Champion Connor Swift (Madison Genesis) sprint to victory before crashing, thankfully without injury other lost skin.

The race started quick and the pressure never let up causing splits before two riders escaped, Connor Swift and Jon Mould. They opened up a good sized gap and chases came and went from the teams that missed the move but the two leaders were never threatened by the chasers.

Behind, a much slimmed down peloton with many a lapped rider taken out of the race, saw JLT Condor and Madison Genesis controlling thing and whilst a four man group slipped away in the closing laps (Graham Briggs, Andrew Tennant (Canyon Eisberg), Matthew Bostock and Tobyn Horton (Madison Genesis), that move was soon closed down.

The two leaders however continued to put pressure on the pedals until the final two laps when Swift tried to gap Mould who then decided the best place was to watch swift from the back. It didn’t work though as Connor Swift, who won the British Road Race championship with a long solo effort, sprinted to the line, celebrating all the way to the line and then crashing on the bend following the finish.

The Madison Genesis rider got up thankfully and after giving an interview, went to be cleaned up where we spoke to him about the race.

Jon Mould, Connor Swift and Matt Gibson, the podium for the 2018 Edition of the Abergavenny Elite men’s criterium

Dylan Kerfoot-Robson leads the chase for the two leaders

Bell lap and Jon Mould was firmly sticking to Connor Swift’s back wheel

Throw of the bike and Matt Gibson wins the sprint for third

Just some of the ‘bark’ that Connor Swift lost in his post victory crash

He was still celebrating on the podium after being cleaned up …

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VIDEOS

Podium Interviews by Matt Payne

Post race chat with Connor Swift

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RESULT

1 Connor Swift Madison Genesis
2 Jonathan Mould JLT Condor
3 Matthew Gibson JLT Condor
4 Matthew Bostock 100% ME
5 George Pym Madison Genesis
6 Graham Briggs JLT Condor
7 Joey Walker Team Wiggins
8 Jake Stewart 100% ME
9 Jack Pullar Canyon Eisberg
10 Andrew Tennant Canyon Eisberg
11 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis
12 Dylan Kerfoot-Robson Team Wiggins
13 Steve Lampier Saint Piran
14 Taylor Gunman Madison Genesis
15 Gruffudd Lewis Ribble Cycling
16 Joe Holt 100% ME
17 Alistair Slater JLT Condor
18 Jacob Scott One Pro Cycling
19 Matthew Walls 100% ME
20 Christopher Latham One Pro Cycling
21 Erick Rowsell Madison Genesis
22 Peter Kibble Wales Racing Academy
23 Campbell Stewart Team Wiggins
24 James Oram One Pro Cycling
25 Thomas Moses JLT Condor
26 Hayden McCormick One Pro Cycling
27 Ian Bibby JLT Condor
28 Thomas Baylis One Pro Cycling
29 Marcus Burnett Spirit Tifosi Racing Team
30 Charles Page Canyon Eisberg
31 Reece Wood Team Wiggins
32 Bertie Newey Vitus Pro Cycling
33 Oliver Peckover Team KTM UK
34 Joshua Sandman Team Backstedt Bike Performance
35 George Atkins Madison Genesis
36 Hefin Evans Bynea CC
37 Julio Alberto Amores Palacios Vitus Pro Cycling
38 Karol Domagalski One Pro Cycling
39 Andrew Williams Steele Davis Via Roma RT
40 William Roberts Wales Racing Academy
41 Rhys Britton 100% ME
42 Alex Paton Canyon Eisberg
43 Joe Evans Saint Piran
44 James Tillett Wales Racing Academy
45 Jake Hollins Unattached
46 Andrew Turner Team KTM UK
47 Kinsey McIlquham KTM UK Factory MTB Team
48 Tom Elwood Cycle Team OnForm
49 Etienne Georgi Team Wiggins
50 Szymon Tracz One Pro Cycling
51 Cameron Jeffers Saint Piran
52 Owen Line Wales Racing Academy
53 Tom Mansfield 365velo Racing club
54 Fred Wright 100% ME
55 Samuel Tillett Wales Racing Academy
56 Alex Fanshawe Saint Piran
57 Daniel Coombe Wales Racing Academy
58 David Mixell BIKESTRONG-KTM
59 Rory Townsend Canyon Eisberg
60 Joe Reilly Vitus Pro Cycling

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