Result: Tour of Sussex 2021

A win on the final stage after keeping his time losses minimal on the first two stages, saw junior Lucas Towers win the overall of the Tour of Sussex 2021; Other stage winners were James Alexander and Samuel Clark

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Result: Tour of Sussex 2021

This year’s Tour of Sussex was condensed into 2 days and 3 stages over the 18th & 19th of September. With a new course at Halland and Beachy Head as the queen stage, the organisers lined up the riders for an interesting weekend. A win on the final stage after keeping his time losses minimal on the first two stages, saw junior Lucas Towers win the overall of the Tour of Sussex 2021; Other stage winners were James Alexander and Samuel Clark. Lucas also won the final stage of the Junior Tour of Wales and the KoM jersey and second overall in a Spanish international. The Cero Wheels/Cycle Division rider was guesting for the Holohan Coaching Race Team.

OVERALL
1 Lucas Towers Holohan Coaching Race Team
2 Harold Evans Kingston Wheelers CC 3rd
3 Matthew Houlberg Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT 2nd
4 Jordan Giles Primera Teamjobs 2nd
5 Samuel Clark TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 2nd
6 James Alexander Holohan Coaching Race Team 2nd
7 Guy Drabble Geared Up & CN Cycles RT 2nd
8 Michael Cunliffe Paceline RT 2nd
9 Peter Merritt TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 2nd
10 Cameron Preece Precise Performance RT 2nd
11 Matthew Sumpton Dulwich Paragon CC 2nd
12 Jody Paxman Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd
13 Jamie Pullen Project 51 2nd
14 James Satoor Holohan Coaching Race Team 2nd
15 Sam Shepherd Geared Up & CN Cycles RT 2nd
16 Finn Dunton Project 51 2nd
17 Joseph Martin Crawley Wheelers Race Team 2nd
18 Mark Gower Precise Performance RT 2nd
19 Josh Copley TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 2nd
20 Maximillian Ashwanden TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 2nd
21 Danylo Riwnyj Paceline RT 2nd
22 Joshua Saunders Guernsey Velo Club 3rd
23 Connor Backhouse Kingston Wheelers CC 3rd
24 James Brown G!RO RT 2nd
25 Patrick Brown HuntBikeWheels 2nd
26 Jallani Qureshi Crawley Wheelers Race Team 3rd
27 Daniel Rees API 2nd
28 Adam Charleston High Wycombe cc 2nd
29 Paul Newsome Project 51 3rd
30 Steven Kane Team TMC 3rd
31 Charles Gaimster Dulwich Paragon CC 2nd
32 John Wasserman Sunday Echappée 3rd
33 Stuart Bettis HuntBikeWheels 2nd
34 George Skinner Primera-TeamJobs 2nd
35 George Wells Onyx Racing Team 2nd
36 Matthew Smith Team TMC 3rd
37 Ben Huttly Precise Performance RT 2nd
38 Sam Bacon Crawley Wheelers Race Team 3rd
39 Harvey Stroh Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team 2nd
39 Matthew Sim Dorking CC
41 Alexandre Proy Sunday Echappée 3rd
42 Luke Lynch Kingston Wheelers CC 3rd
43 Haben Gebrehiwet Tottenham cycling club 2nd
44 Alexander Dobiecki Crawley Wheelers Race Team 3rd
45 Thomas Mason Sunday Echappée 2nd
46 James Bonham Paceline RT 2nd
47 Conor Williams VC Londres 2nd
48 Paul Barnard Precise Performance RT 2nd
49 Nick Busst Dulwich Paragon CC 3rd
50 Oliver Wise Racing Club Ravenna 2nd
51 James Somerfield Trash Mile RT 2nd
52 Mark Aldred Kingston Wheelers CC 2nd

POINTS
1 Harold Evans Kingston Wheelers CC
2 Maximillian Ashwanden TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
3 James Alexander Holohan Coaching Race Team
3 Mark Day HuntBikeWheels
5 Lucas Towers Holohan Coaching Race Team
6 George Sales Project 51
7 Samuel Clark TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
8 Jordan Giles Primera Teamjobs
8 Guy Drabble Geared Up & CN Cycles RT
8 Mark Gower Precise Performance RT
11 James Satoor Holohan Coaching Race Team
11 Michael Koreneff Onyx Racing Team
13 Jamie Pullen Project 51
13 Conor Williams VC Londres

Final Team GC
1 Holohan Coaching RT
2 TBW Stuart Hall Cycling
3 Project51 RT

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STAGE 1
Stage 1 was to be held on the new Halland course, a 12 mile flat to rolling course, designed with sprinters in mind. The race got off to a fast start with the bunch deciding not to hang around. This shut down pretty much all attempts to escape, but not to be deterred James Alexander of Holohan Coaching Team, Sam Clarke of TBW Stuart Hall Racing, and Guy Drabble from Geared up C&N Cycles RT giving the peloton the slip and sprinting it out for the stage and yellow. (results attached)

GC
1 James Alexander
2 Sam Clarke
3 Guy Drabble

Result
1 James Alexander Holohan Coaching Race Team
2 Samuel Clark TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
3 Guy Drabble Geared Up & CN Cycles RT
4 Joseph Martin Crawley Wheelers Race Team
5 Michael Koreneff Onyx Racing Team
6 Cameron McLaren Nopinz Motip
7 James Bonham Paceline RT
8 James Satoor Holohan Coaching Race Team
9 George Wells Onyx Racing Team
10 Daniel Rees API
11 Paul Newsome Project 51
12 Mark Gower Precise Performance RT
13 Patrick Brown HuntBikeWheels
14 Matthew Houlberg Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT
15 Chris Pook Holohan Coaching Race Team
16 Aaron Stone Richardson Trek RT
17 Jody Paxman Team LDN – Brother UK
18 George Sales Project 51
19 Paul Barnard Precise Performance RT
20 Jamie Pullen Project 51
21 Matthew Norris Primera Team-jobs
22 Joshua Saunders Guernsey Velo Club
23 Charles Gaimster Dulwich Paragon CC
24 Nick Busst Dulwich Paragon CC
25 Thomas Palmer Geared Up & CN Cycles
26 Finn Dunton Project 51
27 Sam Shepherd Geared Up & CN Cycles RT
28 Ben Huttly Precise Performance RT
29 Mark Day HuntBikeWheels
30 Josh Copley TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
31 Charlie Heffernan HuntBikeWheels
32 Maximillian Ashwanden TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
33 Jamie Olsson G!RO RT
34 Jallani Qureshi Crawley Wheelers Race Team
35 Connor Backhouse Kingston Wheelers CC
36 James Somerfield Trash Mile RT
37 Mark Aldred Kingston Wheelers CC
38 Matthew Sim Dorking CC
39 Lucas Towers Holohan Coaching Race Team
40 Harold Evans Kingston Wheelers CC
41 William Abbott Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team
42 Michael Cunliffe Paceline RT
43 Samuel Wadsley Primera-Teamjobs
44 Jordan Giles Primera Teamjobs
45 George Skinner Primera-TeamJobs
46 Harvey Stroh Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team
47 John Wasserman Sunday Echappée
48 Peter Merritt TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
49 Cameron Preece Precise Performance RT
50 Matthew Smith Team TMC
51 Alexander Dobiecki Crawley Wheelers Race Team
52 Peter Morris Team TMC
53 Chris Schiering Dulwich Paragon CC
54 Danylo Riwnyj Paceline RT
55 Luke Lynch Kingston Wheelers CC
56 Alexandre Proy Sunday Echappée
57 Ben Wheeler Sunday Echappée
58 Sam Bacon Crawley Wheelers Race Team
59 Steven Kane Team TMC
60 Tom Coles G!RO RT
61 Stuart Bettis HuntBikeWheels
62 Matthew Sumpton Dulwich Paragon CC
63 Thomas Mason Sunday Echappée
64 James Brown G!RO RT
65 Daniel Roberts-Clarke G!RO RT
66 Miriam Jessett Vredestein Basso
67 Peter Hitt Vredestein Basso
68 Robert Lovett Team TMC
69 Adam Charleston High Wycombe cc
70 Conor Williams VC Londres
71 Oliver Wise Racing Club Ravenna
72 Haben Gebrehiwet Tottenham cycling club
73 Thomas Lowther Vredestein Basso

STAGE 2
Stage 2 took in the original Women’s Tour of Sussex individual time trial directly up from Eastbourne Seafront to Beachy Head. This is a challenging course, but with almost no wind and a warm afternoon, the times were epic, getting close to the Tour of Britain’s time up the same road!

1 Samuel Clark TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 06:49
2 Matthew Houlberg Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT 06:56
3 Guy Drabble Geared Up & CN Cycles RT 06:58
4 Michael Cunliffe Paceline RT 06:58
5 James Alexander Holohan Coaching Race Team 06:59
6 Lucas Towers Holohan Coaching Race Team 07:01
7 Peter Merritt TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 07:02
8 Jordan Giles Primera Teamjobs 07:03
9 Harold Evans Kingston Wheelers CC 07:04
10 Adam Charleston High Wycombe cc 07:04
11 Cameron Preece Precise Performance RT 07:05
12 Danylo Riwnyj Paceline RT 07:07
13 Cameron McLaren Nopinz Motip 07:10
14 Joseph Martin Crawley Wheelers Race Team 07:11
15 Matthew Sumpton Dulwich Paragon CC 07:11
16 Samuel Wadsley Primera-Teamjobs 07:12
17 Jody Paxman Team LDN – Brother UK 07:12
18 Harvey Stroh Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team 07:13
19 George Skinner Primera-TeamJobs 07:13
20 Finn Dunton Project 51 07:14
21 Maximillian Ashwanden TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 07:14
22 Jamie Pullen Project 51 07:16
23 James Somerfield Trash Mile RT 07:17
24 George Wells Onyx Racing Team 07:17
25 Mark Aldred Kingston Wheelers CC 07:18
26 James Satoor Holohan Coaching Race Team 07:18
27 Josh Copley TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling 07:19
28 Sam Shepherd Geared Up & CN Cycles RT 07:19
29 Conor Williams VC Londres 07:19
30 Connor Backhouse Kingston Wheelers CC 07:21
31 Jallani Qureshi Crawley Wheelers Race Team 07:24
32 Charlie Heffernan HuntBikeWheels 07:25
33 Peter Morris Team TMC 07:25
34 Thomas Lowther Vredestein Basso 07:28
35 Paul Newsome Project 51 07:28
36 Daniel Rees API 07:30
37 Alexander Dobiecki Crawley Wheelers Race Team 07:32
38 Matthew Smith Team TMC 07:32
39 Aaron Stone Richardson Trek RT 07:32
40 Joshua Saunders Guernsey Velo Club 07:33
41 Patrick Brown HuntBikeWheels 07:34
42 Michael Koreneff Onyx Racing Team 07:38
43 Thomas Mason Sunday Echappée 07:38
44 Alexandre Proy Sunday Echappée 07:38
45 Oliver Wise Racing Club Ravenna 07:38
46 James Brown G!RO RT 07:39
47 Ben Huttly Precise Performance RT 07:39
48 Jamie Olsson G!RO RT 07:40
49 Steven Kane Team TMC 07:42
50 George Sales Project 51 07:43
51 Charles Gaimster Dulwich Paragon CC 07:45
52 John Wasserman Sunday Echappée 07:47
53 James Bonham Paceline RT 07:47
54 Stuart Bettis HuntBikeWheels 07:48
55 Ben Wheeler Sunday Echappée 07:51
56 Mark Gower Precise Performance RT 07:52
57 Haben Gebrehiwet Tottenham cycling club 07:53
58 Nick Busst Dulwich Paragon CC 07:55
59 Mark Day HuntBikeWheels 07:55
60 Luke Lynch Kingston Wheelers CC 07:50
61 Paul Barnard Precise Performance RT 07:58
62 Matthew Sim Dorking CC 07:58
63 Matthew Norris Primera Team-jobs 08:00
64 Thomas Palmer Geared Up & CN Cycles 08:00
65 Sam Bacon Crawley Wheelers Race Team 08:01
66 Chris Pook Holohan Coaching Race Team 08:02
67 Miriam Jessett Vredestein Basso 08:07
68 Daniel Roberts-Clarke G!RO RT 08:11
69 Chris Schiering Dulwich Paragon CC 08:14
70 Tom Coles G!RO RT 08:14
71 Peter Hitt Vredestein Basso 08:29
72 Robert Lovett Team TMC 09:07

STAGE 3
Stage 3 over the famed Beachy Head, saw a plethora of strong attacks with Harry Evens of Kingston Wheelers riding away from the pack and stay out alone for most of the race, only being caught with approx 2 laps to go by the chasers. With the bunch decimated, it was left to yellow jersey Sam Clarke to chase the breakaway riders, but even a super-strong showing from the TBW Stuart Hall rider could not close the gap enough and Lucas Towers from Holohan Coaching RT took the stage and with it the final GC.

1 Lucas Towers Holohan Coaching Race Team
2 Harold Evans Kingston Wheelers CC
3 Jordan Giles Primera Teamjobs
4 Matthew Houlberg Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT
5 Jamie Pullen Project 51
6 Jody Paxman Team LDN – Brother UK
7 James Satoor Holohan Coaching Race Team
8 Sam Shepherd Geared Up & CN Cycles RT
9 Samuel Clark TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
10 Cameron Preece Precise Performance RT
11 James Alexander Holohan Coaching Race Team
12 Haben Gebrehiwet Tottenham cycling club
13 Michael Cunliffe Paceline RT
14 Guy Drabble Geared Up & CN Cycles RT
15 Peter Merritt TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
16 Matthew Sumpton Dulwich Paragon CC
17 Finn Dunton Project 51
18 Mark Gower Precise Performance RT
19 Joseph Martin Crawley Wheelers Race Team
20 Josh Copley TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
21 Maximillian Ashwanden TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
22 Danylo Riwnyj Paceline RT
23 Joshua Saunders Guernsey Velo Club
24 James Brown G!RO RT
25 Connor Backhouse Kingston Wheelers CC
26 Patrick Brown HuntBikeWheels
27 Adam Charleston High Wycombe cc
28 Conor Williams VC Londres
29 Jallani Qureshi Crawley Wheelers Race Team
30 Daniel Rees API
31 Oliver Wise Racing Club Ravenna
32 George Wells Onyx Racing Team
33 Charles Gaimster Dulwich Paragon CC
34 Stuart Bettis HuntBikeWheels
35 John Wasserman Sunday Echappée
36 Paul Newsome Project 51
37 Steven Kane Team TMC
38 George Skinner Primera-TeamJobs
39 Sam Bacon Crawley Wheelers Race Team
40 Matthew Smith Team TMC
41 Ben Huttly Precise Performance RT
42 Matthew Sim Dorking CC
43 Harvey Stroh Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team
44 Alexandre Proy Sunday Echappée
45 Luke Lynch Kingston Wheelers CC
46 Alexander Dobiecki Crawley Wheelers Race Team
47 Thomas Mason Sunday Echappée
48 Nick Busst Dulwich Paragon CC
49 James Bonham Paceline RT
50 Paul Barnard Precise Performance RT
51 Mark Aldred Kingston Wheelers CC
52 James Somerfield Trash Mile RT

EVENT Sponsors (IG Links) and photo credit:

@contityres
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@tourofsussex
@tmcraceteam
@bloceyewear
@lezyneofficial
@naliniciclo
Project51
@britishcycling
@themodelcloud
@visiteastbourne



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