Report/Result: Dave Peck Memorial British Team Cup

Isabel Darvill (Pro Noctis -Rotor-Redhill Cycles-Heidi Kjeldsen) sprinted to a win in the Dave Peck Memorial  to continue her race teams start to retaining the title in the British Women’s Team Cup.

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Report/Result: Dave Peck Memorial British Team Cup

Race Report
Isabel Darvill, Pro Noctis -Rotor-Redhill Cycles-Heidi Kjeldsen sprinted to a win to continue her race teams start to retaining the title in the British Women’s Team Cup. This first race in the series, with its traditional opener the Dave Peck Memorial organised by Lisa West and her Twickenham CC Team, was held in progressively cold windy weather after the glorious sunshine of the previous day.

After a lap or so, the Commissaire Team were required to stop the race to warn the riders of their own safety by not crossing the centre line to ride in the oncoming traffic lane.

This seemed to calm the riders and the next laps were mainly speculative but no attacking although the pace increased dramatically in the final few laps. However the final time up the Staple Hill, the 10th time up this difficult climb it was going to be a bunch sprint. With a few metres to the white line Isabel shot from the middle of the race to claim the first big race of the season.

Later Isabel explained “It was not a race really where anyone wanted to just go. Charlotte Berry had a go which got riders to up the pace a bit. We weren’t going really fast, with 3 laps to go the pace just kept creeping. I had a couple of problems with my gears but it got sorted. On the last lap we got to the bottom of the climb, the sprint started right at the bottom of that final hill. I did this race in 2019 so knew what to expect when we came round that left bend people just put their foot down and it was a long sprint”.

“It is one of those climbs that there is not enough time from the top of the hill to the finish line to start a sprint so you have got to just go”.

Sad to report however that Philippa Jenkins of 1904 RT, prior to the race start was just warming up when she crashed hurting her face so was not able to start. Most of her team pulled out of the race.

Result
1 Isabel Darvill Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen 1st
2 Emily Proud Grinta Coaching 2nd
3 Alice McWilliam BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO 2nd
4 Sian Botteley Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd
5 Helen Ralston Paceline RT 1st
6 Madeleine Gammons Saint Piran WRT 1st
7 Suzetta Guerrini Jadan – Vive le Velo 2nd
8 Lucy Harris LAKA Pedal Mafia RT 2nd
9 Gabriella Homer Saint Piran WRT 1st
10 Charlotte Berry Spectra Wiggle p/b vitus Elite
11 Olivia French Storey Racing 2nd
12 Ellen Bennett Brother UK-Orientation marketing 2nd
13 Sophie Holmes Datalynx-Parenesis Cycling 2nd
14 Charlotte Dexter Grinta Coaching 2nd
15 Emily Chilton Saint Piran WRT 2nd
16 Ruth Fisher Abingdon Race Team 3rd
17 Abigail Cooper Brother UK-Orientation marketing 3rd
18 Bethany Barnett AWOL Worx Galliard 3rd
19 Penny Colloff LAKA Pedal Mafia RT 2nd
20 Dannielle Watkinson Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd
21 Poppy Thompson Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen 2nd
22 Sannah Zaman Brother UK-Orientation marketing 2nd
23 Gabriella Nordin Jadan – Vive le Velo 2nd
24 Molly Renfer Ellmore Digital Composite Team 2nd
25 Laura Senior LAKA Pedal Mafia RT 2nd
26 Charlotte Matthews Onyx Racing Team 2nd
27 Fran Bratt LAKA Pedal Mafia RT 3rd
28 Libby Smithson AWOL Worx Galliard 2nd
29 Hope Inglis Brother UK-Orientation marketing Junior
30 Bexy Dew Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen 2nd
31 Harriet Dodd Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd
32 Katarzyna Madej Onyx Racing Team 2nd
33 Marie-Louise Kertzman LAKA Pedal Mafia RT 3rd
34 Amber Junker-Brameld Ellmore Digital Composite Team Junior
35 Rebecca Stubbs Avid Sport 3rd
36 Polly Milsom Team Watto-LDN 3rd
37 Lydia Watts AWOL Worx Galliard 2nd
38 Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne StolenGoat Race Team 3rd
39 Eloise Singham Abingdon Race Team 3rd
40 Kate Voller Browning Paceline RT 2nd
41 Laura Cunningham Grinta Coaching 3rd
42 Sophie Earl Saint Piran WRT 2nd
43 Laura Starmer Team Watto-LDN 3rd
44 Hannah Graveney AWOL Worx Galliard 2nd
45 Savannah Morgan Abingdon Race Team 2nd
46 Francesca Cutts Team LDN – Brother UK 1st
47 Anastasia Bowler Cowley Road Condors 3rd
48 Faith Hammond Grinta Coaching 3rd
49 Jessica Holloway Team Watto-LDN 2nd
50 Laura Pittard Brother UK-Orientation marketing 2nd
51 Freya Eccleston Brother UK-Orientation marketing Junior
52 Lucia Bruton Saint Piran WRT 2nd
53 Georgia Fife-Wright Abingdon Race Team 3rd
54 Ella Roper Abingdon Race Team 2nd
55 Jo Atkins Abingdon Race Team 2nd
56 Amy Harvey Ellmore Digital Composite Team Junior
57 Gemma Hayes 1904 RT 3rd
58 Grace Davies Ellmore Digital Composite Team 2nd
59 Jonna de Vries Grinta Coaching 3rd
60 Jamie-Lee Wright Team Watto-LDN 3rd

DNF Jennifer Andrews 1904 RT 2nd
DNF Vivienne Tomlin FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing 3rd
DNF Lena Kane LAKA Pedal Mafia RT 2nd
DNS Helen Bridgman 1904 RT 2nd
DNS Philippa Jenkins 1904 RT 3rd
DNS Mathilde Pauls 1904 RT 2nd
DNS Carolyn Swan 1904 RT 3rd
DNS Matea Deliu Jadan – Vive le Velo 2nd
DNS Lauren Higham Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd

Team Result
1 Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen 205
2 Saint Piran WRT 194
3 Grinta Coaching 192
4 Team LDN – Brother UK 162
5 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT 154
6 Brother UK-Orientation marketing 143
7 BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO 115
8 Paceline RT 103
9 Jadan – Vive le Velo 100
10 AWOL Worx Galliard 87
11 Abingdon Race Team 64
12 Spectra Wiggle p/b vitus 55
13 Storey Racing 52
14 Onyx Racing Team 48
15 Datalynx-Parenesis Cycling 47
16 Team Watto-LDN 32
17 Avid Sport 18
18 StolenGoat Race Team 15
19 Cowley Road Condors 6
20 1904 RT 1

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