The 58th Edition of the British early season classic, the Perfs Pedal National B Road Race near Portsmouth has been won by Jack Rootkin-Gray in a 1-2-3 for Saint Piran with Harry Birchill second and Zeb Kyffin third
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2023 Perfs Pedal Road Race
Harry Birchill, Jack Rootkin Gray, Zeb Kyffin
The 58th Edition of the British early season classic, the Perfs Pedal National B Road Race near Portsmouth has been won by Jack Rootkin-Gray in a 1-2-3 for Saint Piran with Harry Birchill second and Zeb Kyffin third. The race began with lots of little moves on the early laps but it wasn’t until the third lap that a breakaway got clear (Connor McGoldrick, Huw Buck Jones, Jack Crook, Benjam Bright, Matthew Coles).
The final selection which five became three when Saint Piran put the hammer down
It was chased by Jack Rootkin-Gray and Harry Birchill and behind them two more riders and then the peloton. A lap later and at the front by a few seconds from the peloton was Jack and Harry as well as last years winner Damien Clayton, Cycling Sheffield’s George Wood on his new Moda bike and a few other riders. But the gap was literally seconds.
Into the final lap (5), and Jack Rootkin-Gray lead the breakaway through, from Rowan Baker, then Harry Birchill, Zeb Kyffin and Jack Crook. As Zeb Kyffin explained later, the three Saint Piran riders had to put the hurt on to get clear of the other two which they did and it was a 1-2-3 result for Saint Piran and a show of strength following on from there performances in the latter half of 2022.
Winner Jack Rootkin Gray
RESULT
1st Jack Rootkin-Gray Saint Piran –
2nd Harry Birchill Saint Piran +00:03.49
3rd Zeb Kyffin Saint Piran +00:07.08
4th Jack Crook Richardsons Trek DAS +00:22.14
5th Rowan Baker London Dynamo +00:28.01
6th George Wood Cycling Sheffield +01:11.02
7th Jordan Giles Primera-TeamJobs +01:12.68
8th Benjamin Bright Wales Racing Academy +01:13.86
9th Damien Clayton Embark Spirit BSS +01:19.69
10th Angus Stoneham Zappi Junior Race Team Y +01:41.81
11th Finlay Hawker Zappi Junior Race Team Y +01:42.27
12th Conor McGoldrick Richardsons Trek DAS +01:45.11
13th Cai Davies Kalas Motip Race Team +01:46.08
14th Seth Jones Backstedt Bike Performance JRT Y +01:46.26
15th Chris Opie Le Col +01:46.48
16th James Bevan trainSharp Elite +01:46.75
17th Cormac Nisbet Zappi Junior Race Team Y +01:46.99
18th Angus Hawkins Ride Revolution Coaching +01:47.61
19th Will Auty +01:47.79
20th Samuel Painter Embark Spirit BSS +01:47.94
21st Jack Rebours trainSharp Elite +01:47.97
22nd Finn Dunton trainSharp Development Team +01:48.08
23rd Matthew Cole Beeston Cycling Club Y +01:48.22
24th Sam Shepherd 05-Mar +01:48.43
25th Ben Barnett Team Novo Disc Development +01:48.77
26th Spencer Davies Wales Racing Academy +01:49.80
27th Fred Meredith Wales Racing Academy +01:50.25
28th Huw Buck Jones Wales Racing Academy +01:50.29
29th Marinus Peterson Kalas Motip Race Team +01:50.58
30th Matt Bailey Ride Revolution Coaching +01:51.08
31st Isaac Wright Project 51 +01:51.20
32nd Robin Mould Foran CCC +01:51.82
33rd Sam Holwill trainSharp Development Team +01:52.46
34th Harry Codd Cero – Cycle Division Racing Team Y +01:53.47
35th Calum Moir Zappi Junior Race Team Y +01:53.57
36th Max Fleming LAKA Pedal Mafia RT +01:53.61
37th Will Jewitt Kalas Motip Race Team +01:53.81
38th Benjamin Hellebo Wheelsuckers +01:54.45
39th George Smith Primera-TeamJobs +01:54.99
40th Edward Charles Backstedt Bike Performance JRT Y +01:55.12
41st Jack Cutsforth SPATZWEAR +01:55.53
42nd Oliver Winwood Bratchell Primera-TeamJobs +01:55.93
43rd Vaughn Pretorius Team LDN – Brother UK +01:57.24
44th Rhys Thomas Backstedt Bike Performance JRT Y +01:58.60
45th James Somerfield TRASH MILE +02:00.37
46th Dom Jackson Foran CCC +02:00.68
47th Joe Griffiths SCOTT Racing +02:01.19
48th Theo Anderson Chippenham & District Whs Y +02:02.81
49th Dean Watson Embark Spirit BSS +02:04.77
50th Dave Roper Kalas Motip Race Team +02:05.53
51st Thomas Price Reflex Racing +02:09.31
52nd Alex Paton +02:30.11
53rd Irfan Zaman Embark Spirit BSS +02:32.78
54th Benjamin Tuchner TEKKERZ CC +03:07.29
56th Joseph Surmon University of Bristol CC +07:21.00
57th Felix Whetter Mid Devon CC +07:21.49
58th Daniel Rees API-Metrow/Bodyby JR +07:23.33
59th Paul Barnard Precise Performance RT +07:23.53
60th Conor Williams trainSharp Development Team +07:24.38
61st Isaac Lawrence 05-Mar +07:25.41
62nd Gabriel Dellar StolenGoat Race Team
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