Report/Result: British Women’s Team Cup

Tiffany Keep (Hutchinson/BrotherUK) time trials to triumph at the Will Houghton British Women’s Team Cup race at Hillingdon on June 10

Report/Result: British Women’s Team Cup

Will Houghton British Women’s Team Cup Race Saturday 10th June
By Lisa West

Photo: Alastair Cowe

On a sweltering 30 degree afternoon at Hillingdon circuit, a quality field of 47 riders kicked off the third round of the British Women’s Team Cup competition. The usual suspects such as Charlotte Berry and Sam Fawcett from the Team Cup competition leaders Hutchinson-Brother UK tried a few attacks in the early laps along with Suzetta Guerrini, the only rider racing from 2nd placed team Le Col RT and Lena Kane of Stolen Goat Race Team scoring the fastest lap time of 1.57 at 46kph.

The only breakaway group formed up from Suzetta’s attack on lap 5 with Dani Watkinson of Hutchinson-Brother UK hot on her heels with Isabel Darvill of Spectra Cannondale and Junior Katie-Anne Calton of JRC tagging on but this was hauled back in by the bunch.

Photo: Alastair Cowe

By lap 12 Tiffany Keep took her turn to attack. She says she looked over her shoulder and no-one was there so she had to keep going! She quickly established a solo lead of 22 seconds by lap 13, 36 seconds by lap 14 and steadily building up to an impressive 1 minute 41 by the bell lap easily taking the win on the 35th lap. It was a long time to time trial ahead of the pack but with her team-mates working well to keep the bunch under control with a pace of 35kmh to Tiffany’s 38kmh, the other teams were not able to break through. There was a valiant attempt by Natasha Reddy of LDN-Academy to breakaway from the bunch at 3 laps to go which raised excitement through to the penultimate lap at the finish line but the bunch reeled her in with Libby Smithson of AWOL Worx just edging out Isabel Darvil to 3rd place by a split second in the sprint to the finish. A great performance also from Katie-Anne Calton who following her earlier breakaway attack finished 9th and took the prize as the First Junior.

An outstanding team performance then from Hutchinson Brother-UK who have won the team prize for the 3rd event in a row with 261 points. Strong results from the AWOL team placed them 2nd with 166 points which has taken them from 24th up to 11th place overall in the competition with Wahoo Le Col scoring 155 points to take 3rd narrowly beating LDN-Academy with 152 points. Brother UK-Orientation Marketing scored better than previous rounds with a solid 150 points and also Team Laka improved scoring 137.

Photo: Alastair Cowe

A special mention for 3rd cat Junior rider Georgina Pasmore of FTP-Fulfill the Potential Racing Team who despite suffering from the heat and getting lapped, continued to ride through to the finish taking 45th place and earning 5 points for her team. This shows true grit and determination to finish and contribute to her team’s result which epitomises why we run this competition to develop all riders showing it’s not just all about getting a top 10 placing – hats off to Georgie!

Finally a huge thanks to long standing race organisers Scott and Karen Holmes and their trusty team of helpers who once again selflessly organised this event donating all profits to the Will Houghton Foundation organisation who work with UK Charities to help 16 to 24 year olds reach their potential through education and sport. To find out more about the amazing project they support and to donate see http://www.willhoughtonfoundation.org/donate/

Photo: Alastair Cowe

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RESULT
1 Tiffany Keep Hutchinson-Brother UK
2 Libby Smithson AWOL Worx Galliard
3 Isabel Darvill Team Spectra Cannondale
4 Suzetta Guerrini Le Col Race Team
5 Samantha Fawcett Hutchinson-Brother UK
6 Georgina Oakley Tactic UK WRT
7 Lena Kane StolenGoat Race Team
8 Emily Chilton Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
9 Katie-Anne Calton JRC-INTERFLON Race Team
10 Ellen Bennett Brother UK-Orientation Marketing
11 Eleanor Bolton LDN-Academy Team A
12 Pippa Inderwick Army Cycling Union
13 Penny Colloff LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team A
14 Coralie Arthur Wahoo – Le Col
15 Emma McDonald Wahoo – Le Col
16 Isabella Johnson LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team A
17 Amy Harvey Brother UK-Orientation Marketing
18 Anastasia Bowler Wahoo – Le Col
19 Faith Hammond LDN-Academy Team A
20 Clare Jackson LDN-Academy Team A
21 Jasmine Cornelius LDN-Academy Team A
22 Rebecca Babbage LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team B
23 Maya Branfoot Wahoo – Le Col
24 Harriet Evans Brother UK-Orientation Marketing
25 Kimmae Payn Army Cycling Union
26 Georgia Lancaster Brother UK-Orientation Marketing
27 Katy Vincent Army Cycling Union
28 Rebecca Hair LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team A
29 Alice Butcher LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team A
30 Elizabeth Sanders FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
31 Sasha Halsey London Dynamo
32 Dannielle Watkinson Hutchinson-Brother UK
33 Maddie Wadsworth AWOL Worx Galliard
34 Jordan Matthews FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
35 Anouska Greenaway LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team A
36 Charlotte Head LDN-Academy Team A
37 Jacqueline Kinsey AWOL Worx Galliard
38 Louise Davidson LDN-Academy Team B
39 Isla Page LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team A
40 Lizi Brooke Wahoo – Le Col
41 Vivienne Tomlin FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
42 Freya Eccleston Brother UK-Orientation Marketing
43 Rebekah Nash Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
44 Natasha Reddy LDN-Academy Team A
45 Georgina Pasmor FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing

TEAMS
1 Hutchinson-Brother UK 261
2 AWOL Worx Galliard 166
3 Wahoo – Le Col 155
4 LDN-Academy Team A 152
5 Brother UK-Orientation Marketing 150
6 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT Team A 137
7 Team Spectra Cannondale 115
8 Army Cycling Union 103
9 Le Col Race Team 100
10 Tactic UK WRT 80
11 Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon 75
12 StolenGoat Race Team 70
13 FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing 62
14 JRC-Inteflon Race Team 60
15 London Dynamo 22