Startlist: 10th Junior Men’s CiCLE Classic (March 17)

Round 1 of the National Road Series for Juniors, the 10th Edition of the Junior Men’s CiCLE Classic on March 17, sees a star studded startlist of 127 riders

Startlist: 10th Junior Men’s CiCLE Classic (March 17)

This most unique and challenging race on Britain’s road racing calendar is back again in 2024 with the Junior Men’s race being the first event held on March 17, followed by the Women’s race on the same course in the afternoon.

The race starts in Melton Mowbray and heads to Owston where the riders will have a mix of rural lanes and off road ‘sectors’ testing a rider’s skills and luck during a time of the year when the weather too will play its part in the condition of the off road sectors.

The hardest of the sectors is Somerberg which is not only off road, muddy and slippery, it has a berg in it too! Having ridden a motorbike/scooter on this sector many a time, respect to the riders for staying upright at speed across this 2.2 kilometre sector done in each direction.

It isn’t just the off road sectors that are testing but the many bergs (hills) along the route which give riders a springboard for attacks. Bergs such as the ones at Cold Overton, Burrough on the Hill and Cuckooberg along with many other ‘non classified’ bergs.

The final lap of the finishing circuit is approximately 17 kms in length and riders will complete 1 and a half laps of this circuit. Owing to the construction of a by-pass around part of Melton Mowbray, the ‘Sawgate’ sector is no longer available. As a substitute to this on the final lap of the finishing circuit, riders will take in a passage of ‘Stapleford Park which is a sector of approximately 2200 metres of unmade road (flat) and the exit from this sector is less than 10 kms to the finish.

The race will be contested using a rolling road closure throughout and with a total road closure for the final eight kilometres of each of the passages of Saxby Road (B676) into Melton.

In order for the above to take place and to minimise inconvenience to other road users at the rear of the race, a ‘delay’ of more than 5 minutes behind the front of the race will trigger riders being withdrawn and passed by the Broom Wagon and rear Police car.

In this event, any competitors so affected need to be aware that they will then be riding outside the road closure arrangements and subject to normal traffic regulations.

NOTE: Pre riding of the Stapleford Estate section of the course MAY ONLY be carried out between the hours of 14.00 and 16.00 on Saturday 16th March. This is by special arrangement and MUST be adhered to

START/FINISH: Melton Mowbray
HQ: Longfield Academy Sports Centre, Ambleside Way, Off Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0BN

Event timings
• 7.00 Event HQ & registration opens.
• 9.10 rider briefing at HQ then convoy to start at Market Place.
• 09.20 all vehicles and riders to be assembled at start area.
• 09.30 race ceremonial start
• 12.00 (approx..) Presentation of award winners on Podium. (Melton Market Place.)

Route:

– https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/5926857742/

STARTLIST

1 Jack Beveridge Avid Sport
2 Dylan Cherruault Avid Sport
3 Theo Hester Avid Sport
4 Finlay Mowat Avid Sport
5 Josh Smith Avid Sport
6 Kai Buckley Beeston Cycling Club
7 Thomas Lewis Beeston Cycling Club
8 Evan Marsh Beeston Cycling Club
9 Evan Schofield Beeston Cycling Club
10 James Sweeney Beeston Cycling Club
11 Benjamin Arey Clifton CC
12 Daniel Kemp Clifton CC
13 Oliver Moss Clifton CC
14 Charlie Thorpe Clifton CC
15 Sebastian Anderson Eastern Region
16 Stanley Cooke Eastern Region
17 Peter Ferguson Eastern Region
18 Benjamin Myers Eastern Region
19 Paul Opie Eastern Region
20 William Pollard Eastern Region
21 Dillon Air East Midlands Region
22 Jenson Buttrick East Midlands Region
23 Benjamin Freeman East Midlands Region
24 Noah Inman East Midlands Region
25 Kyan Souquet East Midlands Region
26 Luca Bednarek Fensham Howes – MAS Design
27 Harrison Dainty Fensham Howes – MAS Design
28 Max Hinds Fensham Howes – MAS Design
29 Hudson Hendry Halesowen A and CC
30 Isaak Herbert Halesowen A and CC
31 Kaleb Herbert Halesowen A and CC
32 Luke Mannings Halesowen A and CC
33 Ryan Oldfield Halesowen A and CC
34 Ryu Roberts Hayamizu Halesowen A and CC
35 Emil Howell Harrogate Nova Race Team
36 Magnus Denwood Harrogate Nova Race Team
37 Louis Herring Harrogate Nova Race Team
38 Harry Hudson Harrogate Nova Race Team
39 Isaac Oliver Harrogate Nova Race Team
40 Spencer Corder HUUB BCC Race Team
41 Ahron Dick HUUB BCC Race Team
42 Callum Jones HUUB BCC Race Team
43 Lewis Tinsley HUUB BCC Race Team
44 Charlie Abraham Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
45 Edward Charles Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
46 William Gilbank Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
47 Reece Pittman Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
48 Alec Rowles Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
49 Huw Watkins Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
50 Alex Hodgkins Otley CC
51 James Luxton Otley CC
52 Zack Miles Otley CC
53 Sam Barbour Ribble rechrg Race Team
54 Ted McDaid Ribble rechrg Race Team
55 Robert Smart Ribble rechrg Race Team \DNS
56 Samuel Abbott Shibden Apex RT
57 Matthew Bell Shipden Apex RT
58 Denholm Edwards Shipden Apex RT
59 Charlie Hoyle Shibden Apex RT
60 Cillian Lewis Shibden Apex RT
61 Alexander Murphy Shibden Apex RT
62 Lucas Bada Team Pau
63 Iwan Clark Team Pau
64 Felix Earth Team Pau
65 Sion Jones Team Pau
66 Noah Bleteau The Cycling Academy
67 Vyaan Dhokia The Cycling Academy
68 Alasdair Easton The Cycling Academy
69 Milo McIntosh The Cycling Academy
70 Jake Speed The Cycling Academy
71 Ruan Vorster The Cycling Academy
72 Jack Cook trainSharp Development Team
73 Mak Larkin trainSharp Development Team
74 Oscar Nisbett trainSharp Development Team
75 Daniel Phillips trainSharp Development Team
76 James Sawyers trainSharp Development Team
77 Samuel Stapleton trainSharp Development Team
78 William Curphey Utmost-Mezzo IOM Junior Cycling
79 Cian Howard Utmost-Mezzo IOM Junior Cycling
80 Ivan Sorby Utmost-Mezzo IOM Junior Cycling
81 Dylan Belton Owen VC Londres
82 Isaac Dutton VC Londres
83 Sidney Dutton VC Londres
84 Luke Meyer-Eland VC Londres
85 August Ora VC Londres
86 Bobby Buenfeld Velo Club Venta
87 Alistair Gardner Velo Club Venta
88 Hamish Hunter Velo Club Venta
89 Dylan Sage Cannibal B Victorious
90 Oscar Amey GKR Racing
91 Alfie Amey GKR Racing
92 Bertie Bruce-Gonzalez GS Mossa
93 Hugh Aubrey Histon & Impington Bicycle Club
94 Declan Oldham Hope Tech Factory Racing
95 Rowan Baxter Huddersfield Star Wheelers
96 Oscar Saxton Huddersfield Star Wheelers
97 Tommy Stroud Ignite
98 Evan Williams Ignite
99 Owain Williams London Dynamo
100 Orry Lund Manx Viking Wheelers CC
101 George Watch Mid Devon CC
102 George Mahon Poole Wheelers CC
103 Nathan Smith Prologue Racing Team
104 Joseph Turnbull Prologue Racing Team
105 Steffan Hunt Rhyl Cycling Club
106 Joel Hurt Ribble – Verge Sport
107 Ben Baker Ride Revolution Coaching
108 Tom Pruett ROTOR Race Team
109 Rhys Edwards Scotland
110 Oliver Walker Scotland
111 Ben Coppola SCOTT Racing
112 Samuel Brownsword Solihull CC
113 Isaac Pembery St Ives CC
114 Thomas Hepton Team Bikestop Tyrekey 3FS
115 James Kinrade Team RL360 Isle Of Man
116 Struan Shaw Tofauti Everyone Active
117 Jamie Stewart Tofauti Everyone Active
118 Bryn Lawrence U.C. Casano
119 Huw Cressey-Rodgers Velo Myrddin CC powered by Y Beic
120 Sam Fisher Wales Racing Academy
121 Harley Gregory West Suffolk Wheelers
122 Mackenzie Riley Zappi Junior Race Team
123 Elliot Fraser 360cycling
124 Aidan Worden 360cycling
125 Luke Gibson 4T Cyclopark
126 Jack Sutton BC Private Member
127 Zach Walters BC Private Member
128 Arthur Yates BC Private Member
No. of Starters 127 (1 DNS so far)