Startlist: 41st Jock Wadley Memorial

The 41st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race is just over a week away on March 9 and the stacked startlist is out headed up by last years winner Jacob Vaughan!

Startlist: 41st Jock Wadley Memorial

COMING SOON! The 41st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race is just over a week away and the stacked startlist is out!

Unlike so many classic cycle races that have disappeared from the race calendar over the years, the Jock Wadley Memorial is still with us and in 2025 is blessed with many a star name from the riders still racing this season. A decade ago Aussie Steele Von Hoff won for John Wood’s NFTO UCI team and there were many other UCI teams such as One Pro Cycling, Pedal Heaven and JLT Condor in the race. The sport however has changed since the covid times.

This year, a load of Brits have headed to France for example to get international racing but there are still many a name left here to race the big road races like the Jock Wadley. The 41st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race will take place on Sunday 9th March on the Abberton Reservoir Circuit its used for many a year. A maximum field size of 80 riders will depart Layer de la Haye Village Hall at 11 am for 12 laps of the course (81 miles) and who knows what challenges the race will have weather wise.

The race is memory of John (Jock) Wadley (1914 –March 1981) who was an English journalist who began cycling with the promoting club Colchester Rovers cycling club when he was 14 and went on to become the club president. Wadley covered 18 Tours de France from 1956 and wrote for many cycling magazines as well as writing books and after he died in 1981, his ashes were scattered over the Col du Glandon which was on the route of the Tour de France that year. His memory is still kept in the forefront of the cycling world thanks to the Colchester Rovers keeping the race in his memory going.

This year, as well as a few talented juniors making their senior season debut in this testing race, the winner from 2024, Jacob Vaughan is set to come back and defend his title in the race. Winner of the opening road race of the 2025 season, Jordan Giles, is on the start list for the local team DAS Richardsons with the likes of Alex Peters and other strong riders directed by DS and former winner of the race, Andy Lyons.

Standout names include a race winner in 2024 Tyler Hannay and a very unlucky Rowan Baker who was second in the Wadley in 2023, and was a BIG winner in 2024! Another standout name, winner in the USA of crits and one of the leading riders in the UK, Jim Brown, part of the National Circuit Series best team, Ribble Rebellion. Other winners from 2024 include Frank Longstaff and Dom Jackson among others. A rider who was third in 2023 Timothy Torrie is on the start list as are riders like international James Jobber.

The list of contenders goes on like Thomas Springbett, a very strong second in the opening road race of the season at Portsmouth along with so many other talented riders who could be in the mix at the front of this race.

START LIST
1. Zak Machin, BCC Race Team
2. Lewis Tinsley, BCC Race Team
3. Matt Clarke, Bridgnorth Cycling Club
4. Sean Dawson, Bridgnorth Cycling Club
5. Sam Chaplin, Cycling Sheffield
6. James Sawyers, Cycling Sheffield
7. Morris Bacon, DAP Cycling Club
8. Gary Freeman, DAP Cycling Club
9. Simon Alexander, DAS Richardsons
10. Jordan Giles, DAS Richardsons
11. Olivier Mangham, DAS Richardsons
12. Alex Peters, DAS Richardsons
13. Alexander Pritchard, DAS Richardsons
14. Lyle Simpson, DAS Richardsons
15. Tobias Dahlhaus, Foran CT
16. Dom Jackson, Foran CT
17. Alex Mayer, Foran CT
18. Robin Mould, Foran CT
19. Danylo Riwnyj, Foran CT
20. Thomas Springbett, Foran CT
21. Ian Donnelly, GFTL
22. Timothy Strickland, GFTL
23. Benjamin Arey, Halesowen A & CC
24. Piers Mahn, Halesowen A & CC
25. Sean O’Sullivan, Hart Performance Coaching
26. Monte Guerrini, Le Col Race Team
27. Ian McCaul, Le Col Race Team
28. Oliver Richardson, Le Col Race Team
29. William Gilbank, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
30. Nathan Levitt, Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
31. James Ambrose-Parish, One Life Cycle
32. Frank Longstaff, One Life Cycle
33. Charlie Crawt, Primo RT
34. Oliver Curd, Primo RT
35. Robert Staines, Primo RT
36. Benedict Thompson, Primo RT
37. Colin Ward, Primo RT
38. Rowan Baker, Raptor Factory Racing
39. Judicael Clair, Raptor Factory Racing
40. Clay Davies, Ride Revolution Coaching
41. Caleb Pain, Ride Revolution Coaching
42. Alex Pickering, Ride Revolution Coaching
43. Blake Roberts, Ride Revolution Coaching
44. Aaron Freeman, Schils – Doltcini Racing Team
45. Dexter Mansel-Thomas, Schils – Doltcini Racing Team
46. Dominic Schils, Schils – Doltcini Racing Team
47. Sebastian Anderson, Stolen Goat Race Club
48. Ross Fawcett, Stolen Goat Race Team
49. Ben Goodwin, Stolen Goat Race Team
50. Alex Murphy, Stolen Goat Race Team
51. Sam Llewelyn, Team PB Performance
52. Max Sillifant, Team PB Performance
53. Robyn Llewellyn, Trash Mile
54. James Somerfield, Trash Mile
55. Thomas Timberlake, Trash Mile
56. Dylan Belton Owen, VC Londres
57. Sam Long, VC Londres
58. August Ora, VC Londres
59. Jacob Vaughan, VC Londres
60. Philip Large, Wold Top Pactimo
61. Freddy Pett, Wold Top Pactimo
62. John Appleby, Spirit Racing Team
63. Jacob Arnell, Southborough & District Whls
64. Max Avery, Colchester Rovers CC
65. Jim Brown, Ribble Rebellion
66. Finn Dunton, KD Bikes Doltcini Cycling Team
67. Oliver Gill, Tofauti Everyone Active
68. Tyler Hannay, 7 Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines
69. Joshua Horsfield, Reflex Nopinz
70. Jake Jackson, Muc-Off-SRCT-Storck
71. James Jobber, The Hurricane & Thunder Cycling Team
72. Callum Laborde, Aylsham Road Club
73. Tyler Lemmon, Assos UK Racing Team
74. Adam Lightfoot, Private Member
75. Chris McNamara, Sigma Sports Race Team
76. Luke Meyer-Eland, Zappi Racing Team
77. Stephen Swindley, Royal Navy Cycling
78. Timothy Torrie, Defined Cycling Team
79. Benjamin Tuchner, Tekkerez CC
80. Isaac Wright, Strada Wheels RT – Lucentsys

FORMER WINNERS
1982 – Mike Ford
1983 – Steve Lawrence
1984 – Alaric Gayer
1985 – Tim Stevens
1986 – Neil Miller
1987 – Tim Stevens
1988 – Ben Luckwell
1989 – Peter Longbottom
1990 – Alan Gornall
1991 – Matthew Illingworth
1992 – Matthew Illingworth
1993 – Glenn Holmes
1994 – Gary Baker
1995 – Andy Lyons
1996 – Julian Ramsbottom
1997 – Brian Fleming
1998 – Joe Bayfield
1999 – Andy Lyons
2000 – Andy Proffit
2002 – Gordon McCauley
2003 – Colin Roshier
2004 – Huw Pritchard
2005 – Tony Gibb
2006 – Malcolm Elliott
2007 – Richard Prebble
2008 – Luke Rowe
2009 – James Millard
2010 – Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
2011 – Marcin Bialoblocki
2012 – George Atkins
2013 – Hugh Wilson
2014 – Rob Partridge
2015 – Steele Von Hoff
2016 – Jacob Hennessy
2017 – Steele Von Hoff
2018 – Michael Mottram
2019 – Race Cancelled (Adverse Conditions)
2020 – Tom Heal
2022 – Yanto Barker
2023 – Alex Richardson
2024 – Jacob Vaughan