Report: Women’s CiCLE Classic

Katie Archibald has won the 2017 Edition of the Women’s CiCLE Classic in Melton Mowbray after the morning sunshine turned to rain

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Report: Women’s CiCLE Classic

Katie Archibald has won the 2017 Edition of the Women’s CiCLE Classic in Melton Mowbray after the morning sunshine turned to rain. The World and Olympic champion, along with multiple series winner Nikki Juniper, joined lone leader Laura Massey in the final 30k of the race and with the roads soaking wet, Scotland’s Archibald made no mistake in the rush to the line after a finale of constant attacks from the leaders and a surprise as Hannah Payton joined the leaders with a solo effort to bridge the gap.

The early stages of the race saw most of the action at the back as riders struggled to stay the pace of the peloton as breaks tried to get away as the race threaded its way through the narrow lanes. At the first QoM, Katie Archibald was first up the climb into Cold Overton and as the race hit the off road sections whilst Laura Massey went up the road, others were left to see their race disappear in a cloud of dust as punctures and mechanicals ended the hopes of many.

Massey meanwhile continued to make hay in the sunshine out front, opening up a good gap of well over a minute with only 30k of so to the finish. The dust though was soon turning to mud as the rain fell as the finish loomed and the chase intensified with Katie Archibald, Nikki Juniper and Massey’s teammate Annasley Park at the head of it.

A crash as the rain fell out of the sky didn’t help the chase but it also didn’t stop a crash victim from the Tour of the Wolds, Nikki Juniper from joining Massey at the front with Katie Archibald and from there, the favourite was always going to be Archibald with her speed from the track to help her to the line first.

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RESULT
1 Katie Archibald Team WNT 02:57:01
2 Laura Massey Drops at 00:01
3 Nicola Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost at 00:03
4 Hannah Payton Drops at 00:08
5 Annie Simpson Drops at 01:44
6 Sian Botteley Cycle Team OnForm at 01:45
7 Ffion James Abergavenny Road Club st
8 Abigail Van Twisk Drops st
9 Elizabeth Banks SunSport Velo st
10 Grace Garner Wiggle High5 st
11 Julie Erskine Cycle Team OnForm st
12 Sophie Wright Team Strada Sport st
13 Rose Osborne Drops st
14 Anna Kay EDCO Continental st
15 Becca Carter Team WNT st
16 Alicia Speake Cycle Team OnForm st
17 Alice Sharpe NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli st
18 Jennifer Powell Team Ford Ecoboost st
19 Eileen Roe Team WNT st
20 Bethany Hayward Team Ford Ecoboost st
21 Karla Boddy Team Corley Cycles st
22 Neah Evans Storey Racing st
23 Steph Clayton Mammoth Lifestyle Racing Team st
24 Georgina Panchaud Bianchi Dama UK st
25 Bethany Crumpton Storey Racing st
26 Chanel Mason Storey Racing st
27 Melissa Brand Team Ford Ecoboost at 02:31
28 Jennifer Hudson Fusion RT Fierlan st
29 Emma Lewis Aprire Bicycles/HSS Hire st
30 Kelly Murphy Team Ford Ecoboost st
31 Tamara Davenne Team Vision Innovative Leisure st
32 Stephanie Mottram NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli st
33 Sophie Enever Team 22 st
34 Maryka Sennema Fusion RT Fierlan at 02:37
35 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Storey Racing at 03:03
36 Elspeth Grace Kinetic Cycles / Welwyn Racing st
37 Amy Gornall Secret-Training.cc at 04:33
38 Jo Tindley Team Ford Ecoboost st
39 Bex Rimmington Team WNT at 05:05
40 Fiona Hunter Johnston Fusion RT Fierlan at 17:05

Queen of the Hills Classification

QOH 1: Burrough Hill Points
1 Katie Archibald Team WNT
2 Jo Tindley Team Ford Ecoboost
3 Nicola Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost

QOH 2: Cold Overton Berg
1 Katie Archibald Team WNT
2 Rebecca Durrell Drops
3 Laura Massey Drops

QOH 3: Cuckooberg
1 Laura Massey Drops
2 Katie Archibald Team WNT
3 Nicola Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost

QOH Classification Overall: Katie Archibald

Special Sprints
Special Sprint 1: Manor Farm
1 Laura Massey Drops
2 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Storey Racing
3 Hannah Payton Drops

Special Sprint 2: Melton Town (awarded by ‘Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe’)
1 Nicola Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost

First U23
1 Sian Botteley Cycle Team OnForm

First Junior
1 Sophie Wright Team Strada Sport

 

National Women’s Road Series Individual Standings – after round 4
1 Chanel Mason Storey Racing 60
2 Sian Botteley Cycle Team OnForm 56
2 Grace Garner Wiggle High5 56
4 Elizabeth Banks SunSport Velo 54
5 Laura Massey Drops 40
6 Hannah Payton Drops 36
7 Sophie Wright Strada Sport 33
8 Natalie Grinczer Team WNT 31
9 Katie Archibald Team WNT 30
9 Jennifer Powell Team Ford Ecoboost 30
9 Amy Hill Cycle Team OnForm 30
9 Alice Barnes Drops 30
13 Anna Henderson Cycle Team OnForm 29
14 Charmaine Porter Team Ford Ecoboost 28
14 Anna Christian Drops 28
14 Emily Nelson Team Breeze 28
17 Nicola Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost 26
17 Lydia Boylan Team WNT 26
19 Rose Osborne Drops 24
19 Karla Boddy Team Corley Cycles 24
19 Hayley Simmonds Team WNT 24
22 Ffion James Abergavenny Road Club 23
23 Annie Simpson Drops 22
23 Abigail Van Twisk Drops 22
23 Julie Erskine Cycle Team OnForm 22
23 Manon Lloyd Team Breeze 22
27 Alice Sharpe NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 20
27 Rebecca Durrell Drops 20
27 Jen George Storey Racing 20
30 Gabriella Shaw Team WNT 18
30 Rebecca Womersley Drops 18
32 Alicia Speake Cycle Team OnForm 15
33 Georgina Panchaud Bianchi Dama UK 14
34 Lucy Horrocks Team Vertex-Biemme 13
35 Emma Cockcroft Bianchi Dama UK 12
36 Eleanor Dickinson Team Breeze 10
37 Jennifer Holden Fusion RT Fierlan 8
38 Anna Kay EDCO Continental 7
38 Jennifer Hudson Fusion RT Fierlan 7
40 Becca Carter Team WNT 6
40 Melissa Lowther Team Breeze 6
42 Jennifer George Storey Racing 5
43 Tamara Davenne Team Vision Innovative Leisure 4
43 Lorna Bowler Team Backstedt/Hotchillee 4
45 Bethany Taylor Team Vertex-Biemme 3
45 Rebecca Carter Team WNT 3
45 Charlotte Colclough Bianchi Dama UK 3
48 Eileen Roe Team WNT 2
48 Holly Flannery Team Jadan-Weldtite 2
48 Elizabeth Burrows SunSport Velo 2
48 Lauren Murphy Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coaching 2
52 Bethany Hayward Team Ford Ecoboost 1
52 Kelly Murphy Team Ford Ecoboost 1

National Women’s Road Series Team Standings – after round 4
1 Drops 182
2 Team WNT 140
3 Cycle Team OnForm 110
4 Team Ford Ecoboost 86
5 Storey Racing 85
6 Team Breeze 60
7 SunSport Velo 56
7 Wiggle High5 56
9 Cycle Team OnForm 35
10 Bianchi Dama UK 29
11 Strada Sport 24
11 Team Corley Cycles 24
13 Abergavenny Road Club 23
14 NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 20
15 Team Vertex-Biemme 16
16 Fusion RT Fierlan 15
17 Team Strada Sport 9
18 EDCO Continental 7
19 Team Backstedt/Hotchillee 4
19 Team Vision Innovative Leisure 4
21 Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coaching 2
21 Team Jadan-Weldtite 2
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