Jake Birkin leads a 1-2 for his team in the East Midlands Road Race League Six Hills road race for cat 2/3/4/ riders on Sunday
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Result: EMRRL Six Hills Race
Report from the Clay Cross Team
Round 5 of the East Midlands Road Race League. Sunday 11th June 2017
Clay Cross RT continued their dominance of the East Midlands Road Race League on Sunday taking a one-two and the teams second win of the weekend.
Held on the Six Hills course in Leicestershire, it featured challenging cross winds and a punchy climb to the finish. At around half distance, a small break developed and Dean Watson and Fergus Robinson jumped across to join Jake Birkin giving Clay Cross RT 3 men in the 10 man break. This was the break of the day and soon settled down into a rhythm and forcing the gap to around a minute on the bunch.
With three in the break, Clay Cross could afford to take some chances and when Jake Birkin attacked at the foot of the final climb nobody could go with him allowing him time to finish in style. Fergus Robinson took the sprint for second place and took a few more league points from rival and current league leader Bradley Symonds (Team PB Performance) who finished 3rd.
With Dean Watson taking 6th and Freddy Pett winning the bunch sprint for 11th Clay Cross have consolidated their lead in the team points classification. Toby Bartlett having won at Leeds the previous day finishing comfortably in the bunch.
L-R Jake Birkin, Freddy Pett, Fergus Robinson, Steve Thompson (Team Manager), Toby Bartlett, Dean Watson
Result:
1 Jake Birkin Clay Cross RT
2 Fergus Robinson Clay Cross RT
3 Bradley Symonds PB Performance
4 Corey Ashley TBW Bottechia
5 Josh Housley Godfrey Bikewear
6 Dean Watson Clay Cross RT
7 Cameron Biddle Rivet Racing
8 Phillip Maddocks Leicestershire Road Club
9 Joseph Perkins Leisure Lakes Bikes
10 William Bourne PMT@Toachim House
11 Freddy Pett Clay Cross RT
12 Thomas Wocial University of Nottingham SCC
13 Tom Lowe Royal Air Force CA
14 Steve Tait OVB
15 Andrew Brinkley OVB
Clay Cross RT are sponsored by: Caden Carbon Bike Wheels, VeloBavarian, TorqFitness, Continental, Beet-It Sport, North Midlands Construction and Aerosporting
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