Result & Report – Kalas Cup

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Chris Fennell solos in on final stage to clinch the win in the two day, four stage Kalas Cup in the South West

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Result & Report – Kalas Cup

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2014 Kalas Cup Report (thanks Anna)
The sun welcomed the riders to Somerset for the 8th edition of the Kalas Cup two day stage race. A strong field had gathered with riders travelling across the UK to compete in one of the south west’s top races. However predicting the winner would prove a difficult task which would produce some very competitive and interesting racing.

Day One

Based at Merryfield Airfield, Ilton. It was South West rider Blake Pond (North Devon Wheelers) who blitzed the field in the prologue to take the first yellow leaders jersey of the race from Tom Bayliss (SW Juniors). The hour circuit race started fast and finished even faster with only a few not being able live with the pace, it was Pete Vincent taking the stage win with the time bonus meant that the yellow leaders jersey moved to the Mid Devon CC riders shoulders.

The green points jersey was taken by Tristan Robbins (BH-Solider) after consistently and successfully battling for the intermediate points. The last stage of the day was the 15km TTT, it was the South West Juniors that show their class taking 16 seconds out of the North Devon Wheeler’s team, this meant the yellow jersey had moved to the junior Tom Bayliss with white under 23’s leaders jersey also being held by Tom, but passing to joint second place holders Rob Hogg and Jake Coward also in the SW Juniors team.

Day Two
On a testing 16km circuit starting in the small market town Somerton. It was soon after the neutralised zone the break of the day went clear this hovered around one to one minute thirty seconds for the majority of the race. After realising that it could be the break of the day, the green jersey Tristan Roberts, who had missed the moved bridged the gap to the leaders and not only that, started straight away to contest the intermediate sprints for valuable points.

It was looking very like that the lead 17 riders were settling in for the sprint when the third cat rider Christopher Fennell (PMR Toachim House) that went clear of the break and soon built up a lead of over a minute. With one lap to go the lead was still about a minute but you could see that he was starting to suffer.

Twenty two minutes later he crossed the line to win the stage by a little over 30 seconds which with the win bonus was enough to take the overall win as well as the white jersey. Not bad for a third cat in his first road race, certainly one to watch for the future. Blake Pond and Rob Hogg completed the podium. The green jersey stayed on the back of Tristan Robbins after defend the jersey superbly.

Many thanks to the event sponsors , Kalas Wear Ltd, Overt Locke Ltd and Whitelake Cheese Ltd and all the officials and helpers make the race such a success.

RESULTS
No results for the bunch races available.

Prologue
Blake Pond North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 2nd 0:06:19
Thomas Baylis Team SW Juniors 1st 0:06:21
Chris Fennell PMR@Toachim House 3rd 0:06:23
Mark Lees North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 2nd 0:06:24
Pete Vincent Mid Devon CC 1st 0:06:26
Charles Rees Ride 24/7 2nd 0:06:32
Ashley Martin Bikeshed – UEX 2nd 0:06:35
Al Murison Bikeshed – UEX Elite 0:06:35
Robert Hogg Team SW Juniors 2nd 0:06:37
Jake Coward Team SW Juniors 2nd 0:06:37
Oscar Hutchings Bikeshed – UEX 2nd 0:06:38
Ricky Parsons Mid Devon CC 2nd 0:06:39
Bevan Humphreys BH-Solidor-WAM Youth 1st 0:06:41
Martin Smith BH-Solidor-WAM Youth Elite 0:06:42
Elliot Davis Team Tor 2000 1st 0:06:43
Kelvin Price Tanks Direct Cycling 3rd 0:06:44
Jack Mattock BH-Solidor-WAM Youth 2nd 0:06:46
Graham Collins Tanks Direct Cycling 3rd 0:06:47
Kamden Reedy Dymag-T-1-D 3rd 0:06:47
Tristan Robbins BH-Solidor-WAM Youth 1st 0:06:48
Sean Henderson North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 2nd 0:06:48
Phillip Morrish North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 2nd 0:06:48
Steven Roach Composite 2nd 0:06:49
Glyndwr Griffiths Composite (Arctic Tacx RT) 2nd 0:06:49
Rhys Clegg PMR@Toachim House 1st 0:06:51
Joseph Wiltshire NFTO Race Club 1st 0:06:52
Ian Cullen Mid Devon CC 2nd 0:06:52
Paul Jones NFTO Race Club 2nd 0:06:53
Peter Medhurst Bikeshed – UEX 2nd 0:06:53
Lee Frost Tri UK 3rd 0:06:54
Harry Snow North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 2nd 0:06:54
James Eldridge NFTO Race Club 3rd 0:06:58
Matthew Franklin Dymag-T-1-D 2nd 0:07:00
Justin Harcourt Composite (Urban Cyclery) 2nd 0:07:00
Ciaran OGrady PMR@Toachim House 2nd 0:07:01
Tom Jones Team Tor 2000 2nd 0:07:02
Michael Ward Ride 24/7 2nd 0:07:03
Josh Gray Team Tor 2000 2nd 0:07:03
Jim Avens Falco Racing 2nd 0:07:06
Malcolm Dixon Dream Cycling 2nd 0:07:08
Tom Ilett Dream Cycling 2nd 0:07:08
Sam Humphrey Composite (VC St Raphael) 2nd 0:07:10
Myles Gerrard Tanks Direct Cycling 3rd 0:07:11
Ben Lockett Tri UK 3rd 0:07:12
Ben Luckwell A Ride 24/7 2nd 0:07:13
Nick Watson A Ride 24/7 2nd 0:07:13
Joe Barry Ride 24/7 2nd 0:07:16
Mark Gibbs Tanks Direct Cycling 3rd 0:07:17
Stephen Swindley PMR@Toachim House 2nd 0:07:18
Grant Bayton A Ride 24/7 2nd 0:07:19
Ian Rees Dymag-T-1-D 1st 0:07:19
Hugo Crabb Tri UK 3rd 0:07:29
Duncan Heywood Team SW Juniors 2nd 0:07:56

Team Time Trial
Robert Hogg Team SW Juniors 0:18:50
Thomas Baylis Team SW Juniors 0:18:50
Jake Coward Team SW Juniors 0:18:50
Blake Pond North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 0:19:06
Mark Lees North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 0:19:06
Sean Henderson North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 0:19:06
Phillip Morrish North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 0:19:06
Pete Vincent Mid Devon CC 0:19:24
Ashley Martin Bikeshed – UEX 0:19:27
Al Murison Bikeshed – UEX 0:19:27
Oscar Hutchings Bikeshed – UEX 0:19:27
Peter Medhurst Bikeshed – UEX 0:19:27
Ian Cullen Mid Devon CC 0:19:30
Chris Fennell PMR@Toachim House 0:19:39
Rhys Clegg PMR@Toachim House 0:19:39
Ciaran OGrady PMR@Toachim House 0:19:39
Bevan Humphreys BH-Solidor-WAM Youth 0:19:54
Tristan Robbins BH-Solidor-WAM Youth 0:19:54
Martin Smith BH-Solidor-WAM Youth 0:19:54
Jack Mattock BH-Solidor-WAM Youth 0:19:54
Paul Jones NFTO Race Club 0:19:55
Joseph Wiltshire NFTO Race Club 0:19:55
James Eldridge NFTO Race Club 0:20:01
Kelvin Price Tanks Direct Cycling 0:20:10
Graham Collins Tanks Direct Cycling 0:20:10
Mark Gibbs Tanks Direct Cycling 0:20:10
Grant Bayton A Ride 24/7 0:20:32
Ben Luckwell A Ride 24/7 0:20:32
Nick Watson A Ride 24/7 0:20:32
Michael Ward Ride 24/7 0:20:34
Charles Rees Ride 24/7 0:20:34
Joe Barry Ride 24/7 0:20:34
Ian Rees Dymag-T-1-D 0:20:38
Matthew Franklin Dymag-T-1-D 0:20:38
Kamden Reedy Dymag-T-1-D 0:20:38
Steven Roach Composite 0:20:41
Sam Humphrey Composite (VC St Raphael) 0:20:41
Glyndwr Griffiths Composite (Arctic Tacx RT) 0:20:41
Elliot Davis Team Tor 2000 0:20:41
Justin Harcourt Composite (Urban Cyclery) 0:20:41
Josh Gray Team Tor 2000 0:20:41
Malcolm Dixon Dream Cycling 0:20:58
Tom Ilett Dream Cycling 0:20:58
Harry Snow North Devon Wheelers – South Fork 0:21:03
Lee Frost Tri UK 0:21:09
Ben Lockett Tri UK 0:21:09
Hugo Crabb Tri UK 0:21:09
Jim Avens Falco Racing 0:21:20
Myles Gerrard Tanks Direct Cycling 0:21:20
Ricky Parsons Mid Devon CC 0:21:21
Tom Jones Team Tor 2000 0:21:59
Stephen Swindley PMR@Toachim House 0:22:32
Duncan Heywood Team SW Juniors 0:24:38

FINAL OVERALL
1 Chris Fennell PMR@Toachim House
2 Blake Pond North Devon Wheelers – South Fork
3 Robert Hogg Team SW Juniors
4 Ashley Martin Bikeshed – UEX
5 Bevan Humphreys BH-Solidor-WAM Youth
6 Tristan Robbins BH-Solidor-WAM Youth
7 Rhys Clegg PMR@Toachim House
8 Martin Smith BH-Solidor-WAM Youth
9 Jack Mattock BH-Solidor-WAM Youth
10 Paul Jones NFTO Race Club
11 Kelvin Price Tanks Direct Cycling
12 Steven Roach Composite
13 Thomas Baylis Team SW Juniors
14 Jake Coward Team SW Juniors
15 Sam Humphrey Composite (VC St Raphael)
16 Mark Lees North Devon Wheelers – South Fork
16 Al Murison Bikeshed – UEX
18 Lee Frost Tri UK
19 Sean Henderson North Devon Wheelers – South Fork
20 Phillip Morrish North Devon Wheelers – South Fork
20 Pete Vincent Mid Devon CC
22 Grant Bayton A Ride 24/7
23 Oscar Hutchings Bikeshed – UEX
24 Peter Medhurst Bikeshed – UEX
25 Glyndwr Griffiths Composite (Arctic Tacx RT)
26 Ciaran OGrady PMR@Toachim House
27 Michael Ward Ride 24/7
28 Joseph Wiltshire NFTO Race Club
29 Graham Collins Tanks Direct Cycling
30 James Eldridge NFTO Race Club
31 Charles Rees Ride 24/7
32 Malcolm Dixon Dream Cycling
33 Elliot Davis Team Tor 2000
34 Mark Gibbs Tanks Direct Cycling
35 Ian Rees Dymag-T-1-D
36 Matthew Franklin Dymag-T-1-D
37 Justin Harcourt Composite (Urban Cyclery)
38 Ben Luckwell A Ride 24/7
39 Nick Watson A Ride 24/7
39 Ricky Parsons Mid Devon CC
41 Joe Barry Ride 24/7
42 Harry Snow North Devon Wheelers – South Fork
43 Kamden Reedy Dymag-T-1-D
44 Tom Ilett Dream Cycling
45 Ben Lockett Tri UK
46 Jim Avens Falco Racing
47 Tom Jones Team Tor 2000
48 Hugo Crabb Tri UK
49 Stephen Swindley PMR@Toachim House
50 Duncan Heywood Team SW Juniors
51 Ian Cullen Mid Devon CC
52 Josh Gray Team Tor 2000
53 Myles Gerrard Tanks Direct Cycling

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