British Cyclo-Cross Championships 2015 – Day 2

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On day 2 of the 2015 British Cyclo-Cross Championships in Abergavenny (Wales), titles for Juniors, Under 23 and Elite Men and Women

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British Cyclo-Cross Championships 2015 – Day 2

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Sunday, January 11, 2015

The second day of the 2015 British Cyclo-Cross Championships in Abergavenny (Wales) saw titles for:

— Grant Ferguson (Under 23 Men)
— Thomas Craig (Junior Men)
— Helen Wyman & Amira Mellor (Elite & Junior Women)
—  Ian Field (Elite Men)

The second day of the 2015 British Cyclo-Cross Championships dawned very cold but bright and we didn’t know it then but the day was going to be packed with some great races!

The event organised by Ian Jenkins and the local clubs, saw the course changed a little and during the day, some legends in the sport just made themselves even more a legend with historic victories.

UNDER 23 MEN

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The first race of the day saw a small field of Under 23 riders racing for the champion’s jersey and Derby National Trophy winner Grant Ferguson was favourite. It was Under 23 National Trophy winner Ben Sumner though that led the race away and through the woods on the opening lap.

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Ferguson though was not far back and soon hit the front and opened up a gap. Behind there was a scrap between Jack Clarkson and Ben Sumner for the Silver medal for a short while and perhaps smarting from losing the Green National Trophy jersey to Sumner, Clarkson, who had such a great ride in the Milton Keynes World Cup, managed to open a gap on Sumner.

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It wasn’t much, less than 30 seconds and it kept Clarkson pushing hard. The Hope rider was at one point bringing the gap down to Ferguson but the Scottish rider must have sensed it and opened the taps again and at the finish had a lead of 59 seconds over Clarkson who was pleased enough with the Silver. Sumner held on to third.

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UNDER 23
1 Grant Ferguson Betch NL Superior-Brentjens MTB RT 58.42
2 Jack Clarkson Hope Factory Racing @ 1. 1
3 Ben Sumner Beeline Bicycles RT @ 1. 42
4 Nicholas Barnes www.Zepnat.com RT/Kuota/GSG @ 2. 11
5 Michael Thompson Hope Factory Racing @ 2. 44
6 Jack Humphreys Wheelbase.Altura/MGD @ 2. 51
7 Dylan Kerfoot Robson Mountain Trax RT @ 3. 25
8 Billy Harding Orange Monkey Pro Team @ 3. 28
9 Iain Paton Pioneer Scott Syncros @ 6. 22
10 Jack Ravenscroft Team Thomsons Cycles @ 6. 55
11 Joe Atkins Ride Coventry @ 7. 25
12 George Moore Bicicielo @ 7. 46
13 James Garrett Rugby Velo at 1 lap
14 Edwyn Oliver-Evans www.cxmagazine.com at 1 lap
15 Joseph Andrews Eden Veranda Racing at 1 lap
16 Daniel Coleman Forza Cycles RT at 1 lap

JUNIOR MEN

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Joshua Waters has a big lead on lap 1, no-one in sight, but it wasn’t enough.

The next race to hit the course around the Leisure Centre was the Junior Men where Thomas Craig was the defending champion. This race early on was changing so quickly it was impossible to keep up between tweeting pictures of the race on one lap only for it to turn on its head the next.

It started with Joshua Waters opening up such a big gap that he was looking likely to run away with the race. Behind there were all sorts of dramas for riders but the race soon settled down and first to get to Waters was Alfie Moses.

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Alfie Moses catches Waters but on on their heels is Thomas Craig

Hot on their heels though was Thomas Craig who is looking every bit the champion his Olympian father Nick was and still is. Craig soon caught and dropped them and whilst the defending champion looked solid on his own out front, there was a scrap between five or six riders behind. Moses soon settled on a lone chase a few seconds clear of McGuire who was being closed down by Waters.

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Broken chain for Will Gascoyne dented his title hopes with a run back to the pits

Whilst Craig won the race with yet another solid performance, and Moses was second 14 seconds later, there was a battle royal for third with McGuire having to sprint hard to hold off Waters which he did 35 seconds after the title had been won by Craig.

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Win for Thomas Craig, two out of two as a Junior. 

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JUNIOR MEN
1 Thomas Craig Pioneer Scott Syncros 45.20
2 Alfie Moses Paul Milnes Cycles/Bradford Olympic RC @ 0. 14
3 Mark McGuire Mountain Trax RT @ 0. 35
4 Joshua Waters Sherwood Pines Cycles SRAM RT @ 0. 37
5 William Gascoyne Pines Cycles – Felt – Enve @ 1. 11
6 Adam Hartley VCUK PH-MAS Junior Cycling Team @ 1. 55
7 David Barnes Team Corley Cycles @ 2. 2
8 Harry Johnston Team Thomsons Cycles @ 2. 4
9 Arthur Green Matlock CC @ 2. 21
10 Ewan Grivell-Mellor Mid Shropshire Wheelers @ 2. 26
11 Matthew Fratesi Dream Cycling @ 2. 57
12 Jacob Phelps Cardiff Ajax CC @ 3. 17
13 Christopher Barnes www.Zepnat.com RT/Kuota/GSG @ 3. 18
14 Cameron Biddle Solihull CC @ 3. 34
15 Finlay Robertson Derwentside CC @ 3. 44
16 Anthony Neave Stourbridge CC @ 3. 48
17 Tom Seaman Nutcracker Racing @ 3. 51
18 James Garratt Welland Valley CC @ 4. 11
19 Charlie McFadzean Cycle Sport Dynamo @ 4. 21
20 Tim James Bourne Wheelers CC @ 4. 21
21 Thomas Sewell Cotswold Veldrijden @ 4. 26
22 Christopher Rothwell Ride 24/7 @ 4. 27
23 Marcus Burnett Team Corley Cycles @ 4. 38
24 Sean Pritchard Malvern Cycle Sport @ 4. 39
25 Cai Davies Welwyn Wheelers CC @ 5. 26
26 Teifion Best Abergavenny RC @ 7. 56
27 Joshua Brooks Malvern Cycle Sport @ 8. 8
28 Kieran Howarth Nottingham Clarion CC @ 8. 8
29 Joe Williams Holme Valley Wheelers at 1 lap
30 Conall Brown Hemel Hempstead CC at 1 lap
31 Matthew Thorne Paul Milnes Cycles/Bradford Olympic RC at 1 lap
32 Ryan Dunn Cycle Sport Dynamo at 1 lap

WOMEN

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Helen Wyman continues to break records and in 2015 she notched up a record ninth British title win, dominating cross in the same way Nicole Cooke dominated the road scene for so many years. The Kona rider was made to work for it and after leading Nikki Harris through the woods on lap 1, Harris attacked Wyman and gapped her for a short time.

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Helen Wyman leads through the woods on lap 1.

Wyman though hit back and created a gap of her own and it was one that was never to be closed. It may have only been 30 seconds or so but Wyman looked rock solid out front and was soon crossing the line to win her ninth title. Harris, a former winner, was second whilst behind Annie Last was pushed all the way by the Junior winner, Amira Mellor with one of the races exciting ‘scraps’.

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Nikki Harris puts the hammer down and gaps Wyman on lap 1.

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Amira Mellor leads Annie Last in a race long battle for the bronze medal.

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Big celebration from Amira Mellor after an even bigger race against the senior riders.

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L-R: Nikki harris (2nd), Helen Wyman (1st) and Annie Last  (3rd)

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Evie Richards (2nd), Amira Mellor (1st) and Ffion James (3rd), the Junior podium.

1 Helen Wyman Kona / FSA Factory Team 39. 29
2 Nikki Harris Young Telenet Fidea Cycling Team @ 0. 28
3 Annie Last Individual Member @ 1. 43
4 Amira Mellor (J) Paul Milnes Cycles/Braford Olympic RC @ 2. 4
5 Alice Barnes T-MO Racing @ 2. 18
6 Hannah Payton The Kinesis Morvelo Project @ 2. 22
7 Evie Richards (J) T-Mo Racing @ 2. 57
8 Annabel Simpson Hope Factory Racing @ 3. 47
9 Ffion James (J) Abergavenny RC @ 4. 2
10 Isla Rowntree Islabikes @ 4. 21
11 Tracy Moseley T-Mo Racing @ 4. 54
12 Sarah Murray www.cxmagazine.com @ 5. 13
13 Ruby Miller Hargrove Cycles – Ridley RT @ 5. 32
14 Diane Lee Team Mulebar Girl – Sigma Sport @ 5. 49
15 Isla Short Team Thomsons Cycles @ 6. 2
16 Abigail van Twisk (J) Cycle Lab @ 6. 23
17 Kate George Team Empella Cyclo-cross.com @ 6. 57
18 Rebecca Preece Contessa Scott Syncros @ 7. 6
19 Rachel Fenton Trek Bicycle Coventry @ 7. 25
20 Martha Gill (J) PH-MAS Cycling @ 8. 52
21 Claire Beaumont Vicious Velo @ 9. 1
22 Joanna Rycroft www.cxmagazine.com @ 9 . 18
23 Laura Greenhalgh Imperial RT @ 9. 26
24 Emily Barnes Team Mulebar Girl – Sigma Sport at 1 lap
25 Anna Cipullo Hargroves Cycles – Ridley RT at 1 lap
26 Alice Miller Look Mum No Hands ! at 1 lap
27 Clover Murray (J) Braintree Velo CRC at 1 lap
28 Elanor Cadzow PMR@ToachimHouse at 1 lap
29 Hannah Saville(J) North Midlands Youth Squad at 1 lap

ELITE MEN

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Title number four for Ian Field of Hargroves Cycles-Ridley

The final race of the day was probably the most exciting, at least for the first half where Ian Field (Hargroves Cycles-Ridley), the three time defending champion, looked to be under pressure. The lead was changing every lap but that soon changed.

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First away was Steven James (Hargroves Cycles-Ridley) (above) who was said to be suffering with the dreaded cold that so many people I speak to have, including me! He may not have been breathing that well but his kept the lead for a while before Steven Roach and Liam Killeen were battling it out at the front with a gap back to a good sized chase group including Field.

Roach slipped back though and was replaced at the front by Lewis Craven on a ‘ride’. Just behind though was Ian Field, on his own, and chasing them down. Once Field was with the leaders, he gapped them and came out of the woods on the next lap well clear and the chase soon became between Jody Crawforth (Hargroves Cycles-Ridley) , Liam Killeen and Lewis Craven.

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Steven Roach leads the race

Craven though dropped back and was seemingly out of the medals before Crawforth parked up, either physically or mechanically and whilst Killeen took the Silver medal 38 seconds behind Field, Craven came in 15 seconds ahead of Crawforth.

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Then Lewis Craven has a spell at the front.

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But soon it was Ian Field who steadily caught the leaders, passed them and held onto a small lead all the way to the finish.

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For several laps, Killeen and Crawforth with Craven on their heels, battled it out before the Olympian Killeen pulled away and Craven passed Crawforth to take the Bronze.

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L-R: Liam Killeen (2nd), Ian Field (1st) and Lewis Craven (3rd)

1 Ian Field Hargroves Cycles – Ridley RT 1. 4. 41
2 Liam Killeen Specialize UK @ 0.38
3 Lewis Craven Wheelbase Altura MGD @ 0. 57
4 Jody Crawforth Hargroves Cycles – Ridley RT @ 1. 13
5 Steven Roach Ride Coventry @ 1. 53
6 Alex Paton Pedal Heaven Colbornes RT @ 2. 17
7 Nick Craig Pioneer Scott Syncros @ 2. 58
8 Steven James Hargroves Cycles – Ridley RT @ 4. 9
9 Robert Jebb Hope Factory Racing @ 4. 18
10 Tony Fawcett Pioneer Scott Syncros @ 4. 41
11 James Spragg www.inthemud.cx @ 5. 4
12 Giles Drake Leisure Lakes Bikes.com @ 6. 4
13 Michael Butler Bowlphish Bontrager Racing @ 6. 9
14 Tim Davies CC Abergavenny / JP Signs and Print @ 6. 16
15 Bruce Dalton The Kinesis Morvelo Project @ 6. 29
16 Daniel Booth Hope Factory Racing @ 6. 30
17 Scott Chalmers Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT @ 6. 46
18 Andrew Naylor Fossa Racing @ 8 . 17
19 Daniel Guest Performance Cycles @ 8. 32
20 Chris Metcalfe Charge Bikes at 1 lap
21 David Lines Starley Primal Pro Cycling at 1 lap
22 George Atkins Team Raleigh – GAC at 1 lap
23 Scott Wilson Manchester Wheelers Club at 1 lap
24 Tom Payton Islabikes at 1 lap
25 Keith Murray Pioneer Scott Syncros at 1 lap
26 Lee Shunburne Fossa Racing at 1 lap
27 Scot Easter Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT at 1 lap
28 Colin Miller Ride Coventry at 1 lap
29 Joseph Lally CC Abergavenny/JP Signs and Prints at 1 lap
30 Philip Hinch Brotherton Cycles at 1 lap
31 Perry Bowater Bicicielo at 1 lap
32 Luke Gray Trek Cyclo-Cross Collective at 1 lap
33 Andrew Parry Urban-Cyclery at 1 lap
34 Chris Pedder Individual Member at 2 laps
35 Jamie Newall Pedal Heaven Colbornes RT at 2 laps
36 Gruffudd Lewis Pedal Heaven Colbournes RT at 2 laps
37 James Thompson Langsett Cycles RT at 2 laps
38 Matthew Zietz I-Ride.co.uk at 2 laps
39 Simon Maudsley Team Vertex at 2 laps
40 Gavin Hardwicke Fossa Racing at 3 laps
41 Kristian Spreckley Manchester Wheelers Club at 3 laps
42 Charlie Williams Cheltenham & County CC at 3 laps
43 James Britton Bristol CX at 3 laps
44 Ben Spurrier Vicious Velo at 3 laps
45 Simon Forster Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue CC at 3 laps
46 Dan Vockins Individual Member at 4 laps
47 James Leach Imperial Racing Team at 4 laps
48 George Kirkin Imperial Racing Team at 4 laps

TEAMS
1 Hargroves Cycles – Ridley RT
2 Pioneer Scott Syncros
3 Pedal Heaven Colbournes RT
4 Fossa Racing

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