Feature – Perfs Pedal Road Race

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A 1-2-3 for new UCI team Pedal Heaven as Rory Townsend wins the 2016 Perfs Pedal classic season opener with a lone attack five miles from the finish

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Feature – Perfs Pedal Road Race

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Rory Townsend celebrates his victory in the 2016 Perfs

Report

The 2016 Perfs Pedal was won by Pedal Heaven’s Rory Townsend who a year previously was the first rider in the race behind the One Pro riders. This year it was Rory’s team who everyone looked to as the only UCI squad and it was their job to make the race.

AN ambulance on the course on lap 1 and a race stoppage for a word from the chief comm delayed their plans but on lap two Joe Fry got on the front on the climb and put the hammer down and split the race wide open to such an extend that after the first two groups, the race was in pieces.

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Attacks started quickly on lap 1

The race then settled down into a chase between the leaders and those chasing them and whilst it came down, it was the last lap when the fireworks set the race alight. Grant Ferguson (Pedal Heaven) put the hammer down whilst at the back, Rory Townsend punctured.

He got back on and then joined Ferguson and from then it was attacks left right and centre with the end result that Townsend got clear with around 8k to go and his teammate Mitch Webber won the sprint for second. A Pedal Heaven Academy rider Tom Mazzone was third.

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First attacker we saw alone off the front after half a lap. Peter Hitt.

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One of the Primera riders leads the chase

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Race is stopped on lap 1 for a little chat from the Chief Comm …

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The next lone attacker Mikey Mottram who had a very strong race had plenty of time on his own before a selection came up fast near the Nelson Monument overlooking Portsmouth

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Despite not being 100 per cent (bit of a cough), bronze medalist at the Under 23 MTB Worlds in 2015 Grant Ferguson (Pedal Heaven) was giving it big licks at the front over the top of the climb.

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Chasers were holding the leaders for a long time …

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But Pedal Heaven had strength in numbers in the break

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Half a lap to go and Grant Ferguson is clear but when he was caught, with instructions not to take anyone to the line, he had plenty of Pedal Heaven teammates ready to put in the next dig.

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After Rory Townsend had won, his teammate Mitch Webber won the gallop for 2nd

Video Interview with the top 3

Video Interview: Tim Elversion

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Results (Provisional)

1. Rory Townsend / Pedal Heaven
2. Mitch Webber / Pedal Heaven @ 30”
3. Tom Mazzone / Pedal Heaven Excel Academy @ 31”
4. Lloyd Chapman / Pedal Heaven @ st
5. Alex Murison / BC PM
 @ 33”
6. Mikey Mottram / HR Owen Maserati RT
 @ 34”
7. Liam Walsh / VC Equipe/Flix @ 35”
8. Gunther Zechmann @ 37”
9. Alex Paton / Pedal Heaven
 @ 39”
10. Chris McNamara / Nunn Sigma Sport London RT
 @ st
11. Grant Ferguson / Pedal Heaven
 @ 44”
12. Joe Fry Pedal / Heaven
 @ st
13. Tom Chandler / VCUK PH-Mas @ 2’ 05”
14. Matt Woods / Performance Cycles @ 2’ 08”
15. Adam Capes / PMR Toachin House
 @ st
16. Jack Freeman / VC Meudon @ st
17. Paul Double / VC Venta
 @ 2’ 09”
18. George Smith / Radeon-Bike @ st
19. Lee Frost / Team Tor 2000 @ st
20. Andrew Turner / KTM-Impsport
 @ 2’ 11’
21. Phil Trodden / Team Moda-Anon
 @ st
22. Ryan Visser / Hoste Taap Storck
 @ st
23. Daniel Nieto / TBW Bottecchia Wigmore RT
 @ st
24. Will Harper / Pedal Heaven Excel Academy 
 @ st
25. Freddie Philips / Hoste Taap Storck
 @ 2’ 13”
26. Benjamin Marks / Cycleworks.co.uk @ st
27. Harry Veale / Cycleworks.co.uk @ st
28. William Haynes / Reading CC 
 @ st
29. Matthew Downie / Eden Veranda 
 @ 2’ 15”
30. Peter Merritt / TBW Bottecchia Wigmore RT 
 @ st
31. Andrew Williams C/ wmcarn Paragon @ st
32. James Champken / VC St. Raphael/Waite Contracts/Hewitt Cycles@ 2’ 19”
33. Oscar Hutchings / Primera/Team Jobs @ 2’ 24”
34. George Wise / VC Equipe/Flix @ 2’ 29”
35. Scott Probert / HR Owen Maserati RT
 @ 2’ 35”
36. Calum Croft / Primera/Team Jobs @ 2’ 40”
37. Tom Hargreaves / Nunn Sigma Sport London RT
 @ st
38. Liam Yates / Neon-Velo @ 2’ 44’
39. Matt Clarke / Pedal Heaven Excel Academy 
 @ 2’ 46’
40. Barnabas Purbrook / London Dynamo 
 @ st
41. Ashley Hutchison / VC St. Raphael/Waite Contracts/Hewitt Cycles @ 2 50”
42. Sol Warwick / Pizzeria Espanola @ 2’ 53”
43. Josh Lawless / PMR Toachin House @ 2’ 54”
44. Ben Lockett / Tri UK @ st
45. Mike Smith / Cycleworks.co.uk @ 2’ 56”
46. Andy Betts / Nunn Sigma Sports London RT @ 3’ 10”
47. Adam Thompson / Reading CC @ st
48. Will Ranoe / HR Owen Maserarti RT @ st
49. Ben Foames / TBW Bottecchia Wigmore RT @ st
50. Paul Hayward / Cwmcarn Paragon @ st
51. Tom Morris / Portsmouth North End @ 3’ 11’
52. Dan Bone / cycleworks.co.uk

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FORMER WINNERS

1964 Tony Mills Ryall / Raxar
1965 Barrie Heath Bournemouth Olympic
1966 Graham Moore Bristol Road Club
1967 Alan Williams Dragon RC
1968 & 69 Not Held
1970 Graham Moore Bristol Road Club
1971 Graham Moore Bristol Road Club
1972 Clive Crossley Bristol Road Club
1973 Derek Witt G S Europa
1974 Bob Woodley Kingston Pheonix
1975 Ian Hallam Beeston Road Club
1976 Dave LeGrys 34th Nomads CC
1977 Clive Oxborrow Brighton Mitre CC
1978 Glenn Longland Antelope RT
1979 Sean Yates Archer RC / Cutty Sark
1980 Tim Stevens 34th Nomads CC
1981 Piers Hewitt VC Europa
1982 Tim Stevens 34th Nomads CC
1983 Tim Harris Willeboro-Van-Peer-Kyoso
1984 Tim Harris Willeboro-Van-Peer-Kyoso
1985 Glenn Longland Antelope RT
1986 Tim Harris Weilersport
1987 Nigel Perry G S Stella / Weilersport / VRV
1988 Mark Markowski Hastings & St Leonards
1989 Race stopped by Police
1990 Simon Bray Invicta-DLB / Phil Corley Cycles
1991 Paul Rogers VC St Raphaël / Waite Contracts
1992 Brian Fleming C C Romford
1993 Richard Wooles CC Abergavenny / Owen Construction
1994 Colin Langley C C Luton
1995 Martin Markowski Velo Club Bayeaux
1996 Brian Fleming Cannon Sports Club / Omega Bio Racer
1997 Justin Clarke Giant – Portland
1998 David Rand PDM Sports – Concorde – WCU
1999 Paul Wilkes VC St Martinus
2000 Justin Hoy Liphook Cycle RT
2001 Julian Winn Welsh Cycling Union Private Member
2002 Barry Elcombe Festival Road Club / Nico lapage
2003 Cancelled due to Flooding
2004 Julian WinnPinarello RT/Pinarello/Corima
2005 Chris Newton recycling.co.uk/MG Xpower/Litespeed
2006 James Williamson Agisko-Dart-Cycling.tv / Xpower
2007 Alex Dowsett 100% ME
2008 James Stewart KFS Special Vehicles / Sunday Bikes
2009 Will Bjergfelt Sports Beans-Willier
2010 cancelled due to poor road conditions
2011 Ben Stockdale Team Quroz
2012 Chris Opie Team UK Youth
2013 Marcin Bialoblocki Team UK Youth
2014 cancelled due to poor road conditions
2015 Yanto Barker ONE Pro Cycling

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