Crit Report/Result: PDQ Masters Race Series 4 (Bath)

The 4th July saw the last round of the PDQ Race Series 2023 at Odd Down (Bath) where the organisers had their first wet race for 2 years

Crit Report/Result: PDQ Masters Race Series 4 (Bath)

4th June 2023 saw the last round of the PDQ Race Series 2023 at Odd Down

Sadly for our final round the weather Gods were not kind and we had our first wet race for 2 years! This did hit the numbers that took to the start line sadly, but we still had good internal battles for the age categories and the Sprints competition. The leader of the series, Andy Edwards of FTP Racing, donned the Red Stimulus Sport leaders jersey for the final round, and had an unassailable lead. Steve Whitehurst of Reflex Racing was in Green as the leader in the Sprints competition, but this was going to be a tight battle with Frazer White only 3 points behind.

From the start the attacks were flying up the road, which made for a hard race with the decreased numbers. Gavin Lancaster of PDQ Cycle Coaching was attacking, along with Frazer White of Pontypool CC. A lot of work on the front of the bunch by various riders meant nothing was getting away.

The first prime was won by Frazer White, from Steve Whitehurst, making them now only 1 point apart.

The second prime was again won by Frazer White, Si Cox getting the 2nd place ahead of Steve Whitehurst, meaning that on the night Frazer had overhauled Steve’s lead to win the overall sprints competition of the series.

With the sprints competition now sown up Frazer seemed determined not to let anything get away and content to tap out a fast rhythm at the head of the bunch. And so it would come down to a bunch sprint and it was Steve Whitehurst who won the race on the night and taking 2nd place overall in the series, followed by Ashley Harvey of Stayer Racing, making his train trip from London worthwhile. 3rd on the night was Andy Edwards, who sealed his overall win of the series in style.

Tristan Stevens crossed the line in 5th and took 3rd place in the series and top PDQ rider. Rob Pears of Bath CC crossed the line in 7th place, taking 4th place overall in the series and winner of the 60-69 years category. Adrian Warren was 6th over the line and took 5th overall in the series. Dave Turton of Pronto Bikes crossed the line in 9th place, crucially 1 place ahead of Spencer Hardman of VC Bristol, so snatching 6th place overall and the winner of the 50-59 years category.

It’s been another fantastic series which we could not put on without our volunteers, officials and sponsors. There was a fantastic array of prizes, the annual shield and medals from Fantastic Finds, leaders and winners jersey from Stimulus Sports. Aerocoach, Pronto Bikes, 73 Degrees Bike Shop and Styrkr provided so many great prizes for all the categories. There is more to come next year as we make the series bigger and better!

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RESULT

3/4 Cat only
1 Charlie McFadzean
2 Jack Beveridge Avid Sport
3 Matthew Kaminer GFTL
4 Thomas Munn Avid Sport
5 Rick Hawker VeloVitesse
6 Daniel Burt
7 Thomas Yeatman ZeroBC
8 Barnabas Pickford University of Nottingham CC
9 Zhenyu Li Reflex Racing
10 Matthew Smart Bradford on Avon
11 Tim Lages
12 Finlay Mowat Avid Sport
13 Deacon Cutterham CGC Velo Club Bristol
14 Dylan Cherruault Avid Sport
15 Joseph Hill
16 Rob Handley Bradford on Avon
17 Jon Clark
18 Lee Douglas
19 Thomas Constantine
20 Felix Young Avid Sport
21 Fergus Harkins

Masters 40+
1 Steven Whitehurst Reflex Racing
2 Ashley Harvey Stayer Racing
3 Andy Edwards FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racin…
4 Simon Cox DI MASCIO
5 Tristan Stevens PDQ Cycle Coaching
6 Adrian Warren Pronto Bikes
7 Robert Pears Bath Cycling Club
8 Gavin Lancaster PDQ Cycle Coaching
9 Dave Turton Pronto Bikes
10 Spencer Hardman Velo Club Bristol
11 Frazer White Pontypool RCC
12 Colin Parry PDQ Cycle Coaching
13 David Stoyle Bath Cycling Club
14 Steven Cottington Bath Cycling Club
15 Peter Phillips Bath Cycling Club

Overall Final Series Standings

1: Andy Edwards – FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing – 191 pts
2: Steven Whitehurst – Reflex Racing – 182 pts
3: Tristan Stevens – PDQ Cycle Coaching – 176 pts
4: Robert Pears – Bath Cycling Club – 174 pts
5: Adrian Warren – Pronto Bikes – 171 pts
6: Dave Turton – Pronto Bikes – 160 pts
7: Spencer Hardman – Salt & Sham Cycle Club – 159 pts
8: Colin Parry – PDQ Cycle Coaching – 145 pts
9: Frazer White – Pontypool RCC – 137 pts
10: Andy Hoskins – Cardiff JIF – 131 pts
11: Steven Cottington – Bath Cycling Club – 128 pts
12: Justin Hoy – Pronto Bikes – 125 pts
13: Gavin Lancaster – PDQ Cycle Coaching – 124 pts
14: Nicholas Beale – Rapha Cycling Club – 118 pts
15: Rupert Beale – Rapha Cycling Club – 116 pts
16: Antony Neads – PDQ Cycle Coaching – 111 pts
17: David Stoyle – Bath Cycling Club – 105 pts
18: Ashley Harvey – Stayer Racing – 95 pts
19: Graeme Lackford – Team Tor 2000 Kalas – 94 pts
20: David Rutty – Velo Club Bristol – 94 pts

Sprints Competition

1: Frazer White -28 pts
2: Steven Whitehurst -26 pts
3: Justin Hoy -8 pts
4: Adrian Warren -6 pts
5: Dave Turton -5 pts
6: Jeremy Broughton -3 pts
7: Tristan Stevens -3 pts
8: Andy Edwards -3 pts
9: Rob Pears -2 pts
10: Daniel Carr -1 pts

Best PDQ rider:
Tristan Steven’s

Best 40-49 yrs:
Andy Edwards

Best 50-59 yrs:
Dave Turton

Best 60-69yrs:
Robert Pears

Best 4th Cat:
Robin Morgan