Result/Report: Nick Corkill RR

Nick Corkill RR on the Isle of Man was won from a 2-rider breakaway, with previous Tour De Yorkshire winner Chris Lawless pipping Callum Salisbury (The Cycling Academy) to the line

Result: Mini Report: Nick Corkill RR

A strong field of 49 riders contested the Nick Corkill Memorial Handicap road race on Sunday in the Isle of Man, with former Tour de Yorkshire winner, Chris Lawless, taking the win from Callum Salisbury of Cycling Academy, with the evergreen ex-Motorpoint Pro and Ras Tailteann winner, Andrew Roche, rounding out the podium. The women’s trophy was won by Ruby Oakes of Shibden Apex RT.

To the delight of the locals, a surprise late addition to the field was Mark Cavendish, home on the island for a short visit and keen as ever to support the Manx club scene by drilling the junior group around the testing 9.5-mile Bride circuit. The race remembers Nick Corkill, a well-known figure in Isle of Man cycling, both as a competitor and official and a fun-loving character, who lived life to the full.

Nick competed regularly throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued with 10-mile time trials and regular social rides well into the late 1990s and the new Millenium. In 1966 he had the proud distinction of representing the Isle of Man at the highest level in the Commonwealth Games.
He rode alongside Nigel Dean in support of Peter Buckley the day that the latter man won the 120-mile road race in Jamaica, the first Commonwealth Games gold to be achieved by the Isle of Man.

Nick and Nigel later celebrated by climbing a flagpole to secure a Jamaican flag as a souvenir of the Games. They were apprehended by a local bobby and only managed to escape a night in the slammer by bribing the officer with the team’s small cap badges featuring tailless Manx cats! A race commissaire and official, Nick later attended further Commonwealth Games and numerous national races in the UK and Ireland as assistant manager, coach and team mechanic. In his latter years he was the sport’s newspaper columnist and chairman of Ellan Vannin Cycling Club.

1. Christopher Lawless Bikestyle
2. Callum Salisbury The Cycling Academy
3. Andrew Roche Watts Up Performance
4. David Cain Manx Viking Wheelers
5. John Coppell Manx Viking Wheelers
6. William Curphey Team Utmost/Mezzo Isle of Man
7. Michael Moss Manx Viking Wheelers
8. Cian Howard Team Utmost/Mezzo Isle of Man
9. Niall Quiggin Manx Viking Wheelers
10. Orry Lund Team Utmost/Mezzo Isle of Man
11. Rob Sorby Manx Viking Wheelers
12. Alec Sorby Team RL360
13. Mark Horsthuis Manx Viking Wheelers
14. Ruby Oakes Shibden Apex RT
15. Simon Harding Manx Viking Wheelers
16. James Meakin Trash Mile Racing
17. Gianni Epifani Manx Viking Wheelers
18. Trevor Kirkwood Manx Road Club
19. James Kinrade Team Utmost/Mezzo Isle of Man
20. Florence Griffin Team Utmost/Mezzo Isle of Man
21. Kevin Kissack Manx Viking Wheelers
22. Michael Faid Cycling Club Isle of Man
23. Richard Fletcher Ellan Vannin CC – Isle of Man Cycle Tours
24. Cameron Hounsell Team RL360
25. Richard Curphey Manx Viking Wheelers
26. Jessie Carridge Manx Viking Wheelers
27. Abi Clayton Team RL360
28. Richard Gault Bikestyle
29. Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan
30. Tom Broadbent Manx Viking Wheelers
31. Jess Pickavance Liv Halo Films
32. Andrew Radcliffe Manx Viking Wheelers
33. Lily-Ann Scott Team RL361
34. Zach Jones Team RL360
35. Stephen Christian Manx Viking Wheelers
36. Josh Knights Manx Tri Club
37. Marco Almeida Manx Viking Wheelers
38. Alec Kneen Manx Viking Wheelers
39. Tony Varley Manx Viking Wheelers at 1 lap
40. Mark Harrison Eurocycles at 1 lap