The most important single day race in Britain takes place this Sunday in North Yorkshire with the running of the Men’s & Women’s RR Championships
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Sunday 24 June 2012 Location: Ampleforth, York, North Yorkshire
Women’s 9am – 107km/67m | Men’s – 182km/114m
The Women’s Elite and Under 23 Championship is first to take to the roads at 9.00am with 7 laps of a “difficult†9.5 mile circuit. The Men take their turn at 1.15pm with their Elite and Under 23 Championship. This begins with 3 laps of an 18.9 mile circuit, that takes the riders by the ruins of Byland Abbey, the scenic villages of Coxwold, Oulston, Crayke and Slingsby before climbing to Yearsley where spectators are sure to gather. The race then shifts to 6 laps of the same circuit used by the Women for a total of 113.7 miles.
The last time the road race championships were held in North Yorkshire, Rob Hayles rode away from his rivals to win ahead of youngster Peter Kennaugh. Hayles is now retired and looking after Mark Cavendish and Kennaugh preparing for his first Olympics. The championship for 2012 is wide open and promises to be quite some race!
Both races are expected see a battle between the riders based in Europe and those that are based in Britain. In the Women’s race, it’s the European based riders who are expected to fight out the medals and with all the public needle in the press this year, that contest would be quite intense. In the men’s race, the Team Sky riders will again be favourites especially as many of the British based riders have been racing crits for the last six weeks but many of them have also had an eye on this major championship event and so a 1-2-3 from team Sky as we’ve seen the last years will not necessarily happen in North Yorkshire.
TV Coverage: Monday – 7pm – ITV4 with Gary Imlach and Phil Liggett
Feature on the Ryedale GP — British RR Championship for 2012
RIDERS
MEN
1 George Atkins 100% ME Elite / U23
2 Owain Doull 100% ME Elite / U23
3 Samuel Harrison 100% ME Elite / U23
4 Joseph Kelly 100% ME Elite / U23
5 Thomas Moses 100% ME Elite / U23
6 Alistair Slater 100% ME Elite / U23
7 Simon Yates 100% ME Elite / U23
8 Mark Christian An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team Elite / U23
9 Mark McNally An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team Elite
10 Jonathan Mould An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team Elite / U23
11 Perry Bowater ASFRA Racing Team 1 / U23
12 Michael Nicolson ASFRA Racing Team 1
13 Stephen Cummings BMC Racing Team Elite
14 Chris Snook Banjocycles.com 1
15 Nicolas Hutchings C.S. Grupetto Elite
16 Owen Lake Cambridge CC 1 / U23
17 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe Carmim – Prio Elite
18 Hamish Haynes Colba-Superano Ham 1
19 William Bjergfelt Cycle Premier – Kovert Elite
20 Jamie Caldwell Cycle Premier – Kovert 1 / U23
21 Russell Falder Cycle Premier – Kovert Elite / U23
22 Robert Watson Dirtwheels Cycles 1 / U23
23 Oliver Beckingsale Endura MTB Racing Elite
24 Ian Bibby Endura Racing Elite
25 Russell Downing Endura Racing Elite
26 Jonathan McEvoy Endura Racing Elite
27 Robert Partridge Endura Racing Elite
28 Erick Rowsell Endura Racing Elite / U23
29 Scott Thwaites Endura Racing Elite / U23
30 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing Elite
31 Ian Wilkinson Endura Racing Elite
32 George Harper Felt-Colbornes RT 1 / U23
33 Jake Tanner Geofco Ville D’Alger 1 / U23
34 Robert Crampton Heist zuiderkempen vzw 1 / U23
35 Richard Bott Herbalife/Wheelbase.co.uk Elite
36 Andrew Coupe Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com Elite
37 Kit Gilham Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com Elite
38 Robbie Hassan Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com Elite / U23
39 Andrew Hawdon Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com Elite
40 Simon Thomas KTM Bikes Industries Murcia Team 1 / U23
41 Daniel Mclay Lotto-Belisol U23 Elite / U23
42 Chris Nicholson Lotto-Predictor-VC Ardennes 1 / U23
43 Chris Bartlett Marco Polo – Donckers Koffie 1
44 Dale Appleby Metaltek – Scott Elite
45 Tom Barras Metaltek – Scott Elite
46 Matthew Gee Metaltek – Scott Elite / U23
47 James Gullen Metaltek – Scott 1
48 Rhys Lloyd Metaltek – Scott 1
49 Marcel Six Metaltek – Scott Elite
50 Ben Stockdale Metaltek – Scott Elite
51 Peter Vincent Mid Devon CC 1
52 Scott Tomkinson Newquay Velo 1
53 Kieran Frend NODE 4 Giordana Elite
54 David Clarke Node4 – Giordana Racing Elite
55 Matt Cronshaw Node4 – Giordana Racing Elite
56 Matthew Higgins Node4 – Giordana Racing Elite
57 James Moss Node4 – Giordana Racing Elite
58 James Sampson Node4 – Giordana Racing 1
59 Peter Williams Node4 – Giordana Racing Elite
60 Andrew Fenn Omega Pharma Quickstep Elite
61 Adam Bright Primal Europe Powered By RuTrainingToday.co.uk Elite
62 Peter Haworth Primal Europe Powered By RuTrainingToday.co.uk 2
63 James Smith Primal Europe Powered By RuTrainingToday.co.uk Elite
64 Tom Stockdale Primal Europe Powered By RuTrainingToday.co.uk 1 / U23
65 Edward Clancy Rapha Condor Sharp Elite
66 Michael Cuming Rapha Condor Sharp Elite / U23
67 Dean Downing Rapha Condor Sharp Elite
68 Luke Grivell-Mellor Rapha Condor Sharp 1 / U23
69 Richard Handley Rapha Condor Sharp Elite / U23
70 Kristian House Rapha Condor Sharp Elite
71 Tim Kennaugh Rapha Condor Sharp 1 / U23
72 James McCallum Rapha Condor Sharp Elite
73 Oliver Rossi Rapha Condor Sharp Elite / U23
74 Andrew Tennant Rapha Condor Sharp Elite
75 Alex Camier RMcycles 1
76 Matthew Sumpton RST Racing Team 1 / U23
77 Nathan Edmondson SC Cene Valle Seriana Elite / U23
78
79 Alex Dowsett Sky Pro Cycling Elite
80
81 Jeremy Hunt Sky Pro Cycling Elite
82
83 Luke Rowe Sky Pro Cycling Elite
84 Ian Stannard Sky Pro Cycling Elite
85 Ben Swift Sky Pro Cycling Elite
86
87 Daniel Patten Soenens-Construct Glas Elite
88 James McLaughlin Sojasun Espoir ACNC 1 / U23
89 Ashley Cox Spirit Racing Team Elite
90 Michael Auger Strada-Sport 1
91 Ben Dean Team Bglobal 1
92 Matthew Pilkington Team Bglobal 1
93 Adam Blythe Team BMC Elite
94 Joshua Edmondson Team Colpack Elite / U23
95 Matthew Jones Team Corley Cycles/Cervelo/Alpha R.C Elite
96 Richard Cartland Team Corley Cycles/Cervelo/Alpha R.C 1
97 Roy Chamberlain Team Corley Cycles/Cervelo/Alpha R.C Elite
98 Simon Gaywood Team IG – Sigma Sport 1
99 Andrew Griffiths Team IG – Sigma Sport Elite
100 Jake Hales Team IG – Sigma Sport Elite / U23
101 Steven Lampier Team IG – Sigma Sport Elite
102 Thomas Last Team IG – Sigma Sport 1
103 Daniel Lloyd Team IG – Sigma Sport Elite
104 Thomas Murray Team IG – Sigma Sport Elite
105 Simon Richardson Team IG – Sigma Sport Elite
106 Liam Holohan Team Raleigh – GAC Elite
107 Graham Briggs Team Raleigh – GAC Elite
108 Russell Hampton Team Raleigh – GAC 1
109 Matthew Holmes Team Raleigh – GAC Elite / U23
110 Simon Holt Team Raleigh – GAC Elite
111 Tobyn Horton Team Raleigh – GAC Elite
112 Evan Oliphant Team Raleigh – GAC Elite
113 Brennan Townshend Team Raleigh – GAC 1 / U23
114 Yanto Barker Team UK Youth Elite
115 Gruff Lewis Team UK Youth 1
116 James Lowsley-Williams Team UK Youth 2 / U23
117 James Stewart Team UK Youth Elite
118 Douglas Dewey Terra Footwear – Bicycle Line Elite
119 Joshua Hunt Terra Footwear – Bicycle Line Elite / U23
120 Clem Berrill Twenty3c.co.uk Orbea 1 / U23
121 Rhys Howells Twenty3c.co.uk Orbea 1
122 Luke Ryan Twenty3c.co.uk Orbea 1 / U23
123 Dean Shannon Twenty3c.co.uk Orbea Elite
124 Jack Kirk UVCA Troyes 1 / U23
125 Adam Yates UVCA Troyes 1 / U23
126 Ben Greenwood Vanillabikes.com 1
127 Junior Heffernan VC Riomois 1
128 Rob Carter Velo29-OTR-Vankru 1
129 Daniel Smith Velo29-OTR-Vankru 1
130 Matt Kipling Velo29-OTR-Vankru 1
131 Anthony Moye Velo29-OTR-Vankru 1
132 William Penn Wheelbase.co.uk/MGD 1 / U23
133 Jack Pullar Wheelbase.co.uk/MGD 1
134 Stuart Reid Wheelbase.co.uk/MGD Elite
135 Grahame Sumner Wheelbase.co.uk/MGD Elite
136 Jack Adams Zappi’s Cycling Club Elite
137 Dexter Gardias Zappi’s Cycling Club 1 / U23
138 Nick Baker Zappi’s Pro Cycling 1
139 Adam Cotterell Zappi’s Pro Cycling 1
140 William Fox Zappi’s Pro Cycling Elite
RESERVES
141 Â Lewis Craven Wheelbase.co.uk/MGD 2
142 Â Alex Coutts RTS Racing Team Continental 2
143 Â Joshua Cunningham Viasport Publieled 2 / U23
144 Â Thomas Stewart RST Racing Team 2 / U23
145 Â Jordan Stokes Pedal Power-Endura-Forme Racing 2 / U23
146 Â Craig Adams GJS Racing Team 2
147 Â David Shackleton Wilsons Wheels Race Team 2
148 Â Sam Parker Zappi’s Pro Cycling 2
149 Â Christopher Mark Velo29-OTR-Vankru 2
150 Â Rich Semple www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk 2
151 Â Mark Perry Dirtwheels Cycles 2 / U23
152 Â Rob Orr Velo29-OTR-Vankru 2
153 Â Christopher Boote Zappi’s Pro Cycling 2
154 Â Mark Wakeling Beeston Cycling Club 2
155 Â Finlay Young Equipe Velo Ecosse/Montpeliers 2 / U23
156 Â Benjamin Kellett VS Cycles 2 / U23
157 Â Daniel Kogan Twenty3c.co.uk Orbea 2
158 Â Mike Marshall Dirtwheels Cycles 2
WOMEN
1 Elizabeth Armitstead AA drink leontien.nl Elite
2 Sharon Laws AA drink leontien.nl Elite
3 Lucy Martin AA drink leontien.nl Elite / U23
4 Emma Pooley AA drink leontien.nl Elite
5 Kimberley Ashton Abergavenny Road Club 2
6 Lowri Bunn Abergavenny Road Club 1
7 Tamina Oliver Abergavenny Road Club 2
8 Claire Thomas Asptt Dijon 1
9 Hayley Edwards Champion System/Maxgear/Kyklos 3 / U23
10 Nicola Soden Champion System/Maxgear/Kyklos 3
11 Frances White Champion System/Maxgear/Kyklos 3
12 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC 2 / U23
13 Heather Tuffs Clifton CC 3
14 Nicola Juniper Corvida Allpress 2
15 Estelle Rogers Corvida Allpress 2
16 Racheal Bamford Dirtwheels Cycles 2
17 Delia Beddis Dirtwheels Cycles 2
18 Brit Tate Dirtwheels Cycles 2 / U23
19 Emma Trott Dolmans Boels 1
20 Rohan Battison Escentual For VioRed 1
21 Sarah Byrne Escentual For VioRed 1
22 Charlotte Colclough Escentual For VioRed 2
23 Claire Galloway Escentual For VioRed 2
24 Elle Hopkins Escentual For VioRed 2 / U23
25 Gabriella Shaw Escentual For VioRed 2 / U23
26 Sarah Storey Escentual For VioRed Elite
27 Joanna Smith Feminin Lanquedoc Roussillon 3
28 Iona Sewell GB Cycles.co.uk 2
29 Karla Boddy High Wycombe Cycling Club 2
30 Katie Colclough HTC-High Road 1 / U23
31 Helen McKay Look Mum No Hands 2
32 Sarah Reynolds Matrix Fitness – Prendas 2 / U23
33 Hannah Rich Matrix Fitness – Prendas Elite / U23
34 Penny Rowson Matrix Fitness – Prendas 1 / U23
35 Annabel Simpson Matrix Fitness – Prendas 2 / U23
36 Hannah Walker Matrix Fitness – Prendas Elite / U23
37 Sarah Brook Mulebar Girl 2
38 Natalie Creswick Mulebar Girl 2
39 Corrine Hall Node 4 Giordana Womens Team 1 / U23
40 Sarah King Node 4 Giordana Womens Team 3
41 Harriet Owen Node 4 Giordana Womens Team Elite / U23
42 Anda-Jay Burgess Sandy Wallace Cycles 2
43 Molly Weaver Scott Contessa Epic 2 / U23
44 Karen Poole Squadra Donne – Shutt VR/Bikefood 2
45 Catherine Williamson Team Bizhub-SCF Elite
46 Nicole Cooke MBE Team Faren – Honda Elite
47 Adela Carter Team Hope Factory Racing 3
48 Miriam Freemantle Team Hope Factory Racing 1
49 Lyndsey Glazier Team Hope Factory Racing 2 / U23
50 Nicole Walters Team Hope Factory Racing 2
51 Hannah Barnes Team Ibis Cycles Elite / U23
52 Eileen Roe Team Ibis Cycles 2
53 Gemma Neill Team Leslie Bike Shop – Right Move Windows 2
54 Emma Grant Team Optum – P/B KBS 1 / U23
55 Victoria Annis VC Bradford/Pennine Cycles/Stella Azzurra 3
56 Rebecca Heath VC St Raphael 3
57 Joanna Tindley VC St Raphael 2
58 Laura Murray Velocity 44 Stirling 2
59 Jenny Stanning Velocity 44 Stirling 2
60 Laura Massey Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT 2
61 Julia Shaw www.drag2zero.com 2
62 Nikki Harris Young Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 3
FORMER WINNERS
Men
2011
Open – 1. Bradley Wiggins, 2. Geraint Thomas, 3. Peter Kennaugh
Under 23 – 1. Scott Thwaites, 2. Andrew Fenn, 3. Erick Rowsell
2010
Open – 1. Geraint Thomas, 2. Peter Kannaugh, 3. Ian Stannard
Under 23 – 1. Andrew Fenn, 2. Rhys Lloyd, 3. Ross Crebber
2009
Open – 1. Kristian House, 2. Daniel Lloyd, 3. Peter Kennaugh
Under 23 – 1. Peter Kennaugh, 2. Andy Fenn, 3. Ian Stannard
2008
Open – 1. Rob Hayles, 2. Peter Kennaugh 3. Dean Downing
Under 23 – 1. Peter Kennaugh, 2. Andy Tennant, 3. Jonny Bellis
2007
Open – David Millar, 2. Daniell Lloyd, 3. Hamish Haynes
Under 23 –
2006
Open – 1. Hamish Haynes, 2. Roger Hammond, 3. Geraint Thomas
Under 23 – 1. Peter Bissell, 2. James Spragg, 3. Alistair Stoddart
2005
Open – 1. Russell Downing, 3. Steve Cumming, 3. Yanto Barker
Under 23 – 1. Ben Greenwood, 2. Alex Coutts, 3. Adam Illingworth
2004
Open – 1. Roger Hammond, 2. Tom Southam, 3. Jeremy Hunt
Under 23 – 1. Dan Fleeman, 2. Richard whitehorn, 3. Ben Greenwood
2003
Open – 1. Roger Hammond, 2. Jeremy Hunt, 3. Jamie Alberts
Under 23 – 1. Kieran Page, 2. Russell Andeerson, 3. Leigh Cowell
2002
Open – 1. Julian Winn, 2. Tom Southam, 3. Jeremy Hunt
Under 23 – Jamie Alberts, 2. Mark Kelly, 3. James Barnes
2001
Open – 1. Jeremy Hunt, 2. Rob Hayles, 3. John Tanner
Under 23 – 1. James Shaw, 2. Ian Wilkinson, 3. Andrew Parsons
2000
Open – 1. John Tanner, 2. Jon Clay, 3. David Millar
Under 23 – Neil Swithenbank, 2. Robin Sharman, 3. Tom Anderson
Women
Open – 1. Elizabeth Armitstead, 2. Nicole Cooke, 3. Sharon Laws
2010
Open – Emma Pooley, 2. Lizzie Armitstead, 3. Nicole Cooke
Under 23 – 1. Lizzie Armitstead, 2. Katie Colclough, 3. Emma Trott
2009
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Lizzie Amitstead, 3. Emma Pooley
Under 23 – 1. Lizzie Armistead, 2. Katie Colcough, 3. Nikki Harris
2008
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Emma Pooley, 3. Joanna Rowsell
Under 23 – Joanna Rowsell, 2. Jess Allen, 3. Emma Trott
2007
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Rachel Heal, 3. Helen wyman
Under 23 – 2. Nikki Harris, 2. Lizzie Armitstead, 3. Alice Monger-Godfrey
2006
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Lorna Webb, Joanna Rowsell
2005
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Rachel Heal, 3. Emma Davies
Under 23 – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Amy Hunt, 3. Nikki Harris
2004
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Rachel Heal, 3. Vicky Pincombe
Under 23 – 1. Lorna Webb, 2. Gabby Day, 3. Rebecca Jones
2003
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Rachel Heal, Vicky Pincombe
Under 23 – Nicole Cooke, 2. Catherine Hare, 3. Lorna Webb
2002
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Rachel Heal, 3. Melanie Sears
Under 23 – 1. Heather Summers, Karen Jeffrey, 3. Rebecca Jones
2001
Open – 1. Nicole Cooke, 2. Ceris Gilfillan, 3. Sara Symington
2000
Open – 1. Ceris Gilfillan, 2. Caroline Alexander, 3. Yvonne McGregor
More former winners of the RR Championships here …
