Paul Oldham & Annie Simpson winners again in round 2 of the Rapha SuperCross at Manchester on Sunday
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A gripping three-way battle throughout the race between Paul Oldham, Jody Crawforth and Steve James ended with the Hope Factory Racing man taking the spoils at the second round of Rapha Super Cross in Manchester.
The Hargroves Cycles duo fought to regain the back wheel of Oldham after several attempts to dislodge them, only cracking in the final stages, leaving the Hope captain once again to lead his team home to victory.
Annie Simpson made it a winning weekend all round for Hope, taking the women’s race in style, as she had done the previous day in Yorkshire. Diane Lee (Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves) was again runner-up, with junior Amira Mellor (Rapha-GB) producing a fine rider for third.
A good supply of crepes, cowbells, frites and Belgian beer kept the crowd in fine voice throughout the day, right through to the closing Fun race and its tequila shortcut, wall of foam, and head-spinning ‘Spiral of Doom’.
Rapha Super Cross now heads for London and the big finale at Alexandra Palace next Sunday (October 27).
Credit – Photos: Jonathan Hines – www.jonathanhines.co.uk
RESULTS (thanks Anna)
ELITE
1 Paul Oldham Senior 50:00.4
2 Jody Crawforth Senior 20.344
3 Steve James U23 33.548
4 Dave Collins Senior 02:22.9
5 Mike Thompson U23 02:29.0
6 Nick Barnes U23 02:33.2
7 Nick Craig Senior 02:42.0
8 Dan Booth Senior 03:06.0
9 Adam King U23 03:15.0
10 John Whittington Senior 03:17.7
11 Hugo Robinson U23 03:31.8
12 Dylan Kerfoot-Robson U23 03:35.8
13 Andrew Hargroves U23 03:41.1
14 Steve Davis Senior 04:37.7
15 Will Bjergfelt Senior 04:39.6
16 Ben Simmons Senior 04:49.1
17 Thomas Craig U23 04:53.8
18 Richard Mardle Senior 04:58.8
19 Dieter Droger Senior 05:05.0
20 Ian Taylor Senior 05:11.9
21 Tom Payton Senior 05:51.0
22 Jack Ravenscroft U23 05:55.3
23 Scott Chalmers Senior 06:11.9
24 Chris Metcalfe Senior 1 Lap
25 Ben Cooper U23 1 Lap
26 Rob Watson U23 1 Lap
27 Matt Denby Senior 1 Lap
28 Perry Bowater U23 1 Lap
29 Scot Easter Senior 1 Lap
30 Joe Atkins U23 1 Lap
31 Bruce Dalton Senior 1 Lap
32 Annie Simpson Woman 1 Lap
33 Diane Lee Woman 1 Lap
34 Joshua Wells-Walling U23 1 Lap
35 Amira Mellor Woman 1 Lap
36 Delia Beddis Woman 1 Lap
37 Ffion James Woman 1 Lap
38 Jough Watson Senior 2 Laps
39 Beth Crumpton Woman 2 Laps
40 Rebecca Womersley Woman 2 Laps
41 Rachel Fenton Woman 2 Laps
42 Nikola Butler Woman 2 Laps
43 Verity Appleyard Woman 2 Laps
44 Marie Jackson Woman 2 Laps
45 Sophia Joy Woman 2 Laps
46 Claire Beaumont Woman 2 Laps
47 Mel Brand Woman 2 Laps
SENIOR/JUNIORS
1 Rob Partridge 44:08.7
2 Preslav Dimitrov 47.459
3 Jerrod Hartley 01:11.5
4 Scott Wilson 01:37.2
5 Mark Perry 01:38.8
6 James Bailey 01:45.0
7 Dan Wells 02:15.3
8 Alex McNicol 02:52.4
9 Ashton Payne 03:07.1
10 Adam Newall 03:39.5
11 Thomas Figgins 03:50.9
12 Lee Brown 04:24.3
13 Paul Lally 04:36.0
14 Anthony Morris 04:36.6
15 Tristan Mayor 06:09.0
16 Dean Harwood 06:32.4
17 Tom House 1 Lap
18 Gavin Chatterton 1 Lap
19 Dane Walker 1 Lap
20 Chris Belsham 1 Lap
21 Matt Love 1 Lap
22 Luke Dabbs 1 Lap
23 Oliver Perez 1 Lap
24 Michael Vickers 1 Lap
25 Russell Beardmore 1 Lap
26 Mike Gradwell 1 Lap
27 Scott Fraser 1 Lap
28 Paul Kelsall 1 Lap
29 Steven Freear 1 Lap
30 Thomas Frater 1 Lap
31 Ian Seymour 1 Lap
32 Steve Simpson 1 Lap
33 Matthew Wakeford 1 Lap
34 Peter Hollan 1 Lap
35 Duncan Smith 1 Lap
36 Mike Plant 1 Lap
37 Jamie Duffy 2 Laps
WOMEN/VETERANS
1 Chris Rathbone Vet 36:59.5
2 kenny Johnson Vet 39.273
3 Adrian Lawrence Vet 01:04.0
4 Andrew Brindle Vet 02:24.4
5 Sean Beswick Vet 02:38.4
6 Paul Bethell Vet 02:52.5
7 Roy Hunt Vet 03:26.9
8 Richard Allen Vet 03:40.5
9 Nick Shaughnessy Vet 04:18.6
10 Andrew Wainwright Vet 04:23.0
11 Jason Tonge Vet 04:24.6
12 Pete Howarth Vet 05:00.0
13 David Thorp Vet 05:17.3
14 Steven Wood Wood Vet 05:33.3
15 Dave Headon Vet 05:45.4
16 Sarah Murray Woman 05:59.0
17 Jason Wiltshire Vet 06:04.7
18 Paul Newby Vet 06:31.2
19 Jessica Wilkinson Woman 06:41.6
20 Andrew Harwood Vet 07:05.9
21 Jeremy Poulter Vet 07:46.7
22 Martha Gill Woman 1 Lap
23 Andy Unsworth Vet 1 Lap
24 Giles Perkins Vet 1 Lap
25 Simon Cunningham Vet 1 Lap
26 Darren O’Toole Vet 1 Lap
27 Craig Tabiner Vet 1 Lap
28 Clive Wilkinson Vet 1 Lap
29 David Rathbone Vet 1 Lap
30 John Gillmore Vet 1 Lap
31 Andrew Burgess Vet 1 Lap
32 Mark Barker Vet 1 Lap
33 Stephen Artingstall Vet 1 Lap
34 Vanessa Harding Woman 1 Lap
35 Jan Shearsmith Vet 1 Lap
36 Tony Hood Vet 1 Lap
37 Darren Palfreyman Vet 1 Lap
38 Janet Burthem Woman 1 Lap
39 Rob Longden Vet 1 Lap
40 Arren Clowes Vet 1 Lap
41 Duncan Astle Vet 1 Lap
42 Paul Burgoine Vet 1 Lap
43 Kevin Mills Vet 1 Lap
44 Tim Mitchell Vet 1 Lap
45 Emma Osenton Woman 1 Lap
46 Graeme Scott Vet 1 Lap
47 John Leggett Vet 1 Lap
48 Andrew Bernard Vet 1 Lap
49 Mark Royle Vet 1 Lap
50 John Rutter Vet 1 Lap
51 Lisa Graham Woman 1 Lap
52 Andrew Waugh Vet 1 Lap
53 Amy O’Halloran Woman 1 Lap
54 Rosemary Homer Woman 1 Lap
55 Ray Blow Vet 1 Lap
56 Barry Dickson Vet 1 Lap
57 Claire Munton Woman 1 Lap
58 David Lafferty Vet 2 Laps
59 Alan Dunlop Vet 2 Laps
60 Chris Cullen Vet 2 Laps
61 Maria David Woman 2 Laps
62 Peter Rogan Vet 2 Laps
63 Carley Brierley Woman 2 Laps
64 Christofer Cooney Vet 2 Laps
YOUTH
1 Adam Hartley Youth 29:51.2
2 Joseph Peatfield Youth 52.82
3 Bailey Payne Youth 01:39.9
4 Timothy Jones Youth 01:44.1
5 Alistair Leivers Youth 02:02.8
6 Lewis Hartley Youth 02:29.2
7 Matthew Walls Youth 02:54.3
8 Cory Edmondson Youth 02:58.2
9 Sol Kerfoot-Robson Youth 03:59.1
10 Tyla Loftus Youth 04:56.6
11 Michael Hall Youth 05:06.2
12 Charlie Craig Youth 05:09.5
13 Jack Griffiths Youth 05:39.0
14 Isacc Peatfield Youth 06:58.6
15 Tom Martin Youth 07:05.8
16 Corinne Side Youth 07:06.7
17 Kim Baptista Youth 07:16.6
18 Nicole Clarke Youth 1 Lap
19 Andrew Hathaway Youth 1 Lap
20 Reece Player Youth 1 Lap
21 Dan O’Halloran Youth 1 Lap
22 Aaron Shackleton Youth 1 Lap
23 James Wilkinson Youth 1 Lap
24 Lucy Lee Youth 1 Lap
25 Tom Wood Youth 1 Lap
26 Dominic Rutter Youth 1 Lap
27 Lucas Parker Youth 1 Lap
28 Ellie Shaw Youth 1 Lap
29 Samuel Rathbone Youth 1 Lap
30 Thomas Longden Youth 1 Lap
31 Caitlin Shaw Youth 1 Lap
32 Becky Gregson Youth 2 Laps
33 Leanne Hall Youth 2 Laps
UNDER 10/12
1 Tyler Koch 14:52.3
2 Aidan Lawrence 14.858
3 Benjamin Peatfield 32.073
4 Robert Donaldson 01:00.8
5 Addam Hathaway 01:11.9
6 Matthew Baptista 01:58.2
7 Cameron Bates 02:04.8
8 Zack Harrop 02:08.1
9 Evie Barrow 02:24.3
10 Oliver Walton 02:29.4
11 Joe Thorp 02:30.2
12 Scott Fisher 02:51.7
13 Bryn Lawrence 03:38.6
14 Shannon Hawthorn 03:46.0
15 Benjamin Longden 1 Lap
16 Spencer Unsworth 1 Lap
17 Melissa Boylin 1 Lap
18 Flynn Saturley 1 Lap
19 James Donaldson 1 Lap
20 George Farago 1 Lap
21 Jessica Newby 1 Lap
22 Leo Parker 1 Lap
23 Eva Newby 1 Lap
24 Ethan Grimshaw 1 Lap
25 William Gregson 1 Lap
26 Andrew Clarke 1 Lap
27 Jason Cullen 1 Lap
28 George Sayle 1 Lap
29 Erin Corrigan 1 Lap
30 Johanna Smith 1 Lap
31 Jake Holland 1 Lap
32 Nathan Whipday 1 Lap
33 Alfie Webb 1 Lap
34 Declan Oldham 1 Lap
35 Michael Postlethwaite 1 Lap
36 Imogen Peatfield 1 Lap
37 Farrell Saturley 1 Lap
38 Luke Simpson 1 Lap
39 Mackenzie Lee 1 Lap
40 Kitt Heywood 1 Lap
41 Ben O’Hallaran 2 Laps
42 Sandy Mccann 2 Laps
43 Olly Rowlands 2 Laps
44 Rowan Heywood 2 Laps
45 Zak Sprecicley 2 Laps
46 Hugh Rowlands 2 Laps
47 Elsie Haygarth 2 Laps
NOVICES
1 James Hampshire 28:35.0
2 Thomas Johnson 8.653
3 Nick Hockenhull 44.436
4 Dave Owen 01:09.6
5 Ricky Hanna 02:43.6
6 Gary Thompson 03:19.7
7 Robert Spencer 03:45.3
8 Pauline Griffin 03:48.1
9 Michael Farrell 03:59.3
10 John Leggett 04:03.8
11 Tom Liptrot 1 Lap
12 OJ Borg 1 Lap
13 Jimmy Ryan 1 Lap
14 Carl Welford 1 Lap
15 Sarah Graham 1 Lap
16 Andrew Higginson 1 Lap
17 Michael Gregson 1 Lap
18 Patricia Quirke 1 Lap
19 Mike Browne 1 Lap
20 Iain Keir 1 Lap
21 Gareth Jones 1 Lap
22 Claire Deane 2 Laps
23 Kevin Harrison 3 Laps
Standings after two rounds
Elite Team
1. Hope Factory Racing | 20 pts
2. Hargroves Cycles | 18pts
3. Rouleur | 16pts
4. Raleigh | 12pts
5. Rapha-GB | 11pts
6. Yorkshire CCA | 10pts
7. Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves | 9pts
8. MG-Maxifuel | 8pts
9. Charge | 4pts
Elite Men
1. Paul Oldham (Hope Factory Racing)
2. Jody Crawforth (Hargroves Cycles)
3. Steve James (Hargroves Cycles)
4. Dave Collins (Hope Factory Racing)
5. Mike Thompson (Hope Factory Racing)
6. Nick Barnes (Raleigh)
7. Nick Craig (Rouleur)
8. Dan Booth (Hope Factory Racing)
9. Adam King (Rapha-GB)
10. John Whittington (MG-Maxifuel)
Elite Women
1. Annie Simpson (Hope Factory Racing)
2. Diane Lee (Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves)
3. Amira Mellor (Rapha-GB)
Under 23: Steve James (Hargroves Cycles)
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