After a month’s hard racing in mixed conditions, the Bikeshed UEx team have started the season very well,
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Team News – Bikeshed UEx team
After a month’s hard racing in mixed conditions, the Bikeshed UEx team have started the season very well, showing at the front in every race tackled so-far, and against some formidable professional opposition.
With very main aims this year, including gaining exposure for Devon’s Bikeshed brand and distinctive colours, plus showcasing the University of Exeter’s prominence in sport and athlete development, the team are attempting a varied and broad race calendar during 2014.
For example, the team’s youngest rider, Ash Martin raced in the Trofeu Joan Serra in Mallorca against a 180 man field that included Pro and neo-pro riders. With a late attack from what was left of the peloton, he finished a highly creditable 14th, a great start.
The most eye-grabbing result during the first month’s racing was the almost clean sweep in the 2nd Cornish Series race at Portreath, with a 1, 2, 3, 5 finish. Al Murison taking a race-long solo victory from teammates, Pete, Oscar and Andy. A good sign of the team’s strength in depth.
March started very well with Pete Medhurst getting 2nd at Falco RR, after being in a race-long winning break with teammate Oscar Hutchings and 3 others. Then came the Betty Pharoah RR in Wales against the massed-ranks of NFTO and RaphaCondorJLT professional teams. Being vastly outnumbered, team tactics inevitably came into play, however Al Murison placed himself in the race winning break very handily, coming 15th against such strong opposition and numbers; it again bodes well.
The messiest race so far came at Modbury RR where each of the 3 favoured teams seemed to neutralise each other somehow, despite being the strongest in number! Ash Martin’s 9th however showed some of the strength he is now developing.
As part of the team’s varied programme, Time Trials will play an important role. Rich Oram competed in the Four Firs TT near Exeter and despite recording a PB on the course, missed-out on the win, placing 2nd. A good sign of his underlying strength however, that will be important later in the season. The Ham Hill RR again attracted a very good field, with riders from 4 of the 5 UK professional teams present.
On an untried and challenging course and on a very windy day, the guys showed great tactical understanding, and soon had 2 riders placed in a race-winning break that formed within 20 of the 110km. Working well in the break that inevitably included pro riders from Velosure and NFTO, the lead built to 2 mins, but with constant attacks in the last 30km, the group split, with Andy Feather coming 11th and Ash Martin 13th.
Again a good sign to be mixing it at the front of races against good quality opposition. As of April 8th, the team are ranked 15th in the UK team classification, an encouraging position to be. All the team’s news, updates and gossip can be found at the team’s Facebook page, Bikeshed-UEx whilst snippets and ‘live’ race news via twitter @BikeshedUEx.
Other Results on VeloUK (including reports containing results)
- Features, Reports, Results
- TT Result: Kent CA 10m Time Trial
- TT Result: Southern Counties CU 25m TT
- HC Result: Elevate RT Hill Climb
- Result: Welsh Road Race Championships 2024
- Result: Will Houghton Circuit Race (Hillingdon)
- STARTLIST: National Youth (GHS) Championship Final
- TT Result: Barnesbury CC 25m TT
- TT Result: Rutland CC 10m Time Trial
- TT Result: VC Glasgow South 22m TT
- BMCR Result: E/F/G/H/W Stallard Finale (Darley Moor)
- Crit Result: Melton Olympic CC Summer Crit 4
- Youth Result: The ‘Back to School’ Youth Races
- HC Result: Dursley Road Club Hill Climb
- TT Report: VTTA 100 Mile Championship
- Tour of Britain: Provisional Startlist
- RR Result: Nick Clayton Memorial RR
- RR Result: Jef Schils Memorial Road Race (Nat B)
- TT Result: Northampton & District CA 10m TT
- Crit Result: YBC & No Nonsense Circuit races
- RTTC 10 Mile Time Trial Championship (Women)
- RTTC 10 mile Time Trial Championships (Youth/Junior)
- RTTC 10 Mile Time Trial Championship
- Sunday: Jef Schils Memorial (National B)
- REPORT: Victor Berlemont Trophy Race
- RR Result: Junior Tour of Wales
- BMCR RESULT: Dulwich Paragon Road Race
- BMCR Result: Dinosaurs at the Palace
- This Weekend: RTTC National 10 mile Championship
- Crit Result: Mountbatten Summer Circuit Series #10
- Crit Result: Full Gas Summer Circuit Series #25
- RR Result: Victor Berlemont Trophy Road Race
- Youth Results: RL360 Isle of Man Youth League 19
- Youth Result: 360 Cycling North West Youth Tour (Girls)
- Youth Result: 360 Cycling North West Youth Tour (Boys)
- Crit Result: 360 Cycling Open Circuit Race
- Q&A: Killian O’Brien – third in the Junior Tour of Wales
- TT Result: Sussex CA 25m TT
- TT Result: Coalville Wheelers 19.8m TT
- Crit Result: Cliff Pratt Deca Community Crits 9
- Youth Result: Scottish National Youth Circuit Series 4
Other News on VeloUK
- STARTLIST: National Youth (GHS) Championship Final
- Tour of Britain: Provisional Startlist
- Sunday: Jef Schils Memorial (National B)
- This Weekend: RTTC National 10 mile Championship
- Q&A: Killian O’Brien – third in the Junior Tour of Wales
- TOM PIDCOCK CONFIRMED FOR LLOYDS BANK TOUR OF BRITAIN MEN
- Startlist: 42nd Junior Tour of Wales
- Startlist: 360 North West Youth Tour
- Tour of Britain: Evenepoel/Alaphilippe To Race National Tour
- GB Juniors for Track Worlds in China
- THIS WEEKEND: CYCLOCROSS (Leicestershire)
- Startlist: Men’s National B (Worcestershire)
- Startlists: Fenwicks Tour of Mendip 2024
- Startlists: 19th Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix Road Races
- Men’s Tour of Britain News: Teams for 2024 Race
- Men’s Tour of Britain Route Revealed (Stages 5 & 6)
- NEWS: Women’s UCI Drops Team to Close
- Startlist: Youth and Junior Track Championships 2024
- Startlist: RTTC National 25 Mile Championship (Women/JuniorsYouth)
- Startlists: RTTC National 25 Mile Championship (Men)
- Hill Climb Championships: Change of Course
- TT Result: Ross-On-Wye & Dist CC 25m TT
- News: Men’s Tour of Britain Route (Stage 1 & 2)
- GB News: Paracycling Squad for Paris 2024
- Ribble Redefines Road with launch of Allroad
- BMCR: National Road Bike Time Trial Championship
- SUNDAY: Bath Road Club Junior National Series Road Race
- TLI CYCLING FEATURE: SUPER4SERIES
- NATIONAL CIRCUIT SERIES UPDATE 2024
- News: Josh Tarling Extends Contract at Ineos
- Tour of Britain for Men 2024
- News: Connor Swift Extends Contract with Ineos
- Updated GB Olympic Team News
- Sunday: 2024 Youth Circuit Race Championships (Cyclopark)
- ROBBED BY THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY – National Highways
- Startlist: BMCR National Road Championships E/F/G/H
- OLYMPIC NEWS – Team GB Announces First Riders for Olympics
- News: Alex Richardson Retires
- New Releases from Shutt Velo Rapide
- STARTLIST: Men’s British Road Race Championships