In the final major event before Rio Paralympic selection, GB riders are proving successful in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Belgium
News: Success for GB Paracycling Riders
In the final major event before Rio Paralympic selection, the Great Britain Cycling Team are on the medal hunt in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Belgium.
On day 1, Simon Price, Karen Darke and the pairings of Steve Bate and Adam Duggleby and Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall all reached the podium in Ostend following a day of fiercely competitive time trialling in the coastal town.
Price took the first British medal of the day in the C2 time trial, completing the 16.7km course in a time of 25:01.58, to finish third, just under 20 seconds behind race winner Tristen Chernove of Canada. Price said he was thrilled to pick up a world cup bronze medal: “Really pleased to finally get on a podium in a time trial. The whole focus of the last six months has been to come here and hit a podium and close the gap on the top guys in the category and we achieved that today”.
“We knew where we were, we knew what we were capable of. It’s good to get it out on what was potentially quite a tricky course, so yeah, really pleased.†Karen Darke took silver in the H3 time trial with yet another solid world cup performance. She posted a time of 31:27.31 to finish second behind Italy’s Francesca Porcellato.
The tandem pairing of Steve Bate and Adam Duggleby kick-started the afternoon session for Great Britain Cycling Team with time trial bronze. An excellent first day in Belgium was rounded off with silver in the women’s tandem time trial as Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall finished in 36:38.72 with the Irish combination of Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal picking up gold. … continued after advert
On day 2, David Stone announced his return to the Great Britain Cycling Team with a silver medal in the T2 road race at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup. The three-time Paralympic gold medallist, who missed the entire 2015 season, just missed out on the gold, with world champion Hans-Peter Durst of Germany pulling clear in the final sprint.
Karen Darke also added to both her own, and Great Britain Cycling Team’s medal haul with bronze in the H3 road race. Stone had been part of a dominant trio for much of his race, having formed a breakaway with Durst and Italian Giorgio Farroni. The British rider and his German counterpart pulled clear of Farroni in the later stages – but Durst was too strong in the closing battle.
It marks a successful return to international duty for Stone, following his fourth place finish in yesterday’s time-trial. “Yeah, decent today. I wasn’t sure how it would go after so long off the bike but it just clicked into place. It was a really nice boost to be racing again. (Hans Peter Durst) is a solid rider, you can’t really fault him, but I think with a bit more work, he is beatable. I’ve shown that in the past, I’ve only been back on the bike a short period. We’ll crack on!â€
The road racing continues on today (Sunday), with the remaining members of the team all in action.
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