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Results 2007 |
15 July - Club Road Races
G T Ellingworth 41m, G.A.Bennett Road Race
73m |
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Despite
the forcast of heavy rain during the day both of the Open Road
Races promoted by the Witham Wheelers were run off in dry conditions.
In the 3rd and 4th category GT Ellingworth event
a field of 65 took on 4 laps of the 12 mile circuit from Wyville
to Skillington. Several riders were eliminated early on by punctures
and a crash on the first lap at Skillington took out 3 more riders.
Simon Owens of the Ytwyth cc proved to be the strongest rider
attacking on his own on the third lap and then being joined by
2 other riders who he then dropped as the bunch closed in on the
final climb to the finish. Duncan Walmsley from Lincoln taking
the bunch sprint for 2nd place with Tom Mendham in 6th and Dave
Ostler and Anthony Conneely also finishing in the bunch.
| G T Ellingworth Road Race
for 3rd and 4th category riders, 41 miles |
1 |
Simon Owens |
Ystwth CC |
1hr 50.56 |
2 |
Duncan Walmsley |
VC Lincoln |
Bunch @ 10 seconds |
3 |
Chris Pritchard |
Stealth RC |
st |
4 |
Paul Bennett |
Melton Olympic CC |
st |
5 |
Daniel Whittaker |
Go Sport Spex |
st |
6 |
Tom Mendham |
Witham Wheelers |
st |
7 |
Paul Eggington |
Nott's Clarion |
st |
8 |
Jimmy Finch |
Newark Castle CC |
st |
9 |
Steve Taylor |
Newark Castle CC |
st |
10 |
Rob Morley |
Private Member |
st |
| Bunch |
Dave Ostler |
Witham Wheelers |
st |
| Bunch |
Anthony Conneely |
Witham Wheelers |
st |
In the 1st and 2nd and 3rd category GA Bennett event,
35 riders took on 7 laps of the course. The race was dominated
by an early 8 man break including Witham Wheelers own Jimmy Coleman,
which gradually pulled clear of the rest of the field. This break
then split in 2 with a lap to go with Matthew Barrett from Lutterworth
going on to win with Jimmy taking the sprint for 5th place.
| G.A.Bennett Road Race
for 1st, 2nd and 3rd category riders, 73 miles |
1 |
Matthew Barrett |
Lutterworth Cycle Centre |
3hr 52.10 |
2 |
Robert Friel |
Raleigh |
st |
3 |
Llewellyn Byrne |
Science in Sport |
st |
4 |
Andy Proffitt |
Rochford RT |
st |
5 |
Jim Coleman |
Witham Wheelers |
@3.45 |
6 |
Simon Day |
Go Sport Spex |
st |
7 |
Neil Edwards |
Private Member |
st |
8 |
Jamie Burgin |
Rutland CC |
@6.00 |
9 |
Neil Beasley |
Ashfield RC |
@8.00 |
10 |
Wayne Webster |
Go Sport Spex |
st |
11 |
Martin Quill |
Team MK |
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12 |
Stephen Palmer |
Heanor Clarion |
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13 |
Tom Crouch |
Felt Racing |
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14 |
Owain Lovell |
Ashfield RC |
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15 |
Andrew Taylor |
Ashfield RC |
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List of Entrants»
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