Venue: Hillingdon Cycle Circuit
Event: 27 May 2012
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World & National Junior Champion Lucy Garner leads the very strong entry of 53 riders in the Hillingdon Women’s GP, on Sunday, 27 May 2012, at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. The race is the second in the British Cycling National Road Race Series.
Lucy Garner (above) has confirmed her entry for the race
Lucy won her world championship last September in Copenhagen, with a devastating sprint at the front of a large bunch. Although this is a senior race, Lucy is favourite to win as in previous years it has often been a sprint finish from a large number of riders.
Prior to the women’s 80km/50m event at 3pm, there is the similarly prestigious men’s Hillingdon GP. It has been extended this year to a very tough 100km/62.5m, with an unusually long circuit at just 0.94m per lap. It will start at 12.30pm, after earlier youth and lower category events.
Winning her national championship just two weeks prior to the Hillingdon event, Lucy, who lives in Leicester and rides for the Node 4 Giordana team, is obviously in good form. This was only a week after coming third in the Bedford International 2-day event, just behind Elinor Barker who leads the rival Scott Contessa Epic team.
But perhaps they both have to watch out for Tracy Best, who recently arrived from New Zealand to establish herself on the European scene, while a longshot is veteran Janet Birkmyre, from Feltham and riding for Torq Performance, a past winner of the Hillingdon GP.
In addition to a generous race end prize list, a series of lap primes will tempt riders to sprint to amass points to win a £500+ value pair of Soul race wheels, plus runner up prizes.
In the men’s event the race and crowd favorite will be Tony Gibb, Metaltek Scott, a regular at the circuit and a past winner of the GP, but his team will be outnumbered by the strong Raleigh Cycles team which has to be whittled down from 12 entries to a selection of eight. Entries will be accepted on the day.
Entries to date
Hillingdon Women’s GP
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Amy Hill |
Abergavenny Road Club |
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Tamina Oliver |
Abergavenny Road Club |
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Hayley Edwards |
Champion System/Maxgear/Kyklos |
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Nicola Soden |
Champion System/Maxgear/Kyklos |
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Kayleigh Brogan |
City of Edinburgh RC |
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Louise Haston |
City of Edinburgh RC |
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Charline Joiner |
City of Edinburgh RC |
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Hannah Manley |
For Viored |
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Adele Martin |
GB Cycles.co.uk |
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Molly Weaver |
Halesowen A & CC |
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Karla Boddy |
High Wycombe Cycling Club |
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Mary Evans |
High Wycombe Cycling Club |
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Keira McVitty |
Kings Cliffe Flyers CC |
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Catherine Wiggins |
Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC |
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Jane McInnes |
London Dynamo |
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Lydia Boylan |
Look Mum No Hands |
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Hannah Rich |
Matrix Fitness - Prendas |
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Penny Rowson |
Matrix Fitness - Prendas |
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Louise Mahe |
Mulebar Girl |
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Lucy Garner |
Node 4 Giordana Womens Team |
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Corrine Hall |
Node 4 Giordana Womens Team |
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Harriet Owen |
Node 4 Giordana Womens Team |
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Kelly Moore |
RST Racing Team |
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Emily Kay |
Scott Contessa Epic |
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Rebecca Hunt |
Scott Contessa Epic |
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Amy Roberts |
Scott Contessa Epic |
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Elinor Barker |
Scott Contessa Epic |
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Karen Poole |
Squadra Donne/Shutt/VR/Bikefood |
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Tracy Best – NZ |
Squadra Donne/Shutt/VR/Bikefood |
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Gillian Taylor |
Strada Cycles |
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Adela Carter |
Team Hope Factory Racing |
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Miriam Freemantle |
Team Hope Factory Racing |
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Lyndsey Glazier |
Team Hope Factory Racing |
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Nicole Walters |
Team Hope Factory Racing |
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Stephanie May |
Team Quest - The Bike Shop |
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Janet Birkmyre |
Torq Performance |
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Ceri Dipple |
Twenty3c.co.uk Orbea |
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Ellie Gilham |
VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles |
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Caroline Harding |
VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles |
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Rebecca Heath |
VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles |
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Eleanor Jones |
VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles |
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Marianne Britten |
VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles |
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Adel Tyson-Bloor |
VC St Raphael/Hewitt Cycles |
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Delia Beddis |
Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT |
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Nikola Butler |
Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT |
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Dyanne Holland |
Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT |
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Laura Massey |
Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cyclaim RT |
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Bethany Taylor |
Welwyn Wheelers |
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Kimberley English |
Welwyn Wheelers |
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Monica Da Polenza |
WyndyMilla UK Youth |
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Julie Granshaw |
WyndyMilla UK Youth |
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Rachel Przybylski |
WyndyMilla UK Youth |
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Brit Tate |
Dirtwheels Cycles Otley |
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Emily Barnes |
Condor/Rapha |
Hillingdon Men’s GP
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Stephen Bradbury |
AW Cycles |
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Alex Peterson |
AWCycles.co.uk |
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Michael Berling |
Cycle Premier – Kovert |
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Jake Martin |
Cycle Premier – Kovert |
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Jon Mozley |
Cycle Premier – Kovert |
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George Tansley |
Cycle Premier – Kovert |
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George Moore |
Cyclepremier Racing Team |
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Tao Geoghegan Hart |
Cycling Club Hackney |
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John Wager |
Felt-Colbornes RT |
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Vincent Halpern |
Handsling Racing |
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James Norris |
High Wycombe Cycling Club |
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Scott Holmes |
Hillingdon Cycling Club |
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Tom Fitzpatrick |
Icini Velo |
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Jerzy Kuzminski |
London Phoenix CC |
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Marcel Six |
Metaltek – Scott |
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Anthony Gibb |
Metaltek Scott |
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Matt Gee |
Metaltek Scott |
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Tom Gallagher |
Metaltek Scott |
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Tim Elverson |
Pedal Heaven RT |
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Chris McNamara |
Pedal Heaven RT |
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David Creggan |
Pedal Heaven RT |
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Robert McCarthy |
Pedal Heaven RT |
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Anders Christensen |
Pedal Heaven RT |
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Allan Ridler |
Pedal Heaven RT |
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Paul Pickup |
Pedal Heaven RT |
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Todd Hotchkiss |
Performance Cycles-CMI U23 |
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Tom Stockdale |
Primal Europe |
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Adam Bright |
Primal Europe |
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Richard Oram |
Primal Europe |
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Martin Smith |
Primal Europe |
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Joe Fox |
Rapha Condor Cycling Club |
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Philip Holloway |
Southend Wheelers |
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Matthew Jones |
Team Corley Cycles/Blue |
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Liam Stones |
Team Corley Cycles/Blue |
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Marc Wilmot |
Team Quest-The Bike Shop |
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Paul Doel |
Team Quest-The Bike Shop |
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Graham Briggs |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Evan Oliphant |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Brennan Townshend |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Matthew Holmes |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Simon Holt |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Daniel Holloway (USA) |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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James Sparling |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Jeroen Janssen NED |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Toby Horton |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Russell Hampton |
Team Raleigh/GAC |
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Andy Shackel |
VC St Raphael/Waite Contracts/Hewitt |
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Jason Streather |
VC St Raphael/Waite Contracts/Hewitt |
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Joshua Maynard |
Welwyn Wheelers |
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George Farrell |
Welwyn Wheelers |
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