Second in the previous round a week earlier, veteran Paul Bethell (Team-Elite) took victory in the fifth North Western League event over eight laps of an extended and more challenging Northwich course.
Racing on a gloriously calm sunny day, 40-year-old Bethell, from Gawsworth, led the 105-strong field away from the start before being joined at the front by his younger team-mate Giles Drake.
The pair stayed clear for the rest of the race with Bethall narrowly coming out on top in a close sprint for the line well clear of third-placed Pete Middleton (Zepnat).
Result:
Seniors:
1 2 Paul Bethell Team Elite V40
2 1 Giles Drake Team Elite S
3 4 Peter Middleton Zepnat V45
4 85 Richard Wilkinson Team ProBike Kit S
5 233 Robert Smail Team Wallis S
6 6 Adrian Lawrence Team B Global V40
7 3 Martin Woffindin Cycle Sport Pendle U23
8 8 Peter Wilbraham Team Elite S
9 73 Robert Rogers Birkenhead North End CC J
10 14 Andrew Brindle Horwich CC V40
11 11 Sean Beswick Zepnat V45
12 115 Andy Thompson Wills Wheels V40
13 25 Steff Chandler Horwich CC V40
14 169 Simon Wilson Metaltek-Scott S
15 58 Dave Brailsford Horwich CC S
16 12 Scott Wilson Manchester Wheelers S
17 17 Dave Headon Horwich CC V45
18 10 Nick Shaughnessy UA V40
19 125 Andrew Nixon Red Rose Olympic J
20 164 Andrew Davies Horwich CC U23
21 44 Stephen Cooke Harry Middleton Cycling Club S
22 53 Marcus Fielden Macclesfield Wheelers S
23 184 Cal Difalco Colnago / Microshift / Skins S
24 96 Brian Rigby St Helens CRC S
25 165 Dean Harwood High Peak Cycles S
26 151 Colin Davies UA V40
27 202 Paul Davies High peak Cycles S
28 119 Eddie Hibbert S
29 37 Denis Mason Horwich CC S
30 148 John Backhouse Cyclesport International S
31 152 Bryn Davies UA J
32 34 Chris Belsham U/A S
33 199 Tristan Mayor S
34 77 Steve Wood Oldham Ruffyeds V45
35 178 Thomas Frater S
36 110 Kevan Underhill Weaver Valley CC V50
37 95 John Rigby Maxgear S
38 146 Chris Gambles Horwich CC S
39 129 Ian Kendall Liverpool Century V40
40 21 Chris Thomas Warrington RC S
41 131 Duncan Smith CRC S
42 242 Ben Staley Wheel Guru S
43 74 Martin Rogers BNECC V50
44 123 John Payne Leigh Premier RC V40
45 237 Paul Kelsall Manchester Wheelers S
46 228 Greg Carr Dever S
47 89 Jason Ragg Manchester Wheelers S
48 83 Craig Tabiner Port Sunlight Wheelers V40
49 171 Pat Rowland UA V45
50 87 Becky Preece Red Rose Olympic WU23
51 128 Alex Webb Lyme RC J
52 57 Gus French Here Come the Belgians V50
53 135 Jason Craven Rossendale RC S
54 234 Duncan Astle Super Rouleur V40
55 102 Stan Boyd St Helens CRC S
56 205 Darren O'Toole Glossop Kinder Velo V40
57 159 Graham Kennerley Lancaster CC V55
58 62 John Gillmore East L'pool Whlrs V50
59 36 Robert Longden North Cheshire Clarion V40
60 63 Graham Bryce GMC Fire Service V40
61 206 Steve Bone VCC Cumbria S
62 75 Dave Martin Red Rose Olympic V40
63 22 Mike Cleary Manchester Wheelers V40
64 91 Jacob Peatfield Cycle Sport Pendle J
65 32 Giles Perkins North Cheshire Clarion V45
66 46 Richie Watts Rossendale RC V45
67 200 Andrew Waugh Team Elite V40
68 45 Christopher Tomlin Red Rose Olympic V45
69 81 Ian Clarke Birkenhead NE V45
70 229 Stuart Blackburn Lancs Fire Racing V45
71 27 Alan Cook Wills Wheels CC V50
72 232 Matthew Hornby Weaver Valley CC S
73 100 Mike Oshea Rossendale Road Club V50
74 204 Eric Taylor Horwich CC V65
75 222 Sarah Barnwell CBMDC WV45
76 158 Ian Boydon Lune RCC S
77 226 Jack Speirs Horwich CC S
78 112 Charles Gray Manchester Wheelers V45
79 225 James Kennedy Leigh Premier RC S
80 213 Jeremy Eastham Red Rose Olympic V45
81 174 Alan Shuttleworth Altrincham RC V65
82 54 Mike Plant North Cheshire Clarion S
83 64 David Hollingworth Red Rose Olympic V45
84 230 Phil Langford UA V55
85 56 Simon Barnes Seamons CC / Bikeshack S
86 161 Brian Clayton UA V60
87 203 Eleanor Underhill Weaver Valley CC WV50
88 239 David Castello Liverpool Century S
89 160 Nicolas Coombes Adequate Riders V40
90 238 Geoff Robinson Glossop Velo V50
91 103 Peter Watson Horwich CC V65
92 170 Rebecca Rimmington UA WS
93 197 Dave Halman Altrincham RC V60
94 227 Nick Shingler North Cheshire Clarion S
95 40 Leonard Woffindin Cycle Sport Pendle V50
96 193 Andrew Regan West Pennine RC V45
97 223 Ray Blow unattached V45
98 236 Kieran Kent unattached S99 192 Ros Clarke Port Sunlight WV40
Youth:
1 5 Robert Armstrong Bill Nickson / Raleigh U16B
2 9 Rory Mellis Ronde Bicycles U16B
3 14 Joseph Peatfield Bolton Hot Wheels CC U16B
4 3 Adam Hartley Eastlands Velo U16B
5 17 Tom Figgins Bolton Hot Wheels U16B
6 4 Lewis Hartley Eastlands Velo U14B
7 21 Craig Rogers BNECC U14B
8 23 Joe Barnwell NWMBA U16B
9 22 Nathan Hawthorn Eastlands Velo U14B
10 12 William Lewis High Peak Cycles U16B
11 11 Jessica Wilkinson Birkenhead North End CC U16G
12 1 Sarah Lomas Matlock CC U16G
13 10 Simon Price NWMBA U14B
14 24 Cory Edmondson Cycle Sport Pendle U14B
15 20 Jamie Helsby Eastlands Velo U16B
16 6 Kim Baptista Eastlands Velo U14G
17 16 Sam Hollingworth Red Rose Olympic U14B
18 15 Bill Cooper Red Rose Olympic U16B
19 13 Andrew Hathaway Bolton Hot Wheels U14B
20 19 Katie Helsby Eastlands Velo U14G
21 18 Thomas Longden North Cheshire Clarion U14B
22 7 Dominic Vallance Wrexham Fibrax U14B
23 2 Brendan Thompson Liverpool Century R. C. U14B
Under-12s:
1 3 Isaac Peatfield Bolton Hotwheels U12B
2 6 Tyler Koch Bolton Hotwheels U12B
3 5 Robert Donaldson Mossley RC U12B
4 7 Nicole Clarke Port Sunlight Wheelers U12G
5 1 Addam Hathaway Bolton Hotwheels U12B
6 9 Oliver Walton Pedalsport CC U12B
7 8 Thomas Wood Oldham Ruffyeds U12B
8 2 Shannon Hawthorn Cycle Sport Pendle U12G
9 4 Jocasta Minton Bolton Hotwheels U12G
Under-10s:
1 5 Aiden Lawrence Team Bglobal U10B
2 1 Matthew Baptista Eastlands Velo U10B
3 19 Tyr Bujac U10B
4 16 Sam Kendall Liverpool Century R. C. U10B
5 8 Andrew Clarke Port Sunlight Wheelers U8B
6 15 Jacqui Kinsey Glossop U10G
7 11 Nick Bradshaw Ruffyeds U10B
8 4 James Donaldson Team Land U8B
9 6 Bryn Lawrence MK Cycles U8B
10 20 Elliott Bujac U8B
11 21 Seb Kinsey Glossop U8B
12 18 Jack Holland u/a U8B
13 10 Eve Ratcliffe U8G
14 3 Imogen Peatfield Bolton Hotwheels U8G
15 12 Ethan Grimshaw Bolton Hotwheels U8B
16 7 Isobel Koch Bolton Hotwheels U8G
17 9 Harry Ratcliffe U8B
18 13 Isobel Ware St. Helens U10G
19 17 Charlotte Kendall Liverpool Century R. C. U8G
20 14 Amelia Ware St. Helens U8G
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