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Location: Boggart Hole Clough Park, Manchester
Event: 26th July 2011
Report: Jason Wiltshire
Round 5 and back to Boggart Hole Clough in somewhat drier conditions than last time MTB Madness visited.
A smaller field turned out for this round, possibly due to the school holidays along with an absence of any cyclo-cross and female riders, but the racing was aggressive nonetheless with Adrian Lawrence returning after his absence, some new faces and Tom Albutt fresh from his recent Brownback's win.
The race started quickly on the dry course and towards the end of the first lap small groups were already starting to form. Lawrence and Hopkinson were slightly in front of a pack that included Albutt, Wells, Hunt, Evans and Humphries. Tonge burped a tyre on the first lap and was languishing slightly behind before stopping to inflate.
The battle up front was one that was to last the whole race as Lawrence and Hopkinson worked together to build a sizeable advantage over the rest of the field. Albutt managed to stay within seconds of them for a number of laps but could not bridge across. Behind, Hunt was pressing on in fourth and seemed comfortable until a crash towards the end of the race dropped him back a place. This was seized upon by Daniel Wells who had ridden a consistently quick race throughout.
Evans was forced back with a mechanical midway through and it was mechanical problems that were to decide the final outcome as Hopkinson had front changer problems in the latter stages. In a show of sportsmanship, Lawrence waited for Hopkinson but once realising that they were both in danger of being reeled in by Albutt, Lawrence pushed on for the win.
It was a race that saw some of the most hotly contested battles of the series and the action returns to the Chorlton Water Park for round 6, scene of the biggest round to date on a fast and technical flat course.
Result│Full Result
1. Adrian Lawrence (Team Bglobal)
2. John Hopkinson (Aire Valley Racing Team)
3. Tom Albutt
4. Daniel Wells
5. Roy Hunt (Colnago - Microshift - Skins)
6. Graham Bryce (G M C Fire Services)
7. Jack Humphreys (Wheelbase.co.uk/Cannondale)
8. Paul Kelsall
9. Joseph Heywood
10. Mark O'Connel
Overall Standings
| Name | Points | |
| 1. | Roy Hunt | 474 |
| 2. | Adrian Lawrence | 398 |
| 3. | Tom Albutt | 394 |
| 4. | Jack Humphreys | 376 |
| 5. | Keith Bailey | 372 |
| 6. | Jason Tongue | 346 |
| 7. | Dean Harwood | 340 |
| 8. | Paul Kelsall | 316 |
| 9. | Rob Allen | 288 |
| 10. | David Kent | 274 |
| 11. | Stuart Ormes | 260 |
| 12. | Simon Vazquez | 252 |
| 13. | Colin Humphreys | 242 |
| 14. | Richard Gaskill | 220 |
| 15. | Ally Wight | 214 |
| 16. | Chris Farley | 212 |
| 17. | Mike Cleary | 192 |
| 18. | Charles Beech | 188 |
| 19. | John Mackeller | 184 |
| 20. | Graham Bryce | 176 |
| 21. | Luke Beswick | 176 |
| 22. | Jon Gilday | 174 |
| 23. | Phil Dikes | 170 |
| 24. | Peter Reid | 166 |
| 25. | Mark Keegan | 160 |
| 26. | Mark Spittlehouse | 158 |
| 27. | Sean Beswick | 154 |
| 28. | Scott Wilson | 152 |
| 29. | Joe Heywood | 146 |
| 30. | Mark Oconnell | 142 |
| 31. | Andy Harwood | 140 |
| 32. | Darren O'Toole | 136 |
| 33. | Jools Chesters | 128 |
| 34. | Paul Attack | 126 |
| 35. | Neil Evans | 119 |
| 36. | Mark Lenderyan | 116 |
| 37. | Paul Rocklife | 110 |
| 38. | John Hopkinson | 98 |
| 39. | Pete Midd | 98 |
| 40. | Pete Wilbraham | 96 |
| 41. | Richard Smith | 96 |
| 42. | Pat Rowland | 95 |
| 43. | Dan Wells | 94 |
| 44. | Gareth Coleman | 92 |
| 45. | Paul Whittaker | 90 |
| 46. | Greg McNally | 88 |
| 47. | Mick Style | 88 |
| 48. | Wight Ally | 88 |
| 49. | Jonathan Kewyon | 86 |
| 50. | Craig Blain | 84 |
| 51. | Luke Webber | 82 |
| 52. | Dan Small | 80 |
| 53. | David Langridge | 80 |
| 54. | Nick Budworth | 80 |
| 55. | Paul Baillie | 77 |
| 56. | Andy McKay | 76 |
| 57. | Andy Cookson | 74 |
| 58. | Mike Style | 72 |
| 59. | Andrew McKay | 70 |
| 60. | David Hawkins | 70 |
| 61. | Neil Atkinson | 68 |
| 62. | Geoff Robinson | 65 |
| 63. | Tony Ormes | 64 |
| 64. | Richard Barrett | 62 |
| 65. | Anna Buick | 60 |
| 66. | Kevin Korwell | 56 |
| 67. | Peter Shelly | 54 |
| 68. | Ann Cook | 52 |
| 69. | David Eastham | 52 |
| 70. | Duncan Astle | 50 |
| 71. | John Bradley | 50 |
| 72. | Micheal Brier | 50 |
| 73. | Stuart Nicol | 48 |
| 74. | Edward Ingham | 46 |
| 75. | Peter Seddon | 46 |
| 76. | Jack Roebuck | 44 |
| 77. | Chris Bard | 42 |
| 78. | Richard Vasey | 42 |
| 79. | Pete Howarth | 41 |
| 80. | Richard Lilly | 41 |
| 81. | George Lovell | 40 |
| 82. | Simon Ainscough | 40 |
| 83. | Charlie Evans | 38 |
| 84. | Andrew Wheeler | 36 |
| 85. | Colin Flinn | 36 |
| 86. | Jo Holden | 36 |
| 87. | Pete Shelley | 36 |
| 88. | Paul Carrington | 34 |
| 89. | Andy Beech | 32 |
| 90. | Cathy Atkinson | 32 |
| 91. | Charles | 32 |
| 92. | Tim Fletcher | 32 |
| 93. | Colin Yeo | 30 |
| 94. | Tim Stanley | 30 |
| 95. | Ian Ainscough | 29 |
| 96. | Michael Briggs | 29 |
| 97. | Mark Bielby | 28 |
| 98. | Adrian Benson | 26 |
| 99. | Edward Chesher | 22 |
| 100. | Josh Haldren | 22 |
| 101. | Tricia Quirke | 22 |
| 102. | Justin Howlutt | 20 |
| 103. | Simon Rothwell | 18 |
| 104. | Liam England | 16 |
| 105. | Simon Fairclough | 16 |
| 106. | Alex Horsley | 14 |
| 107. | Ian Horridge | 6 |
| 108. | Jon Board | 1 |
| 109. | Lisa Foster | 1 |
| 110. | Mark Fearnley | 1 |
