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Imperial Winter Series Finale
Story posted February 25 | by Imperial Racing Team & Photos by www.davidreedphoto.com
Imperial Winter Series 2010/2011
Race 12 report
The mood was definitely upbeat and as the sun came out, it was a perfect afternoon for the last race of the Winter series. The only downside to the finale for the series was a crash after the finish line at the end of the 3rd category race.
L-R: Jake Martin, Lewis Atkins & Tom Smith
4th Category Race
The 4th cat race produced a surprise with Liam Stones (4s Road Club) breaking away on his own after half distance and holding on to his lead to win by 16 seconds. The bunch was led in by Jon Munns and Phil Holland (Arbis LLP/Roy Pink Cycles RT). The WyndyMilla 4th cat. prize was awarded to 12th place finisher Peter Green (CC Ashwell) who can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.
3rd Category Race
In the 3rd category race, previous 4th cat winner Conall Yates (In Gear Quickvit RT) produced the same effort as Liam had done to ride away and finish on his own. This is a remarkable feat considering that in January he was still a 4th cat! Jamie Pine (Le Col) took the series honours overall with consistent performances. The Maxifuel prize was awarded to 13th place finisher, Jai Watson (Dulwich Paragon ). He receives a Maxifuel pack comprising rucksack with Viperactive energy fuel and gels, bottles and T-shirt.
The Elite/1/2/3 race started more cautiously with the riders consolidating their positions rather than taking chances and losing out. But with attacking rather than with defensive riding more likely to succeed, Lewis Atkins (Twenty 3C Orbea), the overall leader took off after 25 km and the initiative was his and his alone.
Tao Geoghegan-Hart (CC Hackney) went across to Atkins and there was hesitation in the main group before several riders slipped away to join the leading two. Firstly Andy Betts (Sigma Sport) and then his team mate Jerone Walters and later other riders bridged to form a leading group of 10. However, such was the pace that several lost contact namely Ashley Holding (GB MSTina RT), Arjan Planting (Dulwich Paragon) and Michael Widera (Inverse Racing/Cyclaim) leaving a leading group of Walters, Betts, Atkins and Jake Martin who gradually pulled away and opened a gap of one minute 30 seconds.
However, the main group still had life in it and super time triallist Steve Legg (Police Sport UK CRT) pulled away on his own with 10km to go. It was a courageous effort but, with 5km to go, it eventually drew a few riders across - Phil Hersey (Eagle RC), Geoghegan-Hart, Phil Holloway (Southend Wheelers) and Simon Henley (Team Corley Cycles).
Tom Smith (Felt Colbornes), lying in 2nd place overall, said he was happy to stay in the main group with the Perfs Road Race in mind on Sunday, the first race of the season on the road. With two Sigma Sport riders in the leading four, it was expected that either Walters or Betts would attack and although trying several times in the last 5km, it was Atkins and Martin who were equal to their surges.
Finally, in the sprint, Martin tried his damnedest to distance Atkins but Lewis’s experience saw him cross the line first for another win with Walters and Betts 3rd and 4th. Geoghegan-Hart lead the second group in with Tom Smith and Vince Halpern (AW Cycles) leading the main group home. This was a fitting end to a fine series of races.
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Ron Webb, designer of the velodrome at the London Olympics venue, was a special guest.
In the E/1/2/3 races we have again welcomed back old friends and met new ones and are glad that this mix keeps the racing and the series fresh. It was particularly good to see Lewis Atkins back. He first raced in the Imperial series in 2006/07 – and is now a consistent winner and a great ambassador for the sport and his sponsors.
The presentation was held inside the clubroom for the first time with special guest Ron Webb presenting the prizes. Ron said a few words about his design of the track for the London Olympics and hoped that many of the riders present would make use of the very fast unique track both before and after the Olympic event.
His message must have had a bewitching effect as his request for questions was met with deathly silence! The lucky draw included further prizes from series sponsor WyndyMilla and Maxifuel as well as £100 vouchers from Sigma Sport. The Doug Collins Combative Rider award went to Jake Martin who without doubt has been the most attacking rider.
Doug Collins congratulates Jake Martin.
When interviewed, he said that he was looking forward to ‘smashing it up’ on the road in the coming months! Overall, Lewis Atkins thanked the Collins clan for organising the series, Henry Furniss of WindyMilla for his sponsorship and finally Alison the first aider who luckily, with the exception of the last day, had very little to do. Finally Mike Clark of Sport and Publicity presented Lucy with a bottle of wine and his sincere thanks on behalf of everyone for her dedicated efforts.
Each year, we review the format of the series to consider what has worked and what needs improvement. We appreciate any feedback received and try to take this on board. Despite being knocked back badly by the weather (we lost more races in the first 4 weeks than the total over the last 11 years!) we responded by adding another race on a Sunday.
For the first time, we have had a lead sponsor and are most grateful to Henry Furniss of WyndyMilla for his commitment and enthusiasm and also for bringing Maxifuel with him. This year we stuck with the two race format with 3’s and 4’s on the circuit at the same time and feel this went well with everybody respecting the need to keep apart.
We consider that smaller fields, whilst slightly disappointing from an organiser’s viewpoint, has helped minimise the number of crashes and we see no reason to switch the race direction to clockwise.
This year after consultation with Mark Doel, we introduced a mini series for Women and are absolutely delighted with the response. Beforehand, we would have settled for a field of 10-15, so to have 15-20 in all three races was a tremendous boost for us. Thank you all for your support - the racing was brilliant as well!
Thank you again from all of us to all of you – we hope you have a safe and successful Summer of racing and look forward to seeing you at the circuit on the 3rd December 2011 for the next Imperial Winter Series. Go to www.imperialracingteam.com for all the series action and photos.
Jamie Pine (centre) with David Robinson and Tom Kruger.
RESULTS
E/1/2/3 Race 12
1st Lewis Atkins Twenty 3C Orbea E
2nd Jake Martin pendragon-lecol-colnago 1
3rd Jerone Walters Sigma Sport 1
4th Andy Betts Sigma Sport Specialized CT E
5th Tao Geoghegan Hart Cycling Club Hackney YA
6th Steve Legg Police Sport UK CRT 2
7th Simon Henley Team Corley Cycles 2
8th Phil Hersey Eagle RC 1
9th Phil Holloway Southend Wheelers 2
10th Tom Smith Felt Colbornes 1
11th Vince Halpern Awcycles.co.uk 1
12th Pete Wager Felt Colbornes E
13th Jerzy Kuzminski London Phoenix 2
14th Ashley Holding GB MSTina RT 2
15th Josh Maynard Welwyn Wheelers 3 J
16th Alex Pantelides Twickenham CC 2 J
17th David Swan Asfra racing 3 J
18th Anthony Moya CC Luton 1
19th Mark Smith ASFRA 3 J
20th Ajelo Ghristides Ermis Hellas 2
21st Neil Heffernan Inverse Racing/Cyclaim 2
22nd Ralph Keeler Cambridge CC 2
23rd Michael Widera Inverse Racing / Cyclaim 2
24th Stephen Campbell Twickenham CC 2
25th Martin Garratt London Dynamo 2
26th Robin Basford WyndyMilla 1
27th Tom Gallacher Welwyn Wheelers 3 J
28th Wayne Thomas Reading CC 3
29th Nat Spurling Finsbury Park 2
30th bill butterworth Tm Quest 3V
31st Geoff Powell High Wycombe CC 3
32nd David Martin Zimbabwe E
33rd Arjan Planting Dulwich Paragon 2
34th James Leach Onelife Fuga RT 3
35th Rob Fletcher VC 10 2
36th Ben Smith Welwyn Wheelers 3
37th Nick Abraham private 2
38th Mario Manelfi private 3
38th George Farrell Welwyn Wheelers 3 J
38th Alex Anderson Welwyn Wheelers 3 J
38th Gary Wallis VC Rutland/Rutland cycling .com 3
3rd Cat race 12
1st Conall Yates In Gear Quickvit RT 3
2nd Andrew Ghagan VC Elan 3
3rd Jamie Pine Le Col 3
4th Jacek Reder private member 3
5th Phil Adams Ashwell CC 3
6th Francis Cade Kingston Wheelers CC 3
7th Tom Ballhatchet Rollapaluza 3
8th Rob Griffiths London Phoenix CC 3
9th David Robinson CC Ashwell 3
10th Vaughan Luff De Ver 3
11th Simon Dawson Inverse/Cyclaim RT 3
12th Henry Catchpole private member 3
13th Jai Watson Dulwich Paragon 3
14th Jonathan Dredge London Dynamo 3
15th Mark Walter private member 3
16th Kristof Neys London Dynamo 3
17th Jack Edwards San Fairy Ann CC 3 J
18th Tom Moore Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Sq 3
19th Mark Lawn Inverse RT/Cyclaim.co.uk 3
20th Chris Wilkinson Dulwich Paragon 3
21st Peter Dixon Willesden CC 3
22nd Greg Barber Charlotteville CC 3
23rd Ernest Marais GS Henley 3
24th David Wallis private member 3
25th Oli Pepper Kinesis Morvelo 3
26th Joe Clark High Wycombe CC 3
27th Rory Wilkinson Dulwich Paragon 3
28th Tom Holmes private member 3
29th Paul Steadman Reading CC 3
30th Andy Lack Kingston Wheelers 3
31st Chris Wood WyndyMilla 3
32nd Mark O'Brien Archer RC 3
33rd Rudie Marais Team Archer 3
34th James Curry Inverse RT/Cyclaim 3
35th Gavin Morton Charlotteville CC 3
36th Chris Campbell London Dynamo/Prologue 3
37th Stuart Jackson Bath RC 3
38th Russell Painter Norwood Paragon 3
39th Oliver Craig London Dynamo 3
40th Monica DaPolenza Awcycle.co.uk 3 w
40th James Walker High Wycombe CC 3
40th Stephen Bowman GS Avanti 3
40th Taimur Tanwir London Dynamo 3
4th cat Race 12
1st Liam Stones 4s Road Club
2nd Jon Munns Private Member
3rd Phil Holland Arbis llp Roy Pink Cycles Road Team
4th Richard Skilton Private Member
5th Edmond Irwin London Fire Brigade
6th Sean Pearson Dulwich Paragon
7th James Fletcher Inverse RT/Cyclaim
8th Theo Hill London dynamo
9th Jesse Baines private member
10th Richard Unwin VC Meudon
11th Clem Halpin Twickenham CC
12th Liam Bremer London Phoenix CC
13th Andrey Padiy rollapoluza
14th Oliver Bradbury Power Bar
15th Alan Nixon Amersham RCC
16th Darryl Green Inverse RT/Cyclaim
17th Peter Green Cycle Club Ashwell
18th Jason Campbell Dulwich Paragon
19th Ken Creighton private member
20th Ian Baynes Hemel Hempstead
21st Matthew Woodford GS Henley
22nd Daniel Doncaster CC Ashwell
23rd Peter Hitt Private Member
24th Michael Vance Dulwich Paragon
25th David Dixon Baroudeur CC
26th Daniel Justin Dulwich Paragon
27th Jake Benefield London Dynamo
28th Rob Inett Poole Wheelers
29th Sam Wilkinson Hemel Hempstead
30th Phil Wege Inverse/Cyclaim
31st Stephen Williamson Private Member
32nd Reiner Singh San Fairy Ann
33rd Daniel Skinner Twickenham CC
34th Duncan Rimmer Morden CRC
35th Chris Rees Pearson Cycles
36th Andrew Connington AndersElectronic/TMG
37th Stuart Hale Reading CC
37th Steven Green Thames Velo
37th John Gull Private Member
37th Peter Cornwall Private Member
37th John Rayner GS Henley
OVERALL
E/1/2/3 Series Results - Final
1st Lewis Atkins Twenty3c–Orbea 1630
2nd Tom Smith Felt Colbornes 1160
3rd Jake Martin pendragon-lecol-colnago 990
4th Vince Halpern Awcycles.co.uk 750
5th Alexander King Endura Racing 600
6th Jerzy Kuzminski London Phoenix 600
7th Steve Golla Sigma Sport 570
8th Ashley Holding GB MSTina RT 570
9th Jerone Walters Sigma Sport 560
10th Jo Skelton Look Mum No Hands! 470
11th Arjan Planting Dulwich Paragon 430
12th Felix English Science-and-Sport.com 270
13th Marcel Six Twenty 3c - Orbeo 230
14th Rob Fletcher VC 10 220
15th Alex Pantelides Twickenham CC 200
16th Adam Cotterell WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel 190
17th Mark Ottaway WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel 190
18th Phil Holloway Southend Wheelers 180
19th Jason Edwards GB MSTina RT 170
19th Allan Ridler Team Cycle Kingdom 170
20th Ajelo Ghristides Ermis Hellas 170
21st Josh Maynard Welwyn Wheelers 170
23rd Andy Betts Sigma Sport Specialized CT 160
24th David Murrell London Phoenix 150
25th Dante Carpenter Astra racing 140
26th Chris Dick London Phoenix 140
27th David Swan Asfra racing 130
28th Henry Furniss WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel 120
29th Graham Hills southborough & dist CC 120
30th Steve Legg Police Sport UK CRT 110
31st Simon Henley Team Corley Cycles 100
31st Neil Heffernan Inverse Racing/Cyclaim 100
33rd James Moss Endura Racing 90
33rd Phil Hersey Eagle RC 90
33rd Stoyko Bussarov Eagle RC 90
36th Michael Widera Inverse Racing / Cyclaim 80
37th Tom Kruger 45 Road Club 60
38th Martin Garratt London Dynamo 60
38th Mark Smith Welwyn Wheelers 60
40th Ishmael Burdeau Agiskoviner 60
41st Pete Wager Felt Colbornes 50
41st Patrick Hawkins Dulwich Paragon 50
43rd Tom Gallacher Welwyn Wheelers 30
43rd Henry Bird Progressive Cycle Dev Sq 30
45th Robert King AWCycles 20
45th Angus MacAlister private member 20
45th Andrew Brown Gregarios Superclub Ciclista 20
48th Tony Gibb Cycle Premier 10
48th Sam Humpheson Look Mum No Hands! 10
48th Mike Diggins Gregarios Superclub Ciclista 10
48th Daniel Maslin Prestige VC 10
3rd Cat Series Results - Final
1st Jamie Pine Le Col 900
2nd David Robinson CC Ashwell 850
3rd Tom Kruger 45 Road Club 800
4th Rudie Marais Team Archer 800
5th Rob Griffiths London Pheonix 740
6th Vaughan Luff De Ver/Neovite 710
7th David Ladkin Kingston Wheelers 640
8th Phil Adams Ashwell CC 510
9th Andrew Ghagan VC Elan 470
10th Rory Tounsend Prestige VC 350
11th Jai Watson Dulwich Paragon CC 340
12th Simon Dawson Inverse/Cyclaim RT 340
13th Conall Yates In Gear Quickvit RT 330
14th Jacek Reder private member 330
15th Chris Wood WyndyMilla 310
16th Stuart Harvey Ultimate Fitness 310
17th Joe Holloway VC 10 270
18th Ralph de Kanter Norwood Paragon CC 270
19th James Lowden Lewes Wanderers 200
20th Peter Dixon Willesden CC 200
21st Jack Edwards San Fairy Ann CC 190
22nd Andy Lack Kingston Wheelers 160
23rd Paul Troughton Wheelbase/LondonPhoenix 160
24th Lee Mead Vc meudon 150
25th Mike Sanders Team Corridori 140
26th Craig McLean London Dynamo 130
27th Dylan Kenneway London Dynamo 120
28th Jonathan Dredge London Dynamo 120
29th Mike Betts Vegetarian C & AC 110
30th Andrew Edwards Brighton Mitre 100
30th Francis Cade Kingston Wheelers CC 100
31st Richard Collins Imperial Racing Team 90
31st Stephen Campbell Twickenham CC 90
33rd William Macke AWCycles 90
33rd Andy Pollintine Dulwich Paragon 90
35th Chris Grange Hemel Hempstead CC 90
36th Adam Elderfield Quest Bike Shop 90
37th Josh Maynard Welwyn Wheelers 80
37th James Walker High Wycombe 80
39th Nick Franzini London Dynamo 70
39th Gavin Morton Charlotteville CC 70
41st Greg Barber Charlotteville CC 70
42nd Tom Rose London Dynamo 60
42nd Robert LeMaster Private member 60
42nd Phil Gibbs Dulwich Paragon 60
45th Cameron Swarbrick Team Terminator 60
46th Tom Holmes private member 50
46th Henry Catchpole private member 50
47th Mike Diggins Gregarios Superclub Ciclista 40
48th Richard Stanton Arbis/Roy Pink Cycles RT 30
48th Phill Keefe iCycle 30
48th Peter Morris Lewes Wanderers CC 30
51st Simon Alexander Southend 20
51st Barry Gerhold Redhill CC 20
51st Kristof Neys London Dynamo 20
53rd Kieran Brady Ely & District CC 10