Wednesday 31 January 2018

Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers 100 Reliability Trial, This Sunday


Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers popular series of reliability trials concludes this Sunday (Feb 4th) with the 100 mile event. The clockwise route heads south west towards Wareham and on to Puddletown and the Piddle Valley, the narrow, twisting country lanes from Plush to Hazelbury Bryan and Knackers Hole, north to Shillingstone before striking east through Blandford, Witchampton, Verwwod, briefly flirting with the New Forest before returning to Merley. This classic route really is a true test of a riders condition and if the weather is bad, resilience . In addition to the 100 mile route there is a shorter 100KM trial starting at 09:00 Non members welcome! Start and finish is at Merley Community Centre (BH21 1XE), Harrier Drive, off Oakley Straight, Merley, where parking, toilet facilities and light refreshments are available.
Start 08:00-09.00. PLEASE NOTE THE HQ WILL BE CLOSED FROM 09:30-12:00.
The first riders off are allowed 8 hours to complete the course with the fastest group expected to return within 7 hours. You must complete the course inside the time limit to qualify as a finisher. Route sheets HERE and available on the day.

Non members welcome, Members (First and Second Claim) £1 per Reliability Trial, other affiliated riders £2. Non affiliated riders are required to become Associate Members of the Club and will pay £10 for all four Reliability Trials and all BJW Club Runs for a year. You can join on the day.
Under 18s should be accompanied by an adult please.

Tuesday 30 January 2018

Calshot Track League #8 & #9 Results and Standings


Sunday 28th Jan
1st Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Glen REDMAN CC Basingstoke
7th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
8th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE : POINTS RACE
1st Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs 30 pts
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks 18 pts
3rd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 4 pts
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC 4 pts
5th Doug CONROY Redmon CC 4 pts
6th Jim KENT London Dynamo
7th Glen REDMAN CC Basingstoke
8th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: UNKNOWN DISTANCE
1st Doug CONROY Redmon CC
2nd Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
3rd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
7th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
8th Glen REDMAN CC Basingstoke
SENIOR ‘B’ LEAGUE: SPRINT
1st Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Glen REDMAN CC Basingstoke
4th Jim KENT London Dynamo
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: SCRATCH RACE
1st Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
4th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
6th Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
7th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
8th Jim KENT London Dynamo
9th Glen REDMAN CC Basingstoke
10th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
11th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
VETERAN / JUNIOR: 2 km SCRATCH
1st Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
2nd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
4th Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
7th Glen REDMAN CC Basingstoke
8th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
VETERAN / JUNIOR: UNKNOWN DISTANCE
1st Doug CONROY Redmon CC
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
7th Glen REDMAN CC Basingstoke
8th Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16: WARM - UP
1st Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
YOUTH U16: SCRATCH
1st Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
YOUTH U16: POINTS
1st Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 18 pts
2nd Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 11 pts
3rd Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club 11 pts
YOUTH U16: HANDICAP
1st Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
2nd Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16 SPRINT
1st Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
2nd Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16 SCRATCH
1st Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
YOUTH U14: WARM - UP
1st Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
2nd Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U14: SCRATCH
1st Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
3rd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U14: POINTS
1st Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 14 pts
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator 11 pts
3rd Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers 7 pts
4th Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 5 pts
5th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 3 pts
YOUTH U14: HANDICAP
1st Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
2nd Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U14: SPRINT
1st Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
3rd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U14: SCRATCH
1st Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
2nd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U12 BOYS: WARM - UP
1st Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
4th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
5th Ollie BOARER i-Team Cyclists' Club
YOUTH U12 BOYS: SCRATCH
1st Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
4th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
5th Ollie BOARER i-Team Cyclists' Club
YOUTH U12 BOYS: POINTS
1st Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club 25 pts
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 12 pts
3rd Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC 9 pts
4th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC 2 pts
5th Ollie BOARER i-Team Cyclists' Club 2 pts
YOUTH U12 BOYS: HANDICAP
1st Ollie BOARER i-Team Cyclists' Club
2nd Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
3rd Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
4th Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
5th Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U12 BOYS: SPRINT
1st Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Ollie BOARER i-Team Cyclists' Club
4th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
5th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
YOUTH U12 BOYS: SCRATCH
1st Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
4th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
5th Ollie BOARER i-Team Cyclists' Club
YOUTH U12 GIRLS: WARM - UP
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Amber RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
4th Grace RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
YOUTH U12 GIRLS: SCRATCH
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Grace RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
4th Amber RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC

YOUTH U12 GIRLS: POINTS
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates 25 pts
2nd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers 15 pts
3rd Amber RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC 10 pts
4th Grace RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
YOUTH U12 GIRLS: HANDICAP
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Grace RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
3rd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th Amber RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
YOUTH U12 GIRLS: SPRINT
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Amber RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
YOUTH U12 GIRLS: SCRATCH
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Amber RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
4th Grace RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC
YOUTH U10/U8: WARM – UP
1st Myles BRADLEY Bike Jockey CC
2nd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
YOUTH U10/U8: SCRATCH
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
5th Myles BRADLEY Bike Jockey CC
YOUTH U10/U8: POINTS
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 10 pts
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 8 pts
3rd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 5 pts
4th Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC 4 pts
5th Myles BRADLEY Bike Jockey CC 3 pts

YOUTH U10/U8: HANDICAP
1st Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd Myles BRADLEY Bike Jockey CC
3rd Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
YOUTH U10/U8: SPRINT
1st Myles BRADLEY Bike Jockey CC
2nd Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
YOUTH U10/U8: SCRATCH
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
4th Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th Myles BRADLEY Bike Jockey CC

Overall Standings after round 9
A LEAGUE
1 Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs 86
2 Tom ELLIS Southampton University RC 21
3 Frank KILSBY VC St Raphaël 18
4 Tom DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 15
5 Max MOYLES Primera-TeamJobs 7
6 Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks 1
B LEAGUE
1 Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks 94
2 Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 91
3 Tom DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 21
4 Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Whlrs 14
5 James RICHARDS Southampton University RC 12
6 Doug CONROY Redmon Cycling Club 6
7 Glen REDMAN Cycle Club Basingstoke 5
8 Jim KENT Lyndon Dynamo 5
9 Caitlin PETERS i-team Cyclist’s Club 4
10 Dexter MANSEL-THOMAS Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 2
11 Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 1
12 Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC 1
13 Tobias BUNYAN Eastbourne Rovers 1
14 Dan BYRNE Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 1
YOUTH A
1 Tom DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 77
2 Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 54
3 Dan BYRNE Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 36
4 Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club 34
5 Joe O'BRIEN Zappis RT 24
6 Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 15
7 Dexter MANSEL-THOMAS Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 13
8 Nathaniel BROOKES Gillingham & District Wheelers 11
9 Ollie SUATT VC Meudon 10
10 Kinga INGRAM Halesowen A & CC 8
11 Freya RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC 2
YOUTH B
1 Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator 86
2 Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers 68
3 Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 49
4 Ben GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 21
5 Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 16
6 Tom STRINGER Palmer Park Velo RT 15
7 Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 13
8 Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 11
9 Josh GOLLIKER Preston Park Youth Cycling Club 11
10 Josh BALLINGER Preston Park Youth Cycling Club 10
11 Luke GOODWILL Preston Park Youth Cycling Club 6
12 Abby OLD Palmer Park Velo RT 1
13 Elliot RAYBOULD Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 1
YOUTH C BOYS
1 Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 107
2 Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club 49
3 Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 49
4 Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers 19
5 Bobbie O'BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 20
6 Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 19
7 Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC 17
8 Ollie BOARER i-team Cyclists Club 15
9 Finlay O'BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 8
10 Alfred BUNYAN Preston Park Youth Cycling Club 5
11 Jack CROMIE i-team Cyclists Club 5
12 William FLATAU Charlotteville Cycling Club 1

YOUTH C GIRLS
1 Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates 121
2 Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers 87
3 Amber RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC 28
4 Izzy BYRNE Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 21
5 Grace RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC 9
6 Bobbie O'BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 9
7 Evie DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 3

YOUTH D
1 Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 146
2 Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 108
3 Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC 49
4 Oliver KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 3

YOUTH E
1 Ted KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 113
2 Myles BRADLEY Bike Jockey CC 104

VETERANS
1 Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 38
2 Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Whlrs 18
3 Doug CONROY Redmon Cycling Club 13
4 Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC 12
5 Jim KENT Lyndon Dynamo 10
6 Tobias BUNYAN Eastbourne Rovers 2
7 Glen REDMAN Cycle Club Basingstoke 2
JUNIORS
1 Harry JOHNSON Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 40
2 Tom DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 8
3 Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 5
4 Joe O'BRIEN Zappis RT 1
WOMEN
1 Kinga INGRAM Halesowen A & CC 10
2 Caitlin PETERS i-team Cyclist’s Club 9
3 Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator 3
4 Freya RICHARDSON Portsmouth North End CC 2




Sunday 14th Jan
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: 28 LAP SCR
1st Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
2nd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE : POINTS RACE
1st Frank KILSBY VC St Raphaël 24 pts
2nd Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs 18 pts
3rd Doug CONROY Redmon CC 10 pts
4th Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks 8 pts
5th Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
7th Jim KENT London Dynamo
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: UNKNOWN DISTANCE
1st Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
2nd Frank KILSBY VC St Raphaël
3rd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
7th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
SENIOR ‘A’ LEAGUE: SPRINT
1st Frank KILSBY VC St Raphaël
2nd Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
SENIOR ‘B’ LEAGUE: SPRINT
1st Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Jim KENT London Dynamo
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
5th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: SCRATCH RACE
1st Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
2nd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Frank KILSBY VC St Raphaël
4th Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
5th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
6th Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
7th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
8th Jim KENT London Dynamo
9th Doug CONROY Redmon CC

VETERANS/ JUNIORS: 2 km SCRATCH
1st Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
2nd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
4th Jim KENT London Dynamo
5th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
VETERANS/JUNIORS / WOMEN : UNKNOWN DISTANCE
1st Doug CONROY Redmon CC
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
5th Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
6th Jim KENT London Dynamo
YOUTH U16/U14: WARM - UP
1st Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
2nd Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
7th Ben GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16/U14: SCRATCH
1st Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
2nd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Ben GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16/U14: POINTS
1st Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator 11 pts
2nd Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 10 pts
3rd Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club 7 pts
4th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 5 pts
5th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers 3 pts
6th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 2 pts
7th Ben GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16/U14: HANDICAP
1st Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
2nd Ben GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
7th Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
YOUTH U14: SPRINT
1st Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
3rd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16/U14: SCRATCH
1st Ben GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
4th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Arthur PURBRICK Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
YOUTH U12: WARM - UP
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
4th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
5th Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
7th Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U12: SCRATCH
1st Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
2nd Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
3rd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
6th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
YOUTH U12: POINTS
1st Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club 19 pts
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 13 pts
3rd Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates 12 pts
4th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC 6 pts
5th Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
YOUTH U12: HANDICAP
1st Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
2nd Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
4th Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
5th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
6th Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers

YOUTH U12: SPRINT
1st Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
2nd Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
3rd Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
5th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
6th Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U12: SCRATCH
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Edward CHARLES Charlotteville Cycling Club
3rd Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
4th Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U10/U8: WARM – UP
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U10/U8: SCRATCH
1st Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U10/U8: POINTS
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 13 pts
2nd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 9 pts
3rd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 7 pts
YOUTH U10/U8: HANDICAP
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U10/U8: SPRINT
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U10/U8: SCRATCH
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Monday 29 January 2018

VC ST Raphael Sporting 16.5: 2018 "Pipe Opener"


Simone Dailey (a3crg), Dave Dent (Wight Link RT) , Charlie Mitchell (...a3crg ), Kim Little (Gillingham Wh) , Robert Moore (Sigma Sport), Chris Macnamara (Sigma Sport) , Gary Chambers (No Pinz), Howard Bailey (Blazing Saddles) , James Mapley (Blazing Saddles) and James Brickell Fareham wheelers, just some of the riders entered for the VC ST Raphael Sporting 16.5, the South DC pipe opener!

****** REMINDER *******
VC ST Raphael Waite Contracts “Pain on Portsdown Hill “ Event
Entry’s close soon
(Closes 7th February 2018)

Road Category - https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/17582
Time Trial Category - https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/17583

Event date Sunday 18th February 2018 09:30
Distance 16.5 miles


…….Don‘t miss out on a great event and great prizes

Support your Local South DC events
Thanks Simon (VC ST RAPHAEL Waite Contracts)

Sunday 28 January 2018

Cycling Time Trials Responds to Proposed Racing Ban on the A 63. (V718)



Highways England has put forward a proposal for a Traffic Restriction Order (TRO) to ban cyclists from the A63 near Hull. The stretch of the A63 which would be affected includes the entire course used for the ultra-fast 10 course, the V718 and all its derivatives. If the TRO is put in place, that would mean the V718 would cease to exist as a course and no more events could be held on it.

The Statement of Reasons given in support of the proposed TRO is:

Concerns have been raised for the safety of cyclists using the A63 Trunk Road between North Cave Interchange and Daltry Street Interchange. Cyclists are travelling on a carriageway that carries average speeds of 65 mph for traffic, at a rate of over 2500 vehicles per hour. In the last 5 years there have been six accidents involving cyclists, including a fatality in 2013. should we state that the cyclist rode into the back of a stationary caravan - not necessarily stating the obvious? It could be seen as a sensible objection perhaps?

In the interests of road safety, Highways England Company Ltd is proposing to ban cyclists on this stretch of road, including the associated slip roads.

CTT does not accept that on the days and at the times that time trials are held on this stretch of road that the figures quoted by Highways England accurately represent the correct position. CTT does not believe that the V718 course represents a danger to cyclists or that time trials held on this course are not safe. The six accidents referred to are not all accidents in CTT events. That is the total number of accidents involving cyclists over the last six years, which is not statistically significant. That should be compared against a recorded number of 297 accidents over the same period on this stretch of road involving motor vehicles. Accordingly, CTT intends to object to the proposed TRO in the strongest possible terms.

If you wish to object to the proposed TRO, please could you put your objection in WRITING (Highways England has not supplied an email address for objections to be sent to, so objections cannot be made by email) and POST it to The Office of the Director, Operations Directorate (Yorkshire & North East), Highways England, 3rd Floor South, Lateral, 8 City Walk, Leeds, LS11 9AT. The objection should quote the reference 'The A63 Trunk Road (North Cave Interchange to Daltry Street Interchange) (Prohibition of Cyclists Order)'.

Objections MUST be received to the above address not later than Monday 19 February 2018.

Any objection must be based on the proposed ban on cyclists using the A63. An objection based on the fact that it is a fast time trialling course would not have any merit and would very likely be disregarded.

If you do wish to lodge an objection, you may wish to begin this as follows:

I write to object to the above proposed TRO. Please respond confirming you have received this objection and respond to the issues I have raised below. Additionally, please inform me of the outcome of this consultation and of any future amendments to this proposal.

The grounds of my objections are:

Then please give details of your objections. Suggested objections are listed below, although if you wish to object please add whatever objections you have of your own:

Six accidents involving cyclists in a period of five years is very low. Why is it proposed to impose a total ban on cyclists? As compared to significantly more accidents involving motor vehicles over the same period (nearly 300) why is it considered that a ban on cyclists is proportionate?
I do not consider that the quoted statistics of six accidents involving cyclists over a five year period are statistically significant. How do the statistics quoted compare against collision statistics for other similar type A roads? Is a similar type proposal (for a TRO) to be made in respect of those other A roads?
Bicycles pose the lowest risk of all vehicles types on the highway, due to their lower speeds and mass. Please could you explain why such a low figure can be treated by Highways England as justification to ban bicycles on this stretch of road?
I do not consider that a ban on cyclists on this stretch of road is a proportionate response bearing in mind the statistics quoted. What alternative measures have been considered?
Highways England has an obligation to respond to ALL objections received and must respond using the same means by which you contacted them (ie. by letter). As such, please ensure that when making your objection you give details of your name and address.

Again, objections must be received by Highways England by 19 February. If you wish to object and to help to save this course, please could you lodge your objection with Highways England by that date? The more objections received, the more Highways England has to take notice of what is said. As such, please don’t rely on others objecting. Every single objection is needed.

Thank you.

CTT Board of directors

Thursday 25 January 2018

Andy Shackel: The Outtakes!


Rob Atkins sat down for a coffee and a chat about the future with Andy Shackel (Vitus Pro Cycling), the feature interview appears in The News today (25th). Here are the answers that did no make the final on-line edit... (thanks Rob)
Andy Shackel discuss his early days on the bike, working and racing for Wiggle, Vitus bikes, his new team kit and ambitions for 2018.

The Portsmouth racer, 22, will ride for Vitus Pro Cycling in the coming campaign after penning a deal with Cherie Pridham’s new-look outfit.


• SHACKEL ON... EARLY DAYS: ‘I started with Guy Watson’s Portsmouth School of Cycle Racing at the Mountbatten Centre after moving to the city and I liked it from the off.

‘I rode for i-Team for a few years. Guy was really good. He has got quite an old-school approach to coaching but is very methodical and is a very good coach.

‘I then rode for a couple of other teams. I guess I was a pretty average second cat rider but then got involved at Wiggle.

‘Since then I have really learned how to race. And with that experience, I have become more confident to get stuck in at the end of races and that’s when I have picked up a few results.’

• SHACKEL ON... WIGGLE: ‘I have been riding for Wiggle for four years. A friend, Ben Simmons, suggested working and racing for them.

‘I have had some great opportunities. If there has ever been a chance to represent Wiggle, they have always been super-keen for me to do it.

‘I have been criterium racing in places like Trinidad, so I couldn’t have asked for more. Not many people are lucky enough to have a workplace that is so encouraging.

‘It has been really good. Hopefully I have represented them well, doing what I can in races to make sure people see the jersey.

‘I will miss riding for them. I have really enjoyed it. But it is good what I’m doing now still has strong links with Wiggle.’

• SHACKEL ON... VITUS: ‘Steve Kitchin (Vitus and Prime marketing manager) really sees the value in a sponsorship deal like this. Not everyone would be able to link the exposure from racing to selling bikes.

‘It is not always a number on a bit of paper which measures the success. It may just be people talking and getting the name out in the right places.

The Tour Series is likely to be among Andy Shackel's targets this season.
‘But this is definitely a great move. Vitus wants to be a top-end bike but it is also there for people who just want to get into cycling, too.

‘The Vitesse EVO, which we will ride, is a good all-rounder. It is stiffer than anything I have raced before but just as comfortable. I’m very happy with it.’

• SHACKEL ON... TEAM KIT: ‘We have got some great sponsors. Prime is one of Wiggle’s own brands, too, and the aim is for that to be a premium wheel at an affordable price.

‘It is a case of encouraging people to look past the label. It will be good for us to prove to people a wheel like that can compete at the top level.

‘We have Mavic on board as well, so have some great shoes and helmets. We are on Schwalbe tyres, too, which is cool.

‘I’ve never ridden them before but have heard a lot of good things from lots of people, so I’m looking forward to seeing how they go.’

• SHACKEL ON... AMBITIONS FOR 2018: ‘I will be focusing on the crits and would like to win the South Region Crit Championship again.

‘I can turn my hand to road racing when needed but I’m a bit of a lump, so I’m better suited to crits. I’d love to ride myself into the top 15 or even top 10 during the Tour Series.

‘I think there may be some opportunities abroad, too. I only raced once in Belgium last year but I would be keen to get out there again.

‘I love the style of racing. The kermesses are so attacking. Everyone is there to get stuck in, which makes for great racing.’

Andy Shackel starts his season at the Perfs Pedal Race on February 11th.

Perfs Pedal Race 2018, Start List



Chris Opie will be looking to win the Perfs Pedal race for the third time on February 11th, as the 53rd running of this classic race kicks off the road season in the south. Opie, who won in 2012 and again last year will be backed by a Canyon Eisberg team, that includes Jack Pullar and national junior road champion Louis Rose-Davies. Mikey Mottram, Benjamin Marks (Morvelo Basso), Jesse Yates, Etienne Georgi (Team Wiggins), David Kovacs (Team KTM) and Jack English & Sam Culverwell (Team Guernsey) also feature in a full field of 85. South region road champion, Matt Downie debuts for his new team TAAP Cervelo as does Andy Shackel, riding for UCI continental outfit, Vitus Pro Cycling.

The 46 mile race will once again be run over 5 laps of the Portsdown Hill circuit before switching to the Newtown circuit and the final at One Hundred Acre wood.* Race HQ will be at the D Day Memorial Hall, Priory Road, Southwick, Portsmouth, Hants, PO17 6ED, DEPART 11:00
COURSE DETAILS:
Start: NEUTRALISED outside Race HQ at Southwick, proceed to RAB on B2177 (M). DENEUTRALISE take third exit onto B2177 direction Wickham. Continue on B2177 to Staple Cross Roads (M), where turn left START CIRCUIT To South Boarhunt. Across the small bridge, bear right towards Boarhunt Mill. Once past Manor Farm continue to climb then bear left. Continue the climb, then turn left (M) into Swivelton Lane. Continue to junction with Portsdown Hill Road, where left (M), continue along Portsdown Hill until RAB (M) to take 2nd exit onto the B2177 to descent the back of Portsdown Hill to RAB at Southwick take the 2nd exit to Staple Cross Roads. Complete 5 laps then turn right (M) onto unclassified road to Newtown proceed through Newtown Village to crossroads. Turn left (M) onto Hundred Acres Road. Proceed on climb to finish line.

Total Race Distance 46 miles or 74 Kms.
Lap distances : Portsdown Circuit 8.5 miles Newtown Circuit 3miles.


Perfs Pedal Race, Promoted by VC ST Raphael/Waites Contracts
1 Chris Opie Canyon Eisberg E
2 Louis Rose-Davies Canyon Eisberg 1
3 Charles Page Canyon Eisberg 1
4 Alex Paton Canyon Eisberg 1
5 Jack Pullar Canyon Eisberg 1
6 Max Stedman Canyon Eisberg 1
7 Ben Simmons Alé DMT Cipollini UK 1
8 Rhys Hidrio Caesarean CC Jersey 3
9 Mattew Clarke Canyon UK 1
10 Daniel Maclean-Howell Cardiff Ajax CC 2J
11 Morris Bacon DAP CC 1
12 James Brickell Fareham Wheelers CC 2
13 Arlen Vartazarian HJL 1
14 Michael Krukov HJL 2
15 Jack Rebours HJL 3
16 Harvey McNaughton I-Team CC 1
17 Damien Clayton Kibosh 1
18 Kinsey McIlquham KTM UK Factory MTB Team 1
19 Michael Ford Latchem Sunwise Race Team 1
20 Tom Lane Latchem Sunwise Race Team 1
21 Sam Christy London Dynamo 1
22 Joseph Murray London Dynamo 2
23 Jacob Hermann London Dynamo 2
24 Oliver Blagden Maxxis 4 Racing Team 2
25 Edmund Bishop Meudon Sovereign Pedal Heaven RT 1
26 Jack Freeman Meudon Sovereign Pedal Heaven RT 2
27 Michael Mottram Morvelo Basso RT E
28 Benjamin Marks Morvelo Basso RT E
29 Dante Carpenter Morvelo Basso RT 1
30 Robert Ormond Morvelo Basso RT 2
31 Ryan Smith Morvelo Basso RT 2
32 Tom Hargreaves Nunn-Sigma Sport-London RT E
33 Chris McNamara Nunn-Sigma Sport-London RT 1
34 John Hale Pearson CC 2
35 Rhys Clegg PMR 1
36 Rupert Graham Sigma Sport.co.uk 1
37 Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes-Casco PET 2
38 James Bonham Southdowns Bikes-Casco PET 2
39 Oliver Fenton Southdowns Bikes-Casco PET 2
40 Callum Clark Southdowns Bikes-Casco PET 2
41 Paul Barnard Southdowns Bikes-Casco PET 2
42 Mark Gower Southdowns Bikes-Casco PET 2
43 Jake Hales Spirit Tifosi RT E
44 Douglas Coleman Spirit Tifosi RT 1
45 Timothy Allen Spirit Tifosi RT 2
46 Mark Baines Spirit Tifosi RT 2
47 Joe Hickerton Spokes BPC Racing 2
48 Ryan Visser TAAP Cervelo E
49 Matthew Downie TAAP Cervelo 1
50 Kieran Blay TAAP Cervelo 2
51 James Roe Team Guernsey 2
52 Sam Culverwell Team Guernsey 2J
53 Jack English Team Guernsey 3
54 Sebastian Tremlett Team Guernsey 3
55 Andrew Turner Team KTM UK E
56 David Kovacs Team KTM UK E
57 Graham Collins Team Tor 2000 KALAS 1
58 Etienne Georgi Team Wiggins 1
59 Jesse Yates Team Wiggins 3
60 Daniel Mcquillan Tri UK 1
61 Peter Hodson-Thomas Tri UK 2
62 Luke Barfoot Tri UK 2
63 Oliver Richardson Twickenham CC 2
64 Alex Randall Twickenham CC 2
65 Oscar Hutchings VC Equipe/Flix Oral Hygiene/Propulse 1
66 Joshua Haasz VC Londres 1
67 Lewis Winfield VC Londres 2
68 William Raymond VC Londres 2J
69 Finley Newmark VC Londres 2J
70 James Horton VC St. Raphael/Waite Contracts/Hewitt Cycles 2
71 Andy Shackel Vitus Pro Cycling E
72 Michael Burke Welland Valley CC 1
73 Jordan Peacock Wellingborough Cycles RT E
74 Theo Modell WHEELBASE CABTECH JUNIOR RT 1J
75 Matthew Shaw WHEELBASE CABTECH JUNIOR RT 2J
76 Adam Holleyman Wightlink, Wight Mountain CRT 2
77 Matthew Allsopp Wightlink, Wight Mountain CRT 2
78 Joe Staunton Wightlink, Wight Mountain CRT 3
79 Matt Owen WORX Factory Racing 2
80 Tom Duncan WORX Factory Racing 2
81 Paul Hollingsworth WORX Factory Racing 2
82 Andrew Critchlow Wyndymilla 1
83 Graham Crow Wyndymilla 1
84 Patrick Biel ZeroBC 2
85 Paul Elcock ZeroBC 2

Reserves
86 Issac Pucci PM 2
87 Thomas Ellis BIKESTRONG-KTM 2
88 Gavin Ash Wothing Excelsior CC 2
89 Brook Elgie Sotonia CC 2
90 Red Walters Sotonia CC 2
91 Michael Weavers Team ASL 2
92 Benjamin Irving PM 2
93 James Peckham Sotonia CC 2
94 Declan Hudson Liverpool Century RC 2
95 Kareem Akinnibi VC Londres 2J
96 Joseph Clark I-team CC 2
97 Ben Lockett PM 2

Previous Winners
1964 Tony Mills Ryall/Raxar
1965 Barrie Heath Bournemouth Olympic
1966 Graham MooreBristol Road Club
1967 Alan WilliamsDragon RC
1968 Not Held
1969 Not held
1970 Graham Moore Bristol Road Club
1971 Graham Moore Bristol Road Club
1972 Clive Crossley Bristol Road Club
1973 Derek Witt GS Europa
1974 Bob Woodley Kingston Phoenix
1975 Ian Hallam Beeston Road Club
1976 Dave LeGrys 34th Nomads CC
1977 Clive Oxborrow Brighton Mitre CC
1978 Glen Longland Antelope RT
1979 Sean Yates Archer RC/Cutty Sark
1980 Tim Stevens 34th Nomads CC
1981 Piers Hewitt VC Europa
1982 Tim Stevens 34th Nomads CC
1983 Tim Harris Willeboro-Van-Peer-Kyoso
1984 Tim Harris Willeboro-Van-Peer-Kyoso
1985 Glen Longland Antelope RT
1986 Tim Harris Weilersport
1987 Nigel Perry G S Stella/Wielersport/VRV
1988 Mark Markowski Hastings & St Leonards
1989 Race stopped by Police
1990 Simon Bray Invicta-DLB/Phil Corley Cycles
1991 Paul Rogers VC St.Raphael/Waite Contracts
1992 Brian FlemingCC Romford
1993Richard WoolesCC Abergavenny/Owen Construction
1994 Colin Langley CC Luton
1995 Martin MarkowskiVelo Club Bayeaux
1996 Brian Fleming Cannon Sport Club/Omega Bio Racer
1997 Justin Clarke Giant-Portland
1998 David RandPDM Sports-Concorde-WCU
1999 Paul WilkesVC St.Martinus
2000 Justin HoyLiphook Cycle RT
2001 Julian Winn Welsh Cycling Union Private Member
2002 Barry Elcombe Festival Road Club/Nico lapage
2003 Cancelled due to flooding
2004 Julian WinnPinarello/Corima
2005 Chris NewtonRecycling co.uk/MG Xpower/Litespeed
2006 James WilliamsonAgisko-Dart-Cycling.tv/Xpower
2007 Alex Dowsett100% ME
2008 James StewartKFS Special Vehicles/Sunday Bikes
2009 Will BjergfeltSports Beans Willier
2010 Race cancelled due to poor road surfaces
2011 Ben Stockdale Team Qoroz
2012 Chris Opie Team UK Youth
2013 Marcin Bialoblocki Team UK Youth
2014 Race cancelled due to poor weather
2015 Yanto Barker One Pro Cycling
2016 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven RT
2017 Chris Opie Bike Channel Canyon

Perfs 2017 Race Report HERE

Sunday 21 January 2018

UK BIKING Aiming Big in 2018!


"We are going big this year on the Cross Country side, targeting national podiums and titles. For the road we have promoted a number of promising club riders who will be coached by e3coach.com and targeting Dorset League and other southern races.We will also be supplying some of our most promising sponsored XC riders with a bike, painted in custom colours via the trek project one system.
The team has had a great start to the season with Sam and rising star Tony Revell both winning their races at the off camber event" Says team principal, Richard Lang.Established in 2010 and now Sponsored by Bournemouth Cycleworks & Trek, UK BIKING, led by Lang are also behind the popular TLI Moreton race series in West Dorset, the 2018 series runs for 12 weeks and kicks off on May 3rd. "Local Riders, Local Races" caught up with team member Sam Humphrey, and asked him a couple of questions ahead of the new season.

Sam Humphrey

You have been around a while Sam,tell us more?

"I’ve been at this a while now! I started off with BMX racing when I was 8 years old, I was OK at it but nothing special……what it did do though was shape the technical skills that would later be so important in MTB racing.
I fell in love with the Tour De France when I was about 11 or 12 as it was always on the telly on channel 4 when July came around, my Dad was a racer way back and still had a keen interest and it sort of rubbed off on me. He said when he raced he would ride 30 miles a day………so that was it, I was out on my secondhand road bike doing my 30 a day………..until the first Muddy Fox MTB’s arrived on our shores!
From the first look….I was hooked, all those gears, big fat tires…..I totally fell in love with the image and the freedom of the go anywhere bike. At 14 I got my first MTB, a Saracen Tufftrax, I rode in all weathers! And did my first race that same year, 1988 I think it was. I rode well in the senior class as I didn’t know there was a junior race! And by the end of the year I had won three junior races and travelled around as far as the inside park surftracks challenge race in Dorset!!!!
My local shop then helped me out with a bike and that second year I went on to finish second in the national series, the bug had bitten!
Two years later I became national champion and finished 5th in the world championships in Canada which made up for the disappointment of puncturing out of the world champs in Italy the year before.
I sort of dropped out of MTB racing for a while after that……just doing the odd bit here and there and struggled a bit with some injury and health issues……it pretty much devastated me as I just could not get back to a good level for ages.
I then got back on track and decided to head to France to have a crack at road racing. I was based in Normandy with a division 3 elite club called St Lo. I held my own for a couple of seasons and had a win or two, but just never really loved it and came home…i had lost the love totally by this point.
I kicked about for a few years…..until I was rescued by triathlon! A mate laid down a challenge to see if I could run and swim instead of “just ride a bike”
In the space of three years, I went from struggling to swim 3 lengths of my local pool….to finishing second overall in the Oregon scientific national Olympic distance series and fifth in my class at the Xterra world champs in Hawaii…where I met my future wife!!!
Whilst doing this, I also took part in the very first running of the BBC series SAS are you tough enough! Back in 2003! and managed somehow to be one of only 4 people that completed the selection process!
I kicked around a bit more…… then drifted back towards MTB racing as a bit of a hangover from the Xterra stuff……I managed to win the set 2 rise 12 hr a couple of years on the trot and got 3rd at mountain mayhem 24 hr……never again! I went out and rode the Ruta de los conquistadors stage race in costa rica with my wife as support crew……that was an awesome event, my main highlight was climbing the volcano road which was a 30KM climb in a group with Roberto Heras…(one of Lance Armstrong’s mountain domestiques)
I managed 5th in class there too before rocking up to a national MTB race a couple of years later at Margam Park……..where it seemed MTB’s had changed beyond recognition! They had 1 chainring, 29 inch wheels……it was a real eye opener!
I really had fun again and was close to being on the masters podium pace…..so with the support of my wife, I took the plunge again.
So for the last 3 years I have raced the national series as a Vet and been on the podium at the national champs every year, with 2017 being a great year with winning the southern series, winning one of the national rounds and getting third in the series. I finished off the year by racing the swiss epic as a mixed pair with my wife where we finished 4th in class…….and now she wants to go back!
And breathe!"

Favorite training session?

"I am lucky enough to work with E3 coach currently and we have built a good flexible approach to my training….I am also blessed with enough natural ability that I generally don’t need to train too much to be competitive……..which luckily means I manage to keep a fairly good life balance!
I use a wattbike at home and primarily focus on power for those sessions as its really measurable and repeatable……although through the winter months I have become a bit of a “sufferfest” lover!
My favorite ride is in the Pyrenees where my wife’s parents live and whenever we go, I try to get out on this loop. Its about three hours and has two pretty good climbs and if I see more than 5 cars…….its been a busy ride! I love being in the mountains and have bagged a few KOM’s over there, but I only get there a once or twice a year.
In the UK, I have a route that takes in most of my local hills as well as the infamous Gold hill! And it is essentially a 3 ½ hour hill interval ride, its mainly around the chalk valley, Shaftsbury and Cranborne area……I call it “the classic” and a couple of weeks back I took my team mate Tony Revell round it with me……where he kicked my ass! If anyone is up for it, drop me a line and we will get round it……but bring your climbing legs!"

Future targets ?

So the 2018 season started great, but I know it will be really tough this season, the vets class is unbelievably fast at the moment with elite racers like Paul Oldham ( multiple three peaks winner) and perennial winner and ex Olympian nick Craig I will have my work cut out! Although I did beat them both last season at different venues.
I have been fortunate enough to have been offered a place on the Bournemouth cycle works/ UK Biking/ trek team and the racing has begun……I have managed to win the first Offcamber marathon race and the Merida brass monkey 4 hr race for my new team who have given me fantastic support……I have an amazing team bike and have been able to tap into their expertise in bike fitting and they have even made me some custom shoe insoles………two wins so far says this is all helping!
I am hoping to get on the podium at every national points series race if I can, I want to try and win the national championships on the Olympic course at Hadleigh farm in July and see if my wife and I can make the podium at the Swiss epic this year!
I will try and compete in as many of the southern series race’s as I can, but time off work is limited as I work shifts and it can be difficult to get weekends off!
Overall I am just looking forward to being in the mix and being part of an exciting team with some great local talent and seeing if I can help some newer racers by lending them my experience if they want it."

Team Roster
Mtb: Sam Humphrey
Tony Revell
Ross Smith
Kate Bowers
Andrew Smith
Josh Hooper
Alan Colville
Simon Lesser
Steve Atkins
Chris Archer
Deryl Biles
Marc McHale
Ben Hargreaves

Road:
Chris Wilson
Simon Merritt
James Meakin
George Creasey
Zac Snell
Malcolm Scott
Shaun Amor
Luke Monahan
Bill Hayes
Bob Ford
Naomi Shinkins
Hetty Brocklehurst


Team Sponsors:
Bournemouth Cycleworks
Trek
E3 Coaching
I W Price and Partners
Mark Hooper Tree Care
Vitec
Ford Civil Engineering
Manuel Builders
Hill & Son
Gibbs & Dandy
IN8 Design

Club Sponsors:
Bournemouth Cycleworks
Trek
E3 Coaching
I W Price and Partners
Mark Hooper Tree Care
Vitec
Ford Civil Engineering
Manuel Builders
Hill & Son
Gibbs & Dandy





Friday 19 January 2018

Opie Set to Defend Perfs Title!


Chris Opie will return to defend his Perfs Pedal race title on Sunday February 11th. Riding for the newly named Canon Eisberg team, Opie will be looking to make it a hatrick of wins, having won the South Season opener back in 2012 before his victory last term. Other notable entries include
Opie's young team mate, Louis Rose-Davis, 8th in 2017, Rose-Davis went on to win the National Junior title after impressing last Spring and Jesse Yates (Team Wiggins). Yates claimed 13th place last year in a race that saw 4 juniors finish in the top 14, VC Londres pair,Jacob Vaughan,2nd, and Fred Wright 14th the other two in the quartet. Entries for Perfs will close the Sunday (21st) with the final start list finalised after that.
Enter Online HERE

Chris Opie (Canyon Eisberg)
Winner of this race in 2012 & 2017

Louis Rose-Davies (Canyon Eisberg)
2017 National Junior Road Race Champion
Michael Mottram (Morvelo Basso)
6th in 2017
Jesse Yates (Team Wiggins)
Matthew Clarke (Canyon UK)
7th in 2017
Oscar Hutchings (VC Equipe/Flix Oral Hygiene/Propulse)
Tom Hargreaves & Chris McNamara (Nuun-Sigma Sports-London)
David Kovacs (Team KTM)
Hungarian International
UCI Road World Championships- T/T & R/R
2016 National Road & TT Champion U23
2015 National Road & TT Champion U19

Teams Entered so far...
Canyon Eisberg
VC Equipe/Flix Oral Hygiene/Propulse
Morvelo Basso RT
Nuun-Sigma Sports-London
Spirit Tifosi RT
Team Guernsey (2018 Commonwealth Games Squad)


Thursday 18 January 2018

Bournemouth & Dist Women's CA Welcome Nicole Cooke


Bournemouth & District Women’s Cycling Association honoured to welcome Nicole Cooke MBE.
On Sunday 11th February Nicole will be coming to the New forest and joining a bike ride around the New forest lanes stopping for coffee before heading back to the community hall for a cold finger buffet with tea, coffee and cold drinks, Nicole will talk about her career from junior world champion to an elite cyclist winning Commonwealth, Olympic and world championship medals plus major women’s spring classics and tour victories.
The venue
Netley Marsh Community Hall
Woodlands rd
Woodlands
Netley Marsh
Southampton
SO407GE
B&DWCA are hoping to have two group rides one a social ride and the other for the fitter cyclist leaving Netley Marsh at 9-30 am Nicole with ride with one group to coffee before riding
back with the other group
Cold finger buffet followed by Nicole’s presentation from 1-30pm

RSVP. by Sunday 4th February Tickets £ 7-50
Sue Longland
32 Testlands Ave
Nursling
SO160XG
Tel:- 02380 731771
sue_antelope@hotmail.com
If you have any special dietary requests please let me know
If you are planning to come on the ride please let me know which group you would prefer

Tuesday 9 January 2018

Calshot Track League #7 Results


SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: SCR
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
4th Jim KENT London Dynamo
5th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
6th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
7th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE : POINTS RACE
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 25 pts
2nd Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs 18 pts
3rd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks 14 pts
4th Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 3 pts
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
7th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
8th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: UNKNOWN DISTANCE
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
3rd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
4th Jim KENT London Dynamo
5th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
6th Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
7th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
8th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
SENIOR ‘A’ LEAGUE: SPRINT
1st Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
2nd Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
SENIOR ‘B’ LEAGUE: SPRINT
1st Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC

SENIOR ‘AB’ LEAGUE: SCRATCH RACE
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Alex COLLINS Primera-TeamJobs
3rd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
4th Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
7th Jim KENT London Dynamo
8th Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
9th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
VETERANS/ JUNIORS: 2 km SCRATCH
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
3rd Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
7th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
VETERANS / JUNIOR: UNKNOWN DISTANCE
1st Simon PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Harry JOHNSON The Hub Cycleworks
4th Joe O’BRIEN Zappis RT
5th Jim KENT London Dynamo
6th Paul HENDY Bike Jockey CC
7th Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
8th Richard EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
9th Doug CONROY Redmon CC
YOUTH U16 / U14: WARM - UP
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Joe O’BRIEN Zappis RT
4th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
6th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
7th Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
8th Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club

YOUTH U16 / U14: SCRATCH
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
3rd Joe O’BRIEN Zappis RT
4th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
7th Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
8th Alex DAVIS Sotonia Cycling Club
YOUTH U16 / U14: POINTS
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 20 pts
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator 9 pts
3rd Joe O’BRIEN Zappis RT 4 pts
4th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers 3 pts
5th Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club 2 pts
6th Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 2 pts
7th Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U16: HANDICAP
1st Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Joe O’BRIEN Zappis RT
YOUTH U14: HANDICAP
1st Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
YOUTH U16: SPRINT
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Joe O’BRIEN Zappis RT
3rd Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U14: SPRINT
1st Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator
3rd Isabel SHARP Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
YOUTH U14: SCRATCH
1st Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd Jodie TAYLOR Team Terminator

YOUTH U16: SCRATCH
1st Thomas DAY Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Danny HAVEY Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Jacob SCHNABEL Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Elliot MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th Joe O’BRIEN Zappis RT
YOUTH U12: WARM - UP
1st Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
4th Bobbie O’BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
5th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
6th Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
7th Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
8th Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
9th Finlay O’BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
YOUTH U12: SCRATCH
1st Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Bobbie O’BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
3rd Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
4th Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
6th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
7th Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
8th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
YOUTH U12: POINTS
1st Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 25 pts
2nd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 14 pts
3rd Bobbie O’BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club 11 pts
4th Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
6th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
7th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
8th Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers

YOUTH U12: HANDICAP
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
5th Bobbie O’BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
6th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
7th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
8th Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U12 GIRLS: SPRINT
1st Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
2nd Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U12 BOYS: SPRINT
1st Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Bobbie O’BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
3rd Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
YOUTH U12: SCRATCH
1st Oliver PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Bobbie O’BRIEN Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
3rd Digby LLEWELLYN Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Stanley KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th Bradley TAYLOR Colchester Rovers CC
6th Katie-Ann CALTON Solent Pirates
7th Emily MOREVE Hillingdon Slipstreamers
8th Gregory EASTHAM Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers CC
YOUTH U10 / U8/U8: WARM – UP
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
4th Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U10 / U8: SCRATCH
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
3rd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U10 / U8: POINTS
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 12 pts
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 9 pts
3rd Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers 5 pts
4th Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC 4 pts
YOUTH U10 / U8: HANDICAP
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
4th Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U10 / U8: SPRINT
1st Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
2nd Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
3rd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
4th Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
YOUTH U10 / U8: SCRATCH
1st Edward KENT Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd Oliver GILL Poole Wheelers Cycling Club
3rd Harrison HENDY Bike Jockey CC
4th Charlie PETTIFER Poole Wheelers Cycling Club

Saturday 6 January 2018

Shackel Signs for Vitus Pro Cycling!


South region rider Andy Shackel has been named in the new British UCI Continental team, Vitus Pro Cycling. The 23 year old, Portsmouth based rider always rides positively, is aggressive but never arrogant and his "can do" all round approach will be a great asset to Cherie Pridhams new outfit.
Track,Crit or Road, the versatile Shackel does not mind!

Shackel took silver at the South Region Circuit champs behind Ian Field and finished 8th in the Divs after featuring in a race long break. The former Wiggle rider told "LR,LR"..
"Currently I plan to focus mainly on the Crits with the hope to ride some rounds of the Tour Series and possibly the London Nocturne. I’m looking forward to getting stuck in with the team as it has been a few years since I’ve ridden on a structured setup. My first race will potentially be Perfs, but I’m still recovering from a back injury from racing Red Hook Crit in Milan, so I’ll have to see how my condition is. The crash has limited me more to the trainer than I’ve ever been over the winter, so trainings been a lot more structured and hopefully more productive. I’m still working full time, but I’m used to fitting racing and training around work. I’m super excited to race at the next level with Vitus Pro Cycling."

Vitus Pro Cycling 2018
Josh Hunt
Adam Kenway
Julio Amores Palacios
Harrison Jones (U23)
Joe Reilly (U23)
Grant Martin (U23)
Andy Shackel (U23)
Tim Torrie (U23)
Liam Davies (U23)
Leon Gledhill (U23)

Wednesday 3 January 2018

Bournemouth Jubilee Wh 75 Mile Reliability Trial this Sunday.


Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers winter Reliability trial series continues this Sunday (7th) with the 75 mile event . Sign on and ride between 08:30 -09:00, 08:30 starters are allowed 6 hours to complete the course, those departing at 09:00 must get round in 5hrs 30. Regarded as the hardest of the four trials, the clockwise route heads north west from Merley to Blandford, Okeford Fitzpaine, Hamoon and the the tough climb of St Johns Hill to Shaftesbury. From there the route drops down to Coombe Bissett, on to Damerham, Cranborne, Wimborne and back to Merley.
Start and finish is at Merley Community Centre (BH21 1XE), Harrier Drive, off Oakley Straight, Merley, parking, toilet facilities and light refreshments are available. Non members welcome, Members (First and Second Claim) £1 per Reliability Trial, other affiliated riders £2. Non affiliated riders are required to become Associate Members of the Club and will pay £10 for all four Reliability Trials and all BJW Club Runs for a year. You can join on the day.
Under 18s should be accompanied by an adult please. Route sheets available on the day and can also be viewed on the club WEBSITE
The final reliability trial, the "100 in 8" takes place on Sunday 4th February. Riders who complete all 4 trials inside the time limit receive a BJW Medal.

Tuesday 2 January 2018

Andy Tennant Part of Canyon Eisberg 2018 Squad


Five new signings ahead of the 2018 campaign
Nine riders have contracts renewed in 14-man squad
Average age of roster down to 23.5 (24 in 2017)



Tim Elverson has unveiled five new signings as he prepares for battle with Canyon Eisberg in 2018.

Team GB track star Andy Tennant heads the quintet, which includes Charlie Tanfield, Alex Paton, Louis Rose-Davies and Charles Page.

Elverson has also retained the services of Joe Fry, Dexter Gardias, James Lowsley-Williams, Matt Nowell, Chris Opie, Jack Pullar, Max Stedman, Harry Tanfield and Rory Townsend.

The UCI Continental outfit, who raced as BIKE Channel Canyon last season, will take to the road with a squad of 14 and an average age of just 23.5.

That statistic is lower than last term (24) as sports director Elverson continues to put his faith in young talent.

Elverson said: “We have five new riders for 2018 and we have retained all our solid performers from last season, which I am very pleased about.

“Combine those 14 with the same strong backroom staff and I expect us to make further progress this year.

“Andy was an interesting one for me. I have admired his riding from afar for some time and he is someone I’ve always kept one eye on tactically.

“We had a chat and I felt straight away we would work well together. There are still many road goals he wants to achieve.

“Add to that the experience he brings to my young squad and he became someone I was very keen to sign.

“Charlie rode a number of UCI races with us as a stagiaire. He fitted in really well and showed me there is plenty more to come, so I quickly signed him up.

“His recent track performances have highlighted what I already thought and I am very excited for 2018.

“I’ve worked closely with Alex before and have had good success with him. He left me to go to Madison with my blessing.

“They are a great team and it presented a good opportunity for him. But I worked hard to get him back and look forward to getting him rolling this season.

“I also want to keep that core of six under-23s within our squad. Louis and Charles are both exciting prospects and I have no doubt they will fit in well with us.”

Tennant, who celebrated the team pursuit world title in 2012 and is a six-time European champion in the velodrome, arrives from Team Wiggins.

Former Brother NRG rider Tanfield, 21, joins his older sibling, Harry, on the team having made huge waves on the track for Team KGF.

Second fastest on the all-time list for British individual pursuiters, he rode as a stagiaire for the team at the back end of last season.

Paton, a former national junior cyclocross champion, worked with Elverson at Pedal Heaven before spending last season with Madison Genesis.

Rose-Davies, who beat Tom Pidcock to the junior national road race crown in 2017, and fellow first-year professional Page, both 18, complete the new additions.

Their arrivals were announced back in July with Elverson underlining his commitment to develop bright young riders.

RIDER COMMENTS
Andy Tennant

“I’m excited about this team. It is certainly a formidable line-up and one which should be challenging to win races right from the start.”

Charlie Tanfield
“Joining Canyon Eisberg is going to be a huge opportunity for me to progress as a cyclist. I'm excited to get stuck and to see what I can do with the team.”

Alex Paton
“I am really looking forward to 2018. I get on very well with Tim, I have great belief in him and the way he works seems to work well for me, too.”

Louis Rose-Davies
“My target is to reach the World Tour and this is one of the big step-ups on the way there, which I am really pleased to have made.”

Charles Page
“I was introduced to Tim while racing as an under-16, so for all the hard work to come to fruition is very satisfying. I can’t wait to get started now.”



Monday 1 January 2018

Team Announcement: Canyon Eisberg


Team Announcement Canyon Eisberg
Eisberg step up as headline partner of UCI Conti team!
Canyon Bicycles continue title sponsorship in 2018
Maxxis, Brother, Hunt and Fenwick's boost their backing!
dhb head raft of new partners for Tim Elverson's squad!


Canyon Eisberg sports director Tim Elverson, has thanked his sponsors for pledging their support for what promises to be an exciting 2018 campaignand and saluted his loyal supporters as he revealed the new-look Canyon Eisberg team for 2018.*

Eisberg, the UK's best selling alcohol-free wine brand, have stepped up to replace former joint title sponsor BIKE Channel UK, who went into administration in September.

Canyon continue their headline partnership, while the likes of Maxxis Tyres UK, Brother UK, Hunt Bike Wheels and Fenwick’s have boosted their backing of the UCI Continental team.

Add to that the arrival of a band of exciting new partners, such as technical tri-sports apparel brand dhb and ROTOR, and Elverson is excited for the outfit’s second season.

Highlights of the team’s debut campaign included a third place and two jerseys at the Tour de Yorkshire, heroics at the Tour of Britain and the Spring Cup title.

The team celebrated two individual wins and one round victory at the Tour Series, second place in the Grand Prix Series and third in the National Circuit Series.

A string of impressive performances in UCI races were capped by back-to-back stage wins and general classification glory at the Tour of Quanzhou Bay in China.
Elverson said: “Hopefully people enjoyed watching us in action last season and appreciated our attacking brand of bike racing.

“There are so many great memories. The Tour de Yorkshire, from start to finish, was a particular highlight for me.

“So following a fantastic debut season in which we hit every target we set ourselves, we move into year two setting new goals.

“We are grateful for all our sponsors who made last season possible. And we have been very fortunate to have strong partners continue into 2018.

“I thank Eisberg for joining Canyon as new title partners, along with Maxxis, Brother, Hunt and Fenwick's for all increasing their support.

“We also have continued backing from Salice, Sidi and Yellow Jersey, which is vital in keeping the stability of the team.

“We are very excited about our new key partner dhb, who we will be heavily involved with for future development.

“And this season we will also welcome ROTOR, whose power meters will be helping us develop our new and even younger squad.

“We will make further rider announcements in the coming days. And watch our social media and website for features on each of our partners.


Canyon will once again supply the team with their flagship models offering a choice of the new Aeroad CF SLX and Ultimate CF SLX.

Other product sponsors include Yellow Jersey Cycle Insurance, Salice, Sidi, KitBrix, Polar and 3T.

Nick Allen, UK Market Manager for Canyon Bicycles, said: “We’re incredibly excited to be extending our relationship with the Canyon Eisberg team through 2018.

“Our first season together enabled us to achieve so many sporting targets with Tim and the riders.

“At the same time it gave us the perfect platform to connect with Canyon consumers on the road and in an environment where our mutual passion for cycling shone through.

“We can’t wait to present the new Aeroads and Ultimate CF SLX bikes the team will use and we remain convinced that with these outstanding tools the squad will excel again.”

*The team rosta has yet to be finalized. Charlie Tanfield rode as a stagiare last season, while Junior national champion Louis Rose-Davies and fellow youngster Charles Page signed for the team back in July, all three could feature in the new squad as could Chris Opie.