Odd Down Winter Series Round 5 – Results, Report and Series Standings

Series Leaders denied as the breakaways win the day
Illi Gardner and James Phillips become the first two riders to deny series leaders Johnston and Revell victory

 

James Phillips (Dream Cycling) shared a successful breakaway with Tavis Walker (VC Walcot) whilst Illi Gardner (Veloflow) pipped Lauren Johnston in a tight two up sprint. Both Charlie Revell (Team Tor 2000 Kalas) and Johnston had been defending unbeaten records going into a wet and wintery round 5, but two series debutants made the most of the conditions and ended up taking the win on the day. They still both sit in strong positions overall, with Johnston extending her lead over second placed Jenny Bolsom (Bikechain-Ricci) to fifty points and Revell holding onto top spot by five points in the men’s competition ahead of John Russell (Bristol RC).

It took a long time for a breakaway to get established in the men’s 2/3 race, with many small groups trying to get away in the early laps. The main favourites were vigilant however and whilst the pace was kept high no moves got far up the road, with Revell at the forefront bringing back dangerous moves featuring first Walker and Josh Griffiths (Bristol South CC) and then Phillips alongside his overall rival Russell. However, once a strong group of eleven riders forced its way clear after twenty minutes the alarm bells started ringing in the bunch.

As this group was brought to heel, Walker immediately counter attacked and was joined one lap later by Phillips. Russell and Andrew Kirby (University of Bristol) went to bridge but were unable to make the junction, and once they were back in the fold the bunch eased off and gave the escapees a gap. With the mist descending, the pair built a substantial lead but the results was far from certain with the bunch looming in the distance.

As the race entered the final two laps, the pair had 20s advantage and Phillips decided that this was secure enough for him to attack off Walker’s wheel in an attempt to solo to the line. Walker didn’t respond immediately but persevered with his task, holding the gap to Phillips at only five seconds into the final lap as the bunch began to charge into the sprint. In the end the gaps held with Phillips crossing the line just ahead of Walker who managed to hold off the bunch kick which was taken ahead of Russell and Revell by Corey Bale (Cycle Team OnForm).

The men’s 4th cat race experienced the worst of the weather, and this affect how the race panned out, with the bunch strung out on the wet corners. This stretched the bunch to breaking point straight away, with a steady stream of groups falling off the back of the leaders. In the end there were twelve riders left in contention, and with all the riders biding their time in search of a top ten finish having made the selection, a bunch sprint was inevitable.

No-one played it cooler than University of Bath’s Ed Gray, who had been in the top five twice already this series. He had been active in search of those results in previous rounds but was notably resting near the back of the group for a large part of the race once the twelve riders were away. He put those fresh legs to good effect with half a lap to go as he sprang clear of the group with a surprise move and held his slender lead all the way to the line. Steve Brown (Gloucester City CC) and Seb Barnaert led home the rest of the bunch behind Gray to lock out the podium.

The women’s series is turning into a close battle behind series leader Johnson, and with five of the top six overall racing this week it was shaping up to be a decisive round. The returning Rebekah Nash (University of Bristol CC) kept the early pace high but it was a solo move by Gardner which really put the cat amongst the pigeons with first Molly Hodges (Avid Sport) and Charlotte Berry (Performance Cycles), along with Johnston chasing down the leader.

Hodges paid for her chase and fell back to Bolsom, but once Garnder was caught it was Johnston who went for the next move. She was immediately covered by Gardner and the pair were away. The gap was held by the chasers at only three seconds for two laps until finally the elastic broke and the front two were able to build a substantial gap. Johnston has been dominant all series and Gardner had looked strong all race so it was anyone’s guess to who would take the win.

Johnston led out the sprint, but Garnder was able to jump off her wheel in the final 100m to take the win by half a bike length. Berry showed her excellent sprint to take third from Nash, with Maria Powell (Radeon-Cyclology RT) finishing ahead of Bolsom who beat Hodges in another tight sprint.

The women’s 4th cat race saw some new faces to the fore, now that riders such as Nash and Johnston have moved up to 3rd cat, with the group all staying together for a bunch sprint. Stephie Prince (Cotswold Veldrijden) had looked strong in the group throughout, and confirmed this by taking the final sprint, two bike lengths clear of Aimee Parsons (Avid Sport).

Olive Holliday (Somer Valley CC) marked her first ever race with a third place finish with the rest of the group tightly packed behind. Prince’s win takes her up into the top ten overall, and so will be looking up at the riders ahead of her to try and climb further up the standings.

Results:

Women’s 4th Cat

Pos	No.	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name
1	4	Stephie	Prince	Cotswold Veldrijden
2	3	Aimee	Parsons	Avid Sport
3	2	Olive	Holliday	Somer Valley CC
4	7	Joanna	Goodhead	Avid Sport
5	1	Amy	Dunwell	St Austell Wheelers CC
6	8	George	Little	Bath Uni CC
7	6	Sophie	Barnes	Army Cycling Union
8	5	Sorrel	Williams	Abingdon Race Team

Women’s E/1/2/3

Pos	No.	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name
1	40	Illi	Gardner	Veloflow
2	32	Lauren	Johnston
3	41	Charlotte	Berry	Performance Cycles
4	33	Rebekah	Nash	University of Bristol CC
5	38	Maria	Powell	Radeon-Cycology RT
6	37	Jenny	Bolsom	Bikechain – Ricci
7	58	Molly	Hodges	Avid Sport
8	39	Karen	Spiteri	Avid Sport

Men’s 4th Cat

Pos	No.	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name
1	76	Edward	Gray	University of Bath Cycling Club
2	64	Steve	Brown	Gloucester City Cycling Club
3	93	Seb	Bernaert
4	96	Elliot	Barratt	Bath CC
5	73	Alex	Ficke	Army Cycling Union
6	84	Daniel	Riggs	Corsley Cycle Club
7	71	Steven	Curran
8	89	Thomas	Moffat	Uni of Bath CC
9	72	Chris	Downham
10	67	Noel	Charlton	Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
11	62	Marlin	Barea	Bikechain – Ricci
12	65	Theo	Brumhead	Bristol South CC
13	61	Paul	Ashman	Recycles RCC
14	75	Robert	Francis	Somer Valley CC
15	87	Jordan	Wintle	Cheltenham & County CC
16	63	Chris	Brennan	DHCyclesport
17	79	Michael	Parkin-White	University of Bristol CC
18	94	Sam	Whitehead	Bristol South CC
19	88	Ross	Mahoney	Swindon RC
20	66	Nigel	Burton	Bath Cycling Club
21	90	Luke	Justin	Somer Valley CC
22	81	Thomas	Parsons	Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA
23	95	Chris	Deane	Bath CC
24	85	James	Saunders	Aylesbury CC
25	91	Andy	Duggan
26	77	Mark	Hardyman	Velo Club Walcot
27	92	Harvey	Winfield
28	69	Joe	Colley	Royal Air Force CA
29	83	Mark	Reed	Corsham Cycling Club
DNF	74	Rhys	Flint	Cotswold Veldrijden

Men’s 2/3

Pos	No.	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name
1	103	James	Phillips	Dream Cycling
2	82	Tavis	Walker	VC Walcot
3	1	Corey	Bale	Cycle Team OnForm
4	26	John	Russell	Bristol RC
5	24	Charlie	Revell	Team Tor 2000 KALAS
6	34	Andrew	White	OK CC
7	13	Rob	Hardyman	Forever Pedalling
8	20	Will	Page
9	32	Steven	Whitehurst	Somer Valley CC
10	5	Liam	Cahill	Somer Valley CC
10	28	Tim	Southcombe	Somerset Road Club
11	27	Jack	Salvidge	BPF Cycling
12	70	Will	Perrin	Gannet CC
13	15	Christopher	Hill	Bristol RC
14	18	Daniel	Martin	University of Bath Cycling Club
15	59	Scott	Fryer
16	3	Jamie	Bray	Giant Cycling Club – Halo Films
17	7	Steven	Cottington	Bath Cycling Club
18	37	Tom	Price	Chippenham Wheelers
19	30	Benjamin	Wainwright	Team Tor 2000 KALAS
20	2	Thomas	Bass	Latchem Sunwise Race Team
21	42	Josh	Griffiths	Bristol South CC
22	9	Richard	Franklin	VC St Raphael
23	10	Samuel	Gaskin
24	83	Anthony	Corke	Cheddar CC
25	36	Adrian	Reynolds	Somerset RC
26	8	Iain	Duggan	Gannet CC
27	29	Harry	Tucker	Avid Sport
28	31	Adrian	Warren	Latchem Sunwise Race Team
29	22	James	Pittard	University of Bristol CC
30	57	Andrew	Kirby	University of Bristol CC
31	61	Jamie	Atkins	Uni of Bristol
32	4	Peter	Burrows	University of Bristol CC
33	81	David	Pleming	University of Bristol CC
34	14	Thomas	Harrington	Abergavenny Road Club
35	6	Jacques	Coates	Cycle Team OnForm
36	25	Graeme	Rout	Gannet CC
dnf	12	Spencer	Hardman	Salt & Sham Cycle Club
dnf	41	George	Beck	Bikestrong UK

Series Standings:

Women

First Name	Surname	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Total
Lauren	Johnston	30	50	30	50	45	205
Jenny	Bolsom	50	15	40	25	25	155
Molly	Hodges	15	35	20	45	20	135
Rebekah	Nash	25	45	25		35	130
Maria	Powell	45		35		30	110
Emily	Slavin		13	45	30		88
Elizabeth	Pressage		20	50			70
Frances	Bromley	20	40				60
Stephie	Prince		25	1		30	56
Illi	Gardner					50	50
Emily	Walton			8	35		43
Elinor	Spencer				40		40
Charlotte	Berry					40	40
Aimee	Parsons	8		5		25	38
Katherine	Moore	9		15	13		37
Lucy	Austin		30				30
Karen	Spiteri				15	15	30
Kate	Millard	3		6	20		29
Joanna	Goodhead	5		2		15	22
Olive	Holliday					20	20
Sophie	Barnes			9		8	17
Deborah	Sterling			1	14		15
Rebecca	Gregson		14				14
Vanessa	Royals		12				12
Claire	Lawrence	10					10
Claire	Nott			10			10
Amy	Dunwell					10	10
Georgie	Little					9	9
Sally	Crocker	4		4			8
Janet	Horton	7					7
Heidi	Blunden			7			7
Sorrel	Williams					7	7
Olive	Holliday	6					6
Taegan	Pomeroy			3			3
Victoria	Jones	2					2
Sarah	Crowther	1		1			2
Hannah	Cockerill	1					1
Emily	Harford			1			1
Janet	Horton			1			1

Men

First Name	Surname	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Total
Charlie	Revell		50	50	50	30	180
John	Russell	50	45	45		35	175
Andrew	White		30	30	45	25	130
David	Mixell	40		20	35		95
Will	Page			40	40	15	95
Jared	Linden	30	25		30		85
Rob	Hardyman		15	35	14	20	84
Edward	Gray	20	7	15		30	72
Jamie	Atkins	25		20	25	1	71
Daniel	Martin		30		25	8	63
Jack	Salvidge			14	30	11	55
Thomas	Bass	20	14	11	4	2	51
Will	Perrin		40		1	10	51
James	Phillips					50	50
James	Dudden	35			13		48
Scott	Fryer		35		6	7	48
Ben	Osborne		20	25	1		46
Joe	Twelvetrees	25	20				45
Nathan	Hallett	45					45
Colin	Smith			25	20		45
Tavis	Walker					45	45
Tim	Southcombe			15	15	12	42
Seb	Bernaert				20	20	40
Steve	Brown				15	25	40
Corey	Bale					40	40
Spencer	Hardman	6	15	8	9	1	39
Samuel	Gaskin	14	9	9	1	1	34
Thomas	Collins	30					30
Kyle	Dovey			30			30
Steven	Cottington	13	8	1	1	5	28
Iain	Duggan		25		1	1	27
Elliot	Barratt		8		2	15	25
William	Acworth	10	5	7			22
Adam	Robertson		13	7			20
Josh	Griffiths	9		8	1	1	19
Alex	Ficke			9		10	19
William	Hayes		10		8		18
Jamie	Bray				12	6	18
Liam	Cahill				5	13	18
Richard	Smith	8	3	6			17
Anthony	Corke	15			1	1	17
Daniel	Riggs	1	1	1	5	9	17
Simon	Starling	15					15
Peter	Smith	1	1	6	7		15
Adrian	Reynolds		12	1	1	1	15
Tom	Allport	9	4		1		14
Steven	Whitehurst					14	14
Daniel	Carr			13			13
Nick	Anderson	12					12
Daniel	Soltys		11	1			12
Julian	Lockwood			12			12
Felix	Young	11					11
Joe	Peatson				11		11
Steven	Curran				3	8	11
Thomas	Grigson		10				10
George	Creasey	10					10
Daniel	Tyrie		9	1			10
Johnny	Arcg		5	5			10
Steve	Martin			10			10
George	Bazeley			10			10
James	McGough				10		10
Thomas	Barlow				10		10
Will	Clarke	8			1		9
Daniel	Maclean-Howell				9		9
Christopher	Hill					9	9
Stefan	Barnett		4	3	1		8
Jamie	Crump				8		8
Noel	Charlton		3			5	8
Tom	Moffat		1			7	8
Luke	Churchus		7				7
Guy	Tucker	7					7
Edward	Jackson	7					7
Phil	Walter				7		7
Graeme	Rout		6			1	7
Joel	Thomas		6				6
Ian	Hicks	6					6
Thomas	Southey			5	1		6
Christopher	Wright				6		6
Chris	Downham					6	6
Dave	Cullen	5					5
Si	Potter	4		1			5
Mark	Hardyman		1	3		1	5
Thomas	Price				1	4	5
Andy	Butler			4			4
John	Carter			4			4
Jonathan	Oakley	3			1		4
Simon	Bishop				4		4
Adrian	Warren				3	1	4
Benjamin	Wainwright				1	3	4
Marlin	Barea					4	4
Graham	Townsend	1	2				3
James	Kay	2	1				3
Matthew	Skeats	1		1	1		3
Nigel	Burton		1	1		1	3
Chris	Brennan			2		1	3
Paul	Ashman				1	2	3
Theo	Brumhead					3	3
David	Gwynne	1	1				2
Jonathan	Ashby	1	1				2
Luke	Craddock		2				2
Charlie	Kelly		1	1			2
Rowan	Ellis			2			2
Alexander	Atkins	1			1		2
Tom	Turner				2		2
Michael	Parkin-White		1			1	2
Richard	Franklin			1		1	2
James	Saunders				1	1	2
Mark	Reed				1	1	2
Jacques	Coates				1	1	2
Harry	Tucker				1	1	2
Thomas	Harrington				1	1	2
George	Beck				1	1	2
Martin	Andrews		1				1
Jack	Enright		1				1
Jeremy	Bigg		1				1
Alan	Adams		1				1
Paul	Watkins		1				1
Joanathan	Ashby	1					1
Chris	Parry	1					1
Michael	Banfield	1					1
Alex	Williams	1					1
Joel	Thomas	1					1
James	Barber			1			1
Saxon	Ridley			1			1
Dareen	Hayter			1			1
Nicholas	Barks				1		1
Steve	Beal				1		1
Jason	Holder				1		1
Christopher	Chapman				1		1
Peter	Geaves				1		1
Robert	McEwen				1		1
Charlie	Peach				1		1
Hamilton	Palmer				1		1
Tom	Coombe				1		1
Luke	Rogers				1		1
Thomas	King				1		1
Alex	Faux				1		1
Robert	Francis					1	1
Jordan	Wintle					1	1
Sam	Whitehead					1	1
Ross	Mahoney					1	1
Luke	Justin					1	1
Thomas	Parsons					1	1
Chris	Deane					1	1
Andy	Duggan					1	1
Harvey	Winfield					1	1
Joe	Colley					1	1
Rhys	Flint					1	1
James	Pittard					1	1
Andrew	Kirby					1	1
Peter	Burrows					1	1
David	Pleming					1	1