No stopping Latchem Sunwise but Phillips takes command in the overall

Lancashire follows up third in round one with the win in the 3/4 race

Latchem Sunwise won five out of the six E/1/2 rounds in the Odd Down Summer series last year, and started this year’s series in similar fashion with Luke Nolan taking the win from a break of four riders. He was joined in the break after 20 minutes racing by Bristol RC’s James Phillips, Tri UK’s George Smith and Bikestrong-KTM’s Paul Jones. The composition of the move left VCEquipe/FlixOralHygeine/Propulse as the only large team missing out, following Gareth Turner’s unsuccessful attempt to bridge soon after the break had formed. Their pursuit kept the leaders within reach, but the gap never looked like closing going into the final laps. Nolan was run close by Phillips in the sprint, but Latchem Sunwise’s joy was complete as Nathan Hallett also took the bunch sprint behind for fifth.

The men’s 3/4 race looked to be heading towards a sprint finish, despite a number of attempted moves off the front of the 50-strong group. The only rider to get any room was VC Walcot’s serial attacker Stefan Barnett, but with Bath CC, Bristol RC and Bikestrong-KTM all showing numbers at the front of the bunch it was going to prove difficult to force clear.

It looked as though the perfect move had gone with half the race done, featuring Duncan Lancashire (Bath CC), Christopher Hill (Bristol RC) and Daniel Carr (Salt and Sham CC). However, without a Bikestrong-KTM rider in there, it was a strong turn from their rider Rob Abraham that brought that move back into the fold after a few laps spent just in front of the main bunch.

It was with only a few kilometres to go that the decisive move was made. With the main teams surging towards the front of the bunch, Lancashire managed to slingshot away going into the final couple of laps. All it took was a moment’s hesitation from the main group and he had an unassailable lead. Behind, the bunch sprint was taken by BPF Cycling’s Thomas Hogan ahead of Patrick Henry of Bristol RC.

Those results put James Phillips in prime position to take the lead in the overall series standings, ahead of Lancashire and Jones; with the Latchem Sunwise riders stacked just behind them in fourth and fifth.

Men’s 3/4

Pos	Number	Name	Surname	Club	Series Points
1	30	Duncan	Lancashire	Bath Cycling Club	30
2	27	Thomas	Hogan	BPF Cycling	25
3	25	Patrick	Henry	Bristol RC	20
4	51	Daniel	Carr	Salt & Sham CC	15
5	7	George	Beck	BIKESTRONG-KTM	14
6	42	Richard	Smith	Bruton Cycling Club	13
7	1	Robert	Abraham	BIKESTRONG-KTM	12
8	3	Nick	Ball	Team Tor 2000 KALAS	11
9	26	Christopher	Hill	Bristol RC	10
10	36	Graham	Reeves	Bristol RC	9
11	23	Andrew	Henderson	Latchem Sunwise Race Team	8
12	34	Mark	Pettitt	Portishead Cycling Club	7
13	29	Jos	Kertzman	Bath Cycling Club	6
14	48	Lewis	Whitcombe	Webbs 1902 Cycling Club	5
15	43	Sam	Smith	Bath Cycling Club	4
16	12	Theo	Brumhead	Bristol South CC	3
17	24	Adam	Henley	Cheltenham & County CC	2
18	9	Jamie	Bray	Giant Cycling Club – Halo Films	1
19	39	Nick	Anderson	Salt & Sham CC	1
20	2	David	Atkinson	Bath Cycling Club	1
21	28	Liam	Hicks	Latchem Sunwise Race Team	1
22	22	Stuart	Hardy	Bristol RC	1
23	35	Peter	Phillips	Bath Cycling Club	1
24	18	Darren	Edwards	Bath Cycling Club	1
25	15	Anthony	Corke	Cheddar Cycle Club	1
26	20	Darren	Gardner	Bath Cycling Club	1
27	44	David	Stoyle	Bath Cycling Club	1
28	38	David	Rutty	Velo Club Bristol	1
29	6	Thomas	Bass	Latchem Sunwise Race Team	1
30	49	Phillip	Wilkinson	Bristol RC	1
31	5	Stefan	Barnett	Velo Club Walcot	1
32	13	Christopher	Chapman	Bristol South CC	1
33	8	Chris	Bowie-Hill	Bristol RC	1
34	31	Tilemachos	Makropoulos		1
35	16	Matt	Dewey	Complete Cycle Works	1
36	19	Paul	Fearon		1
37	21	Ricky	Goldswain		1
38	46	Daniel	Waterston		1
39	32	Steven	Marsh	Portishead Cycling Club	1
40	17	Jamie	Duggan	Latchem Sunwise Race Team	1
41	40	Anthony	Smith	Portishead Cycling Club	1
42	33	Simon	Martin	Bath Cycling Club	1
43	41	Paul	Smith	Thornbury Cycling Club	1

 

Men’s E/1/2

1	9	Luke	Nolan	Latchem Sunwise Race Team	50
2	10	James	Phillips	Bristol RC	45
3	13	George	Smith	Tri UK	40
4	5	Paul	Jones	BIKESTRONG-KTM	35
5	2	Nathan	Hallett	Latchem Sunwise Race Team	30
6	7	Sebastian	Lewis	VCEquipe/FlixOralHygiene/Propulse	25
7	15	Gareth	Turner	VCEquipe/FlixOralHygiene/Propulse	20
8	19	Shaun	Cook	Bristol RC	15
9	12	Tom	Sharp	Bristol RC	14
10	11	Adam	Robertson	BPF Cycling	13
11	3	Rob	Hardyman	Forever Pedalling	12
12	18	Sam	Lindsay	#N/A	11
13	6	Andrew	Kirby	VC St Raphael	10
14	20	Craig	Wallduck	Latchem Sunwise Race Team	9
15	16	Joe	Griffiths	Torq Performance	8
16	17	Jake	Hollins	#N/A	7
17	4	Oscar	Hutchings	VCEquipe/FlixOralHygiene/Propulse	6
18	14	Dave	Tilling	BPF Cycling	5

 

Men’s Series Standings

Position	Name	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Series Points
1	James Phillips	Bristol RC	50	45	95
2	Duncan Lancashire	Bath CC	40	30	70
3	Paul Jones	Bikestrong-KTM	30	35	65
4	Nathan Hallett	Latchem Sunwise	20	30	50
5	Luke Nolan	Latchem Sunwise		50	50
6	Simon Gaywood	Portishead CC	45		45
7	Jake Hollins		35	7	42
8	Sam Lindsay		30	11	41
9	George Smith	Tri UK		40	40
10	Tom Sharp	Bristol RC	14	14	28
11	Rob Hardyman	Forever Pedalling	15	12	27
12	Andy Edwards	Bristol RC	25		25
13	Ben Jones	Portishead CC	25		25
14	Thomas Hogan	BPF Cycling		25	25
15	Sebastian Lewis	VCEquipe/FlixOralHygiene/Propulse		25	25
16	Robert Abraham	Bikestrong-KTM	11	12	23
17	Daniel Carr	Salt and Sham CC	7	15	22
18	Alan Adams		20		20
19	Patrick Henry	Bristol RC		20	20
20	Gareth Turner	VCEquipe/FlixOralHygiene/Propulse		20	20
21	Dave Tilling	BPF Cycling	13	5	18
22	Lewis Whitcombe	Webbs 1902 CC	11	5	16
23	Tom Allport	University of Bath CC	15		15
24	Shaun Cook	Bristol RC		15	15
25	Simon Worsley	Cheltenham and County CC	14		14
26	Christopher Chapman	Bristol South CC	13	1	14
27	George Beck	Bikestrong-KTM		14	14
28	Joe Griffiths	Torq Performance	5	8	13
29	Richard Smith	Bruton Cycling Club		13	13
30	Adam Robertson	BPF Cycling		13	13
31	Conor Chandler	Primera TeamJobs	12		12
32	Simon Hunt		12		12
33	Christopher Hill	Bristol RC	1	10	11
34	Nick Ball	Team Tor 2000 Kalas		11	11
35	Deacon Cutterham	Bikestrong-KTM	10		10
36	Peter Wyatt	Portishead CC	10		10
37	Andrew Kirby	VC St Raphael		10	10
38	Rob Borek	Forever Pedalling	9		9
39	Martin MacDonald	Bath CC	9		9
40	Graham Reeves	Bristol RC		9	9
41	Craig Wallduck	VCEquipe/FlixOralHygiene/Propulse		9	9
42	Jeff Lawrence	Salt and Sham CC	8		8
43	Mark Hardyman	VC Walcot	8		8
44	Mark Pettitt	Portishead CC	1	7	8
45	Andrew Henderson	Latchem Sunwise		8	8
46	Finn Hannersley	Ross CC	7		7
47	Jos Kertzman	Bath CC	1	6	7
48	Steven Whitehurst	Somer Valley CC	6		6
49	Samuel Whitehead	Bristol South CC	6		6
50	Anthony Smith	Portishead CC	5	1	6
51	Oscar Hutchings	VCEquipe/FlixOralHygiene/Propulse		6	6
52	Oliver Beresford	VC Venta	4		4
53	Matthew Carey	University of Bristol CC	4		4
54	Sam Smith	Bath CC		4	4
55	Liam Cahill	Somer Valley CC	3		3
56	Carl Rose	Ely Race Club	3		3
57	Matthew Dewey	Complete Cycle Works	2	1	3
58	Theo Brumhead	Bristol South CC		3	3
59	John Russell	Bristol RC	2		2
60	David Stoyle	Bath CC	1	1	2
61	Darren Gardner	Bath CC	1	1	2
62	Peter Phillips	Bath CC	1	1	2
63	Darren Edwards	Bath CC	1	1	2
64	Steven Marsh	Portishead CC	1	1	2
65	Paul Smith	Thornbury CC	1	1	2
66	Adam Henley	Cheltenham and County CC		2	2
67	Luke Craddock	Spokes BPC Racing	1		1
68	David Guy	Bristol South CC	1		1
69	Steven Cottington	Bath CC	1		1
70	Michael Bradbury	Bikestrong-KTM	1		1
71	Michael Davis	Bikestrong-KTM	1		1
72	Harry Tucker	Avid Sport	1		1
73	Jack Phillips	Salt and Sham CC	1		1
74	Russell Peace	BPF Cycling	1		1
75	Joe Cierpik		1		1
76	Michael Holding		1		1
77	Dan Hopes	Rapha Cycling Club	1		1
78	Matthew Lloyd	Pontypool RCC	1		1
79	Harry Woodman	VC Walcot	1		1
80	Mark Kemp		1		1
81	Thomas Constantine		1		1
82	Benjamin Elkins-Green	Salt and Sham CC	1		1
83	Aron Jarvis		1		1
84	Paul Enderson		1		1
85	Christopher Featherstone	Bristol RC	1		1
86	Christopher Humphreys	Carpe Diem CC	1		1
87	Richard Pattermore		1		1
88	Paul Ashman	Recycles RCC	1		1
89	Michael Withers	Portishead CC	1		1
90	Nic Meadows	Somer Valley CC	1		1
91	Paul Thompson	Wellington Wheelers CC	1		1
92	Sasha Smith	Portishead CC	1		1
93	John Airey	Ross CC	1		1
94	Stefan Golledge		1		1
95	Jamie Bray	Giant Halo CC		1	1
96	Nick Anderson	Salt and Sham CC		1	1
97	David Atkinson	Bath CC		1	1
98	Liam Hicks	Latchem Sunwise		1	1
99	Stuart Hardy	Bristol RC		1	1
100	Anthony Corke	Cheddar Cycling Club		1	1
101	David Rutty	VC Bristol		1	1
102	Thomas Bass	Latchem Sunwise		1	1
103	Phillip Wilkinson	Bristol RC		1	1
104	Stefan Barnett	VC Walcot		1	1
105	Chris Bowie-Hill	Bristol RC		1	1
106	Tilemachos Makropoulos			1	1
107	Paul Fearon			1	1
108	Ricky Goldswain			1	1
109	Daniel Waterson			1	1
110	Jamie Duggan	Latchem Sunwise		1	1
111	Simon Martin	Bath CC		1	1