Odd Down Winter Series Round Two – Results and Report

Johnston makes it two from two whilst Russell takes a commanding lead in the men’s standings

Lauren Johnston took the sprint win from a hard working 4th Cat group that held off the higher category riders in the handicap pursuit race. With the same four riders finishing at the top of the standings in the 4th cat race we knew that it would be a hard task for the senior riders to bring the group back. Whilst Johnston, Nash (University of Bristol CC), Nott (Army CU), Prince (Cotswold Veldrijden), Bromley and Hodges (both Avid Sport) settled straight into a working group, the riders behind struggled to get organised. Lucy Austin (Army Race Team) charged across the gap and had halved her deficit one third of the way into the race, leaving the other second and third category riders in her wake. In the end the effort told, and with one against six she ended up going backwards in the second half of the race rather than forwards. Johnston was pleased with the win in a tough race:

“Everyone was working really hard which meant the finish was really tough. It was part of the plan, we wanted to get as much of a gap to the third cats as we could.”

Johnston said that she was worried about the threat of Avid Sport rider Fran Bromley going into the finish. Bromley was disappointed after the race saying “Lauren just went, Molly went and then I tried to follow Molly’s wheel. Rebekah started coming round on my left and instead of carrying on I tried to go on her wheel. I think I just caught myself in, but the others were all riding super strong.”

Behind the leaders, Jenny Bolsom (Bikechain-Ricci) was putting in a solid ride to take the third spot in the series standings behind Johnston and Nash. It is shaping up to be a close run thing between the top riders, and it wasn’t an easy day for those further down the pack with Uni of Bath’s Elizabeth Pressage describing it as a “brutal” race and saying that it was “six people working well together against me on my own”.

The men’s 4th cat race saw dominance from another strong co-operating group at the front with Jared Linden (Royal Dean Forest CC), Andrew White (Okehampton CC) and Ben Osborne (NFTO RC) going away early and quickly establishing a large gap. With their gap more than secure, the three started to cat and mouse a little going into the final stages of the race with Osborne like he was starting to play games with the other two and last weeks’ winner Linden looking to follow Johnston’s lead and make it two from two. He came in solo last week and this time around had White to contend with who had the jump coming into the finish. It looked like that was things done and dusted, but White clearly hadn’t seen the video of the finish from the men’s 2/3 race last week – he started to ease up and look over his shoulder as the line approached. Linden hadn’t sat up, and drew up alongside but couldn’t quite overhaul white. Another great ride from Linden puts him up to second in the series standings.

John Russell had to settle for second this week after his close victory last time out, but can settle for padding his series lead by a healthy margin. This week’s race was far more aggressive than last time out, with many of the moves lead by VC Walcot’s Stefan Barnett. With a few small groups getting away early it was a solo move from Barnett that was the only one to stick, but the bunch always had the one rider in its sights and closed him down before the final laps. Team Tor 200 Kalas’ Charlie Revell had been patrolling the front of the bunch throughout and confirmed his dominance taking the sprint by a good margin – no controversy this time around. Revell and Russell were followed in by Will Perrin of Gannet CC, with Barnett rolling in off the back of the bunch having burnt his matches before the sprint.

Round Two Results:

Women’s

Pos	Number	First Name	Surname	Club
1	8	Lauren	Johnston
2	10	Rebekah	Nash	University of Bristol CC
3	3	Frances	Bromley	Avid Sport
4	7	Molly	Hodges	Avid Sport
5	16	Lucy	Austin	Army Race Team
6	13	Stephie	Prince	Cotswold Veldrijden
7	12	Elizabeth	Pressage	University of Bath CC
8	2	Jenny	Bolsom	Bikechain – Ricci
9	4	Rebecca	Gregson	The Racing Chance Foundation
10	15	Emily	Slavin	IRIS Race Team
11	14	Vanessa	Royals	Army Cycling Union

4th Cat Men:

Pos	Number	First Name	Surname	Club
1	26	Andrew	White	Okehampton CC
2	16	Jared	Linden	Royal Dean Forest CC
3	29	Ben	Osborne	NFTO RC
4	13	Spencer	Hardman	Salt & Sham CC
5	15	William	Hayes	UK Biking/Bmth Cycleworks
6	25	Daniel	Tyrie	Imperial College CC
7	27	Elliot	Barratt	Bath CC
8	101	Edward	Gray	University of Bath CC
9	23	Joel	Thomas
10	1	William	Acworth	Bristol South CC
11	3	Tom	Allport	University of Bath CC
12	9	Noel	Charlton	Fareham Wheelers CC
13	24	Graham	Townsend	Devizes Town CC
14	8	Nigel	Burton	Bath CC
15	102	David	Gwynne	University of Bath CC
16	31	Tom	Moffat	University of Bath CC
17	4	Martin	Andrews	VC Venta
18	14	Mark	Hardyman	VC Walcot
19	18	Michael	Parkin-White	University of Bristol CC
20	19	Daniel	Riggs	Corsley CC
21	30	James	Kay	University of Bath CC
22	10	Jack	Enright	University of Bristol CC
23	28	Jeremy	Bigg	Oldfield Old Boys
24	2	Alan	Adams
25	22	Peter	Smith	Cowley Road Condors
26	5	Jonathan	Ashby	Devizes Town CC

2/3 Men:

Pos	Number	First Name	Surname	Club
1	12	Charlie	Revell	Team Tor 2000 Kalas
2	19	John	Russell	Bristol RC
3	101	Will	Perrin	Gannet CC
4	7	Scott	Fryer
5	10	Daniel	Martin	University of Bath CC
6	6	Iain	Duggan	Gannet CC
7	16	Joe	Twelvetrees	The Cycle Room
8	9	Rob	Hardyman	Forever Pedalling
9	2	Thomas	Bass	Salt and Sham CC
10	23	Adam	Robertson	Contour Cycles RT
11	20	Adrian	Reynolds	Somerset RC
12	15	Daniel	Soltys	University of Bath CC
13	8	Thomas	Grigson	BIKESTRONGUK
14	107	Samuel	Gaskin
15	4	Steven	Cottington	Bath CC
16	3	Luke	Churchus	Gannet CC
17	13	Graeme	Rout	Gannet CC
18	18	Johnny	Arcg
19	1	Stefan	Barnett	Velo Club Walcot
20	14	Richard	Smith	Bruton Cycling Club
21	26	Luke	Craddock	MCCC
22	21	Paul	Watkins	Somerset RC
23	22	Charlie	Kelly	BCDS

Women’s Series standings after Round Two:

First Name	Surname	Round 1	Round 2	Total
Lauren	Johnston	30	50	80
Rebekah	Nash	25	45	70
Jenny	Bolsom	50	15	65
Frances	Bromley	20	40	60
Molly	Hodges	15	35	50
Maria	Powell	45		45
Lucy	Austin		30	30
Stephie	Prince		25	25
Elizabeth	Pressage		20	20
Rebecca	Gregson		14	14
Emily	Slavin		13	13
Vanessa	Royals		12	12
Claire	Lawrence	10		10
Katherine	Moore	9		9
Aimee	Parsons	8		8
Janet	Horton	7		7
Olive	Holliday	6		6
Joanna	Goodhead	5		5
Sally	Crocker	4		4
Kate	Millard	3		3
Victoria	Jones	2		2
Sarah	Crowther	1		1
Hannah	Cockerill	1		1

Men’s standings after Round Two:

First Name	Surname	Round One	Round Two	Total
John	Russell	50	45	95
Jared	Linden	30	25	55
Charlie	Revell		50	50
Joe	Twelvetrees	25	20	45
Nathan	Hallett	45		45
Will	Perrin		40	40
David	Mixell	40		40
Scott	Fryer		35	35
James	Dudden	35		35
Thomas	Bass	20	14	34
Andrew	White		30	30
Daniel	Martin		30	30
Thomas	Collins	30		30
Edward	Gray	20	7	27
Iain	Duggan		25	25
Jamie	Atkins	25		25
Samuel	Gaskin	14	9	23
Spencer	Hardman	6	15	21
Steven	Cottington	13	8	21
Ben	Osborne		20	20
William	Acworth	10	5	15
Rob	Hardyman		15	15
Simon	Starling	15		15
Anthony	Corke	15		15
Tom	Allport	9	4	13
Adam	Robertson		13	13
Adrian	Reynolds		12	12
Nick	Anderson	12		12
Daniel	Soltys		11	11
Richard	Smith	8	3	11
Felix	Young	11		11
William	Hayes		10	10
Thomas	Grigson		10	10
George	Creasey	10		10
Daniel	Tyrie		9	9
Josh	Griffiths	9		9
Elliot	Barratt		8	8
Will	Clarke	8		8
Luke	Churchus		7	7
Guy	Tucker	7		7
Edward	Jackson	7		7
Joel	Thomas		6	6
Graeme	Rout		6	6
Ian	Hicks	6		6
Johnny	Arcg		5	5
Dave	Cullen	5		5
Stefan	Barnett		4	4
Si	Potter	4		4
Noel	Charlton		3	3
Graham	Townsend	1	2	3
James	Kay	2	1	3
Jonathan	Oakley	3		3
David	Gwynne	1	1	2
Daniel	Riggs	1	1	2
Peter	Smith	1	1	2
Jonathan	Ashby	1	1	2
Luke	Craddock		2	2
Nigel	Burton		1	1
Tom	Moffat		1	1
Martin	Andrews		1	1
Mark	Hardyman		1	1
Michael	Parkin-White		1	1
Jack	Enright		1	1
Jeremy	Bigg		1	1
Alan	Adams		1	1
Paul	Watkins		1	1
Charlie	Kelly		1	1
Alexander	Atkins	1		1
Joanathan	Ashby	1		1
Matthew	Skeats	1		1
Chris	Parry	1		1
Michael	Banfield	1		1
Alex	Williams	1		1
Joel	Thomas	1		1