Pete Grace's courage earnt him 2nd place in his age catergory and a high placing in the race overall.
After a lonely ride in an attempt to catch a small break away Pete was caught on the last lap by the bunch, however since Pete used his head and had rested before he was caught he was able to launch a counter attack straight away and see off the pack and claim 2nd.
This is an even more impressive win as Pete works hard long hours.
Soon as I get the full results I'll post them here.
Well done Pete
Full result
Race Results - Cheshire Series, Event 1, 50 - 59 - Tuesday 26 Apr 2011
1 Keith Jones C Deeside Olympic - Veeboard
2 Peter Grace C Liverpool Century
3 Mark Bethell C Macclesfield Whs
4 Neil Russell C Liverpool Mercury - Dolan
5 Gordon Wallace C Deeside Olympic - Veeboard
RACE, SPORTIVE, TOURING & TRAINING REPORTS
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
LVRC LINDALE SUNDAY 10th APRIL – REGION 1
Duff got 3rd in the Lindale Road Race
http://www.lakesroadclub.org.uk/
The first 3 in each of the categories were:
http://www.lakesroadclub.org.uk/
The first 3 in each of the categories were:
| CATEGORY | FIRST THREE |
|---|---|
| A | Gary Adamson, Andy Tinsley (Maxgear RT), David Genders (Wills Wheels) |
| B | Sean Smith (Halifax Imperial Whs), Duncan Hibbert (Wheelguru CC), Duff Fawcett (GB Fire Service) |
| C | Tony Parkinson (Onimpex Bioracer), Brian Pearson (Lakes RC), Robert Whitfield (R Whitfield RT) |
| D | David Cumming (Team Kuota), Phil Rose (R Whitfield RT), Mick Day (Paul Milnes Cycles) |
| E | Malcolm Fraser (Lusso Sportswear), Alan Ramsay (Roadpeace), Peter Smith (Condor RC) |
| F | Jocky Johnson (Team Icarus), Brian Sunter (Condor RC), John Ginley (Condor RC) |
Finnegan finds form in Tour of the North
Derek Finnegan won the 4th and final stage in The Tour of the North.
Riding for M.Donnelly Stamullen RC Derek was ever present throughout the 4 day stage race where he competed against top level Elite riders from the UK and Ireland.
Derek outsprinted 2 Wheelbase riders to take his first win of 2011.
1 57 Finnegan,Derek M.Donnelly Stamullen RC 2h37'08"
General Classification
22 57 2h37'08"/1 Finnegan,Derek M.Donnelly Stamullen RC 8h22'51" = s/t
AA King of the mountains 10th
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Riding for M.Donnelly Stamullen RC Derek was ever present throughout the 4 day stage race where he competed against top level Elite riders from the UK and Ireland.
Derek outsprinted 2 Wheelbase riders to take his first win of 2011.
Prologue TT Results Stormont, 22 April 2011
44 57 Finnegan,Derek M.Donnelly Stamullen RC 02'02.98" @17.08"Stage 2 Results Portadown - Ballymena, 23 April 2011
18 57 Finnegan,Derek M.Donnelly Stamullen RC 2h27'08" @ s/tStage 3 Results Limavady - Limavady, 24 April 2011
29 57 Finnegan,Derek M.Donnelly Stamullen RC 3h16'33" @ s/tStage 4 FINAL Results Ballymena - Carrickfergus, 25 April 20111 57 Finnegan,Derek M.Donnelly Stamullen RC 2h37'08"
General Classification
22 57 2h37'08"/1 Finnegan,Derek M.Donnelly Stamullen RC 8h22'51" = s/t
AA King of the mountains 10th
http://www.tourofthenorth.com/
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Litherland Round 3 results
Venue: Litherland Sports Park, Boundary Road, Litherland
Reg. No. Result Category Time
Held on the 20th April 2011 Categories: 2/3/4/J
Distance: 36 kms Regional A EventReg. No. Result Category Time
1 252 3 Liam Brennan Birkenhead North End CC Jun2nd 52m. 24s.
2 452 12 Ryan Mullen Planet X Jun2nd st
3 205 25 Steve Abbott Team Wallis CHH RT 2nd @ 9 Secs.
4 214 34 Dean Hitchings Maxgear RT 2nd st
5 306 46 David Giles Mammoth LRT 3rd st
6 250 1 Jack Bowyer Team Wallis CHH RT Jun2nd @ 1m. 03s.
7 254 5 Dan Whelan Maxgear RT Jun3rd @ 1m. 08s.
8 215 35 Keith Jones Birkenhead North End CC 2nd @ 1m. 20s.
9 261 36 Steve Locke Plan B 2nd st
10 304 44 Chris Edwards Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC 3rd st
11 307 47 Ian Watson VC Halton 3rd st
12 262 37 Paul Whatmough Shepherds Cycles 2nd @ 1m. 35s.
On the grounds of safety the following riders were asked to retire from the race at 4 laps to go:
13 310 50 Gareth Williams Fibrax Wrexham Road Club 3rd @ 1 Lap
14 309 49 Ray Pugh Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC 3rd Same
15 415 85 Jonathan Dicks Liverpool Century RC 4th Same
16 416 86 Gareth Collom GMC Fire Services 4th Same
17 406 76 John Barraclough Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC 4th @ 2 Laps
18 450 10 Sam Palin Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC Jun4th Same
19 403 73 Tom Green Ludlow CC 4th @ 4 Laps
DNF
351 6 Tom Allan Newcastle Phoenix Jun4th
418 88 Ryan Pike High on Bikes 4th
Monday, 18 April 2011
Mike Gregg
Mike Gregg
1st year under 23
WSC Hand in Hand Baal
me after a muddy race! in GOOIK
Well..this has been some experience!
Where to start.....
I am staying in a little town called Westemeerbeek with my two english team mates Joel Davison from yorkshire and London boy Adam Cotterell. Also i live with my Team Manager Guido Helsen so best behaviour is a must at all times when he is around!
i am now settled here in Belgium and have adjusted to their somewhat abnormal way of life! Time off the bike in Belgium is alot different to the uk! alot less lively than concert square!
My life has mainly been spent hunting bargains in the supermarkets for the best budget nutella or hanging out at southern boy Gyles Wingates house where he lets me beat him on fifa. One of Gyles's room mates is Mark Mcnally who i seem to be spending too much time with and he is turning me into a "social retard" as he describes himself..
i am sat here with saw legs from todays race and enjoying the rare time i get to spend on my own..As you may or may not know my season started well when i came into the season with good legs and managed to get myself up there in a few february cold and windy kermesses which made the team manager ( Guido) happy. From then on things went abit pear shaped! i was selected to ride Brussels-Zepperen which was a uci 1.2 and way out of my comfort zone! i was shelled out only 20km in and was thrown a winter jacket out of the team cars window as they flew past me and left me for dead , just managing to catch their words "ride to the finish for training" 130 km later! and having caught up with my team mate who had also been dropped i arrived in the finish and was greeted with silence by the manager...this was a big blow to my morale but i just believed i had a bad day in the office! the wednesday after that mammoth race i was at a muddy windy typical Belgian kermesse where i manager to hang in and finish towards the front of the bunch and was glad to get another race under my belt! After 5 weeks in Belgium i made my first trip back to the uk. This was a mistake! i managed to pick up an injury by riding my old bike which had a completely different set up! my knee was hurting but i rode through it for a week , which was another mistake! another week or two passed by in Belgium and my knee was seriously holding me back so i decided to rest it..this also was no help as everytime i jumped back on the bike i would feel pain. After recently spending to much time with some familar scouser named mark mcnally..he managed to get me an appoitment at his teams physio. I then found out that i had Patella Maltracking syndrome or more commonly known as "fucked knee". i have been given exercises to cure this and also have it taped up which allows me to ride! I then jumped straight into the deep end and tested my body in another kermesse in St truiden (also my first sighting of any sort of red light district..this was noted for future reference!) i lasted 100 km out of the 114km..90 percent of my time was spent clinging on the back rumagging in my suitcase of courage for more space! i was spat out the back but pleased i lasted so long on a tough circuit.. we then were told that we had a local evening race on the friday and all the team would be watching. during that week i started to get some more valuable training rides in with the usual bunch of local brit pro's Matt Brammeier (not sure if you century boys have heard of him? ) Adam blythe, Macca and Andy Fenn. Friday came quickly and we rode the short ten minute ride to the start and set off for another fast and furious 250 starter belgian kermesse! this race goes down as my "chopper race" and my seatpost decided to slip on only the second lap! so early bath for Greggo! on the sunday i had a hilly race! and i punctured a 3rd of the way in! which i was glad about as the circuit was so hard and i had bad legs! I was lacking form and luck due to my 3 weeks off the bike to heal my knee! tuesday i was picked to lose my team time trial virginity. I loved the description my room and team mate gave this ttt! so i will use it:
We were told just two days before that myself and my room-mate Mike were to form half of the Hand-in-Hand Baal squad for the provincial team time trial. As far as surprises go, a team time trial was down there with a parking fine. This was to be a 20 kilometre thrash around a pan flat course near St Truiden. Having not competed in any sort of time trial since the tender age of 15, I thought ‘Try everything once’ so with youthful exuberance me and Mike set off on the 40 kilometre ride to the course. Two and a half hours later and with substantially more kilometres than I’d expected due to my expert navigation, we arrived, stripped down to our shorts and slotted in our race wheels. The wind was incredible with gusts of 50mph…perfect for a bunch of road riders thrown together at the eleventh hour and told to work as smoothly as a Swiss watch. The opening 400 metres kind of set the tone. Our first rider pulled his foot out just metres in and just about regained the back of the line in time to be promptly dropped again. With the time to be taken on the third man we now had to all stay together and work well. With myself, Mike and Ward Mommaers killing ourselves into the wind we settled into the rhythm. I had been told before by Mark McNally that team time trialling was like trapping a certain part of your anatomy in a door for half an hour and I’m inclined to agree. After the opening lap we were caught by the team of Van-Gothem which had set off a minute behind us. We held it together for the remaining 10 kilometres thanks to some awesome turns on the front by Ward, our very own Cancellara. We crossed the line spent, I don’t think I have ever suffered as much for so long. We finished 6th. Our team were the only team on road bikes and not fully equipped with the latest advancements in aerodynamics so as a race we were never really in it to win it. (http://www.joeldavisonracing.blogspot.com/)
me suffering on the back!
After all this negative riding i was desperate just to get a race finished and feel strong! today was that day.. It was a race near antwerp and was 120km.. pan flat with lots of tight corners. i started at the back and missed the decisive break of the day, but i managed to push and shove my way up to the front of a peloton with approx 240 riders! my legs felt good so i decided to give it a few digs and see what would happen..i got in a few small moves but we were dragged back..i ended up finishing towards the front of the bunch and was satisfied with my race .. I seem to be getting some sort of form back now! and hopefully i am on the up!
Tommorow i have a local race in Baal which is a 20 minute ride away! this blog i wrote was more of a catch up too what ive been up to! i will start to write on the blog after most races.
Hope all is well Centurions!
1st year under 23
WSC Hand in Hand Baal
me after a muddy race! in GOOIKWell..this has been some experience!
Where to start.....
I am staying in a little town called Westemeerbeek with my two english team mates Joel Davison from yorkshire and London boy Adam Cotterell. Also i live with my Team Manager Guido Helsen so best behaviour is a must at all times when he is around!
i am now settled here in Belgium and have adjusted to their somewhat abnormal way of life! Time off the bike in Belgium is alot different to the uk! alot less lively than concert square!
My life has mainly been spent hunting bargains in the supermarkets for the best budget nutella or hanging out at southern boy Gyles Wingates house where he lets me beat him on fifa. One of Gyles's room mates is Mark Mcnally who i seem to be spending too much time with and he is turning me into a "social retard" as he describes himself..
i am sat here with saw legs from todays race and enjoying the rare time i get to spend on my own..As you may or may not know my season started well when i came into the season with good legs and managed to get myself up there in a few february cold and windy kermesses which made the team manager ( Guido) happy. From then on things went abit pear shaped! i was selected to ride Brussels-Zepperen which was a uci 1.2 and way out of my comfort zone! i was shelled out only 20km in and was thrown a winter jacket out of the team cars window as they flew past me and left me for dead , just managing to catch their words "ride to the finish for training" 130 km later! and having caught up with my team mate who had also been dropped i arrived in the finish and was greeted with silence by the manager...this was a big blow to my morale but i just believed i had a bad day in the office! the wednesday after that mammoth race i was at a muddy windy typical Belgian kermesse where i manager to hang in and finish towards the front of the bunch and was glad to get another race under my belt! After 5 weeks in Belgium i made my first trip back to the uk. This was a mistake! i managed to pick up an injury by riding my old bike which had a completely different set up! my knee was hurting but i rode through it for a week , which was another mistake! another week or two passed by in Belgium and my knee was seriously holding me back so i decided to rest it..this also was no help as everytime i jumped back on the bike i would feel pain. After recently spending to much time with some familar scouser named mark mcnally..he managed to get me an appoitment at his teams physio. I then found out that i had Patella Maltracking syndrome or more commonly known as "fucked knee". i have been given exercises to cure this and also have it taped up which allows me to ride! I then jumped straight into the deep end and tested my body in another kermesse in St truiden (also my first sighting of any sort of red light district..this was noted for future reference!) i lasted 100 km out of the 114km..90 percent of my time was spent clinging on the back rumagging in my suitcase of courage for more space! i was spat out the back but pleased i lasted so long on a tough circuit.. we then were told that we had a local evening race on the friday and all the team would be watching. during that week i started to get some more valuable training rides in with the usual bunch of local brit pro's Matt Brammeier (not sure if you century boys have heard of him? ) Adam blythe, Macca and Andy Fenn. Friday came quickly and we rode the short ten minute ride to the start and set off for another fast and furious 250 starter belgian kermesse! this race goes down as my "chopper race" and my seatpost decided to slip on only the second lap! so early bath for Greggo! on the sunday i had a hilly race! and i punctured a 3rd of the way in! which i was glad about as the circuit was so hard and i had bad legs! I was lacking form and luck due to my 3 weeks off the bike to heal my knee! tuesday i was picked to lose my team time trial virginity. I loved the description my room and team mate gave this ttt! so i will use it:
We were told just two days before that myself and my room-mate Mike were to form half of the Hand-in-Hand Baal squad for the provincial team time trial. As far as surprises go, a team time trial was down there with a parking fine. This was to be a 20 kilometre thrash around a pan flat course near St Truiden. Having not competed in any sort of time trial since the tender age of 15, I thought ‘Try everything once’ so with youthful exuberance me and Mike set off on the 40 kilometre ride to the course. Two and a half hours later and with substantially more kilometres than I’d expected due to my expert navigation, we arrived, stripped down to our shorts and slotted in our race wheels. The wind was incredible with gusts of 50mph…perfect for a bunch of road riders thrown together at the eleventh hour and told to work as smoothly as a Swiss watch. The opening 400 metres kind of set the tone. Our first rider pulled his foot out just metres in and just about regained the back of the line in time to be promptly dropped again. With the time to be taken on the third man we now had to all stay together and work well. With myself, Mike and Ward Mommaers killing ourselves into the wind we settled into the rhythm. I had been told before by Mark McNally that team time trialling was like trapping a certain part of your anatomy in a door for half an hour and I’m inclined to agree. After the opening lap we were caught by the team of Van-Gothem which had set off a minute behind us. We held it together for the remaining 10 kilometres thanks to some awesome turns on the front by Ward, our very own Cancellara. We crossed the line spent, I don’t think I have ever suffered as much for so long. We finished 6th. Our team were the only team on road bikes and not fully equipped with the latest advancements in aerodynamics so as a race we were never really in it to win it. (http://www.joeldavisonracing.blogspot.com/)
me suffering on the back!After all this negative riding i was desperate just to get a race finished and feel strong! today was that day.. It was a race near antwerp and was 120km.. pan flat with lots of tight corners. i started at the back and missed the decisive break of the day, but i managed to push and shove my way up to the front of a peloton with approx 240 riders! my legs felt good so i decided to give it a few digs and see what would happen..i got in a few small moves but we were dragged back..i ended up finishing towards the front of the bunch and was satisfied with my race .. I seem to be getting some sort of form back now! and hopefully i am on the up!
Tommorow i have a local race in Baal which is a 20 minute ride away! this blog i wrote was more of a catch up too what ive been up to! i will start to write on the blog after most races.
Hope all is well Centurions!
Friday, 15 April 2011
Litherland 2011 Season Event 1
We are now 2 weeks into the crits at Litherland. This is a tough circuit all thanks to the insanely tight hairpin just before the finishing straight. It adds up to about 40+ sprints in the 50 mins + 10 laps.
Here is the event homepage
http://www.merseysidecyclingdevelopment.org/Results/LitherlandLeague.aspx
Event 1
Regional A Event Distance 30kms Categories : 2/3/4/Jnr
Reg. | No. | Category | Time | ||||
1 | 206 | 26 | Chris | Sherriffs | BC Private Member | 2nd | 47m.34s |
2 | 210 | 30 | Paul | Bethell | Team Elite | 2nd | @ 28 secs |
3 | 201 | 21 | Dave | Walker | Maxgear RT | 2nd | st |
4 | 205 | 25 | Steve | Abbott | Team Wallis CHH RT | 2nd | st |
5 | 250 | 1 | Jack | Bowyer | Team Wallis CHH RT | Jun2nd | @ 55 Secs |
6 | 254 | 5 | Dan | Whelan | Maxgear RT | Jun3rd | @ 1m. 16s. |
7 | 252 | 3 | Liam | Brennan | Birkenhead North End CC | Jun2nd | st |
8 | 209 | 29 | John | Crellin | Manchester Wheelers | 2nd | st |
9 | 304 | 44 | Chris | Edwards | Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC | 3rd | st |
10 | 305 | 45 | Calum | McLean | Sterling Bike Club | 3rd | st |
11 | 352 | 7 | Sean | Hughes | Team Wallis CHH RT | Jun2nd | st |
12 | 150 | 9 | Luke | Boulton | Team Wallis CHH RT | Jun2nd | st |
13 | 413 | 83 | Cormac | Leyden | Liverpool Century RC | 4th | st |
14 | 409 | 79 | Rik | Swift | Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC | 4th | @ 1m. 34s. |
On the grounds of safety the following riders were asked to retire from the race at 4 laps to go: | |||||||
15 | 207 | 27 | Matt | Jones | New Brighton CC | 2nd | @ 1 Lap |
16 | 151 | 8 | Jonathan | Pugh | Liverpool Century RC | Jun3rd | Same |
17 | 202 | 22 | James | Trottle | Manchester Wheelers | 2nd | Same |
18 | 407 | 77 | John | Findley | Southport CC | 4th | @ 2 Laps |
19 | 402 | 72 | Dave | White | New Brighton CC | 4th | Same |
20 | 410 | 80 | David | Petfit | Birkenhead North End CC | 4th | Same |
21 | 400 | 70 | Alan | Holland | St Helens CRC | 4th | Same |
22 | 415 | 85 | Jonathan | Dicks | Liverpool Century RC | 4th | @ 3 Laps |
23 | 208 | 28 | Andrew | Campbell | Wrexham Road Club | 2nd | Same |
24 | 405 | 75 | Brian | Nener | Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC | 4th | @ 4 Laps |
25 | 414 | 84 | Karl | Mottram | Liverpool Century RC | 4th | Same |
26 | 351 | 6 | Tom | Allen | New Phoenix | Jun4th | @ 5 Laps |
DNF | 251 | 2 | Ben | Matthews | Alf Jones Cycles | Jun3rd | |
200 | 20 | Tom | Dalton | Bill Nickson Cycles RT | 2nd | ||
401 | 71 | Dean | Bennett | Liverpool Century RC | 4th | ||
408 | 78 | Jason | Vickery | Southport CC | 4th | ||
411 | 81 | Phil | Gorton-Pope | Liverpool Century RC | 4th | ||
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