by Chris Maher | Sep 23, 2015
Continental Tyres Women’s ¾ Cat Race
A gutsy solo break by Rebecca Hoare (Army Cycling Union) in the Continental Tyres Women’s 3/4th Cat race provided the winning move in the 2015 Tickhill Grand Prix.
Setting off three quarters of the way through the race, Becky gained a significant distance to secure first place finishing twelve seconds ahead of the main group.
The race ran at a high pace from the off in the fifty-minute session. The peloton had splintered early on, with twelve girls going clear.
Driving the group along earlier in the race, Team Jadan’s Monica Dew couldn’t edge away.
Rebecca then managed to gained five seconds midway through the race with Clifton CC’s Anna Docherty joining her.
A tumble by a lapped rider disrupted the chase slightly, but once cleared the chase was back on.
The group then reformed as they began making their way through the back markers.
It was at this slowing down point that Becky set about her winning move. Quickly gaining ten seconds, there was no reaction from the pack for several laps.
A strong performance again from Monica; she began closing the gap, this time with Johnson Wheelers CC’s Sarah Bradford.
Becky had been pegged at around fifteen seconds, but time was beginning to run out for anyone that had ambitions for the top place on the podium.
In the final push for the line, the remaining chasing girls could only sprint for second place.
3/4 Women Results
1 Becky Hoare Army Cycling Union 43.09
2 Sophie Williams Cardiff JIF 00.12
3 Anna Docherty Clifton CC “”
4 Monica Dew Team Jadan “”
5 Sarah Bradford Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club “”
6 Hayley Edwards Team Velosport “”
7 Sophie Enever Tyneside Vagabonds CC “”
8 Elizabeth Denby Paul Milnes – Bradford Olympic RC “”
9 Samantha Wilson Army Cycling Union “”
10 Elizabeth Catlow VC Lincoln 00.16
11 Jessica Woodworth Bourne Whls CC “”
12 Lindsay Atkinson-Wright Albarosa Cycling Club at 1 Lap
13 Gemma Penman Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club “”
14 Vanessa Holmes Arrow Cycles “”
15 Hannah Saville www.cxmagazine.com
16 Elizabeth Burrows Featherstone RC
17 Savannah Morgan Liverpool Century RC
18 Ann Walsham Maxx RT (Max Road Team)
19 Sophie Holmes Team Terminator
20 Lusia Steele Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
21 Isabel Darvill VC Lincoln
22 Anna Weaver Team WattCycle
23 Rebecca Smith University of Sheffield CC
24 Jess Millar Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
25 Melissa Greaves The Racing Chance Foundation
26 Lily Greenhalgh East Bradford CC
27 Jordan OMara Bolsover & District Cycling Club
28 Gemma Scougal WCS Race Team
29 Nicola Fox Manchester Whlrs Club
30 Emily Watson-Thoday University of Sheffield CC
31 Emma Grayson Wolverhampton Whls
32 Lindsey Styler The Racing Chance Foundation
33 Linsey Lyon The Racing Chance Foundation
34 Sarah Gregson Sportcity Velo
35 Heather Wesson Team WattCycle
36 Hazel Wright Team WattCycle
37 Nicola Doody
38 Dawn Russell
39 Vikki OBrien Manchester Wheelers Club
40 Coralie Glaunes Les Filles Racing Team
41 Zoe Forbes Giant Sheffield Poppycock Racing
42 Helen Goldthorpe Otley CC
43 Pamela Challen Team WattCycle
44 Olivia Tomlinson Team Jadan
45 Catherine Ferguson Manchester Wheelers Club
by Anna Magrath | Sep 20, 2015
It’s Yesss Tickhill GP time! With just over an hour to go to today’s event where we will see over 450 riders take to the streets of the small South Yorkshire town of Tickhill the atmosphere is hotting up.
Tickhill GP organiser Rich Stoodley has worked his socks off to make sure this event brings equality to the men and women riding providing them with the equal status and value of prizes, the largest prize fund awarded on the UK racing calendar. With the race day in it’s third year; this is the second year the women have been given this status, and the quality of riders attending proves Tickhill GP is an outstanding success.
The racing kicks off with the youth and junior riders leading up to the elite category of riders including Team WIGGINS in the mens race, the women are represented by teams like Les Filles RT and our very own Racing Chance Foundation and Team Jadan amongst others. It’s unusual for such a large event to give riders of all levels a chance to race the same circuit and mingle with their rivals and cycling stars.
The whole village and surrounding area get into the spirit of the day with local pubs serving the official Tickhill Grand Prix Ale, you can pick up a race programme with all the information you need; riders, teams, sponsors, food and attractions. Riders will be available to sign autographs and there is a merchandise village and you can test yourself against the clock or other spectators and riders at the Rollapaluza stand. The whole event is shown on large screens around the circuit with a full commentary of the action. This year Anna Glowinski will join Matt Stephens for commentary.
The racing starts at 11.30am on the closed race circuit, get yourself down to Tickhill for a great family day of street food and top notch cycling if you can’t make it down then don’t fret, Cycling Shorts.cc are proud to be official sponsors of Tickhill GP and you can watch it live all day here on CyclingShorts.cc! Just pull up a chair, click on the link and tuck in to your Sunday lunch while you watch the action unfold.
You can find more details at: www.tickhillgp.com
Race Programme
11:30 U12 (Mixed) 15mins
11:55 U14 Boys 30mins
12:35 U16/U14 Girls 25mins
13:20 U16 Boys 40mins
14:10 Cats. 3/4 Women 50mins
15:10 Cats. 3/4 Men 50mins
16:25 E/1/2 Women 1hr
17:35 E/1/2 Men 1hr
by Anna Magrath | Sep 13, 2015
Molly Shaffer Van Houweling broke the UCI Hour Record on September 12, 2015, at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She rode 46.274 kilometres in 60 minutes on the high-altitude track.
She was the second female rider to go after cycling’s iconic record since its rules changed in May 2014, the first being British rider Dame Sarah Storey.
Van Houweling is the current holder of the US Hour Record. She is also a five-time UCI Amateur Road World Champion, most recently winning the road race and time trial titles at the 2014 UCI World Cycling Tour Final in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Van Houweling now lives in Berkeley, California, where she is Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Van Houweling’s UCI Hour Record comes 60 years after the first mark (38.473km) was set by Soviet athlete Tamara Novikova in 1955. The existing record of 46.065km was established in Mexico City in 2003 by the then World Champion and Olympic gold medallist Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel, of the Netherlands.
Congratulations Molly, from all the CyclingShorts.cc Team!
by Heather Bamforth | Aug 27, 2015
The Racing Chance Foundation and Team 22 are very pleased to announce a joint venture that will enhance the opportunities available to Under 23 and Junior Women riders within the UK.
A true pathway for success
From 2017, Team 22 will act as the Under 23 and Junior development squad for The Racing Chance Foundation (“Racing Chance”). This will allow Racing Chance to offer a complete development pathway for riders. This pathway will cover and support progression for riders from novice-focused intro- to-racing days and race skills development sessions for more advanced riders, through to a development squad (Team 22). Then beyond that, there will be the opportunity to race overseas through organised racing trips, as introduced and run by Racing Chance in 2015.
(c) Dan Monaghan Photography
Talent identification and development
Within this partnership structure, Team 22 will continue to operate as a separate team and will be supported as it is now through commercial sponsorship, thus ensuring that there is no drain on existing Racing Chance funds. Riders joining Team 22 will be supported through its existing structure of coaching and financial support, but will also have access to the additional opportunities available from Racing Chance. Both Racing Chance and Team 22 are already putting in place a scouting network that will allow us to identify and offer places to some of the brightest young bike racing talent in the UK, providing opportunities to riders not on an existing development pathway.
(c) Dan Monaghan Photography
What does this mean?
Team 22 owner Colin Batchelor says: “This is an amazing opportunity for everyone involved in this partnership. For us, it’ll be great to be part of a true development pathway and the level of support and opportunity we will be able to offer riders is something everyone involved in Team 22 is very excited about.”
Racing Chance Foundation Chair Heather Bamforth says “By creating an alternative road based pathway, we hope to be able to encourage Youth A riders to continue racing once they leave that age category by easing the transition into road racing with the junior and senior women. This development can only be seen as a positive for all people who are keen to see numbers participating increasing, and the Foundation hopes to offer training opportunities for all young women in the junior and under-23 categories regardless of whether they go on to race for Team 22.”
(c) Dan Monaghan Photography
About RacingChanceFoundation.com
The Racing Chance Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales which was set up in April 2014 to provide an alternative pathway for women in competitive cycling. They focus on road-based events, providing training and racing opportunities from novice through to elite level.
Racing Chance have membership opportunities available, where you can join for £5. They will have a membership area up and running on their website shortly, but in the meantime, they are affiliated with British Cycling, you can sign up here. Not only will you be supporting a charity dedicated to women’s cycling, but the Foundation is also affiliated to Cycling Time Trials and the Manchester & District Ladies Cycling Association for those of you who want to have a go at time trialling but are not sure about what it is all about. So, whether you are already a member of a club or are currently riding on your own, why not sign up today? Men are welcome as much as women! In return you get exclusive access to their members and coaching area on the website (launching shortly), a discount off all purchases in the Racing Chance Shop for the duration of your membership (more benefits to be announced soon). You can also book and attend the charity’s heavily subscribed training events, for details of the latest events click here or why not visit the Racing Chance Foundation shop to purchase some stylish race kit, all profits from sales are put straight back in to the charity to provide more cycling opportunities for members. Even the smallest donation make a huge difference.
The Racing Chance Foundation is a not for profit registered charity: 1156835.
by Chris Maher | Aug 17, 2015
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION:
Great Britain’s Matthew Gibson set the quickest qualifying time in the 4000m Individual Pursuit setting a time of 4.23.212 holding a perfect line around the boards of Derby Arena. His closest competitor Owain Doull will ride in the finals later in the day.
Event 1 Individual Pursuit – Qualifying Men
- Matt Gibson 04.23.212
- Owain Doull 04.25.420
- Germain Burton 04.25.664
- Dion Beukeboom 04.26.345
- Andrew Tennant 04.28.841
- Julien Morice 04.29.653
- Aleksandr Lisouski 04.32.144
- Jan-Willem Van Schip 04.33.110
- Jake Kelly 04.36.610
- Steven Burke 04.36.610
- Fintan Ryan 04.44.052
- Dennis Wauch 04.44.679
- Ivan Kovalev 04.45.562
- Mark Downey 04.46.751
- Roy Pieters 04.51.377
Event 2 Sprint Qualification Time Trial Men
- Lewis Oliva 10.067
- Callum Skinner 10.088
- Quentin Lafague 10.108
- Jason Kenny 10.109
- Francois Pervis 10.188
- Hugo Haak 10.327
- Philip Hindes 10.343
- Christos Volikakis 10.345
- Matthew Crampton 10.419
- Eoin Mullen 10.423
- Zafeiros Volikakis 10.508
- Matt Rotherham 10.530
- Jose Moreno Sanchez10.633
Event 3 Sprint Qualification Time Trial Women
- Katy Marchant 11.163
- Jessica Varnish 11.276
- Dannielle Khan 11.286
- Victoria Williamson 11.333
- Tania Calvo 11.465
- Rebecca James 11.617
- Yesna Rijkhoff 11.644
- Olivia Montauban 11.662
- Sandie Clair 11.744
- Laurine Van Riessen 11.831
- Nicky Degrendele 11.942
- Shanaze Reade 12.043
The first Women’s Omnium event a forty lap Scratch Race, saw the first thirty laps run at a steady pace staying all together. With no one willing to commit early on the pace didn’t lift until around ten laps remaining.
As the race intensified, Ciara Horne attacked off the front of the pack with three laps to go, but faded in the final few hundred meters as the battle for the overall title began to take shape.
The crowd, already whipped up into a frenzy by Horne, we delighted to see Laura Trott cross the line first, with Jolien D’Hoore second and Laurie Berthon third in the bunch sprint.
A good start to Laura Trott’s Omnium campaign, but her biggest rivals were still looming within striking distance. The next event in this session will be the 3000m IP.
Event 4 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 10Km Scratch Race Women
- TROTT, Laura GBR
- D’HOORE, Jolien BEL
- BERTHON, Laurie FRA
- JEULAND, Pascale FRA
- KAY, Emily GBR
- WOJTYRA, Malgorzata POL
- OLABERRIA, Leire ESP
- ARCHIBALD, Katie GBR
- NELSON, Emily GBR
- STEEL, Elizabeth NZL
- BOYLAN, Lydia IRL
- HORNE, Ciara GBR
- REYBOULD, Rebecca GBR
- LLOYD, Manon GBR
Event 5 Sprint – First Round Men
Oliva, Skinner, Lafargue, Kenny, Volikakis (C) & Hindes progress through.
Event 6 Sprint – First Round Women
Marchant, Varnish, Khan, Williamson, Calvo & Rijkhoff progress through.
The first Men’s Omnium event a sixty lap Scratch Race couldn’t have been any different to that of the Women’s event. An energetic start with small attacks from the start including Chris Latham whom managed a spell out-front.
It wasn’t long before a six man break got free to take a lap, with Clancy & Cavendish making the move. Seeing the danger, De Ketele and two others joined the front of the race also gaining a lap.
De Ketele and Lisouski manage to gain another lap on the field in the chaos as the race drew to it’s conclusion, with Dibben going for a long solo victory to cross the line first.
Clancy turned up the heat to take the bunch sprint for second placement, but both Brits were down a lap on De Ketele & Lisouski who lead the Men’s Omnium going into round two, the 4000m IP.
Event 7 The Sir Brailsford Omnium – Scratch Race Men
- DE KETELE, Kenny BEL
- LISOUSKI, Aleksandr BLR
- DIBBEN, Jonathan GBR -1
- CLANCY , Ed GBR -1
- STEWART, Mark GBR -1
- ELLORIAGA, Unai ESP -1
- THOMAS, Benjamin FRA -1
- EEFTING, Roy NED -1
- WOOD, Oliver GBR -1
- RODRIGUES, Gideoni BRA -1
- CAVENDISH, Mark GBR -1
- KNEISKY, Morgan FRA -1
- DE PAUW, Moreno BEL -1
- VELDT, Tim NED -1
- KOVALEV, Ivan RUS -1
- RYAN, Fintan IRL -2
- WAUCH, Tobias AUT -2
- DOWNEY, Mark IRL -2
- MATZNER, Stefan AUT -2
- LATHAM, Christopher GBR -2
- MASTALLER, Stefan AUT -2
- DOULL, Owain GBR DNF
Event 8 The Sir Brailsford Omnium – 3000m Individual Pursuit Women
- Jolien D’Hoore 03.36.130
- Laura Trott 03.38.769
- Katie Archibald 03.41.177
- Pascale Jeuland 03.44.607
- Ciara Horne 03.44.628
- Emily Kay 03.45.217
- Leire Olaberria 03.47.647
- Lydia Boyland 03.48.749
- Emily Nelson 03.48.935
- Manon Lloyd 03.49.707
- Laurie Berthon 03.50.325
- Malgorzata Wojtyra 03.51.420
- Elizabeth Steele 03.57.303
- Rebecca Raybould 03.59.550
Event 9 Sprint – Quarter Final Men
Oliva, Skinner, Hindes & Kenny progress through.
Event 10 Sprint – Quarter Final Women
Marchant, Varnish, Rijkhoff & Calvo progress through.
Event 11 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 4000m Individual Pursuit Men
- Chris Latham 04.26.073
- Mark Cavendish 04.26.822
- Jon Dibben 04.27.335
- Ed Clancy 04.29.208
- Mark Stewart 04.29.502
- Kenny de Ketele 04.30.886
- Gideoni Rodrigues 04.32.437
- Aleksandr Lisouki 04.34.138
- Unai Elloriaga 04.34.258
- Oli Wood 04.35.182
- Benjamin Thomas 04.35.755
- Tim Veldt 04.35.971
- Morgan Kniesky 04.36.161
- Moreno de Pauw 04.40.976
- Roy Eefing 04.41.085
- Ivan Kovalev 04.41.916
SATURDAY EVENING SESSION:
Doors open at 18:00. Racing from 19:00 to 22:00.
Event 12 Sprint – 5-8th Finals Men
Volikakis, Haak, Lafargue & Pervis
Event 13 Sprint – 5-8th Finals Women
Williamson, Khan, Clair & Montauban.
Event 14 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Elimination Women
- TROTT, Laura GBR
- D’HOORE, Jolien BEL
- ARCHIBALD, Katie GBR
- JEULAND, Pascale FRA
- KAY, Emily GBR
- NELSON, Emily GBR
- OLABERRIA, Leire ESP
- BERTHON, Laurie FRA
- WOJTYRA, Malgorzata POL
- STEEL, Elizabeth NZL
- BOYLAN, Lydia IRL
- REYBOULD, Rebecca GBR
- LLOYD, Manon GBR
- HORNE, Ciara GBR
Event 15 Sprint – Semi Final (Match A) Men
Lewis Oliva beat Jason Kenny in the semis. Callum Skinner beat Philip Hindes in a three round tie breaker to join Oliva.
Event 16 Sprint – Semi Final (Match A) Women
Katy Marchant beat Tania Calvo in the semis. Jessica Varnish beat Yesna Rijkhoff to join Marchant.
Event 17 Individual Pursuit – Finals Men
Matthew Gibson continued his impressive qualifying performance to win the 4000 Individual Pursuit, passing Owain Doull in the closing stages of the race. Germain Burton squeezed a marginal win over Netherland’s Dion Beukeboom for third place.
Event 20 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Elimination Men
A fast start in the final Omnium Session from the day came to a halt as a collision on the home straight neutralized the race. The race then re-started and it wasn’t long before the pace intensified. Another crash, once again neutralized the race involving the same rider Rodrigues, this time with Jon Dibben.
With Omnium leader De Ketele finding himself out of contention early on, second place man Lisouski went out soon after.
With four Brits left to battle the top slots, Cavendish found himself on the Cote Azure and relegated from the remainder of the race. Ed Clancy went on the win the second round, with Chris Latham second and Benjamin Thomas of France third.
Event 23 Madison Time Trial Men
- Great Britain’s Steven Burke & Owain Doull set the quickest time 0.55.240 in the Revolution Madison Time Trial, getting to close to the sub 55s Revolution record.
- 100% ME 0.56.774
- Austria 0.58.514
- France 0.59.434
- Belarus 1.00.316
- Ireland 1.02.181
- Belgium 1.21.760
Event 29 Revolution Longest Lap Men
- Matthew Gibson
- Morgan Kniesky
- Thomas Benjamin
- Alekandr Lisouki
- Ivan Kovalev
- Roy Eefing
Event 30 Sprint – Final Men
Lewis Oliva beat Callum Skinner to clinch the Sprint Title. Jason Kenny beat Philip Hindes.
Event 31 Sprint – Final Women
Katy Marchant beat Jessica Varnish to take the Sprint Title. Tania Calvo beat Yesna Rijkhoff over three heats.
SUNDAY AFTERNOOON SESSION:
The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Time Trial Women
- Trott, Laura
- D’Hoore, Jolien
- Berthon, Laurie
- Boylan, Lydia
- Olaberria, Leire
- Wojtyra, Malgorzata
- Archibald, Katie
- Jeuland, Pascale
The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Time Trial Men
- Clancy, Ed
- Latham, Chris
- Eefting, Roy
- Veldt, Tim
- Cavendish, Mark
- Dibben, Jon
- De Pauw, Moreno
- De Ketele, Kenny
- Wood, Oliver
- Kneisky, Morgan
Keirin – First Round Men
Volikakis, Olivia, Crampton, Kenny, Hindes & Haak go through from round one.
Keirin – First Round Women
Khan, Marchant, Calvo, Clair, Van Riessen & Montauban go through from round one.
The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Flying Lap Women
- Trott, Laura
- D’Hoore, Jolien
- Berthon, Laurie
- Jeuland, Pascale
- Archibald, Katie
- Wojtyra, Malgorzata
- Boylan, Lydia
- Olaberria, Leire
- Nelson, Emily
- Kay, Emily
The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Flying Lap Men
- Clancy, Ed
- Eefting, Roy
- Cavendish, Mark
- Veldt, Tim
- Dibben, Jon
- De Pauw,Moreno
- Latham, Chris
- De Ketele,Kenny
- Thomas, Benjamin
- Elloriaga, Unai
The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Points Race Women
- TROTT, Laura GBR
- D’HOORE, Jolien BEL
- JEULAND, Pascale FRA
- ARCHIBALD, Katie GBR
- BERTHON, Laurie FRA
- KAY, Emily GBR
- OLABERRIA, Leire ESP
- BOYLAN, Lydia IRL
- WOJTYRA, Malgorzata POL
- NELSON, Emily GBR
- REYBOULD, Rebecca GBR
- LLOYD, Manon GBR
- STEEL Elizabeth NZL
The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Points Race Men
- Clancy, Ed
- Cavendish, Mark
- Latham, Chris
- Dibben, Jon
- Thomas, Benjamin
- De Ketele,Kenny
- Stewart, Mark
- Elloriaga, Unai
- Veldt, Tim
- Lisouski, Aleksandr
Keirin – Final Men
- Kenny, Jason GBR
- Olivia, Lewis GBR
- Volikakis, Christos GRE
- Crampton, Matt GBR
- Haak, Hugo NED
- Hindes, Philip GBR
Keirin – Final Women
- Marchant, Katy GBR
- Clair, Sandie FRA
- Khan, Dannielle GBR
- Calvo, Tania ESP
- Van Riessen, Laurine NED
- Montauban, Olivia FRA GBR
Madison Men
- Great Britain – Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish
- Belgium – Kenny De Ketele / Moreno De Pauw
- 100%ME – Chris Latham / Mark Stewart
- ODP – Germain Burton / Mathew Gibson
- WattBike – Roy Pieters / Stefan Matzner
- France – Morgan Kneisky / Benjamin Thomas
The next round of Revolution will be Race 53.
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