JLT Condor move back into Tour Series lead at Wembley Park

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JLT Condor moved back into the lead of The Tour Series with a convincing victory at the Wembley Park presented by Jurys Inn round, although they were denied the individual win on the night as ONE Pro Cycling’s Steele Von Hoff powered to victory.

Von Hoff, a previous winner of the Tour Series at Canary Wharf, was a member of a select seven rider group at the front of the race, with the Australian jumping clear to overcome the JLT Condor train, who placed four riders in the top eight.

Meanwhile in the women’s Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series the Drops team extended their lead at the top of the standings as Jess Roberts of the Liv Epic Coaching team took an impressive individual win to leave the teams battle for the top prize in her wake.

Roberts went clear alone with a handful of laps to go, taking a fine solo win outside the London Designer Outlet, as Drops did enough in the chasing group to pull clear of Team Breeze and Team WNT in the battle for the Series title.  The team now have a nine-point lead, the largest so far of their 2017 campaign.

For JLT Condor it is just a one-point lead over Madison Genesis, with The Tour Series looking set to be a two-horse race as it nears the halfway point, with BIKE Channel Canyon seven points further back.

In the sprints competitions Sebastian Mora has a commanding 26-point lead over Rory Townsend in the Wiggle Points Jersey, while on the women’s side Ellie Dickinson is two points ahead of Rebecca Durrell in the fight for the Eisberg Sprints Jersey.

There was further success for ONE Pro Cycling in the curtain raising Brother UK Corporate Grand Prix, as the team’s rider Samuel Williams helped the team from Vittoria Tyres to victory in the corporate Pro-Am relay event.