Chris Maher of CyclingShorts.cc catches up with the delightful Eileen Roe of team Lares Waowdeals after her solo effort at round two of the Matrix Fitness GP in Motherwell. Click below to listen to the interview.
The 2016 Lincoln Grand prix was another ferociously fought battle with Tom Stewart from Madison Genesis taking the win with a last corner move up the inside of Russell Downing to take the win.
Highlights from the Lincoln Grand Prix, the fifth and final round of the Motorpoint Spring Cup Series. May 15th 2016
Pos No Name Team U23 TIME
1 46 Tom Stewart Madison Genesis 3:52:28
2 31 Russell Downing JLT Condor
3 62 Ian Bibby NFTO @4sec
4 64 Joshua Edmondson NFTO @12sec
5 76 Dexter Gardias Pedal Heaven @14sec
6 39 Alex Blain Madison Genesis @24sec
7 101 Adrià Moreno Sala Raleigh GAC @32sec
8 61 Dale Appleby NFTO @35sec
9 77 James Gullen Pedal Heaven @40sec
10 78 Jack Pullar Pedal Heaven @1:32
11 75 Will Fox Pedal Heaven @1:33
12 35 Alistair Slater JLT Condor
13 120 Jacob Hennessy Spirit Bikes Racing Team U23 @1:35
14 102 Morgan Kiniskey Raleigh GAC @1:38
15 100 Sebastian Mora Vedri Raleigh GAC
16 45 Eric Rowsell Madison Genesis
17 99 Matt Boulo Raleigh GAC @1:41
18 130 Sam Lowe Team Wiggins U23
19 49 Steven Lawley Metaltek Kuota Racing Team @1:45
20 67 Jonathan McEvoy NFTO @1:47
21 11 Owen James Catford CC Equipe/Banks U23 @1:48
22 51 Ryan Perry Metaltek Kuota Racing Team @1:52
23 71 Lawrence Carpenter Nuun-Sigma Sport-London RT
24 112 Luke Ryan Richardsons-Trek RT
25 34 Thomas Moses JLT Condor @1:56
26 43 Matthew Holmes Madison Genesis
27 144 David Lines Wheelbase Altura MGD @2:03
28 65 Rhys Lloyd NFTO @2:07
29 14 Bertie Newey Catford CC Equipe/Banks U23 @2:16
30 80 Rory Townsend Pedal Heaven U23 @2:21
31 48 Adam Kenway Metaltek Kuota Racing Team @2:26
32 128 Sam Harrison Team Wiggins U23 @2:33
33 129 Liam Holohan Team Wiggins U23 @2:54
34 40 Matt Cronshaw Madison Genesis @3:00
35 17 Joseph Clark Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield @3:03
36 105 Craig Wallace Raleigh GAC U23 @3:11
37 36 Conor Dunne JLT Condor U23 @3:17
38 68 Liam Stones NFTO @3:26
39 83 Ben Hetherington Planet X – Northside Cycling U23 @4:58
40 149 David Shackleton Wilsons Wheels Race Team @5:05
41 142 Sam Boast Wheelbase Altura MGD @5:59
42 56 Oliver Maxwell Neon-Velo Cycling Team U23 @6:04
43 107 Kieran Brady Richardsons-Trek RT U23
44 162 Thomas Scott-Collins Wellingborough Cycles Race Team
45 22 Jake Tanner Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
46 147 Stuart Reid Wheelbase Altura MGD
47 111 Jez McCann Richardsons-Trek RT U23 @6:07
48 87 Charlie Tanfield Planet X – Northside Cycling U23
49 146 Alex Orrell-Turner Wheelbase Altura MGD U23
50 21 Connor Swift Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield U23
51 63 George Fowler NFTO
52 29 Daire Freely Irish Talented Athlete Program U23 @6:14
53 4 Philip Trodden Bikehaus by Ridley @6:17
54 136 Liam Walsh VC Equipe – Flix U23 @6:21
55 79 Jake Womersley Pedal Heaven U23 @6:23
56 74 Lloyd Chapman Pedal Heaven @6:24
57 32 Steve Lampier JLT Condor @6:32
58 115 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Saint Piran
59 82 Daniel Bigham Planet X – Northside Cycling
60 93 Henry Latimer PMR@Toachim House @6:40
61 150 Kit Gilham Private Member @10:44
62 106 Simon Alexander Richardsons-Trek RT
63 135 Elliot Jones VC Equipe – Flix U23
64 137 George Wise VC Equipe – Flix
65 58 Elliott Porter Neon-Velo Cycling Team
66 59 Kieran Simcox Neon-Velo Cycling Team U23
67 16 Matt Boys Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
68 12 James Jobber Catford CC Equipe/Banks U23
69 95 Joe Sutton PMR@Toachim House
70 41 Joe Evans Madison Genesis U23
71 53 Jeremy Durrin Neon Velo Cycling Team
72 27 Ian Field Hargroves Cycles – Ridley RT
73 26 Ross Lamb Godfrey Bikewear Race Team U23
74 121 Anthony Moye Spirit Bikes Racing Team
75 54 William Bjergfelt Neon-Velo Cycling Team @10:53
The first ever Women’s Lincoln Grnd Prix was a fantastic start to days racing. The 8 lap race was run off at almost 24mph as Alice Barnes crossed the line in 2hours 38mins.
Highlights from the first women’s Lincoln Grand Prix, the third round of the Women’s Road Series. May 15th 2016
Words Anna Magrath – Images Chris Maher & Craig Zadoroznyj
With many technical gremlins blighting day two of racing, both the men and women’s events being without TV coverage we all took to race radio and Twitter for updates, the media were as much in the dark as the public.
After the womens race it was then back to Otley for the men’s race which took the same route, flowing up through crowd lined routes in Thorner and Aberford and then onto Sherburn in Elmet where thousands of locals filled the centre.
There was more excitement in South Milford, Monk Fryston and Hillam, through to Pontefract and past Wentbridge House Hotel where a bride and groom and wedding guests came out to cheer on the peloton as it raced past.
And the crowds continued for both races through Sprotbrough and Cote de Conisbrough Castle, then Tickhill and Bawtry before riders headed for the finish at a heaving Doncaster.
Over the first two climbs Richard Handley of OnePro Cycling group managed to stay away and and he mopped up the mountain points protecting the lead of his team mate Pete William’s in the KoM jersey for OnePro Cycling.
The breakaway of 6 riders; Richard Handley – @ONEProCycling, Lewis – @MadisonGenesis, Bradbury & Edmondson of @NFTO, Steels of Topsport SV and Morkov if @katushacycling held a lead of around 1-2 minutes, they group was joined by Edet but it wasn’t to last. The lead group fragmented and only 4 riders survived (Michael Markov, Josh Edmondson, Nico Edet, Stijn Steels) before being swollowed by a peloton sprint finish.
The winner of the stage was Danny van Poppel from Team Sky winning by a whisker.
Record Crowds for Spectacular Day 2 of Tour de Yorkshire
Over one million spectators came out to cheer on the riders for the second day of the Tour de Yorkshire, as the county celebrated a ground breaking day for women’s cycling.
Glorious sunshine started the day in Otley for the hotly anticipated Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women’s Race where World Champion Lizzie Armitstead led the peloton out of her hometown.
Crowds bigger than those who witnessed the Grand Départ in Otley cheered on as 100 of the world’s best female riders took part including Rio hopeful Emma Pooley; Dani King and Lucy Garner from British squad Wiggle High5, Hitec Products brought one of the world’s strongest sprinters Kirsten Wild and Dame Sarah Storey took part – Great Britain’s most decorated female Paralympian in history.
Speaking before the start Lizzie Armitstead, racing in her World Champions jersey for the first time in the UK, paid tribute to her home town of Otley and the immense support she was receiving.
The 136km race was a game changer for women’s cycling in the UK as it took the same route as the men’s and offered over £50,000 (€63,623) – currently the biggest prize pot in women’s cycling.
The winner of the Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire was Kirsten Wild from Team Hitec Products who crossed the finish line in Doncaster before thousands of cheering fans.
Sir Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire said:
“Today has been an historic day for women’s cycling and it’s been a spectacular day of racing. The crowds were once again phenomenal and to see how the people of Yorkshire have taken this event to their hearts is just overwhelming. There was so much spirit and positivity in Yorkshire today it was magnificent to see. Clearly the one thing we would have changed if we could was the fact we had intermittent live TV coverage but I must stress that safety is paramount. Unfortunately there was a serious technical fault with the plane relaying the TV signal, the plane had to be grounded and the TV coverage could not continue for this reason.
“Fans and communities have continued their spectacular support for the Tour de Yorkshire not just from the routes but also digitally by sharing images, footage and updates to keep the public informed. Please keep tweeting and following @letouryorkshire and we will be putting highlights online tonight. “We are now focussed on the day ahead tomorrow from Middlesbrough to Scarborough which promises to be an exhilarating race!”
Kirsten Wild: The plan was to let a little group go with one of us in the break, unfortunately that didn’t work out, the girls did a good chase and we caught them in the final, it was really good work. The sprint was hard, I started a bit too early, and I thought maybe not, there was a really strong headwind, so I let one girl pass and I could follow her and then pass her in the final again. There were a lot of people on the roadside it was really nice to have that support. It’s good to win here in Doncaster.
Lucy Garner:“I couldn’t quite get around Kirsten for the sprint, everyone know she’s an awesome sprinter, she’s definitely the one to beat here today in a sprint, actually for me I’ve not been 100% healthy coming into this race so I couldn’t have asked for more today, especially from my team Wiggle High-5, they did an awesome job to bring the three that were away back. It would have been great if we had a rider up in the break, so we did have to work hard to bring them back but there were other teams working with us who also wanted a sprint finish. We caught the back [of the train] with 4km to go and then it was just a case of focusing on the sprint finish. We knew we had to look out for Lizzie [Armitstead] she’s on great form this season and has won so many races, it’s just lucky for us her breakaway didn’t stay away.”
Lizzie Armitstead:“I wanted to put on an aggressive race and a bit of a show, it’s what it’s all about cycling, it’s a bit of an entertainment show at the end of the day. I wanted to be able to get stuck in and have a go. There were a couple of moments where I thought we could stay away [from the peloton] we were holding them at about a minute and the team car came up and they told us the organisation in the chase is not very good so just keep plugging away, but when we tried towards Doncaster and it was just a block headwind we weren’t getting above 45km per hour I thought, right they are going to be closing that gap pretty quickly.
By the time we were caught I’d burnt all my matches, I tried to get stuck in and help some of the younger girls on my team but actually they didn’t need it, they were quicker than me, so i was really proud of the way GB rode today, there are some young girls in the team and I think they have very bright futures. The course lived up to my expectations, in fact it was better, stating in Otley it was a goose pimple moment. All along the course there were people shouting so thank you to everyone who turned out.”
Jersey winners:
Overall, the winner of the blue Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire jersey was Kirsten Wild; her Hitech teammate Lauren Kitchen took the navy jersey of the Aunt Bessie’s sprint; Rossella Ratto of Cyclance Pro Cycling won the pink Mug Shot Queen of the Mountain jersey; the Howden’s Joinery/RNLI white jersey for best young newcomer went to Lucy Garner and the purple best team classification was awarded by Doncaster Sheffield Airport/Flybe to the Great Britain team.
L-R: Christian Prudhomme, Lucy Garner, Caleb Ewan, Lars-Petter Nordhaug, Dani King & Sir Gary Verity.
Saturday the Men’s and Women’s Stages of Champions take place.
Pre Race Press Conference for the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire
28 April 2016
Anthony McCrossan welcomes the press on the eve of the Tour de Yorkshire 2016 at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, before introducing Welcome to Yorkshire CEO Sir Gary Verity and A.S.O. Director of Cycling Christian Prudhomme.
Joining them on stage, last years defending champion, winning from start to finish, Lars-Petter Nordhaug of Team Sky and Orica Green-EDGE’s sensational young sprinter Caleb Ewan, making his debut, Olympic Champion, World Champion and European Champion Wiggle High5’s Dani King, and twice Junior World Champion Lucy Garner as the Tour readies itself for the second edition, 29th April to 01st May.
Pre Race Press Conference for the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire
28 April 2016
Anthony McCrossan welcomes the press on the eve of the Tour de Yorkshire 2016 at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, before introducing Welcome to Yorkshire CEO Sir Gary Verity and A.S.O. Director of Cycling Christian Prudhomme.
Joining them on stage, last years defending champion, winning from start to finish, Lars-Petter Nordhaug of Team Sky and Orica Green-EDGE’s sensational young sprinter Caleb Ewan, making his debut, Olympic Champion, World Champion and European Champion Wiggle High5’s Dani King, and twice Junior World Champion Lucy Garner as the Tour readies itself for the second edition, 29th April to 01st May.
Anthony McCrossan: “This evening the Tour de Yorkshire and the Tour Down Under will sign an agreement to promote each other races across each others territories.”
Sir Gary Verity: The significance of stage two. “Linking Otley, near Leeds, home to our latest world champion Lizzie Armitstead with Doncaster where we pass through Harworth, just to the south, the home of Tom Simpson, our first world Champion.”
“One of the big changes from this year to last is the revolution in women’s cycling.”
Christian Prudhomme applauds 2015 Winner, Lars-Petter Nordhaug, Team Sky.
Christian Prudhomme: “The passion that people from Yorkshire have for cycling is just unbelievable. Huge crowds we saw for the Tour de France! One year after, we thought impossible to have the same for the first edition of the Tour de Yorkshire. But yes, huge crowds again.”
“The second edition of the Tour de Yorkshire is one step forward again. On Saturday we have women and men the same distance, the same media coverage. We don’t know today what Saturday will mean for the future of cycling.”
Lars-Petter Nordhaug: “We hope to win. We are the biggest team here. We really want to make the race.”
Sir Gary Verity welcomes Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEDGE) to the Tour de Yorkshire.
Caleb Ewan: “I don’t really know how my form is now.” Coming out of a block of training. “I’ve not raced for six weeks.” Calab is hoping to improve towards the end of the race. Although the first stage is billed as a sprinters stage. “It’s not a straight forward sprint as I thought it would be”. Referring to the un-categorised climb on the Settle finish loop!
Dani King: Saturday’s Asda Women’s Race. “I’m really excited to ride here in Yorkshire, we did a reccy today and there were school kids on the side of the road screaming to cheer us.” “I feel proud that Britain is leading the way with the same media coverage.” “It’s amazing the step forward for women’s cycling and I think it’s only going to go further after this race.”
Lucy Garner: Billed also as a sprint finish for the women’s race. “It’s not flat! It’s definitely rolling. I think the weathers going to play a roll in the race, setting off early in the morning”.
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Words by Anna Magrath Images by Chris Maher
Kirsten Wild: The plan was to let a little group go with one of us in the break, unfortunately that didn’t work out, the girls did a good chase and we caught them in the final, it was really good work. The sprint was hard, I started a bit too early, and I thought maybe not, there was a really strong headwind, so I let one girl pass and I could follow her and then pass her in the final again. There were a lot of people on the roadside it was really nice to have that support. It’s good to win here in Doncaster.
