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Race Information
Start: Naseby
HQ: Naseby Village Hall
Dist: 82miles
Circuit
The race starts outside the HQ on
Haselbech Road, Naseby. Proceed to Haselbech,
bearing left and continuing to the junction
with the A508 north of Maidwell. Turn left
onto A508 (showing extreme caution) and
continue through Kelmarsh to Great Oxendon.
Turn left in Great Oxendon (climb),
following narrow road towards East Farndon.
South of East Farndon turn left at
T-Junction with B4036. Continue along B4036
through Clipston (care) towards Naseby
(climb) to complete the lap.
The finish will be on the B4036 on the
bridge over the A14, which is approximately
1 Km north of Naseby Village Hall and the
end of the lap.
Results
The race split on the first of 6 laps
with 10 riders going clear; main instigators
of the break were: Mark Lovatt, Matthew
Stephens, Alex Higham, Malcolm Elliot, Chris
Newton, Roy Chamberlain, Dan Staite, James
Williamson, Chris Bartlett, Mark Wordsworth
and Robin Sharman. Working well together
they steadily pulled away from the bunch. At
half distance they had a lead of over 2
minutes extended to 8 minutes on the final
lap. On the final lap with 8 riders left
from the original break the final attacks
were beginning. Unfortunately, in the
village of Haselbech, on a difficult left
hand bend, Chris Newton had to take evasive
action to avoid a tractor. Chris was
extremely lucky to come away with a few
scrapes however his bike was mangled beneath
the tractor. Following the incident the lead
riders split with a group of four going
away: Matt Stephens, Malcolm Elliot, Alex
Higham and Mark Lovatt, left chasing were
Dan Staite, James, Williamson, Robin Sharman
and Mark Wordsworth. On the run in to the
finish up to Naseby from the lead group of
four Mark Lovatt took the sprint from Matt
Stephens and Alex Higham with Malcolm Elliot
taking 4th place suffering from cramp. Roy
Chamberlain brought home the second group at
1:48, from the original break Mark
Wordsworth had a well earned 9th place. Mark
Jervis took 10th place from a fragmented
bunch at 7:42.
| 1 |
Mark Lovatt |
Planet X |
2:47:01 |
| 2 |
Matthew Stephens |
Sigmasport RT |
0:00:01 |
| 3 |
Alex Higham |
Agisko-Dart-Cycling.TV |
0:00:03 |
| 4 |
Malcolm Elliot |
Plowman Craven RT |
0:00:37 |
| 5 |
Roy Chamberlain |
Team MK |
0:01:48 |
| 6 |
Dan Staite |
Rapha Condor |
0:01:53 |
| 7 |
James Williamson |
Agisko-Dart-Cycling.TV |
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| 8 |
Robin Sharman |
Recycling.co.uk |
0:02:14 |
| 9 |
Mark Wordsworth |
JE James Racing Team |
0:04:55 |
| 10 |
Mark Jervis |
Python RT |
0:07:42 |
| 11 |
Peter Sargent |
BCF Private |
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| 12 |
Simon Martin |
Science in Sport |
0:07:50 |
| 13 |
Jim Bryan |
Ace RT |
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| 14 |
Nigel Williams |
Python RT |
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| 16 |
Richard Cartland |
Team MK |
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| 17 |
Robin Parkin |
Heanor Clarion |
0:07:53 |
| 18 |
Ben Thompson |
Glendene CC/Bike Trax |
0:07:57 |
| 19 |
Adam Weaver |
Doncaster Wheelers |
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| 20 |
Benjamin Oliver |
Leicestershire RC |
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| 21 |
Simon Day |
Interbike R.T |
0:08:00 |
| 22 |
Mike Harrison |
Sigmasport RT |
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| 23 |
Nicholas Jones |
Team MK |
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| 24 |
Brett Harwood |
Peterborough CC |
0:08:02 |
| 25 |
Richard Sykes-Popham |
Glendene CC/Bike Trax |
0:08:06 |
| 26 |
Lee Davis |
Pinarello RT |
0:08:09 |
| 27 |
Neil Beasley |
Ashfield RC |
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| 28 |
Matthew Palmer |
Verulam CC |
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| 29 |
Tim Wallis |
Artic Shorter Rochford RT |
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| 30 |
Mark Williams |
Python RT |
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| 31 |
Paul Cox |
Go Sport Spex.co.uk |
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| 32 |
Adrian Bloor |
BCF Private Member |
0:08:13 |
| 33 |
0 0 |
0 |
0:08:17 |
| 34 |
Michael Summers |
FVS Tri |
0:08:23 |
| 35 |
0 0 |
0 |
0:08:42 |
| 36 |
Phil Rayner |
Welland Valley CC |
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| 37 |
Christopher Taylor |
Stourbridge CC |
0:08:47 |
| 38 |
Andy Eagers |
Derby Mercury RC |
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| 39 |
Wayne Webster |
Go Sport Spex.co.uk |
0:09:08 |
| 40 |
Alex Wise |
Agiskoviner |
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| 41 |
Chris Belsham |
JE James Racing Team |
0:09:30 |
Images courtesy of Ian Wilson (click to
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