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Report: Ken Wright Memorial RR

On Sunday 17th April warm clear skies and only the slightest of breezes greeted the riders as the VC Revolution Ken Wright Memorial road race set off from Peldon Village Hall to cover 55 miles across the roads to the south of Colchester. The high early pace meant a few riders were dropped in the first lap as attacks were launched from the front of the bunch. A break of three riders, including 2 junior riders from Glendene CC, worked hard to get away but never managed to make a gap of more than a minute and the race came back together in the closing stages. The final ascent through Layer De La Haye saw David Barnes (ELV), Malcolm Smith (St Ives) and Scott Cousins (Maldon) make a valiant effort to escape with their breakway group only swept up by the rest of the field in the bunch sprint. Malcolm Smith held on for 2nd place, while the win went to his St Ives team mate Lee Desborough with James Sale of the Eagle Road Club in third. VC Revolution riders Andrew Elderfield and Ben Wright were both active in the race with Ben taking 14th place in the bunch sprint.

Pictures from the photo finish are available at: http://www.vcrevolution.co.uk/news/vcr_rr_2011.shtml

Results

1 Lee Desborough St Ives CC 2-09-32 (Av spd: 25.6mph)
2 Malcolm Smith St Ives CC st
3 James Sale Eagle Road Club st
4 David Barnes East London Velo st
5 Daniel Crawley PCH UK Racing Team st
6 Steven Griffiths PCH UK Racing Team st
7 Ian Franklin PCH UK Racing Team st
8 Gonzalo Rodriguez East London Velo st
9 Craig Chappell East London Velo st
10 Clive Richardson Chelmer CC st
11 Jonathan Shuster Stowmarket & District st
12 Jack Steven East London Velo st
13 Stoyko Bussarov Eagle Road Club st
14 Ben Wrigh t VC Revolution st
15 Daniel Zagni Ipswich Bicycle Club st
16 Jeffery Orrey Essex Roads CC st
17 Nigel Hobday Cambridge CC st
18 Owen Lake Cambridge CC st
19 Darren Cainey East London Velo st
20 Dieter Rowe VC Norwich st
21 Daniel Young Glendene CC/Ridley st
22 James Jobber Colchester Rovers st
23 Daniel Snow Glendene CC/Ridley st
24 Robert Samuel Crest CC - Ilford st
25 Mike Smith Colchester Rovers st
26 Richard Price London Pheonix CC st
27 Josh Hannan Glendene CC/Ridley st
28 Ralph Keeler Cambridge CC st
29 Scott Cousins Maldon & District CC st
30 Mark Hurrell Velo Schills Interbike st
31 Gavin Moore Stowmarket & Dist st
32 Martin Jones Fenland Clarion st
33 Clem Berrill CC Hackney st
34 Carmelo Luggeri CC Ashwell st
35 Richard Dunnett Diss & Dist CC st
36 Daniel Scott PCH UK Racing Team st
37 Lubomir Belak Welwyn Wheelers st
38 James Wylie Velo Schills Interbike st
39 Ralph Mullan Shaftesbury CC st
40 Russell Ford Glade CC st
41 Ian Samuel Crest CC - Ilford st
42 Rhys Howells CC Hackney st
43 Will Hedden Glade CC st
44 Michael Rostoft Chelmer CC st
45 Andrew Elderfield VC Revolution st
46 Ben Brown CC Hackney st
47 Mark Porter Glade CC st
48 Philip Hargreaves VC Norwich st
49 Phil Holloway Southend Wheelers st
50 Jim Lewis Glendene CC/Ridley @ 5secs
51 Neil Chapman Maldon & District CC @ 9 secs
52 Sam Connolley Glendene CC/Ridley @ 45 secs
53 Hamish Hore Maldon & District CC @2-00
DNF William Pratt Dulwich Paragon
DNF Adam French East London Velo
DNF Phil Jarvis Colchester Rovers
DNF Peter Ingram Ipswich Bicycle Club
DNF Adam Keer Ipswich Bicycle Club
DNF Martin Hunter Colchester Rovers
DNF David Brown Essex Roads CC
DNS Simon Keen Crest CC - Ilford
DNS Trevor Holmes Diss & Dist CC
DNS David Langlands Fenland Clarion
DNS Lee Rowe Finchely RT
DNS Louis Rooney London Pheonix CC
DNS Dominic Berner PCH UK Racing Team
DNS Thomas Doe VC Norwich
DNS Patrick Schills Velo Schills Interbike RT
DNS Paul Ratcliffe Victoria CC
DNS Iain Hibbert West Suffolk Wheelers
DNS Tom Stephenson Ipswich Bicycle Club
DNS Dominic Bruce Velo Schills Interbike RT
DNS Matt Cowan PCH UK Racing Team
DNS Mark Hopkins East London Velo
DNS Jason Jeffers East London Velo
DNS Mark Howard PCH UK Racing Team

British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.