Sophie Lewis (CAMS-Basso Bikes) and Thomas Mein (WiV SunGod) claimed the victories as the 2022 Sportbreaks.com Tour Series burst into life with a thrilling opening round in North Yorkshire.

Report

Women’s race

Presented to the crowds first as the reigning National Circuit Race Champion, Jo Tindley (Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen) quickly demonstrated the prowess that earned her those British stripes as she immediately struck off out front, joined by Lewis.

The pair pulled out a handy advantage over the chasing pack behind, and built up a sizeable gap to the chasing pack behind as they looked to minimise the number of potential winners right from the very off. 

Despite the pair extending their advantage with every completion of the 1.4km lap, they ended up being joined by another rider as Tindley’s Pro-Noctis team-mate Lucy Ellmore put in a mighty effort to bridge the gap and make the duo a trio.

As the trio traversed the circuit, peppered with showers in what was a typically wet bank holiday Monday, it became noticeable that some game playing was afoot as Lewis looked to try and conserve her energy for the final dash to the line – the one card she could play when confronted with the two team-mates able to work together.

That proved to be a masterstroke. Running down to the finish on Guisborough’s Westgate, Lewis had just enough to claim the sprint by half a bike length over Tindley, maintaining CAMS-Basso’s 100% record at the event, following on from Megan Barker’s success 12 months earlier.

Ellmore took third, while Sammie Stuart (Team Brother UK-LDN) powered off the front of the chasing pack to take fourth, and the fastest lap of the race.

Pro-Noctis made their numbers count, taking the top spot in the team competition, with CAMS-Basso in second and Team Boompods in third, while Tindley took the lead in the sprints classification.

Men’s race

Compared to the cagey competition between two teams in the women’s encounter, the men’s race was a showcase of WiV SunGod’s crushing, brutal, ability to control a race.

From the very first lap, Mein and Matt Bostock worked together to rocket away from the rest of the pack which was left fighting shadows, unable to put up any sort of counter-attack to Mein and Bostock’s initial sucker punch.

Such was the pair’s dominance, that by the halfway mark their lead was over a minute and by the closing stages, only self-restraint on their part stopped them from lapping the entire field.

Coming to the line, they displayed a perfectly synchronised salute with Mein eventually breaking the beam first – 0.001sec clear of Bostock.

Behind, Harry Tanfield (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) maintained local pride – living just a couple of miles from Guisborough – with third place, 1m36sec down. WiV SunGod maintained the crushing performance with fourth and fifth for Matt Gibson and Jacob Scott respectively.

Juniors put on impressive displays just behind. Noah Hobbs (Tekkerz) finished sixth having arrived fresh off the ferry after winning the Isle of Man Junior Tour over the weekend. Fellow junior Joshua Tarling (Wales Racing Academy) was seventh.

WiV SunGod now lead the team classification, with the Wales Racing Academy in second after a strong team performance and Hobbs’ Tekkerz team in third. Mein completed a clean sweep for WiV SunGod by taking the early lead in the sprints competition.

Results

Women’s results

Individual classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Behind
1	7	Sophie Lewis	CAMS – Basso	32	1:06:06.129
2	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	32	1:06:06.245	+0.116
3	16	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	32	1:06:06.605	+0.360
4	23	Sammie Stewart	Team LDN – Brother UK	32	1:06:41.726	+35.121
5	92	Holly Breck	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	32	1:07:08.233	+26.507
6	48	Emma Matthews	Team Boompods	32	1:07:08.272	+0.039
7	8	Sophie Thackray	CAMS – Basso	32	1:07:08.621	+0.349
8	41	Ellen McDermott	Team Boompods	32	1:07:08.648	+0.027
9	54	Charlotte Berry	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	32	1:07:09.384	+0.736
10	84	Charlotte Broughton	AWOL OShea	32	1:07:09.413	+0.029
11	124	Kate Richardson	Alba Development Road Team	32	1:07:09.568	+0.155
12	13	Corinne Side	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	32	1:07:09.702	+0.134
13	82	Frankie Morgans Slader	AWOL OShea	32	1:07:09.745	+0.043
14	99	Olivia Bentley	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	32	1:07:10.402	+0.657
15	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	32	1:07:10.768	+0.366
16	14	Isabel Darvill	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	32	1:07:10.858	+0.090
17	123	Sophie Enever	Alba Development Road Team	32	1:07:11.600	+0.742
18	34	Beth Harley- Jepson	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	32	1:07:11.608	+0.008
19	1	Megan Barker	CAMS – Basso	32	1:07:11.628	+0.020
20	55	Gaby Shaw	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	32	1:07:12.531	+0.903
21	51	Amira Mellor	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	32	1:07:12.882	+0.351
22	21	Harriet Dodd	Team LDN – Brother UK	32	1:07:13.327	+0.445
23	50	Lucy Harris	Team Boompods	32	1:07:13.457	+0.130
24	77	Sophie Coldwell	Loughborough Lightning	32	1:07:14.650	+1.193
25	45	Mary Wilkinson	Team Boompods	32	1:07:15.069	+0.419
26	93	Kim Cadzow	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	32	1:07:15.896	+0.827
27	57	Sam Fawcett	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	32	1:07:16.057	+0.161
28	18	Poppy Thompson	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	32	1:07:22.617	+6.560
29	109	Hannah Bayes	Saint Piran WRT	32	1:07:30.565	+7.948
30	25	Danni Watkinson	Team LDN – Brother UK	29	1:01:52.612	+3 Laps
31	85	Phoebe Martin	AWOL OShea	29	1:01:52.827	+0.215
32	33	Suzetta Guerrini	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	29	1:01:53.026	+0.199
33	122	Sophie Lankford	Alba Development Road Team	28	0:59:46.004	+1 Lap
34	2	Jess Finney	CAMS – Basso	28	0:59:46.237	+0.233
35	53	Becks Durrell	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	28	0:59:46.568	+0.331
36	62	Daisy Barnes	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	28	0:59:48.440	+1.872
37	73	Emily Tillett	Loughborough Lightning	28	0:59:48.476	+0.036
38	6	Ella Barnwell	CAMS – Basso	28	0:59:48.999	+0.523
39	104	Madeleine Gammons	Saint Piran WRT	28	0:59:55.928	+6.929
40	108	Gemma Sargent	Saint Piran WRT	28	1:00:30.665	+34.737
41	102	Sophie Earl	Saint Piran WRT	28	1:00:30.813	+0.148
42	113	Sophie Holmes	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	28	1:00:30.814	+0.001
43	95	Lee Boon	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	28	1:00:31.158	+0.344
44	125	Beth Maciver	Alba Development Road Team	28	1:00:43.752	+12.594
45	112	Isabella Johnson	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	28	1:00:55.266	+11.514
46	119	Laura Cheesman	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	28	1:00:58.166	+2.900
47	101	Emily Chilton	Saint Piran WRT	28	1:00:58.400	+0.234
48	37	Louise Scupham	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	28	1:01:29.637	+31.237
49	111	Nicola Soden	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	27	0:59:46.367	+1 Lap
50	29	Sian Botteley	Team LDN – Brother UK	27	0:59:46.404	+0.037
51	86	Georgia Bullard	AWOL OShea	27	0:59:47.875	+1.471
52	121	Victoria Smith	Alba Development Road Team	27	1:00:06.104	+18.229
53	65	Ellen Bennett	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	27	1:00:43.889	+37.785
54	46	Sian Hanna Marsh	Team Boompods	27	1:00:58.761	+14.872
55	35	Jen McMahon	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	27	1:01:33.095	+34.334
56	63	Laura Pittard	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	27	1:01:33.175	+0.080
57	74	Flora Knight	Loughborough Lightning	27	1:01:34.067	+0.892
58	116	Iona Sewell	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	26	0:59:54.929	+1 Lap
59	75	Roisin Lally	Loughborough Lightning	26	1:00:40.861	+45.932
60	61	Abi Cooper	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	26	1:01:33.542	+52.681
61	38	Rebakah Nash	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	24	1:00:38.020	+2 Laps
DNF	22	Lucy Lee	Team LDN – Brother UK	21	0:44:05.849
DNF	66	Grace Lister	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	3	6:01.795
DNF	81	Maddie Wadsworth	AWOL OShea	3	6:17.248

Team classification

Rank	Team	Time	Points
1	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	3:19:22.552	10
2	CAMS – Basso	3:20:26.378	9
3	Team Boompods	3:21:30.377	8
4	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	3:21:34.531	7
5	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	3:21:34.797	6
6	Team LDN – Brother UK	3:22:11.728	5
7	AWOL OShea	3:22:36.071	4
8	Alba Development Road Team	3:22:39.458	3
9	Loughborough Lightning	3:22:46.533	2
10	Saint Piran WRT	3:25:09.528	1
11	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	3:25:45.468	0
12	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	3:28:27.710	0
13	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	3:33:16.853	0

Sprints classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	19
2	7	Sophie Lewis	CAMS – Basso	16
3	16	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	13
4	41	Ellen McDermott	Team Boompods	3
5	23	Sammie Stewart	Team LDN – Brother UK	2
6	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	2
7	34	Beth Harley- Jepson	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	2
8	13	Corinne Side	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	2
9	92	Holly Breck	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	1

Men’s results

Individual classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Behind
1	16	Thomas Mein	Wiv SunGod	32	0:59:31.738
2	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	32	0:59:31.739	+0.001
3	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	32	1:01:08.591	+1:36.852
4	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	32	1:01:12.524	+3.933
5	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	32	1:01:12.571	+0.047
6	44	Noah Hobbs	TEKKERZ	32	1:01:12.669	+0.098
7	30	Joshua Tarling	Wales Racing Academy	32	1:01:12.773	+0.104
8	98	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	32	1:01:12.864	+0.091
9	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	32	1:01:13.026	+0.162
10	27	William Truelove	Wales Racing Academy	32	1:01:13.146	+0.120
11	62	Cameron Mason	TRINITY Racing	32	1:01:13.342	+0.196
12	35	Isaac Mundy	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	32	1:01:13.551	+0.209
13	3	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	32	1:01:13.694	+0.143
14	13	Jim Brown	Wiv SunGod	32	1:01:14.048	+0.354
15	74	Tom Couzens	Embark – BikeStrong	32	1:01:14.454	+0.406
16	102	Cameron McLaren	Nopinz Motip Race Team	32	1:01:14.896	+0.442
17	52	Charles Page	Saint Piran	32	1:01:15.042	+0.146
18	105	Harry Green	Nopinz Motip Race Team	32	1:01:15.301	+0.259
19	66	Max Walker	TRINITY Racing	32	1:01:15.637	+0.336
20	21	Joe Holt	Wales Racing Academy	32	1:01:15.916	+0.279
21	46	Neil Phillips	TEKKERZ	32	1:01:16.074	+0.158
22	41	Alec Briggs	TEKKERZ	32	1:01:16.970	+0.896
23	65	Oliver Rees	TRINITY Racing	32	1:01:17.043	+0.073
24	26	Owain Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	32	1:01:17.437	+0.394
25	43	Benjamin Tuchner	TEKKERZ	32	1:01:17.940	+0.503
26	29	William Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	32	1:01:18.451	+0.511
27	85	Kieran Riley	Team PB Performance	32	1:01:18.652	+0.201
28	59	Theo Obholzer	Saint Piran	32	1:01:18.781	+0.129
29	76	Cai Davies	Embark – BikeStrong	32	1:01:19.005	+0.224
30	33	Dan Barnes	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	32	1:01:19.684	+0.679
31	56	Stephen Bradbury	Saint Piran	32	1:01:23.894	+4.210
32	42	Jon Mould	TEKKERZ	32	1:01:47.219	+23.325
33	122	Joe Shillabeer	05-03	32	1:01:51.381	+4.162
34	4	Cameron Jeffers	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	31	1:00:51.951	+1 Lap
35	53	Tom Mazzone	Saint Piran	31	1:00:52.117	+0.166
36	36	Mikey Mottram	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	31	1:00:52.211	+0.094
37	116	Thomas Lowther	SRCT Muc-off	31	1:00:52.299	+0.088
38	5	Matt King	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	31	1:00:52.494	+0.195
39	95	Conor Schunk	Global 6 Cycling	31	1:00:52.697	+0.203
40	121	Harrison Hunter	05-03	31	1:00:52.995	+0.298
41	103	Dave Roper	Nopinz Motip Race Team	31	1:00:53.221	+0.226
42	113	Matthew Warhurst	SRCT Muc-off	31	1:00:53.955	+0.734
43	124	Rob McPherson	05-03	31	1:00:54.124	+0.169
44	81	James Bentley	Team PB Performance	31	1:00:54.360	+0.236
45	119	Luke Norris	SRCT Muc-off	31	1:00:54.878	+0.518
46	114	Matthew Ellis	SRCT Muc-off	31	1:00:55.067	+0.189
47	90	Chris Walkinshaw	Team PB Performance	31	1:01:03.600	+8.533
48	123	Harry Jukes	05-03	31	1:01:23.507	+19.907
49	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	30	0:58:58.132	+1 Lap
50	99	Alex Williams	Global 6 Cycling	30	1:00:00.507	+1:02.375
51	88	Max Sillifant	Team PB Performance	30	1:00:11.182	+10.675
52	87	Tom Sharples	Team PB Performance	30	1:00:47.642	+36.460
53	72	James Bevan	Embark – BikeStrong	30	1:00:47.720	+0.078
54	101	Matt Witts	Nopinz Motip Race Team	30	1:01:24.099	+36.379
55	125	Jordan Retallack	05-03	28	1:01:34.856	+2 Laps
56	75	Bryn Davies	Embark – BikeStrong	26	1:01:15.323	+2 Laps
DNF	104	Lucas Byam	Nopinz Motip Race Team	11	0:23:54.388
DNF	117	Scott Redding	SRCT Muc-off	9	0:18:27.089
DNF	31	Ben Chilton	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	9	0:19:09.145
DNF	34	Freddie Scheske	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	8	0:17:12.636
DNF	92	Miguel Fernandez	Global 6 Cycling	7	0:14:59.765
DNF	77	Iwan Evans	Embark – BikeStrong	4	8:37.301
DNF	64	Aidan Lawrence	TRINITY Racing	0

Team classification

Rank	Team	Time	Points
1	Wiv SunGod	3:00:16.001	10
2	Wales Racing Academy	3:03:41.835	9
3	TEKKERZ	3:03:45.713	8
4	TRINITY Racing	3:03:46.022	7
5	Saint Piran	3:03:46.849	6
6	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	3:05:12.041	5
7	Nopinz Motip Race Team	3:05:21.264	4
8	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	3:05:23.259	3
9	Team PB Performance	3:07:12.676	2
10	Embark – BikeStrong	3:07:24.360	1
11	05-03	3:07:34.214	0
12	Global 6 Cycling	3:08:03.931	0
13	SRCT Muc-off	3:08:34.717	0

Sprints classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	16	Thomas Mein	Wiv SunGod	20
2	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	16
3	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	6
4	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	5
5	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	4
6	52	Charles Page	Saint Piran	3
7	98	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	2
8	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	2
9	65	Oliver Rees	TRINITY Racing	1
10	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	1