Sammie Stuart took Team Brother UK-LDN’s first Tour Series win, as she triumphed in the third round of the 2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series in Sunderland.
In the men’s race, Trinity Racing took a 1-2, as Aussie Blake Quick and US criterium champion Luke Lamperti continued an excellent few days for the team after Lamperti’s Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix win on Sunday.
Report
Women’s race
The racing took place on the same rectangular circuit around Mowbray Park that played host to the Tour Series in 2021. That year, Sammie Stuart won the fastest lap contest. This year, she went one better, winning the race outright.
The action took a while to ignite in the early stages of the race. Initially, it was Team Boompods who massed towards the front of the pack, but no one really turned the screw until 30 minutes of the race elapsed.
Matters changed at the halfway point, however, when Frankie Hall (Loughborough Lightning), Charlotte Berry (Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus), Jadan Vive Le Velo’s Detta Guerrini and Beth MacIver (Alba Development Team) broke clear off the front and started opening up a decent lead.
2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series Round 3 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear – Women’s Race – Sammie Stewart of Team Brother UK LDN. Photo: Will Palmer/SWpix.com
Then, just as the group looked settled, there was an unexpected shake-up. First, Stuart put in one of her trademark monumental efforts to bridge the gap to the lead quartet, and then a crash between Berry and MacIver coming out of the downhill Turn 2 disrupted the leaders.
The crash effectively left Guerrini, Stuart and Hall to scrap it out for victory. For the last 20 minutes of the race, they worked together to keep extending their advantage to almost 90 seconds. However, as Stuart forced the pace on the uphill section beyond the finish line, the trio started to fracture.
On the penultimate lap, her pace-setting dropped Guerrini. Then, as they took the bell, another acceleration by Stuart on the uphill was enough to drop Hall. Stuart extended her lead as she dived back down the circuit towards the finish line to take her first Tour Series win.
2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series Round 3 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear – Women’s Race – Sammie Stewart of Team Brother UK LDN celebrating her victory. Photo: Will Palmer/SWpix.com
Hall took second, while Guerrini had enough still left in the tank to cross the line in third – as well as taking the Sprints competition on the evening. Guerrini’s result rounded out an excellent evening for Jadan – Vive le Velo, who also won the team honours helped in large part by junior rider Emma Jeffers finishing fourth to back up her third from Galashiels.
Jo Tindley retains her lead in the overall Sprints competition, while her Pro-Noctis-Rotor-Red Chilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen squad – its night stymied by a few crashes – also maintains its advantage in the Teams challenge.
Sammie Stuart talks to The British Continental
Men’s race
As the sun started to set, the action flashed into life once again as the men’s race turned into a battle between teams showcasing their best team time trialling abilities as no one was able to seize the initiative and break away.
From the off, it was Trinity Racing that marshalled things at the front with Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix winner Luke Lamperti at the tail of a chain of team-mates dictating the pace and fending off any potential attacks.
They weren’t always on the front, however, with WiV SunGod, Wales Racing Academy and Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling also taking sporadic opportunities to get their five-rider squads onto the sharp end of proceedings.
2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series Round 3 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear – Men’s Race – Trinity Racing heading the bunch. Photo: Will Palmer/SWpix.com
Indeed the teams timed their turns on the front well, with Matt Bostock (WiV SunGod) and Harry Tanfield (Ribble Weldtite) both claiming fraught sprints by being in the right place at the right time. There was one dramatic moment just after Tanfield took the sprint with 20 minutes to go, as he appeared to tangle with Thomas Mein (WiV SunGod) and the Guisborough winner was sent sprawling to the floor, thankfully not sustaining any serious injuries.
Back at the front, and when it mattered, Trinity’s royal blue kit was resplendent right at the top. When the hour elapsed and the race built up to the final five laps, Trinity really bullied what was still a large chasing pack behind by upping the pace and not dropping any riders off the train – all five still right on the front as the final lap was rung in.
2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series Round 3 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear – Men’s Race – Luke Lamperti letting his teammate Blake Quick of TRINITY Racing have the victory. Photo: Will Palmer/SWpix.com
Getting to the line, Trinity’s Blake Quick and Lamperti were running side-by-side. US Criterium Champion Lamperti demonstrated a great show of sportsmanship as he slowed slightly and encouraged Quick to take a well-earned victory.
Behind the lead pair, Finn Crockett – third at the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix on Sunday – was the nearly-man yet again as he took another third place for Ribble Weldtite.
His Ribble Weldtite team took the team win, with Trinity second and WiV SunGod third. It means Ribble Weldtite are now just four points behind leaders WiV SunGod overall, with Wales Racing Academy one point further back.
Harry Tanfield won the Sprints competition on the night, but Matt Bostock still leads overall and now has a ten-point margin over Tanfield.
Blake Quick talks to The British Continental about his Tour Series triumph
Results
Women’s results
Individual classification
Rank
#
Name
Team
Laps
Time
Behind
1
23
Sammie Stuart
Team LDN – Brother UK
35
1:11:11.773
2
71
Frankie Hall
Loughborough Lightning
35
1:11:16.906
+5.133
3
33
Suzetta Guerrini
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
35
1:11:31.497
+14.591
4
40
Emma Jeffers
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
35
1:12:28.826
+57.329
5
51
Amira Mellor
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
35
1:12:29.018
+0.192
6
104
Madeleine Gammons
Saint Piran WRT
35
1:12:29.258
+0.240
7
13
Corinne Side
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
35
1:12:29.716
+0.458
8
14
Isabel Darvill
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
35
1:12:29.734
+0.018
9
22
Lucy Lee
Team LDN – Brother UK
35
1:12:30.084
+0.350
10
118
Megan Anderson
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
35
1:12:30.187
+0.103
11
45
Mary Wilkinson
Team Boompods
35
1:12:30.241
+0.054
12
42
Amy Graham
Team Boompods
35
1:12:30.390
+0.149
13
122
Sophie Lankford
Alba Development Road Team
35
1:12:30.581
+0.191
14
34
Beth Harley- Jepson
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
35
1:12:30.597
+0.016
15
5
Beth Morrow
CAMS – Basso
35
1:12:30.802
+0.205
16
113
Sophie Holmes
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
35
1:12:30.887
+0.085
17
57
Sam Fawcett
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
35
1:12:30.958
+0.071
18
16
Lucy Ellmore
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
35
1:12:31.034
+0.076
19
62
Daisy Barnes
Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
35
1:12:31.940
+0.906
20
73
Emily Tillett
Loughborough Lightning
35
1:12:32.030
+0.090
21
55
Gaby Shaw
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
35
1:12:32.547
+0.517
22
37
Louise Scupham
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
32
1:06:58.512
+3 Laps
23
109
Hannah Bayes
Saint Piran WRT
31
1:05:31.396
+1 Lap
24
125
Beth Maciver
Alba Development Road Team
31
1:05:52.514
+21.118
25
11
Amy Gornall
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
31
1:06:26.350
+33.836
26
112
Isabella Johnson
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
30
1:05:36.946
+1 Lap
27
106
Gwenno Hughes
Saint Piran WRT
30
1:05:37.141
+0.195
28
41
Ellen McDermott
Team Boompods
30
1:05:52.607
+15.466
29
121
Victoria Smith
Alba Development Road Team
30
1:06:35.469
+42.862
30
102
Sophie Earl
Saint Piran WRT
30
1:06:37.298
+1.829
31
119
Laura Cheesman
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
30
1:07:05.635
+28.337
32
27
Kerry Middleton
Team LDN – Brother UK
30
1:07:07.498
+1.863
33
105
Gabriella Homer
Saint Piran WRT
29
1:05:36.948
+1 Lap
34
74
Flora Knight
Loughborough Lightning
29
1:05:37.326
+0.378
35
111
Nicola Soden
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
29
1:06:37.452
+1:00.126
36
26
Amy Marks
Team LDN – Brother UK
29
1:07:07.643
+30.191
37
75
Roisin Lally
Loughborough Lightning
29
1:07:20.284
+12.641
38
68
Ellen Inglis
Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
28
1:07:28.343
+1 Lap
DNF
58
Xan Crees
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
25
0:51:08.545
DNF
48
Emma Matthews
Team Boompods
25
0:51:10.221
DNF
1
Megan Barker
CAMS – Basso
25
0:51:10.649
DNF
15
Jo Tindley
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
24
0:50:46.172
DNF
54
Charlotte Berry
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
14
0:27:34.963
DNF
124
Kate Richardson
Alba Development Road Team
14
0:27:53.206
DNF
63
Laura Pittard
Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
13
0:27:43.104
DNF
8
Sophie Thackray
CAMS – Basso
12
0:24:33.123
DNF
83
Autumn Collins
AWOL O’Shea
3
6:54.505
Team classification
Round
Rank
Team
Time
Points
1
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
3:36:30.920
10
2
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
3:37:30.484
9
3
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
3:37:32.523
8
4
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
3:41:34.178
7
5
Team Boompods
3:41:52.006
6
6
Team LDN – Brother UK
3:42:00.605
5
7
Loughborough Lightning
3:43:00.881
4
8
Saint Piran WRT
3:43:01.262
3
9
Alba Development Road Team
3:44:34.477
2
10
Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
4:04:52.798
1
11
CAMS – Basso
4:06:41.660
0
Overall
Rank
Team
Points
1
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
29
2
Team Boompods
20
3
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
19
4
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
18
5
Team LDN – Brother UK
18
6
Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar
14
7
CAMS – Basso
11
8
Loughborough Lightning
9
9
Alba Development Road Team
9
10
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
8
11
AWOL OShea
4
12
Saint Piran WRT
4
13
Brother UK – Orientation Marketing
1
Sprint classification
Round
Rank
#
Name
Team
Points
1
33
Suzetta Guerrini
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
13
2
23
Sammie Stuart
Team LDN – Brother UK
12
3
71
Frankie Hall
Loughborough Lightning
11
4
48
Emma Matthews
Team Boompods
5
5
124
Kate Richardson
Alba Development Road Team
4
6
15
Jo Tindley
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
3
7
40
Emma Jeffers
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
2
8
22
Lucy Lee
Team LDN – Brother UK
2
9
118
Megan Anderson
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
2
10
16
Lucy Ellmore
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
2
11
51
Amira Mellor
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
2
12
13
Corinne Side
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
1
13
34
Beth Harley- Jepson
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
1
Overall
Rank
#
Name
Team
Points
1
15
Jo Tindley
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
39
2
23
Sammie Stuart
Team LDN – Brother UK
17
3
7
Sophie Lewis
CAMS – Basso
16
4
16
Lucy Ellmore
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
16
5
71
Frankie Hall
Loughborough Lightning
15
6
33
Suzetta Guerrini
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
13
7
77
Sophie Coldwell
Loughborough Lightning
13
8
1
Megan Barker
CAMS – Basso
11
9
40
Emma Jeffers
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
9
10
54
Charlotte Berry
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
5
10
48
Emma Matthews
Team Boompods
5
12
124
Kate Richardson
Alba Development Road Team
4
13
34
Beth Harley- Jepson
Jadan – Vive Le Velo
3
13
13
Corinne Side
Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes
3
15
41
Ellen McDermott
Team Boompods
3
16
22
Lucy Lee
Team LDN – Brother UK
2
16
118
Megan Anderson
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
2
18
51
Amira Mellor
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
2
19
92
Holly Breck
Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar
1
19
113
Sophie Holmes
Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling
1
Men’s results
Individual classification
Rank
#
Name
Team
Laps
Time
Behind
1
69
Blake Quick
TRINITY Racing
40
1:09:37.441
2
67
Luke Lamperti
TRINITY Racing
40
1:09:37.454
+0.013
3
3
Finn Crockett
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
40
1:09:37.929
+0.475
4
54
Leon Mazzone
Saint Piran
40
1:09:38.204
+0.275
5
15
Matthew Bostock
Wiv SunGod
40
1:09:38.220
+0.016
6
9
Harry Tanfield
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
40
1:09:38.428
+0.208
7
92
Miguel Fernandez
Global 6 Cycling
40
1:09:38.536
+0.108
8
8
Charlie Tanfield
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
40
1:09:38.771
+0.235
9
19
Reece Wood
Wiv SunGod
40
1:09:38.921
+0.150
10
35
Isaac Mundy
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
40
1:09:39.964
+1.043
11
6
Ollie Peckover
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
40
1:09:40.161
+0.197
12
21
Joe Holt
Wales Racing Academy
40
1:09:40.321
+0.160
13
85
Kieran Riley
Team PB Performance
40
1:09:40.416
+0.095
14
58
Bradley Symonds
Saint Piran
40
1:09:40.599
+0.183
15
25
Joseph Beckingsale
Wales Racing Academy
40
1:09:40.784
+0.185
16
20
Toby Barnes
Wiv SunGod
40
1:09:41.207
+0.423
17
14
Matthew Gibson
Wiv SunGod
40
1:09:41.335
+0.128
18
66
Max Walker
TRINITY Racing
40
1:09:41.425
+0.090
19
27
William Truelove
Wales Racing Academy
40
1:09:41.503
+0.078
20
33
Dan Barnes
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
40
1:09:41.574
+0.071
21
59
Theo Obholzer
Saint Piran
40
1:09:41.695
+0.121
22
31
Ben Chilton
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
40
1:09:42.046
+0.351
23
34
Freddie Scheske
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
40
1:09:44.425
+2.379
24
102
Cameron McLaren
Nopinz Motip Race Team
40
1:09:45.624
+1.199
25
95
Conor Schunk
Global 6 Cycling
40
1:09:46.203
+0.579
26
53
Tom Mazzone
Saint Piran
40
1:09:46.241
+0.038
27
29
William Roberts
Wales Racing Academy
40
1:09:46.776
+0.535
28
84
Toby Jarvis
Team PB Performance
40
1:09:48.272
+1.496
29
65
Oliver Rees
TRINITY Racing
40
1:09:50.116
+1.844
30
61
Sam Culverwell
TRINITY Racing
40
1:09:55.292
+5.176
31
43
Benjamin Tuchner
TEKKERZ
40
1:10:00.089
+4.797
32
26
Owain Roberts
Wales Racing Academy
40
1:10:06.724
+6.635
33
5
Matt King
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
40
1:10:23.143
+16.419
34
100
Xeno Young
Global 6 Cycling
39
1:09:54.085
+1 Lap
35
56
Stephen Bradbury
Saint Piran
36
1:05:44.596
+3 Laps
36
32
Chris McGlinchey
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
36
1:05:44.788
+0.192
37
72
James Bevan
Embark – BikeStrong
36
1:05:45.463
+0.675
38
127
Sam Shepherd
05/03
36
1:05:46.357
+0.894
39
78
David Hird
Embark – BikeStrong
36
1:05:46.378
+0.021
40
79
Joseph Rees
Embark – BikeStrong
36
1:05:46.421
+0.043
41
81
James Bentley
Team PB Performance
36
1:05:46.752
+0.331
42
122
Joe Shillabeer
05/03
36
1:05:47.421
+0.669
43
101
Matt Witts
Nopinz Motip Race Team
36
1:05:49.586
+2.165
44
104
Lucas Byam
Nopinz Motip Race Team
36
1:05:50.934
+1.348
45
41
Alec Briggs
TEKKERZ
35
1:05:45.599
+1 Lap
46
106
Max Fleming
Nopinz Motip Race Team
35
1:05:48.402
+2.803
47
121
Harrison Hunter
05/03
35
1:05:55.767
+7.365
48
126
John Russell
05/03
35
1:05:55.917
+0.150
DNF
46
Neil Phillips
TEKKERZ
36
1:05:46.123
DNF
16
Thomas Mein
Wiv SunGod
27
0:46:49.153
DNF
117
Scott Redding
SRCT Muc-off
24
0:45:09.887
DNF
119
Luke Norris
SRCT Muc-off
13
0:24:15.341
DNF
112
Oliver Maxwell
SRCT Muc-off
12
0:21:05.274
DNF
76
Cai Davies
Embark – BikeStrong
11
0:20:53.679
DNF
114
Matthew Ellis
SRCT Muc-off
10
0:18:38.706
DNF
88
Max Sillifant
Team PB Performance
8
0:13:54.115
DNF
77
Iwan Evans
Embark – BikeStrong
7
0:12:35.920
DNF
90
Chris Walkinshaw
Team PB Performance
5
9:38.140
DNF
123
Harry Jukes
05/03
5
9:45.562
Team classification
Round
Rank
Team
Time
Points
1
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
3:28:55.128
10
2
TRINITY Racing
3:28:56.320
9
3
Wiv SunGod
3:28:58.348
8
4
Saint Piran
3:29:00.498
7
5
Wales Racing Academy
3:29:02.608
6
6
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
3:29:03.584
5
7
Team PB PerformanceGlobal 6 Cycling
3:32:33.968
4
8
Nopinz Motip Race Team Team PB Performance
3:36:03.980
3
9
Embark – BikeStrong
3:39:13.624
2
10
Global 6 Cycling
3:31:06.365
1
11
TEKKERZ
3:41:10.393
0
12
05/03
3:41:31.741
0
13
SRCT Muc-off
3:57:53.144
0
Overall
Rank
Team
Points
1
Wiv SunGod
28
2
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
24
3
Wales Racing Academy
23
4
Saint Piran
19
5
TRINITY Racing
16
6
TEKKERZ
15
7
Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
12
8
Nopinz Motip Race Team
10
9
Embark – BikeStrong
8
10
Team PB Performance
6
11
05/03
2
12
Global Cycling
2
13
SRCT Muc-off
0
Sprint classification
Round
Rank
#
Name
Team
Points
1
9
Harry Tanfield
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
14
2
15
Matthew Bostock
Wiv SunGod
7
3
6
Ollie Peckover
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
6
4
67
Luke Lamperti
TRINITY Racing
6
5
69
Blake Quick
TRINITY Racing
5
6
26
Owain Roberts
Wales Racing Academy
4
7
3
Finn Crockett
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
3
8
16
Thomas Mein
Wiv SunGod
3
9
14
Matthew Gibson
Wiv SunGod
3
10
85
Kieran Riley
Team PB Performance
3
11
54
Leon Mazzone
Saint Piran
2
12
8
Charlie Tanfield
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
2
13
19
Reece Wood
Wiv SunGod
2
Overall
Rank
#
Name
Team
Points
1
15
Matthew Bostock
Wiv SunGod
36
2
9
Harry Tanfield
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
26
3
16
Thomas Mein
Wiv SunGod
23
4
14
Matthew Gibson
Wiv SunGod
14
5
12
Jacob Scott
Wiv SunGod
10
6
3
Finn Crockett
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
9
7
8
Charlie Tanfield
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
8
8
13
Jim Brown
Wiv SunGod
7
9
6
Ollie Peckover
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
6
10
67
Luke Lamperti
TRINITY Racing
6
11
69
Blake Quick
TRINITY Racing
5
12
1
Stuart Balfour
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
5
13
30
Joshua Tarling
Wales Racing Academy
4
13
26
Owain Roberts
Wales Racing Academy
4
15
54
Leon Mazzone
Saint Piran
4
16
85
Kieran Riley
Team PB Performance
3
16
52
Charles Page
Saint Piran
3
18
98
Kiaan Watts
Global 6 Cycling
2
18
44
Noah Hobbs
TEKKERZ
2
18
19
Reece Wood
Wiv SunGod
2
21
65
Oliver Rees
TRINITY Racing
1
Featured photo: Will Palmer/SWpix.com 10/05/2022 – Cycling – Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series Round 3 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear – Men’s Race – Trinity Racing heading the bunch
Sammie Stuart took Team Brother UK-LDN’s first Tour Series win, as she triumphed in the third round of the 2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series in Sunderland.
In the men’s race, Trinity Racing took a 1-2, as Aussie Blake Quick and US criterium champion Luke Lamperti continued an excellent few days for the team after Lamperti’s Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix win on Sunday.
Report
Women’s race
The racing took place on the same rectangular circuit around Mowbray Park that played host to the Tour Series in 2021. That year, Sammie Stuart won the fastest lap contest. This year, she went one better, winning the race outright.
The action took a while to ignite in the early stages of the race. Initially, it was Team Boompods who massed towards the front of the pack, but no one really turned the screw until 30 minutes of the race elapsed.
Matters changed at the halfway point, however, when Frankie Hall (Loughborough Lightning), Charlotte Berry (Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus), Jadan Vive Le Velo’s Detta Guerrini and Beth MacIver (Alba Development Team) broke clear off the front and started opening up a decent lead.
Then, just as the group looked settled, there was an unexpected shake-up. First, Stuart put in one of her trademark monumental efforts to bridge the gap to the lead quartet, and then a crash between Berry and MacIver coming out of the downhill Turn 2 disrupted the leaders.
The crash effectively left Guerrini, Stuart and Hall to scrap it out for victory. For the last 20 minutes of the race, they worked together to keep extending their advantage to almost 90 seconds. However, as Stuart forced the pace on the uphill section beyond the finish line, the trio started to fracture.
On the penultimate lap, her pace-setting dropped Guerrini. Then, as they took the bell, another acceleration by Stuart on the uphill was enough to drop Hall. Stuart extended her lead as she dived back down the circuit towards the finish line to take her first Tour Series win.
Hall took second, while Guerrini had enough still left in the tank to cross the line in third – as well as taking the Sprints competition on the evening. Guerrini’s result rounded out an excellent evening for Jadan – Vive le Velo, who also won the team honours helped in large part by junior rider Emma Jeffers finishing fourth to back up her third from Galashiels.
Jo Tindley retains her lead in the overall Sprints competition, while her Pro-Noctis-Rotor-Red Chilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen squad – its night stymied by a few crashes – also maintains its advantage in the Teams challenge.
Men’s race
As the sun started to set, the action flashed into life once again as the men’s race turned into a battle between teams showcasing their best team time trialling abilities as no one was able to seize the initiative and break away.
From the off, it was Trinity Racing that marshalled things at the front with Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix winner Luke Lamperti at the tail of a chain of team-mates dictating the pace and fending off any potential attacks.
They weren’t always on the front, however, with WiV SunGod, Wales Racing Academy and Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling also taking sporadic opportunities to get their five-rider squads onto the sharp end of proceedings.
Indeed the teams timed their turns on the front well, with Matt Bostock (WiV SunGod) and Harry Tanfield (Ribble Weldtite) both claiming fraught sprints by being in the right place at the right time. There was one dramatic moment just after Tanfield took the sprint with 20 minutes to go, as he appeared to tangle with Thomas Mein (WiV SunGod) and the Guisborough winner was sent sprawling to the floor, thankfully not sustaining any serious injuries.
Back at the front, and when it mattered, Trinity’s royal blue kit was resplendent right at the top. When the hour elapsed and the race built up to the final five laps, Trinity really bullied what was still a large chasing pack behind by upping the pace and not dropping any riders off the train – all five still right on the front as the final lap was rung in.
Getting to the line, Trinity’s Blake Quick and Lamperti were running side-by-side. US Criterium Champion Lamperti demonstrated a great show of sportsmanship as he slowed slightly and encouraged Quick to take a well-earned victory.
Behind the lead pair, Finn Crockett – third at the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix on Sunday – was the nearly-man yet again as he took another third place for Ribble Weldtite.
His Ribble Weldtite team took the team win, with Trinity second and WiV SunGod third. It means Ribble Weldtite are now just four points behind leaders WiV SunGod overall, with Wales Racing Academy one point further back.
Harry Tanfield won the Sprints competition on the night, but Matt Bostock still leads overall and now has a ten-point margin over Tanfield.
Results
Women’s results
Individual classification
Team classification
Round
Overall
Sprint classification
Round
Overall
Men’s results
Individual classification
Team classification
Round
Overall
Sprint classification
Round
Overall
Featured photo: Will Palmer/SWpix.com 10/05/2022 – Cycling – Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series Round 3 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear – Men’s Race – Trinity Racing heading the bunch
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