Matt Bostock was on fine form as he secured WiV SunGod’s third win of the year in Round 5 of the 2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series at Clacton with a stunning winning sprint in the men’s race.

Sammie Stuart (Team LDN – Brother UK), meanwhile, was imperious in the women’s race, taking a crushing solo win well clear of her rivals.

Report

Men’s race

In what has become a tradition in this year’s edition of the Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series, the men’s race was a closely-contested affair from the very off with the squads of Trinity Racing, WiV SunGod and Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling holding an iron grip at the front of the race.

The first to test the triumvirate’s resolve was Cameron McLaren (Nopinz Motip Race Team), who put in an early attack on the very first lap. Despite pushing hard on the technical, 1.4km seaside circuit, McLaren’s charge didn’t last long as he got swallowed back up by the omnipresent yellow jerseys of series leaders WiV SunGod. 

This allowed WiV’s Matt Bostock and Ribble Weldtite’s Harry Tanfield to position themselves at the front to resume hostilities in the Freewheel.co.uk sprints competition, with Bostock looking to defend his four-point series lead over Tanfield. And hostile proved to be the word for it, certainly in the first intermediate sprint.

Trying to position themselves perfectly in the lead-up to the sprint, Tanfield and Bostock came within millimetres of colliding with each other as they jostled for the front. A rapid approach to the final right-hander benefited Bostock who took five points and exchanged a few terse words with Tanfield. 

The rest stayed together for the second and third sprints – despite multiple attacks – with Bostock’s superior grip and confidence around the flying final right-hand corner allowing him to extend his lead in the competition with just two rounds remaining. 

With the Freewheel.co.uk Sprint competition out of the way, the race finally began to open up, as Guernsey rider Sam Culverwell (Trinity Racing) made his move with just over 10 minutes remaining.

He soloed for about five minutes, before being joined by Charlie Tanfield (Ribble Weldtite), the track racer taking turns out front with Culverwell as they built up about half-a-dozen seconds over the chasing pack.

They hung on until just three laps to go. First Bostock joined them before the pack behind then pulled them back in. 

It looked like it was going to be a mass sprint to the line, but a crash for a Trinity rider halfway round the last lap split the leaders, which left Max Walker (Trinity Racing) with the WiV SunGod trio of Bostock, Matt Gibson and Jacob Scott, who essentially team time trialled their way to the line.

Despite Walker getting a good run through the final corner, Bostock’s speed and willingness to push to the very edge of the road in his quest to be the fastest out of the apex gave him the advantage he needed to take the win. Walker finished second for an Isle of Man one-two.

Winning every Freewheel.co.uk intermediate sprint, and taking maximum points at the finish, means Bostock retains his advantage over Harry Tanfield in the overall competition. To complete Bostock’s clean sweep, he won the Freewheel.co.uk Fastest Lap prize too.

His WiV SunGod squad, meanwhile, won the team competition on the night, meaning they extend their lead over Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling to five points with just two rounds remaining.  

Women’s race

In contrast to the earlier men’s race, the women’s race was dominated by one rider from start to finish: Sammie Stuart. Stuart demonstrated just how dominant a rider she can be as she pulverised the competition in the fifth round of the series.

Despite a delayed start as barriers were replaced at the back of the Essex circuit, the action was frenetic from the off. Charlotte Broughton (AWOL O’Shea) was the first to in a meaningful attack as she sought to make up for missing the previous two rounds through illness.

She did a lap on the front before being reeled back by the lead pack. There was no time for anyone else to really get a look in at the front before Stuart flicked the switch and made the race her own.

Clipping off the front just four minutes into the one-hour plus five-lap race, the Team Brother UK – LDN rider built up a gap of more than 20 seconds within ten minutes.

After the second Freewheel.co.uk intermediate sprint just on the half-hour mark, it appeared as though the chasing group – made up of about 18 riders including Stranraer winner Emma Jeffers (Jadan – Vive Le Velo), Guisborough winner Sophie Lewis (CAMS-Basso) and the National Circuit Race champion Jo Tindley (Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes) – was starting to work on bringing Stuart back, with the deficit chopped down to 13 seconds.

However, with the twisty, technical circuit allowing Stuart to stay out of sight from her pursuers, the chasing group never got close enough to see her again. The chase may not have been as cohesive as it might have been, but Stuart was unrelenting up front, claiming the fastest lap of the race as if to underline her dominance. 

With around ten minutes remaining, Stuart’s advantage had shot back up to half a minute, allowing the Aughton Road Race winner to almost cruise to her second victory of the series, having triumphed in Sunderland.

Behind, Lewis out-sprinted Tindley for second. Holly Breck (Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar) took fourth while Jeffers took another great result on her junior gears in fifth.

Jo Tindley retains her Freewheel.co.uk sprint leaders jersey, but has had her advantage cut to five points after Stuart’s clean sweep of the sprints on the night. Tindley’s Pro-Noctis team also keeps its commanding lead in the team standings, despite Team Spectra-Wiggle p/b Vitus taking the glory on the night.

Results

Men’s results

Individual classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Behind
1	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	39	1:10:06.987
2	66	Max Walker	TRINITY Racing	39	1:10:07.931	+0.944
3	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	39	1:10:08.595	+0.664
4	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	39	1:10:11.012	+2.417
5	26	Owain Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	39	1:10:13.226	+2.214
6	35	Isaac Mundy	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	39	1:10:13.236	+0.010
7	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	39	1:10:13.455	+0.219
8	33	Dan Barnes	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	39	1:10:15.562	+2.107
9	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	39	1:10:16.011	+0.449
10	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	39	1:10:17.062	+1.051
11	18	Oliver Wood	Wiv SunGod	39	1:10:20.754	+3.692
12	69	Blake Quick	TRINITY Racing	39	1:10:22.072	+1.318
13	17	Rory Townsend	Wiv SunGod	39	1:11:03.196	+41.124
14	58	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	39	1:11:03.980	+0.784
15	61	Sam Culverwell	TRINITY Racing	38	1:08:26.485	+1 Lap
16	6	Ollie Peckover	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	36	1:06:41.873	+2 Laps
17	52	Charles Page	Saint Piran	36	1:06:42.172	+0.299
18	21	Joe Holt	Wales Racing Academy	36	1:06:42.243	+0.071
19	25	Joseph Beckingsale	Wales Racing Academy	36	1:06:42.783	+0.540
20	73	Jamieson Blain	Embark – BikeStrong	36	1:06:42.793	+0.010
21	4	Cameron Jeffers	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	36	1:06:42.924	+0.131
22	27	William Truelove	Wales Racing Academy	36	1:06:43.318	+0.394
23	85	Kieran Riley	Team PB Performance	35	1:05:05.279	+1 Lap
24	130	Monte Guerrini	05/03	35	1:05:05.910	+0.631
25	78	David Hird	Embark – BikeStrong	35	1:05:05.984	+0.074
26	101	Matt Witts	Nopinz Motip Race Team	35	1:05:06.928	+0.944
27	31	Ben Chilton	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	35	1:05:07.663	+0.735
28	94	Ukko Peltonen	Global 6 Cycling	35	1:05:08.152	+0.489
29	76	Cai Davies	Embark – BikeStrong	35	1:05:08.850	+0.698
30	46	Neil Phillips	TEKKERZ	35	1:05:19.705	+10.855
31	29	William Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	35	1:05:19.866	+0.161
32	72	James Bevan	Embark – BikeStrong	35	1:06:41.228	+1:21.362
33	98	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	35	1:06:44.723	+3.495
34	82	Jacques Coates	Team PB Performance	35	1:06:47.108	+2.385
35	55	William Bjergfelt	Saint Piran	35	1:07:05.883	+18.775
36	43	Benjamin Tuchner	TEKKERZ	34	1:05:04.268	+1 Lap
37	38	Travis Bramley	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	34	1:06:16.783	+1:12.515
38	80	James Satoor	Embark – BikeStrong	34	1:06:44.322	+27.539
39	89	James Dent	Team PB Performance	34	1:06:45.229	+0.907
40	124	Rob McPherson	05/03	34	1:06:45.391	+0.162
41	107	Dan Shoobridge	Nopinz Motip Race Team	34	1:06:45.984	+0.593
42	123	Harry Jukes	05/03	33	1:05:24.806	+1 Lap
43	57	Jake Crossley	Saint Piran	32	1:06:19.794	+1 Lap
44	90	Chris Walkinshaw	Team PB Performance	31	1:05:04.418	+1 Lap
45	125	Jordan Retallack	05/03	24	1:07:11.599	+7 Laps
DNF	88	Max Sillifant	Team PB Performance	23	0:49:47.607
DNF	41	Alec Briggs	TEKKERZ	20	0:36:58.571
DNF	3	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	18	0:32:38.187
DNF	42	Jon Mould	TEKKERZ	17	0:34:55.479
DNF	116	Thomas Lowther	SRCT Muc-off	15	0:28:46.045
DNF	100	Xeno Young	Global 6 Cycling	12	0:23:03.011
DNF	99	Alex Williams	Global 6 Cycling	7	0:13:25.269
DNF	37	Simon Wyllie	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	6	0:10:53.656
DNF	102	Cameron McLaren	Nopinz Motip Race Team	6	0:10:54.264
DNF	108	Nathan Hallett	Nopinz Motip Race Team	4	7:47.233
DNS	45	Kiam Bowerbank-Robinson	TEKKERZ	0
DNS	106	Max Fleming	Nopinz Motip Race Team	0
DNS	112	Oliver Maxwell	SRCT Muc-off	0

Team classification

Round

Rank	Team	Time	Points
1	Wiv SunGod	3:30:26.594	10
2	TRINITY Racing	3:30:44.553	9
3	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	3:32:44.828	8
4	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	3:33:03.051	7
5	Saint Piran	3:33:36.728	6
6	Wales Racing Academy	3:34:45.337	5
7	Embark – BikeStrong	3:37:24.317	4
8	Team PB Performance	3:43:30.893	3
9	05/03	3:46:25.126	2
10	TEKKERZ	4:19:47.444	1
11	Global 6 Cycling	4:20:38.552	0
12	Nopinz Motip Race Team	4:23:49.881	0

Overall

Rank	Team	Points
1	Wiv SunGod	47
2	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	42
3	Wales Racing Academy	34
4	TRINITY Racing	33
5	Saint Piran	32
6	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	24
7	TEKKERZ	21
8	Team PB Performance	11
9	Nopinz Motip Race Team	11
10	Embark – BikeStrong	10
11	05/03	5
12	Global 6 Cycling	5
13	SRCT Muc-off	0

Sprint classification

Round

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	20
2	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	12
3	66	Max Walker	TRINITY Racing	6
4	61	Sam Culverwell	TRINITY Racing	6
5	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	5
6	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	5
7	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	3
8	26	Owain Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	1
9	17	Rory Townsend	Wiv SunGod	1
10	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	1

Overall

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	68
2	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	56
3	16	Thomas Mein	Wiv SunGod	23
4	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	19
5	67	Luke Lamperti	TRINITY Racing	18
6	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	16
7	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	15
8	3	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	11
9	19	Reece Wood	Wiv SunGod	9
10	61	Sam Culverwell	TRINITY Racing	8
11	13	Jim Brown	Wiv SunGod	7
12	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	7
13	66	Max Walker	TRINITY Racing	6
13	6	Ollie Peckover	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	6
15	69	Blake Quick	TRINITY Racing	5
16	26	Owain Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	5
16	1	Stuart Balfour	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	5
18	30	Joshua Tarling	Wales Racing Academy	4
19	85	Kieran Riley	Team PB Performance	3
19	52	Charles Page	Saint Piran	3
21	98	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	2
21	44	Noah Hobbs	TEKKERZ	2
23	65	Oliver Rees	TRINITY Racing	1
23	17	Rory Townsend	Wiv SunGod	1

Women’s results

Individual classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Behind
1	23	Sammie Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	35	1:11:50.591
2	7	Sophie Lewis	CAMS – Basso	35	1:12:22.545	+31.954
3	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	35	1:12:22.717	+0.172
4	92	Holly Breck	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	35	1:12:22.830	+0.113
5	40	Emma Jeffers	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	35	1:12:22.861	+0.031
6	53	Becks Durrell	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	35	1:12:23.041	+0.180
7	84	Charlotte Broughton	AWOL OShea	35	1:12:23.463	+0.422
8	113	Sophie Holmes	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	35	1:12:23.523	+0.060
9	41	Ellen McDermott	Team Boompods	35	1:12:23.590	+0.067
10	51	Amira Mellor	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	35	1:12:24.525	+0.935
11	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	35	1:12:25.551	+1.026
12	14	Isabel Darvill	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	35	1:12:25.574	+0.023
13	122	Sophie Lankford	Alba Development Road Team	35	1:12:26.129	+0.555
14	16	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	35	1:12:26.340	+0.211
15	5	Beth Morrow	CAMS – Basso	35	1:12:26.386	+0.046
16	57	Sam Fawcett	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	35	1:12:26.571	+0.185
17	123	Sophie Enever	Alba Development Road Team	35	1:12:27.035	+0.464
18	48	Emma Matthews	Team Boompods	35	1:12:27.828	+0.793
19	50	Lucy Harris	Team Boompods	35	1:12:28.406	+0.578
20	49	Monica Greenwood	Team Boompods	31	1:05:32.188	+4 Laps
21	118	Megan Anderson	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	31	1:05:39.951	+7.763
22	109	Hannah Bayes	Saint Piran WRT	31	1:05:40.449	+0.498
23	12	Bexy Dew	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	31	1:05:40.754	+0.305
24	3	Katie Scott	CAMS – Basso	31	1:05:42.981	+2.227
25	58	Xan Crees	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	31	1:05:43.172	+0.191
26	124	Kate Richardson	Alba Development Road Team	31	1:05:43.803	+0.631
27	86	Georgia Bullard	AWOL OShea	31	1:05:43.865	+0.062
28	21	Harriet Dodd	Team LDN – Brother UK	31	1:05:44.628	+0.763
29	125	Beth Maciver	Alba Development Road Team	31	1:05:44.675	+0.047
30	33	Suzetta Guerrini	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	31	1:05:44.807	+0.132
31	18	Poppy Thompson	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	31	1:05:46.872	+2.065
32	65	Ellen Bennett	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	31	1:06:07.221	+20.349
33	121	Victoria Smith	Alba Development Road Team	30	1:05:30.001	+1 Lap
34	56	Maddy Nutt	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	30	1:05:30.853	+0.852
35	47	Keri Parton	Team Boompods	30	1:05:31.165	+0.312
36	107	Elizabeth Sanders	Saint Piran WRT	30	1:05:31.665	+0.500
37	94	Caoimhe OBrien	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	30	1:05:32.346	+0.681
38	111	Nicola Soden	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	30	1:05:32.538	+0.192
39	29	Sian Botteley	Team LDN – Brother UK	30	1:05:33.125	+0.587
40	73	Emily Tillett	Loughborough Lightning	30	1:05:37.245	+4.120
41	31	Polly Burge	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	30	1:05:37.580	+0.335
42	98	Annamarie Lipp	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	30	1:05:37.998	+0.418
43	105	Gabriella Homer	Saint Piran WRT	30	1:05:38.528	+0.530
44	75	Roisin Lally	Loughborough Lightning	30	1:05:39.880	+1.352
45	119	Laura Cheesman	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	30	1:05:40.451	+0.571
46	64	Maddy Verdegal	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	30	1:06:07.346	+26.895
47	74	Flora Knight	Loughborough Lightning	29	1:06:07.472	+1 Lap
48	28	Lauren Higham	Team LDN – Brother UK	29	1:06:07.505	+0.033
49	67	Hope Inglis	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	29	1:06:19.090	+11.585
50	38	Rebakah Nash	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	28	1:06:11.479	+1 Lap
51	26	Amy Marks	Team LDN – Brother UK	28	1:06:11.523	+0.044
52	101	Emily Chilton	Saint Piran WRT	28	1:06:11.809	+0.286
53	63	Laura Pittard	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	28	1:06:12.021	+0.212
54	88	Maisy Vasic	AWOL OShea	27	1:04:21.355	+1 Lap
DNF	104	Madeleine Gammons	Saint Piran WRT	7	0:15:24.223
DNF	72	Chloe Vickers	Loughborough Lightning	3	6:36.308
DNF	117	Leah Moorman	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	1	2:11.042
DNS	66	Grace Lister	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	0
DNS	81	Maddie Wadsworth	AWOL OShea	0
DNS	87	Liv Bent	AWOL OShea	0
DNS	95	Lee Boon	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	0

Team classification

Round

Rank	Team	Time	Points
1	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	3:37:14.137	10
2	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	3:37:14.631	9
3	Team Boompods	3:37:19.824	8
4	CAMS – Basso	3:39:00.684	7
5	Alba Development Road Team	3:39:05.845	6
6	Team LDN – Brother UK	3:42:32.849	5
7	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	3:42:59.816	4
8	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	3:43:10.518	3
9	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	3:45:24.898	2
10	Loughborough Lightning	3:45:35.530	1
11	Saint Piran WRT	3:47:10.785	0
12	AWOL OShea	3:50:01.674	0
13	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	3:51:50.040	0

Overall

Rank	Team	Points
1	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	48
2	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	38
3	Team Boompods	31
4	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	29
5	Team LDN – Brother UK	24
6	CAMS – Basso	23
7	Alba Development Road Team	23
8	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	16
9	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	16
10	Loughborough Lightning	12
11	Saint Piran WRT	10
12	AWOL OShea	4
13	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	1

Sprint classification

Round

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	23	Sammie Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	20
2	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	8
3	7	Sophie Lewis	CAMS – Basso	8
4	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	6
5	113	Sophie Holmes	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	5
6	40	Emma Jeffers	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	5
7	84	Charlotte Broughton	AWOL OShea	3
8	92	Holly Breck	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	2
9	51	Amira Mellor	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	2
10	41	Ellen McDermott	Team Boompods	1

Overall

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	59
2	23	Sammie Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	54
3	40	Emma Jeffers	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	28
4	7	Sophie Lewis	CAMS – Basso	24
5	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	23
6	16	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	17
7	124	Kate Richardson	Alba Development Road Team	15
8	33	Suzetta Guerrini	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	13
9	77	Sophie Coldwell	Loughborough Lightning	13
10	1	Megan Barker	CAMS – Basso	11
11	113	Sophie Holmes	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	6
12	54	Charlotte Berry	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	5
12	48	Emma Matthews	Team Boompods	5
14	51	Amira Mellor	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	4
15	41	Ellen McDermott	Team Boompods	4
16	84	Charlotte Broughton	AWOL OShea	3
17	92	Holly Breck	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	3
17	34	Beth Harley- Jepson	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	3
17	13	Corinne Side	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	3
20	22	Lucy Lee	Team LDN – Brother UK	2
20	118	Megan Anderson	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	2
22	53	Becks Durrell	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	1
22	5	Beth Morrow	CAMS – Basso	1
22	11	Amy Gornall	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	1