2025 Halesowen Academy Road Race: report and results

Cameron Still (Ride Revolution) stormed to a solo triumph at the inaugural Halesowen Academy Road Race on Sunday, 8 June – Round 2 of the Under-23 Open National Road Series. Third place for Maxwell Hereward (360cycling) vaulted him into a commanding 20-point Series lead.

Featured image: PelotonPix / Dave Dodge Photography

Report

67 of the most exciting next generation took the roads of rural Worcestershire, covering 5 laps of a 28km course before the up-hill run in to the finish line up the Hollybush climb.  

In the early stages of the race, a large group containing Tom Williams (Monzon – Incolor – Gub), Lewis Tinsley (BCC RT) and Dexter Leeming-Sykes (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli), got away and developed a promising looking gap. However, this was quickly neutralised with many teams lacking representation and a lack of cohesion in the front group.

With the main group back together, James Satoor (Bridgnorth CC) and Ben Etherington (360cycling) got away on the fast, tailwind dominated section of the course towards Tewkesbury. They were then joined by Satoor’s teammate Ben Pierce, and Cameron Still of Ride Revolution.  

The quartet up the road worked well together gaining a gap of 1 minute 45 seconds over the bunch, until 16km to go, at which point Pierce and Etherington were distanced by their breakaway companions.

The final two looked set to contest the finish up the climb to Hollybush together, but the Ride Revolution rider attacked coming out of the junction at the foot of the climb, and with Satoor unable to respond, maintained his gap to the top to take a solo victory.

Behind the winning move, Pierce and Etherington were unable to hold off a six-man chasing move that had escaped the attentions of the bunch on the last lap, with Maxwell Hereward (360cycling) taking the third spot on the podium, and with it the lead of the U23 Series. 

Results

Pos	Rider	Team	Time	Pts
1	Cameron Still  (U23)	Ride Revolution Coaching	2:55:45	+60
2	James Satoor	Bridgnorth Cycling Club	+14″	+52
3	Maxwell Hereward	360 cycling	+48″	+45
4	Dan Eastham	Cycling Sheffield	+51″	+40
5	Zak Machin	BCC Race Team	+51″	+35
6	Elliott Colyer	TAAP Kalas	+51″	+31
7	Olivier Mangham	DAS Richardsons	+58″	+27
8	Joshua Ballinger	Wolfox CAMS Le Col RT	+58″	+23
9	Ben Pierce	Bridgnorth Cycling Club	+1′01″	+20
10	Ben Etherington	360 cycling	+1′08″	+17
11	Tom Williams	Monzon – Incolor – Gub	+1′26″	+15
12	William Salter	BCC Race Team	+1′26″	+13
13	Oliver Curd	Primo RT	+1′26″	+11
14	Hugh Aubrey	Beeston Cycling Club	+1′26″	+9
15	George Safranauskas	360 cycling	+1′26″	+7
16	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	+1′26″	+6
17	Max Bufton	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	+1′26″	+5
18	Max Duckworth	Southborough & District Wheelers	+1′26″	+3
19	Lewis Tinsley  (U23)	BCC Race Team	+1′26″	+2
20	Nathan Hardy	Team PB Performance	+1′26″	+1
21	Adam Howell  (U23)	MUC-OFF-SRCT-STORCK	+1′26″	+0
22	Henry Hunter	Kendal Cycle Club	+1′26″	+0
23	George Stephen	BCC Race Team	+1′26″	+0
24	Alex Galpin	BCC Race Team	+1′26″	+0
25	Dan Galpin	BCC Race Team	+1′26″	+0
26	George Cottrell	University of Nottingham Cycling Club	+1′26″	+0
27	Alexander Foster	Cycling Sheffield	+1′26″	+0
28	Mark Agent	Wold Top Pactimo	+1′26″	+0
29	Jack Cook	Calder Clarion CC	+1′26″	+0
30	Scott Richardson	Defined Cycling Team	+1′26″	+0
31	Sam Talent	Velo Club Venta	+1′26″	+0
32	Oliver Dawson	Team Hopplà	+1′26″	+0
33	Samuel Nisbet	Reflex Nopinz	+1′26″	+0
34	William Pollard	Team PB Performance	+1′26″	+0
35	Felix Earth	Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy	+1′26″	+0
36	Spencer Corder	Beeston Cycling Club	+1′26″	+0
37	Noah Inman	Ashfield RC	+1′26″	+0
38	Benjamin Flatau	Private Member	+1′26″	+0
39	Piers Mahn	Halesowen A & CC	+1′26″	+0
40	Kieran Riley	Spellman – Dublin Port Cycling Team	+1′26″	+0
41	Sam Beaton	Plymouth Corinthian CC	+1′26″	+0
42	Iwan Clark	Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy	+1′26″	+0
43	John Bardsley	360 cycling	+1′26″	+0
44	Oscar Pratt	Schils – Doltcini Racing Team	+1′26″	+0
45	Ryan Williams	Cycling Sheffield	+1′26″	+0
46	Ed Ayres	Reflex Nopinz	+1′33″	+0
47	Sion Jones	Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy	+1′35″	+0
48	Mathys Venter	Spirit Racing Team	+1′35″	+0
49	Cai Curtis-Roberts	360 cycling	+1′35″	+0
50	Caleb Pain	Ride Revolution Coaching	+1′35″	+0
51	Denholm Edwards	Cycling Sheffield	+1′35″	+0
52	Matthew Britton	University of Exeter Cycling Club	+1′35″	+0
53	James Pearcy	Mid Devon CC	+1′35″	+0
54	Archie Fletcher	360 cycling	+1′35″	+0
55	Thomas Charles	Team PB Performance	+1′35″	+0
56	Daniel Ascroft	Halesowen A & CC	+1′43″	+0
57	Hamish Hunter	Primera-TeamJobs	+1′43″	+0
58	Thomas Adby	Mud Dock Racing	+1′43″	+0
59	Isaac Allport	Birmingham University Cycling Club	+1′52″	+0
60	Reuben Corlett	AC Pays de Baud	+1′57″	+0
61	Toby Bush	BCC Race Team	+2′05″	+0
62	Ben Gibson	Team PB Performance	+2′13″	+0
63	Jack Beveridge	Reflex Nopinz	+2′13″	+0
64	George Watch	Team PB Performance	+2′16″	+0
🚫 DNS	John Appleby	Spirit Racing Team	—	0
🚫 DNS	Alex Beldon	MUC-OFF-SRCT-STORCK	—	0
🚫 DNS	Sam Chaplin	Cycling Sheffield	—	0
🚫 DNS	Michael Fowler	Team Ciara Cycling	—	0
🚫 DNS	Matthew Gilmour	Primera-TeamJobs	—	0
🚫 DNS	Guy Hutchins	Private Member	—	0
⚠️ DNF	Pedro Hutchinson	trainSharp Development Team	—	0
⚠️ DNF	Iestyn Jones	Cardiff Ajax CC	—	0
🚫 DNS	Sam Llewelyn	Team PB Performance	—	0
⚠️ DNF	Alex Pickering	Ride Revolution Coaching	—	0
🚫 DNS	Charlie Thorpe	Beeston Cycling Club	—	0

Series rankings after Round 2

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Pts
1	Maxwell Hereward	U23	360 cycling	50
2	Alex Beldon	U23	MUC-OFF-SRCT-STORCK	30
=	Cameron Still	U23	Ride Revolution Coaching	30
4	Dan Eastham	U23	Cycling Sheffield	29
5	Samuel Nisbet	U23	Reflex Nopinz	28
=	James Satoor	U23	Bridgnorth Cycling Club	28
7	Alex Franks	U23	Raptor Factory Racing	26
=	Olivier Mangham	U23	DAS Richardsons	26
=	Max Bufton	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	26
10	Zak Machin	U23	BCC Race Team	22
11	Thomas Gardner	U23	University of Exeter Cycling Club	20
=	Elliott Colyer	U23	TAAP Kalas	20
13	Elliot Fraser	U23	360 cycling	18
14	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	17
15	Joshua Ballinger	U23	Wolfox CAMS Le Col RT	16
=	Dylan Hicks	U23	Raptor Factory Racing	16
17	Benjamin Tuchner	U23	TEKKERZ CC	14
18	Ben Pierce	U23	Bridgnorth Cycling Club	14
19	Lewis Tinsley	U23	BCC Race Team	12
=	Ben Etherington	U23	360 cycling	12