Danylo Riwnyj (Foran CT) took the biggest win of his career on Sunday (24 August), outsprinting his breakaway companions at the end of an aggressive edition of the Victor Berlemont Trophy after going away solo and being caught on the final lap.
Danylo Riwnyj (Foran CT) took the biggest win of his career on Sunday (24 August), outsprinting his breakaway companions at the end of an aggressive edition of the Victor Berlemont Trophy after going away solo and being caught on the final lap.
In typically windy conditions, the pace throughout the 11-lap race was relentless, with attacks throughout the opening eight laps quickly neutralised by the peloton.
Foran CT came into the race with a strong hand, fielding seven riders, and laid their cards on the table when Riwnyj, Dom Jackson and Ryan Christensen all made a 20 rider split with just three laps to go, which included pre-race favourites James McKay (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli), Matt King (Atom 6-Decca), Jordan Giles (DAS-Richardsons), and Charlie Genner (Telco’m-On Clim -Osés), as well as the Primera-TeamJobs trio of Josh Housley, Matt Gilmour and Gabe Dellar, the South Coast team also making their numbers count.
With the winner looking increasingly likely to come from the front group as the kilometres whittled down, five riders attacked just before the end of the ninth lap – Primera-TeamJobs’ Housley, Genner, veteran Chris MacNamara (Sigma Sports Race Team), Ollie Hucks (TAAP-Kalas), and Cameron Still (Ride Revolution Coaching) the agreesors, with Riwnyj, alert to the danger, briding across to represent his Foran CT squad and make it six riders at the head of the race.
One lap later, with the cat and mouse games beginning, Riwnyj attacked his breakaway companions, quickly settling into a goid rythm and gaining a 30 second lead by the time bell rang signalling the final lap.
Interrupted by traffic on the final loop, Riwnyj’s inconvenience was Genner and Still’s gain as they bridged across to the Ukrainian, setting up a three way battle for the win deep into the final lap.
With the three working well together consolidate their lead, a sprint would decide the outcome. Still, winner of the Halesowen Academy National U23 Road Race, the first to make his move, with Riwnyj finding the strength to come over the top of him to take his second National B road race win of a breakthrough 2025 season.
Behind, Dellar would come home next in 4th, with Oliver Snodden (Mandene Racing) rounding out the top five.
Riwnyj now heads to the Wentworth Woodhouse Grand Prix as one of the favourites, spearheading a strong Foran CT team on a similar style course, before finishing his season in Belgium next month. He also moves up to fifth in The British Continental’s national road race rankings with just a handful of domestic road races left in 2025.
Danylo Riwnyj (Foran CT) took the biggest win of his career on Sunday (24 August), outsprinting his breakaway companions at the end of an aggressive edition of the Victor Berlemont Trophy after going away solo and being caught on the final lap.
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Report
In typically windy conditions, the pace throughout the 11-lap race was relentless, with attacks throughout the opening eight laps quickly neutralised by the peloton.
Foran CT came into the race with a strong hand, fielding seven riders, and laid their cards on the table when Riwnyj, Dom Jackson and Ryan Christensen all made a 20 rider split with just three laps to go, which included pre-race favourites James McKay (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli), Matt King (Atom 6-Decca), Jordan Giles (DAS-Richardsons), and Charlie Genner (Telco’m-On Clim -Osés), as well as the Primera-TeamJobs trio of Josh Housley, Matt Gilmour and Gabe Dellar, the South Coast team also making their numbers count.
With the winner looking increasingly likely to come from the front group as the kilometres whittled down, five riders attacked just before the end of the ninth lap – Primera-TeamJobs’ Housley, Genner, veteran Chris MacNamara (Sigma Sports Race Team), Ollie Hucks (TAAP-Kalas), and Cameron Still (Ride Revolution Coaching) the agreesors, with Riwnyj, alert to the danger, briding across to represent his Foran CT squad and make it six riders at the head of the race.
One lap later, with the cat and mouse games beginning, Riwnyj attacked his breakaway companions, quickly settling into a goid rythm and gaining a 30 second lead by the time bell rang signalling the final lap.
Interrupted by traffic on the final loop, Riwnyj’s inconvenience was Genner and Still’s gain as they bridged across to the Ukrainian, setting up a three way battle for the win deep into the final lap.
With the three working well together consolidate their lead, a sprint would decide the outcome. Still, winner of the Halesowen Academy National U23 Road Race, the first to make his move, with Riwnyj finding the strength to come over the top of him to take his second National B road race win of a breakthrough 2025 season.
Behind, Dellar would come home next in 4th, with Oliver Snodden (Mandene Racing) rounding out the top five.
Riwnyj now heads to the Wentworth Woodhouse Grand Prix as one of the favourites, spearheading a strong Foran CT team on a similar style course, before finishing his season in Belgium next month. He also moves up to fifth in The British Continental’s national road race rankings with just a handful of domestic road races left in 2025.
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