August 28-30, 2010 | Wales

Last weekend saw teambglobal’s junior, Chris Sherrifs riding the RIS Junior Tour of Wales. The race travels through the Counties of Gwent, Dyfed and Powys – through the spectacular scenery of the Brecon Beacons. Traditionally the race starts with a prologue time trial, with 3 road race stages and a circuit race. The final stage takes in the breathtaking climb of Tumble Mountain – a 5 mile climb of a 10 % gradient.

Chris had a steady start to the tour, but finished in a spectacular 4th place on stage five on the tumble.  Well done Chris!

Further details can be found via the link below:

Britishcycling.org.uk

Junior Tour of Wales.org

TeamBglobal’s Junior Representative Chris Sherriffs embarked last week upon the country’s premier Junior Cycling event – The National Championships. Taking place 22nd – 27th August in Newport, the six-day event is a great chance for Britain’s young talent to compete.

Consisting of a wide variety of events, the hectic programme of races is great fun for the riders and spectators alike. Many previous winners and competitors have found this event to be the springboard to greater things and the platform for excellent achievements as an adult competitor.

Chris’s highlight of the competition was 7th place  in the Junior Mens Points Race on day 5.

For More Information on the National Championships follow these useful links:

http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/track/article/tra20100828-A-Memorable-Championship-Week-for-Future-Stars-0

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/track/article/tra20100823-2010-Junior-and-Youth-National-Track-Championships-0

For More Information Click Here

Elite, first, second and third category riders turned out to compete in the Oakenclough Road Race event on 22nd August. Rubens Bertogliati (Tour de France winner and yellow jersey holder) rode in the race that was eventually won by Elite rider Andrew Tennant of Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta RT. Elite riders Kit Gilham and David Clarke rounded off the top three.

For The Official Results Click Here.

The winner was Richard Handley of Team Raleigh who completed the course in 2h 48m 13s.

Full details of the race result can be found here.

Picture courtesy of Robin Holmes

Elite rider Ian Taylor and 2nd Category rider Stephen Leigh were TeamBglobal’s representatives on Wednesday evening. The windy circuit was sure to prove difficult to handle and the addition of rain to the surface only complicated matters.

Racing through the town centre, the multi-lap race caused a number of riders to fall and even TeamBglobal’s own Stephen Leigh was forced to retire from the race due to a damaged bike caused by another competitor falling in front of him.

Only a fraction of the starters completed the race due to its treacherous nature, with Ian Taylor coming in 24th place. The race was won by Ed Clancy of the Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta team.

The full race results can be found here

British Cycling’s Race Report can be found here

Taking place on Bglobal’s doorstep, TeamBglobal have a full compliment of riders to compete at the event which will take place from 6-9pm, with the main race starting at 8:15pm and lasting for approximately an hour.

This race can boast being one of the most exciting events on the cycling calender with the narrow course making for exciting positional battles throughout the tricky city centre course.

Bglobal would like to invite all interested parties to come and cheer the team on.

For more information:

www.blackburn.gov.uk

www.cdnw.org/blackburn_gp.

Stephen completed the 41km course in under an hour (59min 49sec), he raced away from the competition with relative ease early in the race and there was no looking back.

Congratulations to Stephen from the entire Bglobal team – Keep up the good form!

Full race results are available here

2nd Category rider Stephen Leigh of TeamBglobal placed fourth in the Tameside Circuit Series. The race held by Tameside Cycling Development Series who are promoting a new series of races in the Manchester Area, that are held at the newly build circuit in Ashton.

The race was won by 1st Category rider Alaister Rutherford from Team Science in Sport.com.

Click here for full race results

TeamBglobal’s elite rider Ian Taylor continues to show his class with another good performance in the David Bell Memorial Race. Endura Racing Team completed an impressive clean sweep of the top three, with Ian Taylor finishing 5th in 2:29. Well Done Ian!

More details about this race can be found here