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!
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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.
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One of TeamBglobal’s new additions Nick Shaughnessy got off to a good start with a 4th place finish at Tameside Cycling Development Group Circuit Series. Nick was beaten to the podium by Karl Freeman (1st), Jack Bowyer (2nd) and Andrew Donaldson (3rd).
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.
Cumbria was host to the 11th CDNW Maxgear.co.uk Road Race League event of 2010 (25th July 2010). All categories of riders we eligible to compete in the 75 mile race, TeamBglobal had Ian Taylor and Stephen Leigh there on the day. Ian Taylor racked up yet another top 20 finish placing 13th and Stephen Leigh also did well and placed 27th.
The winner was Richard Handley of Team Raleigh who completed the course in 2h 48m 13s.
The Blackburn Grand Prix lived up to its reputation with exciting, fast paced racing over a narrow and tricky surface.
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.
Wednesday 21st July is the date of the Blackburn’s premier cycling event – The Blackburn Grand Prix.
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.
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Stephen Leigh followed up his fourth place at the Tameside Circuit Series with an extraordinary win in the Litherland Circuit League #12.
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!
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
20th June 2010 -
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!
