Season Finale, Men’s & Women’s Ryedale Grand Prix 2018
A sweet victory for Graham Briggs [JLT Condor] after a difficult season brought the conclusion to the HSBC-UK British Cycling 2018 Road Series in the Ryedale Grand Prix finale.
An 11 man breakaway group of select riders toiled on a grizzly day in the saddle around the Ampleforth Abbey course.
As the race drew to it’s conclusion a hard chase by the peloton driven by Andy Tennant [Canyon Eisberg] allowed a couple of riders including National Champion Conor Swift [Madison Genesis] to bridge across the gap on the run into the Collage grounds and the final push up-to the line.
The ask was too great for Swift finishing 3rd behind Max Steadman [Canyon Eisberg] but taking the overall individual classification along with the team title for Madison Genesis.
Team Classification
1 Madison Genesis 242
2 JLT Condor 204
3 Canyon Eisberg 190
4 Team Wiggins 166
5 One Pro Cycling 142
6 100% ME 141
7 Saint Piran 14
8 Vitus Pro Cycling 12
8 Team Tor 2000 KALAS 12
8 Team KTM UK 12
11 Wales Racing Academy 8
12 Ribble Cycling 5
12 Cycling Sheffield Giant Sheffield 5
14 Wheelbase Castelli MGD 4
15 Richardsons-Trek RT 3
16 Zappi Racing Team 1
Ryedale Top 10
1 5 Graham Briggs JLT Condor 4:01:56
2 13 Maximilian Stedman Canyon Eisberg st
3 23 Connor Swift Madison Genesis st
4 7 Thomas Moses JLT Condor st
5 19 Jonathan McEvoy Madison Genesis +25
6 30 Jacob Scott One Pro Cycling +1:00
7 17 Richard Handley Madison Genesis st
8 22 Erick Rowsell Madison Genesis st
9 3 Edmund Bradbury JLT Condor st
10 36 Joey Walker Team Wiggins +1:05
Overall Classification
1 Connor Swift Madison Genesis 117
2 Thomas Moses JLT Condor 71
3 Jack Pullar Canyon Eisberg 67
4 Daniel Tulett 100% ME 65
5 Matthew Gibson JLT Condor 60
6 Isaac Mundy Madison Genesis 49
7 Christopher Latham One Pro Cycling 48
8 Robert Scott Team Wiggins 46
9 Hayden McCormick One Pro Cycling 44
10 Tobyn Horton Madison Genesis 43
The HSBC-UK BC National Women’s Series also drew it’s conclusion earlier in the day around the same Ampleforth Abbey course with another victory for Anna Henderson [Cycle Team OnForm] ahead of Anna Christian [Trek Drops].
The individual win was already out of reach for the days riders with Sophie Wright [Torelli Brother] taking overall victory but that didn’t deter Henderson who missed out narrowly by a single point. Storey Racing wining the overall team classification.
The race lit-up when Annabel Fisher [Team Jadan Weldtite p/b Vive le Velo] made her break to escape the clutches of the peloton, soon to return.
After several attacks were quickly nullified it was Henderson & Christian that held the trump card between them returning through the college grounds for the final time.
Mary Wilkinson [Team Jadan Weldtite p/b Vive le Velo] led the chase to the line finishing 3rd with Jen George [Torelli Brother] 4th, Illi Gardner [Team YRDP] 5th & Jenny Powell [NJC Biemme Echolon] 6th.
Overall Team Classification
1 Storey Racing 319
2 NJC – Biemme – Echelon 256
3 Team Breeze 227
4 Cycle Team OnForm 203
5 Torelli-Brother 189
6 Fusion RT Veloperformance 59
7 Trek-Drops 58
8 Bianchi Dama 48
9 Team Jadan Weldtite-Vive le Velo 35
10 YRDP 24
11 Liv Cycling Club – Halo Cycles 22
12 Boompods EDCO NRG 8
13 LIV AWOL 7
14 Team Backstedt/Hotchillee 5
15 Les Filles Racing Team 4
16 Sigma Sports x Threo 1
Ryedale Top 20
1 25 Anna Henderson Cycle Team OnForm 2:48:25
2 71 Anna Christian Trek-Drops +3
3 46 Mary Wilkinson Team Jadan Weldtite-Vive le Vel +12
4 2 Jennifer George Torelli-Brother +15
5 47 Illi Gardner YRDP st
6 38 Jennifer Powell NJC – Biemme – Echelon st
7 51 Holly MacMahon 4T+ Cyclopark +18
8 35 Claire Steels Fusion RT Veloperformance st
9 11 Chanel Mason Storey Racing +22
10 36 Ruth Summerford Fusion RT Veloperformance +26
11 16 Georgina Panchaud Bianchi Dama +36
12 45 Annabel Fisher Team Jadan Weldtite-Vive le Vel +1:08
13 1 Laura Massey Torelli Brother +2:44
14 3 Alice Sharpe Torelli-Brother st
15 9 Anna Kay Storey Racing st 16 13 Emma Cockcroft Bianchi Dama st
17 24 Jessica Finney Cycle Team OnForm st 18 54 Christina Wiejak Barrow Central Wheelers +2:48
19 28 Alicia Speake Cycle Team OnForm st
20 41 Rosamund Bradbury Sigma Sports x Threo s
Overall Top Ten after round 8
1 Sophie Wright Torelli-Brother 158
2 Anna Henderson Cycle Team OnForm 157
3 Nicola Juniper NJC – Biemme – Echelon 101
4 Jessica Roberts Team Breeze 96
5 Megan Barker Team Breeze 90
6 Anna Kay Storey Racing 90
7 Jennifer Powell NJC – Biemme – Echelon 73
8 Rebecca Durrell Storey Racing 72
9 Melissa Lowther Storey Racing 69
10 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Storey Racing 55
