{"id":5904,"date":"2017-04-09T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=5904"},"modified":"2017-04-12T21:17:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T20:17:30","slug":"hsbc-uk-bc-national-womens-road-series-2017-tour-of-the-wolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=5904","title":{"rendered":"HSBC-UK BC National Women’s Road Series | Tour of the Wolds 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Lizzy Banks SunSport Velo wins!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds<\/p>\n

09 April 2017<\/p>\n

The sun shone brightly for Lizzy Banks of Sunsport Velo RT in the season opener of the HSBC-UK British Cycling 2017 National Women\u2019s Road Series the Tour of the Wolds, won in two-hours and thirty-four minuets and thirty-five seconds.<\/pre>\n
The first of nine rounds and a new course to the calendar, the Tour of the Wolds covers a distance of one-hundred and one kilometres setting out from Louth North-Westerly through South Elkinton and Binbrooke before turning Northerly at Tealby and onto a circuit through Caistor, then returning back to Louth and a three-kilometre twisty circuit through the town centre streets.<\/p>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Start Line Louth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
One-hundred riders set off at nine in the morning out of Louth, but split into three groups before arriving at the Caistor loop. The front group of around thirty riders rode up the testing climb at Nettleton Top but as they returned back towards Louth, six girls broke free.<\/p>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – First group heading towards Tealby…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Three times series winner Nikki Juniper [Team Ford Ecoboost], National Time Trial Champion Hayley Simmond [Team WNT], Anna Christian [Drops Cycling Team], Lizzy Banks [Sunsport Velo], Chanel Mason [Storey Racing] and Natalie Grinczer [Team WNT] arrived back on the finishing circuit with a one-minuet and ten second lead as Drops Cycling and Cycle Team OnForm drove the chase.<\/p>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Heading outbound…Drops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With three-hundred metres remaining, Juniper clipped wheels bringing her down and out of contention leaving five girls to fight for the win. Banks kept out of trouble and maintained her momentum going into the final left-hand corner before sprinting clearly for the line and a marvellous win.<\/p>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Finishing Circuit with Simmonds leading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Rebecca Durrell [Drops Cycling Team] brought the chasing bunch to the line some thirty-two seconds down on a beautiful day in Lincolnshire, much to the appreciation of the crowd that had lined the circuit in this first national race in the series.<\/p>\n
Lizzy Banks leads the National Women\u2019s Road Series going into round two the Essex Giro on Saturday 22nd April.<\/p>\n
Round 2 of the National Women's Road Series is the Essex Giro on April 22<\/pre>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Lizzy Banks, Series Leader…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
1 58 Elizabeth Banks SunSport Velo 2:34:35. 2:34:35
\n2 82 Anna Christian Drops Cycling Team 2:34:36. +1
\n3 6 Chanel Mason Storey Racing 2:34:37. +2
\n4 103 Hayley Simmonds Team WNT 2:34:38. st
\n5 99 Natalie Grinczer Team WNT 2:34:39. +4
\n6 20 Rebecca Durrell Drops Cycling Team 2:35:07. +32
\n7 24 Rebecca Womersley Drops Cycling Team 2:35:08. st
\n8 22 Rose Osborne Drops Cycling Team 2:35:08. st
\n9 13 Sian Botteley Cycle Team OnForm 2:35:08. st
\n10 81 Hannah Payton Drops Cycling Team 2:35:08. st
\n11 16 Amy Hill Cycle Team OnForm 2:35:09. st
\n12 15 Anna Henderson Cycle Team OnForm 2:35:09. st
\n13 30 Jennifer Holden Fusion RT Fierlan 2:35:09. st
\n14 87 Lucy Horrocks Team Vertex-Biemme 2:35:09. st
\n15 23 Abigail Van Twisk Drops Cycling Team 2:35:09. st
\n16 54 Jennifer George Storey Racing 2:35:10. st
\n17 93 Tamara Davenne Team Vision Innovative Leisure 2:35:10. st
\n18 9 Charlotte Colclough Bianchi Dama UK 2:35:10. st
\n19 80 Holly Flannery Team Jadan-Weldtite 2:35:11. st
\n20 19 Alicia Speake Cycle Team OnForm 2:35:11. st
\n21 41 Steph Clayton Mammoth Lifestyle Racing Team 2:35:11. st
\n22 18 Gemma Sargent Cycle Team OnForm 2:35:11. st
\n23 77 Jennifer Powell Team Ford Ecoboost 2:35:11. st
\n24 37 Annabel Simpson Drops Cycling Team 2:36:27. +1:52
\n25 32 Fiona Hunter Johnston Fusion RT Fierlan 2:37:45. +3:10<\/p>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 Tour of the Wolds, Podium L-R Anna Christian, Lizzy Banks & Chanel Maso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Interview Lizzy Banks Sunsport Velo 09 April 2017 \u2013 Tour of the Wolds Winner.<\/pre>\n
CS: How does it feel winning the Tour of the Wolds, the first race in the National Women\u2019s Series 2017.
\nLizzy Banks: It feels great! I\u2019m so pleased for the Team (Sunsport Velo). It was really good getting a result so early in the season.<\/p>\n
CS: How did you find the circuit today.
\nLizzy Banks: It was really great circuit. We came down and reccy\u2019d it yesterday. It was rolling, it was a bit harder than we thought it would be \u2013 looking at the profile. We started at the top corner in Caistor and came south to Louth, so we had a sighting almost the whole circuit. So we knew it was going to be a bit tough. The key areas were going to be positioning coming back through Tealby. So yes! That\u2019s what I did and managed to get into the break.<\/p>\n
CS: About 30-40 girls got away initially on the run up-to Tealby heading out-bound and you managed to get into that group.
\nLizzy Banks: I was quite surprized we lost a few people. Again, that was going through Tealby, through the technical section, two tracks either side with grass down the middle. So I think we dropped a lot of people there \u2013 and actually it slowed up a lot. So I was trying to hide out of the way, there were eight from Drops (Drops Cycling Team) and seven from Ecoboost (Team Ford Ecoboost) and six or seven from WNT (Team WNT) and I was on my own. So yeh, I was trying to keep safe and follow any dangerous moves that had all three teams in.<\/p>\n
CS: Was that your first season win.
\nLizzy Banks: Sunsport Velo has had a few wins already. It\u2019s the first national win which is really, really great for the team, but the girls have had wins on the track, in circuit races, I won in Capernwray last week, so yes the teams doing really well<\/p>\n
Lizzy is currently sitting at the top of the 2017 Women\u2019s over 23 BC National Rankings with 110 points.\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017, Tour of the Wolds – Charlotte Dalton & Hannah Walker finishing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – DropsTrain with Abigail Van Twist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Nettleton Top Climb leading group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Rebecca Womersley on the finish circuit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Otherside of Tealby and the peloton has splintered.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Joanne Clay & Hannah Righini-Brand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 | Tour of the Wolds – Christine Marshall, Monica Dew & Phoebe Martin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HSBC-UK BC National Women\u2019s Road Series 2017 Tour of the Wolds – Bex Rimmington, Steph Clayton & Rebecca Goodson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Official Results from British Cycling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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