{"id":6515,"date":"2017-08-06T19:58:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T18:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=6515"},"modified":"2017-08-11T21:12:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T20:12:53","slug":"hsbc-uk-bc-womens-roads-series-ryedale-grand-prix-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=6515","title":{"rendered":"HSBC-UK BC Women\u2019s Roads Series | Ryedale Grand Prix 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HSBC-UK National Road Series Champion 2017, Lizzy Banks, Storey Racing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Words & Images by Chris Maher<\/pre>\n
Massey wins the final HSBC-UK National Women\u2019s Road Series event, the Ryedale Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Laura Massey, Drops Pro Cycling powered up-to the finish line in the grounds of Ampleforth Abbey and College just ahead of Alice Sharpe, NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli and the overall Series Winner Lizzy Banks, Storey Racing in a thrilling climax to the ninth and final round in the Road Series.<\/p>\n
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Race start under neutral flag…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Sixty-one riders took the start-line in the 2017 edition of the Ryedale GP, one of the toughest courses in the calendar.<\/p>\n
Missing from the start list was second place in the Series, Melissa Lowther, Team Breeze who was away racing in Europe prior to today\u2019s race, and Banks only rival close enough to steal her glory.<\/p>\n
Massey had started a little further back, but moved up into second after today\u2019s win and furthermore securing the Team classification for Drops Pro Cycling at the same time.<\/p>\n
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Steph Mottram, NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli, Ryedale GP Solo Break, 2nd small lap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The first and only real move of the day came on the second lap of the big circuit when Steph Mottram, NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli went clear on the climb to Yearsley and quickly established a thirty-five second lead.<\/p>\n
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First big lap underway and Team OnForm lead theway, Series leader Lizzy Banks in white.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With no reaction from the peloton, Mottram found herself out-front and alone with her lead extending every pedal stroke and by the thirty-six kilometre marker had extended to fifty seconds.<\/p>\n
Starting the first of the smaller laps, Mottram\u2019s lead had grown to one-forty-two reaching the fifty-kilometer-marker out of ninety-four-point-one kilometre race.<\/p>\n
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Peloton in no great rush! First lap lap…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The gap remained around the one-thirty mark for the second small circuit before the signs of small attacks began and the peloton split with seventeen riders breaking free including the usual favourites\u2019 and four members of Storey Racing.<\/p>\n
Mottram took the bell with her lead diminishing and Chanel Mason, Storey Racing whom had held the Series lead at one point clipped off the front briefly.<\/p>\n
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Racing through Ampleforth Abbey grounds…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With only five kilometres remaining it was the end of Mottram\u2019s lead being caught on the final climb, opening up the opportunity for one of the chasing bunch to claim the race win, and as they sped towards the drag up towards the Abbey only the strongest rider would seal the victory.<\/p>\n
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National Series Winner Lizzy Banks, Storey Racing<\/pre>\n
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CS: Beginning the season you won the Tour of the Wolds. Did you think, come the end of the season you would be here and now wearing the leader\u2019s jersey?<\/p>\n
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\u201cOnce I\u2019d won that it was a real incentive going into the second round, you have the leaders jersey, so be as consistent at as possible \u2013 which is something I always aim to do\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen once I had the jersey, I had my eyes on the prize!<\/p>\n
It would have been really nice to take the win here today, but Laura was too strong and she played the perfect race. She was on her own, she\u2019s a nice sprinter \u2013 credit to her \u2013 I was really pleased to get on the podium today in third. A good day\u2019s work all-in-all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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CS: You’ve switched teams since beginning the season in the Wolds, the support from Storey must really have helped a lot.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYeh, absolutely. Just from the first race \u2013 the amount I learnt immediately was absolutely amazing. What about thinking about this, about this, (as the team rallied around) and about this?<\/p>\n
Yeh, having the support of the team mates, they are such a strong group of girls and really, really lovely group of girls \u2013 and it\u2019s just nice to be part of that. Sarah and Barney just ouse knowledge and yeh, it\u2019s brilliant!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Race Winner Laura Massey, Drops Pro Cycling<\/pre>\n
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\u201cThe girl was off the front and she was really going well, she had two minutes at one point. But it was windy out there and five laps it\u2019s going to take its toll.<\/p>\n
I think the peloton was being fairly patient, her team doing some of the work.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt got a bit frisky on that last lap, there were a few attacks, but I just followed their wheel and then the uphill-kick. I can do that\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Lizzy Banks in-front of Ampleforth Abbey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steph Mottram, NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli spent most of the race out front, alone.<\/pre>\n
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\u201cI needed an extra 7K didn\u2019t I\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was only moving out of the way for the motorbike on the hill, and then I had a gap. I thought well\u2026 I might as well have a go. You just push, don\u2019t you\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I came to the last lap, I thought if I can get up the hill with everything going on, I thought I would be able to hold it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was hoping at one point (That someone would come across) especially after the first big lap and I had a minute. I was hoping one or two might come join me\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time last year I would of never of managed that\u201d<\/p>\n
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Alice Sharpe NCC Groupe-Kuota-Torelli sprinted into second place in Ampleforth.<\/pre>\n
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CS: How tough is that final uphill kick to the finish line?<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s horrible cos you can see it, and its 300 meters, 250 meters and you have been going for ages! How is it still 200 meters to go? But yeh, it\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Knowing when to go, obviously everyone\u2019s also dying behind you- you have to stay out of the wind\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was sad for her (Steph) when she got caught, I felt I needed to carry on and do something\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery pleased\u201d. With her second place said Alice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Ryedale GP 1 Laura Massey Drops 2:50:40 2 Alice Sharpe NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 3 Elizabeth Banks Storey Racing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Race Result Round Nine \u2013 Ryedale GP<\/pre>\n
1 23 Laura Massey Drops 2:50:40
\n2 42 Alice Sharpe NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli st
\n3 49 Elizabeth Banks Storey Racing st
\n4 53 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Storey Racing +4
\n5 79 Natalie Grinczer Team WNT st
\n6 34 Genevieve Whitson Isorex Cycling Team +5
\n7 16 Julie Erskine Cycle Team OnForm st
\n8 17 Anna Henderson Cycle Team OnForm st
\n9 9 Emma Cockcroft Bianchi Dama UK st
\n10 13 Georgina Panchaud Bianchi Dama UK st
\n11 78 Gabriella Shaw Team WNT st
\n12 21 Sian Bottlerly Cycle Team OnForm +10
\n13 54 Chanel Mason Storey Racing st
\n14 71 Jennifer Powell Team Ford Ecoboost st
\n15 4 Rebecca Johnson Aprire Bicycles\/HSS Hire st
\n16 30 Jennifer Hudson Fusion RT Fierlan +13
\n17 40 Stephanie Mottram NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli +16
\n18 50 Bethany Crumpton Storey Racing +17
\n19 6 Emma Lewis Aprire Bicycles\/HSS Hire +1:00
\n20 72 Jo Tindley Team Ford Ecoboost +1:04
\n21 25 Alana Prior EDCO Continental +1:40
\n22 19 Gemma Sargent Cycle Team OnForm +1:42
\n23 46 Amy Gornall Secret-Training.cc +1:49
\n24 35 Helen Jackson Kendal Cycle Club +4:10
\n25 83 Rebecca Goodson Velo Schils – Interbike RT +7:02
\n26 64 Savannah Morgan Team 22 +7:04
\n27 67 Melissa Brand Team Ford Ecoboost +8:12
\n28 27 Florence Cox Equipe Flamme Rouge +8:17
\n29 3 Lauren Humphreys Aprire Bicycles\/HSS Hire +9:50
\n30 70 Charmaine Porter Team Ford Ecoboost +9:53
\n31 18 Amy Hill Cycle Team OnForm +9:56
\n32 57 Gabriella Nordin SunSport Velo +9:58
\n33 56 Elizabeth Burrows SunSport Velo +10:00
\n34 24 Hetty Niblett EDCO Continental +10:06
\n35 22 Jessica Woodworth Cycle Team OnForm +10:09
\n36 20 Charlotte Redden Cycle Team OnForm +10:11
\n37 80 Anna Badegruber Team WNT +10:16
\n38 51 Monica Dew Storey Racing +10:18
\n39 38 Rhiannon Gornall NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli +10:22
\n40 26 Hannah Righini-Brand EDCO Continental +10:27
\n41 43 Sophie Thackray NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli +13:45
\n42 74 Lucinda Kerr Team Jadan-Weldtite OTL
\n43 63 Phoebe Martin Team 22 OTL
\n44 55 Mercy Webb Storey Racing OTL
\n45 28 Tina Hartwright Fusion RT Fierlan OTL
\n46 1 Melissa Greaves All Terrain Cycles Ride In Peac OTL
\n47 66 Ellie Park Team 22 OTL<\/p>\n
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Overall Team Classification<\/pre>\n
1 Drops Pro Cycling 380
\n2 Storey Racing 329
\n3 Cycle Team OnForm 308
\n4 Team WNT 260
\n5 Team Breeze 205
\n6 Team Ford Ecoboost 141
\n7 Bianchi Dama UK 100
\n8 NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 68
\n9 Wiggle High5 63
\n10 SunSport Velo 60
\n11 Aprire Bicycles\/HSS Hire 60
\n12 Strada Sport 47
\n13 Fusion RT Fierlan 46
\n14 Isorex Cycling Team 46
\n15 Team Vision Innovative Leisure 32
\n16 Team Corley Cycles 29
\n17 Abergavenny Road Club 29
\n18 Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coachin 23
\n19 Team Vertex-Biemme RT 16
\n20 EDCO Continental 11
\n21 Team Jadan-Weldtite 9
\n22 Team 22 8
\n23 Team Backstedt\/Hotchillee 4
\n23 Matrix Pro Cycling 4
\n25 Portsmouth North End CC 3<\/p>\n
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Individual Points after Round Nine<\/pre>\n
1 Elizabeth Banks Storey Racing 172
\n2 Laura Massey Drops 140
\n3 Melissa Lowther Team Breeze 135
\n4 Chanel Mason Storey Racing 112
\n5 Natalie Grinczer Team WNT 107
\n6 Hannah Payton Drops 101
\n7 Julie Erskine Cycle Team OnForm 84
\n8 Sian Botteley Cycle Team OnForm 84
\n9 Joscelin Lowden Aprire Bicycles\/HSS Hire 76
\n9 Hayley Simmonds Team WNT 76
\n11 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Storey Racing 72
\n12 Anna Henderson Cycle Team OnForm 72
\n13 Alice Sharpe NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 68
\n14 Sophie Wright Strada Sport 61
\n15 Grace Garner Wiggle High5 56
\n16 Genevieve Whitson Isorex Cycling Team 54
\n17 Georgina Panchaud Bianchi Dama UK 53
\n18 Annasley Park Drops 52
\n19 Katie Archibald Team WNT 50
\n20 Emily Nelson Team Breeze 50
\n21 Jennifer Powell Team Ford Ecoboost 50
\n22 Charmaine Porter Team Ford Ecoboost 47
\n23 Rebecca Durrell Drops 44
\n24 Emma Cockcroft Bianchi Dama UK 42
\n25 Annabel Simpson Drops 40
\n26 Rose Osborne Drops 40
\n27 Jennifer George Storey Racing 35
\n28 Gabriella Shaw Team WNT 34
\n29 Jennifer Holden Fusion RT Fierlan 32
\n30 Ffion James Abergavenny Road Club 31
\n31 Alice Barnes Drops 30
\n32 Amy Hill Cycle Team OnForm 30
\n33 Karla Boddy Team Corley Cycles 29
\n34 Anna Christian Drops 28
\n35 Madeleine Gammons Team Vision Innovative Leisure 28
\n36 Abigail Van Twisk Drops 27
\n37 Lydia Boylan Team WNT 26
\n37 Nicola Juniper Team Ford Ecoboost 26
\n39 Alicia Speake Cycle Team OnForm 25
\n40 Manon Lloyd Team Breeze 22
\n41 Charlotte Broughton Team Ford Ecoboost 20
\n42 Megan Barker Team Breeze 20
\n43 Eleanor Dickinson Team Breeze 19
\n44 Rebecca Womersley Drops 18
\n45 Neah Evans Storey Racing 18
\n46 Jennifer Hudson Fusion RT Fierlan 18
\n47 Charlotte Redden Cycle Team OnForm 16
\n48 Lauren Murphy Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coachin 14
\n49 Anna Kay EDCO Continental 14
\n50 Lucy Horrocks Team Vertex-Biemme RT 13
\n51 Sian Bottlerly Cycle Team OnForm 9
\n52 Elizabeth Bennett Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coachin 9
\n53 Becca Carter Team WNT 9
\n53 Bethany Crumpton Storey Racing 9
\n55 Savannah Morgan Team 22 8
\n56 Amy Roberts Wiggle High5 7
\n56 Rhona Callander Team Jadan-Weldtite 7
\n58 Rebecca Johnson Aprire Bicycles\/HSS Hire 6
\n59 Jessica Woodworth Cycle Team OnForm 5
\n60 Charlotte Colclough Bianchi Dama UK 5
\n61 Lorna Bowler Team Backstedt\/Hotchillee 4
\n61 Tamara Davenne Team Vision Innovative Leisure 4
\n61 Gabriella Nordin SunSport Velo 4
\n61 Stephanie Mottram NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 4
\n61 Amira Mellor Matrix Pro Cycling 4
\n66 Jessica Finney Portsmouth North End CC 3
\n66 Bethany Taylor Team Vertex-Biemme RT 3
\n68 Emma Lewis Aprire Bicycles\/HSS Hire 2
\n68 Josie Knight Team WNT 2
\n68 Holly Flannery Team Jadan-Weldtite 2
\n68 Elizabeth Burrows SunSport Velo 2
\n68 Eileen Roe Team WNT 2
\n73 Kelly Murphy Team Ford Ecoboost 1
\n73 Jo Tindley Team Ford Ecoboost 1
\n73 Monica Dew Storey Racing 1
\n73 Bethany Hayward Team Ford Ecoboost 1<\/p>\n
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Peloton on the Yearsley Climb… Genevieve Whitson leading Natalie Grinczer and Laura Massey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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