Copied from the Cycling Weekly forum, written by Epsom CC organiser Steve Watson...
Picture this: 27°C, no breeze, blue skies, no clouds, beautiful countryside – was this Italy or France? No its Kirdford in West Sussex for the Sharp4Prostate charity road race. This event was something of an experiment being a day-time mid-week event to gauge the level of interest amongst competitors for non weekend races and more importantly to raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Research Charity. Fund raising was a matter of pooling the proceeds (at just over £300) from the rider’s entry fees instead of presenting cash prizes. Category winner’s prizes were kindly donated by Specialized UK, and several local bike shops including Corridori, Cycles Dauphin, CycleWorks, Mosquito Bikes and Quest. A prize for the most aggressive rider was provided by NicoSport. All the prize winners went home very happy with the generosity of these contributions.
The course at Kirdford was flat with a gentle downhill finish made possible by the use of Regions 9/10 transponder equipment – the finish line judges were able to sunbathe whilst riders sprinted over the line with the computer recording finishing positions to a thousandth of a second. 56 Entrants from as far afield as Essex, Kent and Wiltshire braved the M25 in rush hour
A/B/C race (50 miles/5 laps)
The field of 24 entrants set a brisk pace on this flat course and the highlight of the race was the brave solo breakaway by Don Wiley (A cat) who held the bunch at bay by over a minute for most of the race. At the end of lap 4 with just 10 miles to go Don was joined at the front by club-mate Matt Seaton (A cat) and Martin Hulbert (C cat) with the bunch only 12” back. The 3 leaders then worked well together to extend their lead over the bunch to almost a minute at the line. In the sprint Matt was able to outpace Martin Hulbert with Don Wiley in 3rd now paying for his effors having been solo at the front of the race for so long. Christopher Batch (C cat) notched up his best ever LVRC result by putting 5” into the bunch to finish alone in 4th, with Simon Whiten (A cat) winning the bunch sprint. A special mention must go to Robert Marcus who won the B cat competition and provided VC Godalming & Haslemere with their best ever LVRC result.
The full race result is:-
Result of LVRC Charity Road Race 22/06/2010
A/B/C cat result
Pos Name/club or team time after winner race nr Age cat
1st Matt SEATON Mosquito Bikes 00:00.000 2 A
2nd Martin HULBERT VC Meudon 00:00.554 24 C
3rd Don WILEY Mosquito Bikes 00:02.351 4 A
4th Christopher BATCH Redhill CC 00:47.392 25 C
5th Simon WHITEN Mosquito Bikes 00:52.935 6 A
6th Ben MACLAND VC Meudon 00:53.093 8 A
7th Ian GOODHAND Mamoth Lifestyle 00:53.377 7 A
8th Ian LEEDING Redhill CC 00:53.606 3 A
9th Paul DOEL Team Quest 00:53.658 21 C
10th Les LIDIARD Team Endura - Thule - 24/7- MI Racing 00:53.667 22 C
11th Rob MARCUS VC Godalming & Haslemere 00:53.779 16 B
12th Mark BREMNER Ciclisti Vecchi-Amtec 00:53.835 12 B
13th Pete SMITH Team Endura - Thule - 24/7- MI Racing 00:54.122 23 C
14th Murray QUINEY Ciclisti Vecchi-Amtec 00:54.524 13 B
15th Dave CHURCHILL Bigfoot BC 00:54.632 26 C
16th Philip HOWARD Bigfoot CC 00:54.680 11 B
17th Ian CLEVERLY Mosquito Bikes 00:54.751 14 B
18th Colin ADDISON VC Meudon 00:55.178 18 B
19th David KENNETT Norwood Paragon 00:59.881 5 A
20th Peter OWEN Norwood Paragon CC 01:47.272 15 B
21st Roger PRATT Wimbledon Windmillers 05.00.000 17 B
DNS Robin PARKER East Grinstead CC
A cat result
1st Matt SEATON Mosquito Bikes 00:00.000 2 A
2nd Don WILEY Mosquito Bikes 00:02.351 4 A
3rd Simon WHITEN Mosquito Bikes 00:52.935 6 A
4th Ben MACLAND VC Meudon 00:53.093 8 A
5th Ian GOODHAND Mamoth Lifestyle 00:53.377 7 A
6th Ian LEEDING Redhill CC 00:53.606 3 A
7th David KENNETT Norwood Paragon 00:59.881 5 A
B cat result
1st Rob MARCUS VC Godalming & Haslemere 00:53.779 16 B
2nd Mark BREMNER Ciclisti Vecchi-Amtec 00:53.835 12 B
3rd Murray QUINEY Ciclisti Vecchi-Amtec 00:54.524 13 B
4th Philip HOWARD Bigfoot CC 00:54.680 11 B
5th Ian CLEVERLY Mosquito Bikes 00:54.751 14 B
6th Colin ADDISON VC Meudon 00:55.178 18 B
7th Peter OWEN Norwood Paragon CC 01:47.272 15 B
8th Roger PRATT Wimbledon Windmillers 05.00.000 17 B
C cat result
1st Martin HULBERT VC Meudon 00:00.554 24 C
2nd Christopher BATCH Redhill CC 00:47.392 25 C
3rd Paul DOEL Team Quest 00:53.658 21 C
4th Les LIDIARD Team Endura - Thule - 24/7- MI Racing 00:53.667 22 C
5th Pete SMITH Team Endura - Thule - 24/7- MI Racing 00:54.122 23 C
6th Dave CHURCHILL Bigfoot BC 00:54.632 26 C