Marcin Bialoblocki led a clean sweep for Team UK Youth, winning the season opening Perfs Pedal race in torrential rain in Hampshire. Perfs is no stranger to adverse weather conditions but race director Mick Waite showed some sympathy cutting the race by one lap. After an uneventful first lap a group of ten or so riders went clear the second time up Portsdown Hill, opening a gap of 15 seconds. All six of the UK Youth team had gone with the move and the lead increased as the pressure was put on into the strong wind. Bialoblocki attacked before the descent and by the third climb he had a slender lead of 10 seconds. One lap later, and that lead had grown to over a minute. A combination of strong riding at the front and good team work behind settling the outcome with 10 miles still to race. Bialoblocki made it look easy, it was anything but, with riders returning for an early bath almost from the start. The road at Boarhunt, leading to the climb was more like a river, the wind increased and the temperature dropped, it really was a tough day at the office.
The 29 year old from Poland, now living in Somerset spoke to “Local Riders,Local Races” back at the HQ “I have wanted to win this race for the last six years, I have been second, fourth, sixth, I am very pleased, I am in good form. It is important for the team also, the race gets good press coverage, because we are the only continental team in the race we had to show class. There were no real tactics on the road we just had to be near the front and chase any moves and counter attack. Next week we go back to Majorca for a training camp then we have some UCI races in France.”
Official Results (Thanks to Sue & Tim Knight)
1st 3 Marcin BIALOBLOCKI Team UK Youth
2nd 5 Rob PARTRIDGE Team UK Youth @ 2-20
3rd 2 Yanto BARKER Team UK Youth st
4th 4 Josh HUNT Team UK Youth @ 3-24
5th 6 Ian WILKINSON Team UK Youth st
6th 1 Chris OPIE Team UK Youth st
7th 39 Gruff LEWIS Metaltek Knights of Old Racing Team @ 3-24
8th 65 Tom STOCKDALE SPIN Rotor Primal Europe C Originals RT/SPIN Rotor/Primal Europe/C Originals st
9th 41 Francis CADE Pedal Heaven RT / Colbornes / Tiger / Roadwheel /No 10 / VW Audi / PSI st
10th 33 Douglas DEWEY In Gear Quickvit Traininghelp RT st
11th 43 Dante CARPENTER Pedal Heaven RT / Colbornes / Tiger / Roadwheel /No 10 / VW Audi / PSI st
12th 44 Robert McCARTHY Pedal Heaven RT / Colbornes / Tiger / Roadwheel /No 10 st
13th 31 Alexander KING GPM10cycling st
14th 86 David CLARKE Pendragon Le Col Colnago / Synery baku cycling project @ 3-50
15th 18 Tristan ROBBINS Cardiff JIF st
16th 22 Al MURISON Equipe CMI st
17th 10 Robert WARD Asfra Racing Team st
18th 45 Chris McNAMARA Pedal Heaven RT / Colbornes / Tiger / Roadwheel /No 10 st
19th 38 Dexter GARDIAS Metaltek Knights of Old Racing Team st
20th 63 Sam REDDING SPIN Rotor Primal Europe C Originals RT/SPIN Rotor/Primal Europe/C Originals st
21st 11 James WILSON awcycles.co.uk st
22nd ?? st
23rd 74 Rowan HORNER VC St Raphael / Waite Contracts / Hewitt Cycles st
24th 55 Will STEPHENSON Rapha Condor JLT st
25th 47 Harry BULSTRODE Peter Hansford Racing st
26th ?? st
27th 35 Sam HUMPHESON Look Mum No Hands st
28th 32 Richard PHILLIPS-SCHOFIELD BC PM - South st
29th 62 Colin PARRY SPIN Rotor Primal Europe C Originals RT/SPIN Rotor/Primal Europe/C Originals st
30th 64 James SMITH SPIN Rotor Primal Europe C Originals RT/SPIN Rotor/Primal Europe/C Originals st
31st 72 Gregg SHROSBREE VC Meudon st
32nd 46 Allan RIDLER Pedal Heaven RT / Colbornes / Tiger / Roadwheel /No 10 st
33rd 84 Ryan BEVIS NFTO Race st
34th 7 Cameron CAMPBELL Army Cycling Union st
35th 48 Phill REYNOLDS Peter Hansford Racing st
36th 16 James CARTRIDGE Cadence RT @ 5:50
37th 40 Robert ORR Metaltek Knights of Old Racing Team st
38th 19 Robert EDGELL Cheddar Valley Cycling Club @ 7:00
39th 20 John DONOVAN G S Grupetto @ 9:30
40th 73 Simon BROOKS VC St Raphael / Waite Contracts / Hewitt Cycles st
41st 87 Phil DEMSPEY Aspire RT st
42nd 56 Steve ATKINSON Southdown Bikes Cycling Club / Southdown Bikes / World of Books st
43rd 82 Matthew TIBBUTT Wightlink - LCM st
44th 88 Fabio AMATI Aspire RT st
45th 23 Ashley MORRIS Fareham Wheelers CC st
46th 37 Will BJERGFELT MG-Maxifuel Pro Cycling @ 1 lap
47th 60 Ben STOCKDALE Metaltek Knights of Old Racing Team st
More photos to come
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Photo by kind permission Henry Newbury
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