Local Riders,Local Races: Hayley Simmonds & Joshua Williams Win Classic Series Opener in Dorset

Hayley Simmonds (Team WNT Pro Cycling) emphatically won the opening round of the Knights Composites Classic Time Trial series in Dorset. Wearing the National Championship stripes, Simmonds punched her way around the rolling circuit, dismissing the keen northerly wind that heralded the start of British Summer time. A time of 55:33 for the 24 miles confirmed her early condition and put her 1:59 ahead of Elizabeth Banks (Sunsport Velo CC)

with Becky Lewis (Mid Shropshire Wheelers) a further 6 secs adrift in third place. The expected dual with Sarah Storey (Storey Racing) failed to materialise, the Paralympic champion forced to use a road bike after transmission problems left her TT machine unusable. (Storey had used the road bike to ride around the circuit with her teammates the previous day).

Elizabeth-Jane Harris carried the colours for the newly launched team, her 57:40 just missing the podium.

Joshua Williams (Team Bottrill/HSSHire), 48:34, won the senior mens race, a much closer affair with just 17 seconds between the 25 year from Shropshire and his teammate John Dewey.

Espoir, Jack Rebours, (Caesarean CC (Jersey), 50:27 surprised a few taking third spot, the third of six riders inside the course record of 51.12 on a sunny, breezy morning. Rick Waddon (Para-T) won the parcycling event, his factored time of 54:05 putting him clear of Liz Saul (London Dynamo), 1:00:07 and Paul Thomas (Brighton Mitre CC) 1:30:10. Peter Nicholls (Race Hub), 52:28 beat scratchman Danny Axford (Artic Tacx RT) by exactly 1 minute to take the veterans race, local rider John Samways (Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers), recording a personal best on a course used for club events. Another local favourite won the Veterans Target race with a plus of 15:18with Seventeen year old Adam Robertson (Verulam CC) taking the junior title, his 54:20, 46 seconds to fast for Zak Coleman (Team PedalRevolution.co.uk).
Rider Reaction
Hayley Simmonds
"it was a pretty tough course actually, a lot of the roads are quite dead and with the wind as well for the last nine miles, it was hard going. I am really pleased, the first time trial of the season is always a bit nervy, i know my training is going well but you never know how others are going. I was riding to power but on this course it is difficult to ride to average. I go over my threshold power on the climbs and then recover on the downhills, i had a 56 chainring on but even with that i was almost freewheeling on some of the downhills."

Joshua Williams
" I found it quite easy actually! Driving the course yesterday it looked quite challenging, but i felt good at the end. I caught my two minute man so i knew i was going well. I am riding the first four rounds of the series, me and my partner are getting married on June the 10th so i cannot ride that one, I need to nail the first four"

Rik Waddon
" it was alright, its a long way to come, with very little competition, i dont know why there are not more para riders, there are a lot of para road riders out there whether its the travelling around the country? i am not sure. I put a lot into it, i travel round to all the races and its slightly disheartening but at the end of the day its about putting a performance out but when there is no one to chase, you can lose motivation. Maybe they could put the Para riders off in the middle of the field?"

Peter Nicholls
"It was a good race, i came down from Leicestershire yesterday and drove around the course, the wind was a bit shocking in places. I came down with not a clue how i would go, i have been carrying an injury so i am very pleased with that, its good to blow the cobwebs away. I ride on power and feel, i like sporting courses, you wont see me on a dual carriageway, i like riding in the countryside!"

1 Joshua Williams Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 48:34 29.65 Mph

2 John Dewey Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 48:51 29.478 Mph
3 Jack Rebours Male Caesarean CC (Jersey) 50:27 28.543 Mph
4 Dean Robson Male Northover VT / Rudy Project 50:50 28.328 Mph

5 George Fox Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 50:53 28.3 Mph
6 George Evans Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 50:54 28.291 Mph
7 Robert Moore Male Nuun-Sigma Sport-London RT 51:19 28.061 Mph
8 Lewis Keightley Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 51:26 27.997 Mph
9 Daniel Halksworth Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 51:48 27.799 Mph
10 Charles Mitchell Male ...a3crg 53:30 26.916 Mph
11 Samuel Wadsley Male Poole Whs 53:34 26.882 Mph
12 James Brickell Male Fareham Wheelers CC 54:52 26.245 Mph
13 Richard Jennings Male Shutt Velo Rapide 55:24 25.993 Mph
14 Steven Pink Male Poole Whs 55:33 25.923 Mph
15 Max Webber Male Abbotts Ann Cycles 55:58 25.73 Mph
16 Patrick Brennan Male ...a3crg 56:30 25.487 Mph
17 Bryce Riglar Male CC Weymouth 56:51 25.33 Mph
18 James Horton Male Velo Club St Raphael 57:14 25.16 Mph
19 Aaron Kneebone Male Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA 57:44 24.942 Mph
20 Thomas Piloni Male Bournemouth Jubilee Whs 1:00:56 23.632 Mph
21 Ollie Mitchell Male ...a3crg 1:01:45 23.32 Mph
22 Paul Dytham Male Wessex Road Club 1:03:35 22.647 Mph
23 James Eccleston Male Sarum Velo 1:03:37 22.636 Mph
24 Andrew Parkhill Male Zoom Tri Club 1:04:55 22.182 Mph
Women & Vets

1 Peter Nicholls Male Race Hub 52:28 27.446 Mph
2 Danny Axford Male Arctic Tacx RT 53:28 26.933 Mph
3 John Samways Male Bournemouth Jubilee Whs 54:03 26.642 Mph
4 Alan Murchison Male DRAG2ZERO 55:17 26.048 Mph
5 Joe Le Sage Male Rutland Cycling Club 55:24 25.993 Mph
6 Andy Smith Male Velo Club St Raphael 55:26 25.977 Mph
7 Philip Watts Male North Hampshire RC 55:28 25.962 Mph
8 Hayley Simmonds Female Team WNT Pro Cycling 55:33 25.923 Mph
9 Dave Dent Male GS Stella 55:44 25.837 Mph
10 Steven De Sousa Male CASP Racing Club 56:31 25.479 Mph
11 Andrew Tamplin Male Revolutions Racing 56:34 25.457 Mph
12 Daryl May Male Sheffrec CC 56:38 25.427 Mph
13 Simon Berogna Male Velo Club St Raphael 56:45 25.374 Mph
14 David Dalton Male Fareham Wheelers CC 56:52 25.322 Mph

15 Ray Claridge Male GA Cycles 56:55 25.3 Mph
16 Tim Davies Male Icknield RC 57:11 25.182 Mph
17 Elizabeth Banks Female Sunsport Velo CC 57:32 25.029 Mph

18 Becky Lewis Female Mid Shropshire Wheelers 57:38 24.986 Mph
19 Jason Miller Male CASP Racing Club 57:39 24.978 Mph
20 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Female Storey Racing 57:40 24.971 Mph
21 Richard Porter Male CC Weymouth 57:54 24.87 Mph
22 Keith Dorling Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 58:00 24.828 Mph
23 James Garrett Male CASP Racing Club 58:08 24.771 Mph
24 Kelly Murphy Female Team Ford Ecoboost 58:34 24.587 Mph
25 Simone Dailey Female ...a3crg 58:56 24.434 Mph
26 Jennifer George Female Storey Racing 59:00 24.407 Mph
27 Kimberley Ashton Female CASP Racing Club 59:03 24.386 Mph
28 Martin Jones Male Fareham Wheelers CC 59:38 24.148 Mph
29 Lyndon Thompson Male Bournemouth Arrow CC 59:41 24.127 Mph
30 Jackie Field Female CC Ashwell 59:47 24.087 Mph
31 Darryl Barr Male ...a3crg 1:00:22 23.854 Mph
32 Michael Naulls Male Velo Club Venta 1:00:28 23.815 Mph
33 Rupert Silman Male Bournemouth Jubilee Whs 1:00:50 23.671 Mph

34 David Hargreaves Male North Lancs RC 1:00:55 23.639 Mph

35 Louise Scupham Female Team Jadan-Weldtite p/b Vive Le Velo 1:01:02 23.594 Mph
36 Terry Icke Male Velo Club St Raphael 1:01:06 23.568 Mph
37 Jerry Bromyard Male ...a3crg 1:01:10 23.542 Mph
38 Drew Hosie Male ...a3crg 1:01:22 23.465 Mph
39 Andy Self Male Direct Power Cycling Team 1:01:24 23.453 Mph
40 Monica Dew Female Storey Racing 1:01:38 23.364 Mph
41 Sarah Storey Female Storey Racing 1:01:48 23.301 Mph
42 Chris Scawn Male Plymouth Corinthian CC 1:01:54 23.263 Mph
43 Sarah Matthews Female ...a3crg 1:02:18 23.114 Mph
44 Angela Carpenter Female ...a3crg 1:02:19 23.108 Mph
45 Stuart Peckham Male New Forest CC 1:02:29 23.046 Mph
46 Bethany Crumpton Female Storey Racing 1:02:48 22.93 Mph
47 Stuart Thompson Male Andover Wheelers 1:03:05 22.827 Mph
48 Simon Smith Male Shutt Velo Rapide 1:03:28 22.689 Mph
49 Christopher Day Male Poole Whs 1:03:36 22.641 Mph
50 Martin Beale Male Velo Club St Raphael 1:03:51 22.553 Mph
51 Jenny Lee Female RLP Racing 1:03:52 22.547 Mph
52 Tina Reid Female Trainsharp 1:04:03 22.482 Mph
53 Rob Griffiths Male Zoom Tri Club 1:04:23 22.366 Mph
54 Pete Wilson Male Bournemouth Arrow CC 1:04:39 22.274 Mph
55 Kevin Ridge Male Bournemouth Jubilee Whs 1:05:10 22.097 Mph
56 Lou Dutch Female Synergie Coaching 1:05:23 22.024 Mph
57 Laura Cameron Female Storey Racing 1:06:20 21.709 Mph
58 Katie Prankerd Female Storey Racing 1:06:23 21.692 Mph
59 Michelle Walter Female Bournemouth Arrow CC 1:07:02 21.482 Mph
60 Mike Garner Male ...a3crg 1:07:12 21.429 Mph
61 Sarah Wise Female CC Weymouth 1:07:38 21.291 Mph
62 Neil Dyble Male Bournemouth Arrow CC 1:08:45 20.945 Mph
63 Emily Le Beuvant Female Big Maggys Race Team 1:08:59 20.875 Mph
64 Terry Belbin Male Poole Whs 1:09:17 20.784 Mph
65 Michelle Lock Female GS Stella 1:10:03 20.557 Mph
66 David Barry Male Team Bottrill / HSS Hire 1:16:36 18.799 Mph
67 Robert Jolliffe Male New Forest CC 1:18:18 18.391 Mph
68 WILLIAM SIMMONS Male Bournemouth Jubilee Whs 1:18:37 18.317 Mph

Parcyclists

1 Rik Waddon Male Para-T 1:02:09 23.17 Mph

2 Liz Saul Female London Dynamo 1:13:39 19.552 Mph
3 Paul Thomas Male Brighton Mitre CC 1:39:44 14.438 Mph
DNS Tom Staniford Male Team RGB Building Supplies

Juniors