Condor Cycles London 3-day

East London Velo, the club staffing stage 1 of the Condor Cycles London 3-day at VeloPark, Stratford, were more than please when their rider Wayne Crombie broke clear of the five leaders with three, one-mile laps to go to come in alone.

So for evermore he will be the very first winner at VeloPark, as this was the first race on the new circuit constructed alongside the London Olympic Velodrome.

 
The pace was well over 25mph and rapid when considering the field were 2nd and 3rd cats, although Wayne admitted that for the past two seasons he has only just missed reaching 1st cat.
 
Velopark photo by John Mullineaux

Stage Race Stage 1 Velopark Crit
 
Place Number Name Club / Team Cat Laps
1st 16 Wayne Crombie 2 50
2nd 47 Rolandas Razgauskis 2 50
3rd 50 William Scott 2 50
4th 3 Cameron Austin 3 50
5th 61 Barry Hughes 2 50
6th 26 Matt Holmes 2 50
7th 11 Ken Buckley 2 50
8th 36 Joshua Mitchell 2 50
9th 25 Peter Hitt 2 50
10th 59 Simas Raguskas 2 50
11th 28 Sam Humpheson 2 50
12th 39 Jacob Nicholson 2 50
13th 60 Dominic Gabellini 2 50
14th 31 Thomas Kirk 2 50
15th 20 Phil Giles 2 50
16th 54 Aurther Tye 3 50
17th 12 Matthwe Butt 2 50
18th 17 Gareth Dickinson 2 50
19th 23 Steven Griffiths 2 50
20th 46 Richard Poynter 3 50
21st 8 Sean Brennan 3 50
22nd 14 Vincent Christan 3 50
23rd 7 Stoyko Boussarlov 2 50
24th 34 Patrick Martin 2 50
25th 51 Tom Sefton 3 50
26th 40 Mark Northover 2 50
27th 57 Chris Wilkinson 2 50
28th 15 Barry Connelly 2 50
29th 55 Keith Watson 3 50
30th 53 Steve Torley 3 50
31st 58 Rory Wilkinson 2 50
32nd 43 Philip Pearson 3 50
33rd 4 Timothy Bailey 3 50
34th 56 Matthew Webber U16 50
35th 2 Rod Archibald 3 50
36th 9 Ross Bryan 2 50
37th 35 Paul McGrath 2 50
38th 38 Greg Moss 3 50
39th 1 Clark Anderson 3 50
40th 33 Laurence Manning 3 50
41st 29 Alex Ioannides 2 50
42nd 19 Ian Franklin 3 50
43rd 10 Paul Buckley 3 50
44th 22 George Glassby 3 50
45th 45 Giles Porter 3 50
46th 13 Hugo Cauvas 3 50
47th 37 Robert Mosley 3 50
48th 21 Jason Ginn 3 50
49th 5 Simon Barnes 3 50
50th 32 Joe Luckett 3 50
51st 49 James Sale 2 50
52nd 52 Joe Skelton Look Mum No Hands 50
53rd 42 Henry Peacock 3 49
54th 6 Wayne Beba 3 49
55th 62 David Gayler 3 49
56th 41 Callum O’Hara 49
57th 30 Viktor Kazinec 3 48
58th 18 Simon Edwardes-Parton 3 43
DNF 44 Juan Perez Edwardes Cycles
DNS 24 Ross Hallard Pretorious Bikes
DNS 27 Matt Hull Abellio SFA Rt

 
Stage 2 was at the CycloPark circuit, near Gravesend in Kent, on Sunday 4th May.
 
“That was a road race, not just a regular circuit criterium.” was the general comment by riders and spectators alike at the end of the second stage of the Condor Cycles London 3-day as the field was split asunder over the 50 miles. The hilly contours took their toll.
 
Victory was taken by James Sale (Pro Cycle Hire UK RT) three seconds ahead of stage one winner Wayne Crombie (East London Velo) which, with the benefit of mid-ride time bonuses, took Sale into the general classication lead by 12 seconds ahead of Crombie. Third place on the stage, 22 seconds down on the winner, was good enough for Rolandus Razgauskis (La Fuga) to go third on GC.
 
Battle was set to resume at the Hillingdon circuit. Despite its easier contours, many of the main field were still in with a GC chance, being one minute down, an achieveable deficit after two tough 50 mile stages.

 
Many of the riders admitted this was a complete new experience, having to finish the distance despite being dropped, but a very welcome challenge. This was especially true for the junior riders and particular credit has to go to under-16 rider, Mattew Webber (Catford CC/Equipe Banks), who was 8th on GC despite being on a restricted gear.

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