4th cats no more

Three of the Meudon 4ths cats fighting for the win against more experienced 3rd cat riders at at Eelmore recently have managed to get themselves upgraded to 3rd cat in the process. First up is shop boy James Bracey who's been consistently finishing in the top ten. (Note to James: in a recent Men's Health survey 98% of women said they would avoid men in skinny jeans).

Second up is Chris Day. Chris has been after the upgrade for a while and we can only hope he repeated his celebration when he won the Puerto Pollensa sign on the last stage of the 08 Tour de Majorca training camp (ie reach sign in time to get off bike, drop shorts and moon chasers) at Eelmore.

Last up and least experienced of all is Dan McCarthy who has also consistently been in the placings, culminating in his win last week where he gradually bludgeoned the other riders into submission.

2009 Cycle Kingdom Series - Race 10 results

Races held Wednesday 24th June 2009


1 - Anders Christensen - Cycle Kingdom RT - 1
2 - Richard Mardle - Felt Racing - 2
3 - Lee Smith - Felt Racing - 1
4 - John Wager - Felt Racing - E
5 - Justin Hoy - Felt Racing - E
6 - Lewis Atkins - www.agiskovinor.com - E
7 - David Creeggan - VC Meudon - 1
8 - Alex Peterson - AWCycles.co.uk - 1
9 - Tim Elverson - Felt Racing - E
10 - Jamie Newall - VC Meudon - 1
11 - Sam Allen AWCycles.co.uk - 1
12 - Pete Wager - VC Meudon - 1
13 - Tom Smith - AWCycles.co.uk - E
14 - Darrell Pembroke - www.agiskovinor.com - 1
15 - Paul Pickup - Cycle Kingdom RT - 1


Youths Races
1 - Joe McGuinness - PPV - E
2 - Jay Allen - PPV - E
3 - Dominic Day - VC Meudon - E

1 - Lucy Colegate - VC Meudon - D
2 - Ellen Jaevis - VC Meudon - D

1 - Katie Metalli - Hillingdon SS - B

1 - Louis Fawke - Hillingdon SS - B
2 - Jason Brown - VC Meudon - B

1 - Declan Higgins - Twickenham CC - A
2 - Charlie Fawke - Hillingdon SS - A
3 - Lawrence Carpenter - Hillingdon SS - A


3/4 - Result
1 - Mark Edwards - Hillingdon Triathletes - 3
2 - Andy Hibberd - Pedalon.co.uk - 3
3 - Anthony Moye - CC Luton - 3
4 - Gavin Spiers - Reading CC - 3
5 - Mark Workman - Festival RC - 3
6 - Chris Day - VC Meudon - 4
7 - Andy Powell - Hargroves Cycles - 3
8 - James Bracey - VC Meudon - 4
9 - Richard Watson - N/A - 3
10 - Dylan Kenneway - London Dynano - 3

Pete 2nd in London Champs

Pete Wager reports:

"The Nick Clark RR doubled up as the London RR Champs held at Leighton Buzzard, Beds on June 21 by Kenton RC.

79 riders lined up for 130km (8 laps) on the Cheddington circuit with sunny but breezy conditions. After a few weeks of feeling under the weather and focussing on the new TT bike I was hoping just to get round and get some good racing miles back in the legs. Attacks went from the gun with everyone chasing all the moves - until around the 6th lap a few riders were getting clear over the climbs but getting pulled back on the decents and long flat sections. Last lap and 5 riders went clear including Martin Ford, Dan Patten, Warrick Spence, Andy Betts and one other. Pace remained high in the bunch but it was never going to catch the lead group with Sigma Sport controlling every move to protect Andy Betts.

In the final KM's I secured my position on the front of the bunch ready for the head wind sprint for the line. Warrick Spence touched wheels as the lead group opened up the sprint and came down so it was 2nd place available for the next London based rider as we passed him getting back on his bike. I went for it early and managed to hold of Lewis to take the silver medal and 10th in the Nick Clark. Not a bad return to racing!"

All London Road Race Championship 2009
1 Andy Betts Sigma Sport
2 Peter Wager VC Meudon
3 Lewis Atkins Agiskoviner

E/1/2s - Nick Clark RR
1 30 Martin Ford BC PM
2 48 Dan Patten Magus Maximus Coffee
3 14 Andy Betts Sigma Sport
4 39 Chris Spence Caesarean Cycling Club
5 62 Ben Wilson Solihull CC
6 77 Ben Price UKCycleshops .com, Fat Spanner
7 32 Russell Hampton BCPM
8 68 Nick Jones Team Corley Cycles - Cervelo
9 49 Raphael Deinhart Metalek RT
10 22 Peter Wager VC Meudon

Sportives in the South

Some people are interested in Sportive rides - here's a list of remaining events in the South from Micky (Ken) Ruffel - let him/us know if you're planning on doing any - michaelruffell (the at symbol) btinternet (dot) com


Date Name Location Distance Cost
Sunday 28 June Gran Fondo Luciano Leatherhead 105km £18
Sunday 28 June Chiltern Challenge Marlow 100mls/100km £25
Sunday 5 July Wantage Sportive Wantage 120 to 150km £17
Sunday 5 July Test Valley Tour Romsey 150km £16
Sunday 19 July Anthony Maynard Sportive Berkshire Downs 190km £21
Sunday 19 July Surrey 100 Guildford 100mls £25
Sunday 16 August Woodcote Sportive Woodcote 122km £17
Sunday 23 August New Forest Rattler Moyles Court School 78mls £16
Sunday 30 August Burgess Hill Rumble Burgess Hill 95mls £25
Sunday 13 September Southern Sportive Petersfield 155km £25
Sunday 13 September Dave Duffield’s Sportive Castle Combe 100mls £24:50
Sunday 20 September Southdowns Challenge Southwick 80mls £18
Sunday 20 September New Forest Sportive Brockenhurst 48mls £14
Saturday 26 September Surrey Legs of Steel Box Hill 81kms £25
Sunday 27 September Test Valley Tour Andover 150km £15
Sunday 27 September Guildford Cycle Challenge Guildford 130km £20
Sunday 4 October Blenheim Pallace Sportive Blenheim Palace 100mls TBA
Sunday 11 October North Downs Sportive TBA 84mls TBA

May rider of the month is.....

Keith writes:
"May’s rider of the month award goes to Pete Wager who has been battling away all year against some top opposition. After successfully promising that he would get his 1st cat licence and then shave his legs in 2008 Pete had a tough baptism to top flight races when he rode the Perfs back in Feb….however he has raced hard and has raised his game to keep the competition on their toes. This has really shown in the Eelmoor series during May when outnumbered by Felts, AWs etc Pete was consistently placed in the top 6."

2009 Cycle Kingdom Series - Race 9 Results

Races held Wednesday 17th June 2009


1 - John Wager - Felt Racing - E
2 - Tim Elverson - Felt Racing - E
3 - Anders Christensen - Cycle Kingdom RT - 1
4 - Lewis Atkins - www.agiskovinor.com - E
5 - Sam Allen - AWCycles.co.uk - 1
6 - Scott Forbes - Pedalon.co.uk - 1
7 - Paul Pickup - Cycle Kingdom RT - 1
8 - Justin Hoy - Felt Racing - E
9 - Chris Clark - York CycleWorks - 2
10 - Darrell Pembroke - www.agiskovinor.com - 1
11 - Dave Larcombe - VC Meudon - 2V
12 - Christopher Minter - Pedalon.co.uk - 2
13 - Clive Jarvis - CC Basingstoke - 2
14 - Ken Prince - VC Meudon - 2
15 - Darren Parker - Python RT - 2



Youths Races
1 - Joe Mcguinness - PPV - E
2 - Jay Allen - PPV - E
3 - Zac Elverson - Felt Racing - E

1 - Lucy Colegate - VC Meudon - D
2 - Ellen Jarvis - VC Meudon - D

1 - Rory Townsend - Hillingdon Slip - B
2 - Jason Brown - VC Meudon - B

3/4 - Result
1 - Dan McCarthy - VC Meudon - 3
2 - Pete Connelly - Team Quest - 3
3 - Anthony Moye - CC Luton - 3
4 - Max Harris - VC Meudon - 3V
5 - Gavin Spiers - Reading CC - 3
6 - Tim Cooper - Charlotteville CC - 3
7 - Chris Remnant - Y.S. Narbonnais - 3V
8 - Mr Brown - PM - 3
9 - Vaucman Luff - Dever Cycles - 3
10 - Gavin Morton - Charcotteville CC - 3