Rising star Alex Bottomley, WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD takes the E12 win tonight in the North East Crits. He took the victory from Rich Meadows, Sportscover. Top ride Alex - you deliver the medals!
Tour Series Round 3: Stoke on Trent
Tour Series Round 3: Stoke on Trent
Coverage on ITV 4, 10pm Weds 22/05/13
Solid ride from the WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD riders, with Barras and Craven going the distance in a frenetic race. Coupe and Glen where in the mix all the time but got taken down in an unfortunate crash. Coupe had a bike change and chased back on (no lap out) but Glen had to retire with injuries.
More details here: http://www.tourseries.co.uk/news/3740.php#.UZ1dwoVpfaQ
Images of Andy Coupe’s WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD superb 2013 North West Road Race Championship win! Plus a top ride for Alistair Rutherford in the break for 30miles and rolling over the line in 6th. Photos courtesy of www.CarlSilver.com
COUPE IS THE NORTH WEST ROAD RACE CHAMPION 2013!
Superb racing for WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD team this weekend.
The North West Division champs were held at Pilling, 85 miles of flat terrain in good conditions. The field was strong with most of the big names present. Alistair Rutherford, WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD rode aggressively and made the early break which stayed away for 30miles and allowed Andy Coupe, WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD an easy ride in the bunch.
Andy Coupe, WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD went into the race with excellent form, knowing he could get a result.
Andy takes up the story;
“At about half distance I joined a strong group which road across to the break. After a few laps of hard racing six riders including myself rode clear and stayed away to contest the sprint finish. With a tailwind, I jumped early with 300m to go and won by a few lengths. My biggest win so far! Alistair led the rest in for 6th so a good team effort all round. We had everything covered throughout the race and came away with the win!” Top result.
Category Elite/1/2:
1 Andrew Coupe Wheelbase Altura MGD
2 David McGowan Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team
3 Matthew Pilkington Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team
4 Ben Dean Team Leapfrog
5 Stephen Stoneman Bott Cycle Team
6 Alistair Rutherford Wheelbase Altura MGD
7 Giles Drake Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com
8 James Gullan Team Hope Factory Racing
9 Stephen Abbott Teamwallis CHH Racing Team
10 Matt Cronshaw Team IG – Sigma Sport
Category 3/4
1 Tim Lawson Wheelbase Altura MGD
2 Kevin Ainsworth P.M.
3 Duncan McLaren Stockport Clarion CC
4 Greg Tognarelli VC Cumbria / Lakeland Sprinters
5 Adam Pratt Rock to Roll Cycles Ltd
6 Richard Flynn GMP Racing/McAuley Financial
7 Adam Baines Lancon Cycling Club
8 Andrew Tabernacle Preston CC
9 Jamie Leung Manchester Whlrs Club
10 Matthew Gott West Pennine RC
The results keep coming for WHEELBASE ALTURA MGD; Tim Lawson takes the win in the 3/4 Cat North West Divisional Championships. Top ride!
Race report from Tim Lawson as it happened…
“With nearly 80 riders lining up for the 3/4th category area championships, narrow roads, rough road surfaces and roadworks it was set to be a tough race. It was a credit to the CDNW organisers that they managed to run the race even with a section of closed roads.
With so many riders of mixed abilities incidents were inevitable, so there were two options to stay safe, either ride right at the back or stay close to the front and monitor the moves. I opted for the latter option since although the Nateby course is very flat the wind and twisty roads could easily lend itself to a split in the bunch.
Some well presented, well organised teams and some strong former international riders taking a break from triathlon made for some interesting moves but as the race progressed it looked more and more like a bunch sprint.
With practically a 3km straight to the finish line it is a great finish for me. A group of four riders were away on the last lap and two were looking like they may hold off to the line so it made for a complicated sprint:- go early enough to catch the escapees but don’t tow everyone to the line.
In the end it worked out well with a win, a great trophy and a great way to say goodbye to the 3rd category rankings.
I will be in Tenerife for a few weeks in order train to be competitive in the higher rankings, or at least that’s the plan!”
