2022 Race Reports

Kinga Ingram, Storey Racing won the final race of the season long British Team Cup in a close sprint with Libby Smithson, AWOL Worx. Held at Hillingdon and superbly organised by Scott Holmes celebrating the short life of Will Houghton.

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This course, known for quick racing saw another rapid race and after just two laps Eline Smith, Laka Pedal Mafia sprang off the front of the bunch for the first attack. And so the  pattern unfolded. Laka Pedal Mafia, already leading on the Team Points totals came to this race with a plan....to Go Hard or Go Home....Eline was away from 6 laps then, then Penny Colloff, Laka Mafia clipped of the front took  to take over but was caught after a lap. Next to go was Anouska Greenaway and Lena Kane both  Laka Pedal Mafia. Having been caught it was the time for Laura Senior, Laka Pedal Mafia and Ellen Bennett, Brother Uk-Orentation who got away for two laps then Eline Smith went again a lap later. She was caught by a trio of Miriam Bullock, Grinta Coaching - Emily Chilton, Saint Piran - Harriet Evans, Brother UK-Orentation. But again they were caught and so it went on, attack...counter...attack in what was becoming a thrilling final British Team Cup finale! Sam Fawcett, Spectra Wiggle..Libby Smithson, AWOL Worx..Gemma Sargent, Sant Piran.. all attacked too.

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On the 32nd lap Emily Chilton, Saint Piran and Laura Senior, Laka Pedal Mafia attacked and were away 9 laps but having given their all they were caught antagonisingly in TDF style just before the line culminating in a big bunch sprint with Kinga taking her first ever British Team Cup race.

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Winner Kinga after the race told how it happened “I have done a few of the Team Cup races but my team have no interest but The British Team Cup is a great series. With a mixture of abilities it allows riders to gain experience before going into National A. 2nd Cat riders need the Team Cup series which always has  good numbers in races as it is generally hard to get a good field for women. Jumping straight from a Regional B to a National A is a big difference and if you have no bunch skills then it would be a crash fest so this is a good way to step up”.

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Laka Pedal Mafia Laura Senior commented “We came here today with a plan, Go Hard or Go Home! We wanted to attack from the gun, we knew we have been developing all season. We wanted to take the win here today but that never happened but we have won the Team Cup! We have worked hard this season and to have the Cup as a new team is fantastic. We intend to stay as a team for the future, we all come together every couple of weeks to talk. This series has really helped us to work together as a team. We always had a goal to win the British Team Cup and really come together, to have a focus so this is a dream really...we were a new team and didn’t know how we compared”

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At the end of the race presentation Jon Miles made this statement.
“When I invented the Women’s Team Race Series in 1999, (later called the British Team Cup) women’s racing was in a poor state which our governing body British Cycling had little interest in improving. The time was right for a team based series of races to allow the women’s sport to grow from the first race with 34 to the large fields we see now plus there were no teams as such, certainly not the teams we see today with such sponsorship.

After 23 years it is time fo me to look for someone...or two.. to take over from me to see the next generations enjoy our sport as much as I have.
Please contact either Lisa or myself if you can help or know someone else that can help take this forward"

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TEAM RESULT

1  LAKA Pedal Mafia RT - 223 points

2  AWOL WORX - 220 points

3  Saint Piran WRT - 152 points

3  Grinta Coaching - 152 points

5  Storey Racing - 150 points

6  Brother UK-Orientation Marketing - 147 points

7  Jadan - Vive le Velo - 122 points

8  Pro-Noctis - Rotor - Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen - 115 points

9  Abingdon Race Team - 110 points

10  Army Cycling Union - 72 points

11  Loughborough Lightning - 60 points

12  Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus - 55 points

13  FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing - 25 points

14  Avid Sport - 24 points

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INDIVIDUAL RESULT

1 Storey Racing -  Kinga Ingram

2 AWOL WORX -  Libby Smithson

3 Pro-Noctis - Rotor - Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen -  Isabel Darvill

4 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT -  Lena Kane

5 AWOL WORX -  Maddie Wadsworth

6 Grinta Coaching -  Emily Proud

7 Jadan - Vive le Velo -  Suzetta Guerrini

8 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT -  Penny Colloff

9 Loughborough Lightning -  Chloe Vickers

10 Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus -  Samantha Fawcett

11 Jadan - Vive le Velo -  Rebekah Nash

12 Saint Piran WRT -  Hannah Bayes

13 Brother UK-Orientation Marketing -  Harriet Evans

14 Grinta Coaching -  Isabel Ellis

15 Saint Piran WRT -  Gemma Sargent

16 Abingdon Race Team -  Katherine Sheridan

17 Brother UK-Orientation Marketing -  Ellen Bennett

18 Abingdon Race Team -  Sarah Hickman

19 Brother UK-Orientation Marketing -  Hope Inglis

20 Army Cycling Union -  Simone Gout

21 Abingdon Race Team -  Ruth Fisher

22 Saint Piran WRT -  Emily Chilton

23 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT -  Anouska Greenaway

24 Saint Piran WRT -  Charlotte Gibson

25 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT -  Laura Senior

26 Grinta Coaching -  Miriam Bullock

27 Brother UK-Orientation Marketing -  Amy Harvey

28 FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing -  Vivienne Tomlin

29 Avid Sport -  Tizzie Robinson-Gordon

30 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT -  Eline Smit

31 Brother UK-Orientation Marketing -  Ellen Inglis

32 LAKA Pedal Mafia RT -  Marie-Louise Kertzman

33 Army Cycling Union -  Angela Laycock

34 Army Cycling Union -  Kate Dunscombe