Newton wins Lincoln GP
Lavery, Richardson complete podium
Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) claimed his second Lincoln Grand Prix on Sunday, ten years after his first victory at the race in 2000. Newton was able to shake loose of breakaway companion Irishman Philip Lavery (Team Ireland) in the closing stages of the event to seal a seven second win. Simon Richardson (Sigma Sport - Specialized) took third place.
Newton and Lavery had both placed themselves in early breakaway, but their decisive escape came on the last of the 11-laps which made up the 137 kilometre course. Despite the success of his late race move, Newton had been active throughout the race.
"I am in a great team this year," said Newton after his win. "My form is OK and I am just relaxed and enjoying bike racing as much as ever. Last year we just rode round but this year we decided to keep attacking. I was in a small break early in the race and I had decided to attack and let Dean [Downing] sit on.
"Then I got into a three-man break and then I put a dig in on the climb and I was up at the front again. I have ridden this race enough now to know how to stay near the front. Sometimes it works really well like today. It is a hard race and my legs feel like they are cramping now.
"I was just feeling good and it wasn't like full on, I just went hard on the climb, which everyone's got to do and then I knew something would split, the bunch was coming and a better selection of riders was going to join the break. In the first move I wasn't really fully committed, in the headwind I just eased back, let the other two catch me and share the work," said the experienced Newton.
"We stayed strong in numbers which worked out well, the guys are going well, it helped that I just had two weekends where I wasn't racing and I just knuckled down, got some good hard training done and I was a bit tired after the East Mids Classic, but I knew to ride through it, just backed off it a little bit and its working well now, I don't really need to push it, the Ras will see me through to the crit series."
Newton had faced stiff competition throughout the race, including Team Sky riders Russell Downing and Geraint Thomas. The Rapha Condor rider had chosen to neutralise the threat of his ProTour opponents by going on the attack early.
"We had a game plan today, to attack all around the course, not just save it for the hill, for the climb through the city so, you know..." said Newton's teammate Dean Downing.
"Team Sky was clearly strong, but we had numbers and Russ [Downing] just congratulated John Herety and said well done, your team were fantastic, which proves that we stuck to the game plan. Chris was cruising today in that break that myself and him were in, he was really cruising and he said, ‘Right, I'm going to smash it up the climb' with five to go, so as a team we were brilliant today, from the gun everyone was attacking, everyone was near the front, I think everyone was in a move."
These sentiments were echoed by team manager John Herety, who was delighted with his charges. "It's exactly what he [Newton] needed to do, he wanted to make sure that they had to keep coming up to him as opposed to the other way around.
"It's far better for him to get that little gap first of all. That said, today I think Chris was going that well that it didn't matter; this year we made sure tactically everything went according to plan. It doesn't always work out as we well know, but we always have a plan, we try to execute it and today was one of those days when it worked out perfectly."
"I am getting towards the end of my career and this is a lovely race to win," continued Newton: "I think it is harder since they took two laps out of the race a few years ago. I knew the Sky Team riders were going to be strong because they have come in from the Continent, so I knew I had to be ahead of the race waiting for them to come up to me.
"It made my job easier that our team had strength in numbers. Philip Lavery did an awesome ride today. He told me his legs had gone with a lap to go so I knew to back off and use him to stay clear. He was really strong on the flat and it worked well."
Philip Lavery was very pleased with his ride, which saw him take not only second, but also the under-23 race title. His performance on Sunday comes in a season which has seen the 19 year-old Dublin native win the overall classification in the Tour the North and a stage of the Tour of Ulster in Northern Ireland earlier this year.
"It was pretty hard out there," said Lavery. "I didn't feel that great with stomach problems, but my legs are great so they carried me through. Hopefully I can come round a bit more in the next couple of weeks.
"For the past couple of weeks I was riding against the likes of Dean Downing and Malcolm Elliott in the Tour of the North and the Tour of Ulster and I knew that I was strong. I wanted to see if I could match my performance against greater numbers and that it would be an indicator of form. It's great that I can come here and put in a good performance. I have been riding in Belgium and I have had a couple of wins there too so I am pretty happy."
"The cobbles were not too bad today," continued Lavery. "They're what we call 'clinkers' in Belgium as they are a little bit smoother. It was more the 11 times up the climb that hurt the legs, but it was good that I had the experience of knowing how to ride them. I got into the early break, but I was looking after the legs as I wasn't feeling that great. The legs came round but I was suffering on the climb so I thought I would have a go and Chris came over to me.
"We just kept tipping through nicely and we had a big gap. Someone from Sky was trying to come across but they couldn't close the gap. It didn't seem that fast to me, but we must have been really shifting."
Lavery's next major event is the eight-day FBD Ras in Ireland before heading off to Canada for the under-23 Coupe Des Nations in June.
1 | Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3:23:13 |
2 | Philip Lavery (Team Ireland) | 0:00:07 |
3 | Simon Richardson (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 0:00:49 |
4 | Alex Wetterhall (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | 0:00:54 |
5 | Ian Bibby (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | 0:01:09 |
6 | Russell Downing (Sky Pro Cycling) | 0:01:11 |
7 | Marcin Bialoblocki (Wilier Big Maggys.com) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Jack Bauer (Endura Racing) | 0:01:12 |
9 | Johnny McEvoy (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | 0:01:13 |
10 | Yanto Barker (Pendragon -Le Col-Colnago) | 0:01:14 |
11 | Zak Dempster (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 0:01:15 |
12 | Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 0:01:18 |
13 | Andrew Tennant (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | 0:01:22 |
14 | John 'Jack' Anderson (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | 0:01:28 |
15 | Dean Downing (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 0:01:33 |
16 | Geraint Thomas (Sky Pro Cycling) | 0:02:04 |
17 | Jonathan Tiernan Locke (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 0:02:09 |
18 | Dave Clarke (Pendragon -Le Col-Colnago) | 0:02:10 |
19 | John Tanner (Team Sportscover) | 0:02:19 |
20 | Evan Oliphant (Endura Racing) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Ian Wilkinson (Endura Racing) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Joe Skipper (Cycles Dauphin RT) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Richard Lambert (Cottingham Coureurs) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Will Bjergfelt (Wilier Big Maggys.com) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Ed Clancy (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Kit Gilham (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 0:02:59 |
27 | Ben Swift (Sky Pro Cycling) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Alexandre Blain (Endura Racing) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Malcolm Elliott (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | 0:03:21 |
30 | Liam Holohan (Team Raleigh) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Tom Murray (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 0:04:15 |
32 | Matthew Kipling (MTS CycleSport) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | David McLean (Frezza Pasta Montegrappa) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Kristian House (Rapha Condor Sharp) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | James Stewart (Team Raleigh) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Matthew Gee (Raleigh Racing Team) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Matt Clinton (Mike Vaughan Cycles) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | David McGowan (Kuota-Road CC) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Richard Handley (Team Raleigh) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Steven Burke (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Richard Cartland (Team Corley Cycles) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Peter Williams (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Tom Barras (Team Raleigh) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Rhys Lloyd (Pendragon -Le Col-Colnago) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Adam Biggs (bassobikes.co.uk) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Rob Sharman (bassobikes.co.uk) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Rob Partridge (Endura Racing) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Chris Opie (Pendragon -Le Col-Colnago) | 0:04:35 |
49 | Christopher McNamara (Team Corley Cycles) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Andy Lyons (Orbea - For Goodness Shakes!) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Dan Davies (Kuota-Road CC) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Daniel Smith (Velo 29 Cycling Team) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Dan Shand (Team Raleigh) | 0:04:45 |
54 | Wouter Sybrandy (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Richard Wilkinson (Probikekit.com) | 0:05:23 |
56 | Mark Wordsworth (Team Corley Cycles) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Andrew Hawdon (Herbalife/Wheelbase) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Stuart Reid (Herbalife/Wheelbase) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Duncan Jamieson (Felt-Colbornes Racing Team) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Ben Stockdale (Team Qoroz) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Callum Wilkinson (Endura Racing) | 0:05:51 |
62 | Anthony Malarczyk (Team ACDC) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Jamie Newall (Team Corley Cycles) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Dale Appleby (Team Raleigh) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Martin Ford (Team Goldtec) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | James Williamson (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Matthew Higgins (Team Corley Cycles) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | James McCallum (Endura Racing) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Jon Mozley (Kuota-Road CC) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Stephen Gallagher (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Fredrik Johansson (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | 0:08:09 |
72 | Jack Pullar (Herbalife/Wheelbase) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Simon Gaywood (Team Corley Cycles) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Kieran Friend (Pendragon -Le Col-Colnago) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Steven Higgins (Team Corley Cycles) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Ben Thompson (Orbea - For Goodness Shakes!) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Jefte De Bruin (Kuota-Road CC) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Rob Hayles (Endura Racing) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Alistair Rutherford (ScienceinSport.com) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Simon Wilson (CyclePremier.com-Metaltek) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Jeroen Janssen (Kuota-Road CC) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Peter-Lee Jefferies (Frezza Pasta Montegrappa) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor Sharp) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Cotterell (Flanders Racing) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justin Hoy (Felt-Colbornes Racing Team) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joshua Cunningham (Flanders Racing) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steve Calland (SouthDownsBikes CC) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon McNamara (SouthDownsBikes CC) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wayne Coombs (Velo Club Montpellier) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Elverson (Felt-Colbornes Racing Team) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Hassan (Glasgow Wheelers) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steven Guymer (Raleigh Racing Team) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dale Appleby (Team Raleigh) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Richard Bott (Herbalife/Wheelbase) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lee Tunnicliffe (Cycles Dauphin RT) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrew Hastings (Finchley Racing Team) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chris Mark (Adept Precision Racing Team) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jamie Howard (probikekit.com) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rob Carter (Velo 29 Cycling Team) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chris Coyle (Castlebar Cycling Club) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Duncan Moralee (BC Private Member) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sam Redding (GWR Team Swindon Cycles) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Connor McAlistair (Team Ireland) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Russell Falder (Velo Club Montpellier) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roger Smith (SouthDownsBikes CC) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andy Coupe (Teamwallis cch Racing Team) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lewis Cowley (Velo Club Montpellier) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Smith (Kuota-Road CC) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stuart Henry (Herbalife/Wheelbase) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Orr (Infinis Racing Team) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mark McKinley (Team Ireland) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gavin Daley (Velo Club Lincoln) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Niklas Gustavsson (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrian Bird (Team Nemesis GB) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matt Ullmer (Team Qoroz) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ian Thomas (Paramount Cycle Racing Team) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | James Smith (Probikekit.com) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lee Smith (Felt-Colbornes Racing Team) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pete Wager (Felt-Colbornes Racing Team) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | John Cooper (Team Nemesis GB) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marloe Rodman (ScienceinSport.com) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ian Taylor (Team Bglobal) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | James Millard (CyclePremier.com-Metaltek) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sam Parker (Team Zappi's) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNS | David O'Loughlin (Team Ireland) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Charles Prendergast (Team Ireland) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Niklas Gustavsson (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Filip Rudenstam (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Richard Larsen (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Don Beukeboom (Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Arjen ten Dam (Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Niels Lommers (Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Rene Hooghiemster (Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Wouter Haan (Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mitchel Huenders (Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Andy Magnier (CyclePremier.com-Metaltek) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Gareth Hewitt (Frezza Pasta Montegrappa) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Oliver Graham (Frezza Pasta Montegrappa) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNS | David Coulson (Frezza Pasta Montegrappa) | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Doug Dewey (GWR Team Swindon Cycles) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNS | David Sinclair (GWR Team Swindon Cycles) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Llewellyn Kinch (GWR Team Swindon Cycles) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Daniel Smith (GWR Team Swindon Cycles) | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Peter Kench (GWR Team Swindon Cycles) | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Duncan Putman (Team Nemesis GB) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Coen Rijpma (Opleidingsploeg Peddars) | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Dean Shannon (Orbea - For Goodness Shakes!) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Adam Norris (Orbea - For Goodness Shakes!) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Daniele Santoni (Pearson Cycles) | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ian Cooper (Planet X) | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Robert Willcocks (Probikekit.com) | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Blake Pond (Southfork Racing) | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Gary Chambers (Southfork Racing) | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNS | John Hollier (Southfork Racing) | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ashley Brown (Team Sportscover) | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNS | John Doherty (VS Cycles) | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Grant Bayton (Wilier Big Maggys.com) | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mark Perry (Wilier Big Maggys.com) | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Matt Rowe (Wilier Big Maggys.com) | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Flavio Zappi (Team Zappi's) | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Dexter Gardias (Team Zappi's) | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Gareth McGuiness (Energy Cycles) | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Gyles Wingate (Loto Olympia Tienen) | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Grant Leavy (Forza Cycles RT) | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Hefin Price (Port Talbot Wheelers) | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Chris Clark (York Cycleworks) | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Tim Rowson (Mischiefcard CC) | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mark Davies (Aire Valley Race Team) | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mark Thwaites (My Team Giordana) | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNS | George Atkins (100% ME) | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
1 | Philip Lavery (Team Ireland) |
2 | Johnny McEvoy (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) |
3 | Joe Skipper (Cycles Dauphin RT) |
1 | Dave Clarke (Pendragon -Le Col-Colnago) |
1 | Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 13 | pts |
2 | Alex Wetterhall (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | 10 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Dean Downing (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 5 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Philip Lavery (Team Ireland) | 4 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 4 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Russell Downing (Sky Pro Cycling) | 3 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Rob Partridge (Endura Racing) | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ben Swift (Sky Pro Cycling) | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Geraint Thomas (Sky Pro Cycling) | 3 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Kristian House (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Kit Gilham (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 3 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Jack Bauer (Endura Racing) | 3 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Simon Richardson (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 3 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Zak Dempster (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Ian Wilkinson (Endura Racing) | 2 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Ian Bibby (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
1 | Russell Downing (Sky Pro Cycling) | 3 | pts |
2 | Zak Dempster (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Ian Wilkinson (Endura Racing) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Rob Partridge (Endura Racing) | 3 | pts |
2 | Simon Richardson (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Ian Wilkinson (Endura Racing) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Ben Swift (Sky Pro Cycling) | 3 | pts |
2 | Geraint Thomas (Sky Pro Cycling) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Kristian House (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3 | pts |
2 | Tom Southam (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Geraint Thomas (Sky Pro Cycling) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Dean Downing (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3 | pts |
2 | Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kit Gilham (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Alex Wetterhall (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | 3 | pts |
2 | Dean Downing (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jack Bauer (Endura Racing) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3 | pts |
2 | Alex Wetterhall (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kit Gilham (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Alex Wetterhall (Team Sprocket ProCycling) | 3 | pts |
2 | Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kit Gilham (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3 | pts |
2 | Ian Bibby (Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jack Bauer (Endura Racing) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3 | pts |
2 | Philip Lavery (Team Ireland) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jack Bauer (Endura Racing) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Chris Newton (Rapha Condor Sharp) | 3 | pts |
2 | Philip Lavery (Team Ireland) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Simon Richardson (Sigma Sport - Specialized) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
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