Jo breaks HC records

Jo wins the Snake Pass and Cat & Fiddle Hill Climbs with two new course records in the space of just a few weeks. The weather was great for a change with sun, warm weather and a tail wind on both climbs. Congratulations Jo!

Full women's results:

Snake Pass (Glossop Kinder Velo)
Joanne Blakeley 15:41.1 (new women's record)
Vanessa Whitfield 15:45.5
Alex Deck 16:28.5
Helen Eborall 16:37.7
Frances White 17:20.7
Nicola Soden 17:47.4
Charlotte Parnham 18:22.3
Melanie Bailey 18:25.3
Lorna Fisher 19:43.2

Cat and Fiddle (Weaver Valley CC)
Joanne Blakelely 22:35.8 (new women's record)
Vanessa Whitfield 22:50.9
Helen Eborall 23:22.8
Julia Matheson 23:23.2
Nicola Soden 24:52.9
Penny Thorn 26:27.3
Carol Robson 27:20.4
Isabelle Doucet 27:37.2
Melanie Armstrong 28:51.1
Sallie Birchall 35:28.9
Hazel Deakin 40:04.8
Aleshia Mellor 40:29.2

Win for Jo in the M&DLCA 25 and podium at tameside

Photo from Manchester Wheelers

Another great weekend for the Maxgearettes with a win for Jo Blakeley (and a near sub hour time) in the Manchester & District Ladies Cycling Association on Saturday.

The next day Jo and Nicola took to Tameside for the Manchester Wheelers 130th Anniversary race day (which included some rather entertaining BMX relay racing - a mention to Scott Burn's has to be made here for his highly entertaining cornering).
The pair started attacking from the off and quickly created a break of 5 including two of the girls from VC St Raphael, who lapped the field. The sprint was a bit messy with a touch of pedals on the floor in the last corner and a moment of hesitation and VC won the sprint, with Nicola and Jo coming in 2nd and 3rd! Best bit was, the prize for the win was a yellow CHAMPION SYSTEMS jersey, resulting in a full Champion Systems podium!

Janet Birkmyre wins at Bournemouth

After cleaning up at the National Masters Track Champs last week, Janet Birkmyre wins the Bournemouth round of the National Omnium series and wraps up the Series win with one round still remaining! Full results and report here - http://www.velouk.net/2013/07/15/reportresults-bournemouth-arrow-dernyfest-womens-omnium/

Lauryn wins at Pimbo!

In the fourth round of five of the CDNW women's league, Lauryn Therin won the bunch spring convincingly. The team rode aggressively all day, with big attacks from all 5 team members with several gaining over 20 seconds. Team were superbly organised, marking any attacks from other teams and working together to lead Jo out to win all 3 primes, and Lauryn for the race win.
The guys also raced well, with Dillon 4th in the E/1/2 race and Martyn 5th in the 3/4's.

This increases Lauryn's lead in the overall league and Jo wraps up the primes competition with one race still to go!

Jo Blakeley wins at Holme Valley Wheelers Stage Race!!

Jo crosses the line first in the road race

A stage win, 2nd in the TT and 2nd on the GC for Jo & 4th on the GC and best under 23 for Eve at Holme Valley Wheelers stage race yesterday! Well done to Jo, Eve and Frankie who all raced well as a team on the one day, two stage race incorporating a 10m TT and 30m hilly road race. Thanks to Ed Rollason for the photos.
Read Jo's blog here - Jo Blakeley's blog: Holme Valley Wheelers Stage Race 

3 podiums for Lauryn in Jersey

Fantastic result for Lauryn Therin at the weekend in her home town in Jersey sprinting to three podiums in three races, including 2nd place in the Jersey Town Centre Criterium narrowly missing out to Hannah Walker of Matrix. Gregg Mansell retained his title in the Elite mens race.

A testing weekend

Its been an exciting weekend testing, with some close battles between Sarah Byrne and Jo Blakeley. At the M&DLCA 10 the girls took all the podium spots with a win for Sarah in 23:51 close second with a short 24 for Jo and Nicola collected the prize for third.

It was even closer over the 22 mile Buxton Mountain Time Trial course in uncharacteristically sunny conditions with Sarah winning from Jo by just 7 seconds. Some great pictures by Ed Rollason who was supporting the event - http://edrollasonphotographygalleries.instaproofs.com/store/?page=buyPrintPage&event=814037&col=0&id=210458045&type=original

Janet Birkmyre also had a successful weekend at the Bordeaux-Paris track meeting at the Palmer Park qualifying comfortably in the opening scratch race and finishing second in the Derny race - read her blog here - http://www.todayscyclist.co.uk/blog.aspx?BLOGGER=jan&POST=521