Charlie Meredith (Mid Devon Cycling Club) showed class is permanent with a commanding win at the Plymouth Corinthian CC Spring Road Races after several years away from the sport.
Lauren Booth (05/03) out-sprinted team-mate, Claire Pile (05/03) to take victory in the women’s category after working together for much of the race to stay away from the competition. Both winners earned their place on the historic Frank Spry Memorial Trophy.
Kindly supported by the Pump & Pedal Okehampton, the 65km road race took place on the picturesque Brentor Circuit, just outside of Tavistock.
Forty riders from across the South West raced in near-perfect conditions on the lower slopes of western Dartmoor.
Being an ‘open 3/4 event’, the race was open to category three and four riders within British Cycling’s ranking system. The idea being that this category of race is perfect for beginner, novice & intermediate riders
Behind Meredith (MDCC), Corey Bale (BGE) managed to escape the bunch behind in the dying moments of the race to take second. In the group sprint behind, it was Tom Scorer of Royal Navy Cycling who won the gallop to secure the final spot on the podium.
Booth and Pile took an 05/03 one-two in the women’s category, with Kathryn Hinton (University of Exeter Cycling Club) managing to deny the Cornish racing team a podium clean sweep in third.
Mark Pierce was a deserving winner of the ‘Andrew Flynn Memorial Trophy’, awarded to the best placed Plymouth Corinthian CC member at a nominated race each year. This trophy is in memory of much loved, and missed, club member, Andrew ‘Flynny’ Flynn; who sadly lost his battle with cancer in 2017.
Cian Bryant (Bristol RC), George Watch (Mid Devon Cycling Club) & Edward Ayes (Reflex Racing) all made valiant attempts at breaking free from the peloton earlier in the race but were swallowed up soon after. Watch (Mid Devon Cycling Club) was awarded the ‘Combativity Prize’ for his efforts in animating the race.
The ‘Corries’ next event is set to be held on July 14 on the same circuit, also allowing slightly higher ranked ‘second’ category riders to race. Entries are open now HERE
Full Results Below:
1st Charlie Meredith (Mid Devon Cycling Club)
2nd Corey Bale (BGE)
3rd Tom Scorer (Royal Navy Cycling)
4th Harvey Thomas (Steele David via Roma)
5th George Watch (Mid Devon Cycling Club)
6th Phillip Collings
7th Ewan Dix
8th Lloyd Copp (Okehampton Cycling Club)
9th Edward Ayres (Reflex Racing)
10th Blake Pond (Nopinz Race Team)
11th Cian Bryant (Bristol RC)
12th Olly Frost (Team Tor 2000)
13th Adam Chilvers (Royal Navy Cycling)
14th Tristan Kelsall-Spurr (Exeter Wheelers Cycling Club)
15th Joseph Staddon (Army Cycling Union)
16th Ben Waghorne (Cheltenham & County Cycling Club)
17th Mark Pierce (Plymouth Corinthian Cycling Club)
18th Karl Jones (05/03)
19th Ross Gilbert (Royal Navy Cycling)
20th Michael Hooper (05/03)
21st Robert Wilcocks (Royal Air Force CA)
22nd Samuel Nancarrow (Saint Piran Delivra)
23rd Nigel Polkinghorne (Duchy Velo)
24th Edward Selwood (Mid Devon Cycling Club)
25th Chun Yin Choi
26th Ben Carthy (Plymouth Corinthian Cycling Club)
27th Andrew Hitchens (Mid Devon Cycling Club)
28th Ash Pay (Plymouth Corinthian Cycling Club)
29th Lauren Booth (05/03)
30th Claire Pile (05/03)
31st Thomas Hinchliffe (Plymouth Corinthian Cycling Club)
32nd Kathryn Hinton (University of Exeter Cycling Club)
33rd Sophie Butcher (05/03)
Top 3 women
1st Lauren Booth (05/03)
2nd Claire Pile (05/03)
3rd Kathryn Hinton (University of Exeter Cycling Club)
Pictures by Karen Markus, Adrian Sluman and Sally Bramley