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Tour of the
Dengie Marshes Road Race
Held
in memory of Chris Negus
Sunday 30th March
On Sunday 3oth March Joe Skipper, Brett
Travers and Dick Wood from VC Revolution Cycling Club
took part in the 111 kilometer Tour of the Dengie
Marshes Road Race, near Burnham-on-Crouch. The event was
held in memory of Chris Negus, a rider from South
Woodham Ferrers, who was killed in a collision with a
car whilst out training in January.
Picture © Martin Orpen, Lotto Olympia Team Interbike
90% of the race was on unclassified farm
roads that were devoid of hedges and therefore provided
no shelter on the windswept Dengie marshes. Riders also
had to contend with an off-road farm track section on
each of the 6 laps that, following two weeks of
inclement weather, tested their bike handling skills to
the limit as they battled through the mud on their
lightweight racing bikes.
The initial rush to get to the front on
the narrow wind swept roads saw the 70 rider field of
predominantly Elite and 1st category riders
splinter into small groups before the end of the first
lap. The race service was forced into action as riders,
covered in mud, punctured on the dirt strewn roads.
Both Skipper and Wood rode determinedly
to finish in the top 30, an impressive achievement
considering the class of the opposition and the
conditions. Travers had a bad day at the office
following a mechanical problem.
The race was won by Billy Joe Whenham,
who won this winter’s mountain bike series at Thetford,
he clearly put his off-road skills to use in this event.
On Sunday, VCR riders will be out in
force again for the road races promoted by the Maldon &
District Cycling Club.
Brett Travers
RESULT 110.7 KM Winners Speed, 39.3018 km/hr
1 ( 47) BILLY JOE WHENMAN SPORTBEANS/WILIER 2:49:00
2 ( 7) MARTIN SMITH AW CYCLES.CO.UK s.t.
3 ( 46) BEN LUCKWELL SPORTBEANS/WILIER s.t.
4 ( 27) ANDY LYONS HERONCYCLESPORT RT s.t.
5 ( 5) MATTHEW HOLMES ARCTIC/PREMIER RT s.t.
6 ( 6) DARREN BARCLAY ARCTIC/PREMIER RT s.t.
7 ( 57) STEPHEN SKUSE WILDSIDE RT/EWHURST CONTROL 5-00
8 ( 26) ADAM NORRIS HERONCYCLESPORT RT 5-30
9 ( 33) NEIL CHAPMAN MALDON & DIST CC 6-66
10 ( 20) BEN THOMPSON GLENDENE CC/BIKETRAX 7-03
11 ( 1) ROBERT WILLCOCKS AJCHVA LIMOUX s.t.
12 ( 38) JAMES WHATLING PCA/CICLOS UNO s.t.
13 ( 4) ALLISTER TULETT ARCTIC/PREMIER RT s.t.
14 ( 58) MARK DALY WILDSIDE RT/EWHURST CONTROL 7-30
15 ( 37) DANIEL PATTEN PCA CICLOS UNO s.t.
16 ( 23) STEVEN GRIFFITHS GLENDENE CC/BIKETRAX 10-00
17 ( 3) MICHAEL GRAY API/METROW s.t.
18 ( 28) DAVID LAW ARCTIC/PREMIER RT s.t.
19 ( 64) GORDON BROCKIE GLADE CC/CICLOS UNO 11-00
20 ( 19) WILL HEDDEN GLADE CC/CICLOS UNO s.t.
21 ( 15) IAN SAMUEL CREST CC ILFORD s.t.
22 ( 55) JOE SKIPPER VC REVOLUTION s.t.
23 ( 11) LEE HARVEY COLCHESTER ROVERS s.t.
24 ( 8) OLIVER CADDY CAMBRIDGE CC s.t.
25 ( 36) DANIEL KOGAN PCA CICLOS UNO s.t.
26 ( 31) SAM HUMPHESON LONDON DYNAMO s.t.
27 ( 35) ANDREW WATERMAN NORWOOD PARAGON s.t.
28 ( 2) KEVIN CHAMBERS API/METROW s.t.
29 ( 12) WARWICK SPENCE CYCLE FIT/SEROTTA s.t.
30 ( 48) TOM KIRK TEAM CORLEY CYCLES s.t.
31 ( 18) SEAN KILROY GLADE CC/CICLOS UNO s.t.
32 ( 59) JASON HUMPHRIES NORWOOD PARAGON s.t.
33 ( 61) GARY WOOD MALDON & DIST CC s.t.
34 ( 10) ERIC GOWLAND CAMBRIDGE CC s.t.
35 ( 39) MARTIN BRYANT PCA/CICLOS UNO s.t.
36 ( 24) STEPHEN CHARLES GLENDENE CC/BIKETRAX s.t.
37 ( 40) IAN FRANKLIN PCA/CICLOS UNO s.t.
38 ( 13) KEVIN KNOX DULWICH PARAGON s.t.
39 ( 66) RICHARD WOOD VC REVOLUTION s.t.
40 ( 67) PHILIP HARGREAVES VC NORWICH/FITT SIGNS s.t.
41 ( 22) ANDRI JOUBERT GLENDENE CC/BIKETRAX s.t.
42 ( 51) ED GRAEFE TEAM ECONOMIC ENERGY s.t. |
