Events/Results - Road

AA Brown Trophy Elite Men's Road Race

5^th August 2007

 

 

Race Distance: 127km

Three of the Team MK road squad converged on the village of Naseby for the Duncan Murray Wines - AA Brown Trophy Elite Men's Road Race. Mike Wragg, James Fox and Richard Wood were amongst about 60 starters who were ready to do battle under very hot and testing conditions.

 

The race was made up of 6 laps of approx. 21 km, the course was fast for first part with speeds of up to 45mph being seen on the tail wind A road section. The last part of the lap was far grippier, with a few short climbs followed by a long, relatively steep drag up to the finish line.

 

The race started hard and fast, with small groups trying to form a break off the front of the bunch. At the foot of main climb the race was all together, but spurred on by a first lap prime, Matt Barrett and Rich Wood rode away from the bunch to contest the sprint, which ended up with Barrett the victor. This however caused a break in the bunch with a small group bridging across to the leading duo to form the eventual race winning break. The leading group of 10 quickly built a lead of well over a minute by the second time through the finish.

 

The leaders worked efficiently together and come the last lap were still all together along the fast A road section leading to the hilly return leg. Wood took it upon himself to whittle the break group down by attacking hard on the first of the grippy climbs, breaking away for about 2 miles on his own before being joined by Barrett, Tim Wallis and Oliver Graham. This small group stayed together to the foot of the finish climb, at which point another attack came from Tim Wallis. Both Barrett and Graham were able to jump onto his wheel leaving Wood to suffer alone, finishing in 4^th place.

 

 Rich Wood leads the break

 

Mike Wragg had a good steady race to finish in a well deserved 19^th place. James fell victim to the hot conditions and climbed off after 3 laps.

 

Many thanks to Steve (Mike’s Dad) for handing up bottles to the team during the race.

 

Pos	Name	Team
1	Matthew Barrett	Lutterworth Cycle Centre RT
2	Tim Wallis	Arctic - Shorter Rochford RT
3	Oliver Graham	Wyre Forest CRC
4	Richard Wood	Team Milton Keynes
5	Robert Guest	Halesowen A & CC
6	Owain Lovell	Ashfield RC
7	James Bryan	Ace Racing Team
8	Matthew Ullmer	Evesham & District Whls CC
9	Chi Tang	Heanor Clarion CC
10	Neil Beasley	Ashfield RC
11	Andrew Stuart	Ashfield RC
12	Llewellyn Byrne	Science In Sport.com
13	Matthew Jennings	Websters Cycles.co.uk
14	Lewis Cowley	Plan B Racing
15	Michael Cowland	Fenland Clarion CC
16	Kieran Frend	Torq-Colnago
17	Neil Biggs	Cheltenham & County CC
18	Jack Kirk	Wyre Forest CRC
19	Mike Wragg	Team Milton Keynes
20	Ben De Wet	Oxford University CC