Bring and Buy Sale

CA Dinner

Former professional cyclist and current British Cycling national track coach Shane Sutton will be guest of honour at the forthcoming Cycling Association Dinner.

The Dinner will take place on Saturday October 30, the venue is the Claremont Hotel, Loch Prom, Douglas. Price for the sit down dinner will be £18 for adults and £12 for children. Please make every effort to attend More details soon.

Would all current trophy holders please engrave,clean and return their silverware to their respective club committee members

Guymer 10th in Ashbourne Circuit Race

Manx Road Club's Steven Guymer finished a good 10th in the Ashbourne Cup Circuit race (jun,vet,3,4) on Saturday. The race was won by Datafonic's Tom Walters with Planet X juvenile Adam Blythe second. Result here

Judo Boys win Shoprite Challenge

Road Club riders Dave Taylor, Trevor Kirkwood, Peter Gage, Allan Gage and Peter Doyle plus Ellan Vannin's Andy Bell and Denis Cormican (MVW) won Sunday's Shoprite Challenge over one lap of the TT course. Riding for the Isle of Man Judo Club the lads were 40 seconds down on Ten League sponsors, Manx Telecom at the last change over at the Bungalow, however, big Dave used his 55x11 to good effect down the Mountain to win by a couple of minutes.

Bronze For Ian Sharpe

Ian Sharpe and tandem partner Paul Hunter won bronze on day two of the Paralympics in Athens, more here

Cyclo Cross for Talent Team

British Talent Team members Elliott Moore, Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh enjoyed their first taste of cyclo cross at their recent Tallent coaching session. On Saturday they learnt the basic skills of cyclo cross then on Sunday they competed in a cross event near Wakefield. In the Thirds,Vets and Junior event Jon came home in fifth position with Elliott in the top 10. Peter Kennaugh finished sixth in the Youth race.

Talent Camp

Local Talent Team riders take part in a cyclo cross training camp this weekend, on Saturday they brush up on their off road skills then take part in a cyclo cross event on Sunday.

End to End Results

The provisional End to End Mountain Bike results can be found here

Change of venue for the End to End Sunday night social

The Queens Hotel cannot accommodate us so we are switching to the Terminus Tavern which is at the very far North end of the promenade. They are planning on doing food for those who would also like to eat there. From 8pm

Tough End to End

A tough head wind greeted the large entry for Sunday's End to End, Andrew Roche took overall honors after being pushed hard by Tristen Gell. Other notable rides came from Neil Hodgson who proved you don't need a works Ducati engine between your legs to go fast! Jonathan Bellis belied his 16 years making the top seven. Results and more news later

Spoilt for choice on the Box!

Viewers were spoilt for choice on the telly on Sunday afternoon, we had a choice of watching Cav taking victory at the warm up event to the final stage of the Tour of Britain or watching brothers Peter and Allan Gage plus Tony Varley waving their Manx flags at the mountain top finish of Sunday's Veulta stage.

GHS Schools 10

Several locals competed in the GHS 10 final, results here

Alex Forrest 2 Up

There was a large turnout or 38 teams for the Alex Forrest 2 Up, results can be found here

End to End Challenge

There is an excellent entry of 231 riders for this weekends End to End Challenge, over 50 up on 2003. Start sheet here, website here

Handicap Mountain Bike Race

Results from Monday evenings handicap event will be posted soon

Great Win for Cav

Great Britain rider Mark Cavendish had an excellent win at the supporting race for the final stage of the Tour of Britain. Pictures and results here

Bikestyle Final Positions

Bikestyle final overall positions can be found here

Rochie's Bikestyle

29 riders lined up for the final round of the 2004 Bikestyle handicap series held over four laps of the mostly flat Jurby circuit on Sunday. All eyes were on Laura Gage to see if she could snatch the series overall from under the nose of Trevor Kirkwood, who was unable to contest the final round. The race was split into four ability groups with the the handicappers aim that the whole race would come together on the final lap, however, by midway through lap three of the four lap event, the whole race had come together turning the handicap into a massed start road race. One of the first casualties was Laura Gage who was dropped as the bunch passed the start finish area. With the arrival of the scratch group the average speed of the bunch had increased from a rather sedate 25 mph upto a more frisky 30 mph causing a couple more riders to lose contact. On the final lap Andrew Roche attacked on the Jurby coast road resulting in the whole bunch being stretched out in a long line, Rochies move however eventually came to nothing enabling juvenile Peter Kennaugh, recovering from a midweek training crash, to counter the move to put some daylight between himself and the pack. Spinning his juvenile gears Kennaugh yo-yoed between 10 and 15 seconds over his pursuers. On the final climb the bunch began to split under the pressure resulting in Kennaugh's advantage being reduced to just five second with 100 metres remaining, at the line Roche overhauled Kennaugh taking the verdict from top veteran Peter Gage and a slimmed down Gary Hinds in third, Jonathan Bellis was fourth with Russell Jones in fifth, the plucky Kennaugh had the consolation from his earlier effort to finish sixth.

Results here. Photos here

Bikestyle Event

Round six of the popular Bikestyle handicap series takes place this Sunday, September 5, at Jurby. The race starts at 10am

Mountain Bike Handicap

There is a handicap mountain bike race at Archallagan plantation on Monday evening, sign on from 6.15 for an earlier start time of 6.45pm

Downhill Champs

Results from the Downhill championships can be found here

Jon on Track

Jonathan Bellis 'fresh' from the Tour of Wales spent Tuesday evening training on Manchester Velodrome, on Wednesday Jonathan is a spectator at the opening stage of the Tour of Britain

Tour of Wales

Jonathan Bellis, Elliott Moore, plus brothers Ashley and Aaron Whipp competed in the Tour of Wales over the Bank holiday weekend. The full results can be found here

Alex Forrest 2 Up

Don't forget next Wednesday (Sept 8) evenings Alex Forest / Family 2 Up time trial, the start is at the junction of the Ballavarran Road and the Sandygate Road. Marshals are required, so please turn up and help out

Bellis 22nd in Junior Tour of Wales

Manx Road Club Sport Aid recipient Jonathan Bellis produced a good performance to finish 22nd overall at the weekends Junior Tour of Wales. Young Jonny was literally thrown in at the deep end in what is the most prestigious junior event on the British calendar, it was Jonathan's first outing as a junior category rider. More later

Recently Added Results

The IOM Road Race and Three Up championship results can now be viewed on the results page

Alex Forrest 2up and the Family 2up

The sighing on and start for the Alex Forrest Charity 10 2up is at the junction of the Ballavarran Road and the Sandygate Road. The course proceeds to St Jude's X Roads, Andreas, Beehive, Old Jurby Garage, The Cronk (9.5miles) and finishes on the Ballamoar Straight. Also five marshals are required for the evening, volunteers can get in touch with Jim on 823974 or 495436.

Start sheets for the Alex Forrest Charity 2up and the Family 2up are now available in Eurocycles and Bikestyle. Alternatively ring Jim on 823974 to enter

10th in France

Manx Road Club and Sport Aid recipient Peter Kennaugh finished a good 10th in a road race near Calais on Sunday. The event distance was 87 kilometres, a big increase to the 30-40 kilometres he is accustomed to in the United Kingdom. The race was part of a French regional series attracting 90 riders. Two riders managed to escape towards the end and despite a good lead out Peter's legs tied up in the bunch sprint.

Hill Climb

There was good entry of 20 competitors for Sunday's hill climb on a 1.8 mile course up School Hill at Marown. Gianni Epifani benefiting from some hard training with Tony Varley was fastest up the tough climb in a time of 5 minutes 17 seconds. Graeme Hatcher was second seven second behind Epifani with Andrew Cook at a further four seconds. Fourth rider and first Junior was Elliott Moore in a time of 6 minutes 14 seconds followed by Dave Taylor in 6 minutes 18 seconds with Peter Kennaugh eight seconds behind Taylor in sixth and first Veteran. Leading Juvenile was Scott Flynn who recorded 6 minutes 54 seconds.

Afterwards there was a club run to Ard Jerkyl for scones and tea. Results here

Kennaugh Fourth in Points Race

Peter Kennaugh (Manx Road Club) finished a brilliant fourth in the points race at the National Track Championships at Newport Velodrome on Saturday, Jonathan Bellis (MRC) had an equally impressive ride to come home in fifth position mirroring his fifth place in the scratch race during the week, both riders had to qualify via heats to earn their place in the final. Considering there is no usable cycle track on the Island to train or race on, both riders exceeded their expectations, Peter and Jonathan only entered to the championships to gain experience on the track and were only beaten by seasoned and experienced track riders who race on velodromes twice a week! Peter is now in France for a hilly road race in the Calais region while Jonathan heads to Wales for the Junior Tour of Wales.

Manx Telecom 10 Final Positions

The final overall positions from the Manx Telecom 10 League can be found on the following links: >>Senior >>Junior

Bellis Fifth in Scratch Race

After qualifying second in heat one, Jonathan Bellis had a great ride to finish fifth in the scratch event at the National Track Championships, team mate Peter Kennaugh was fourth in heat two and finished 18th in the final. Cayley Ennett was 10th in the Junior / under 16 combined girls scratch race. Results here

Telecom 10

The 'young ones' dominated the final round of the Manx Telecom 10 League, Ashley Whipp was fastest on the night, results here

Roche Third in Surrey League Stage Race

Andrew Roche finished an excellent third overall in the Evans Cycles sponsored Surrey League stage race, Andrew also finished second in the points and third in the mountains prize. Andrew Cook finished 42nd and Christian Varley 50th Results

Track Champs

Road Club riders Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh are currently competing at theNational Youth Track Championships at Newport and Cayley Ennett (EV) competes with the juniors. Peter had the misfortune to crash in the 500 metre time trial but was able to have a re-run later in the day. Ian Sharpe is also competing in the Disability Championship at the same venue. Results from day one here

Ryan Tops Mountain Bike Handicap

An excellent turnout of 37 competitors lined up for round three of the Manx Mountain Bike Club promoted handicap series at Archallagan on Monday evening. With the ladies and eventual winner Ryan Stigant covering two laps and the more experienced competitors racing over three laps of the plantation course, it would turn out to be a tight finish with victory going to Ryan, the plucky fourteen year old just held off a fast finishing Russell Moore by a mere five seconds to take the chequered flag. Other notable rides came from scratch rider Chris Teirney showing good form for the forthcoming End to End Challenge, in third, Paul Kneen has shown great improvement over the series finishing fifth, young Scott Flynn 'fresh' from a week long stage race in Holland also had a good ride for sixth place and Luke Taylor rode well for seventh.The woman's category was well represented with Rebecca Sorbet first home in 18th. The final round of the Summer Series takes place on Monday September 6 at Archallagan at the earlier start time of 6.45pm.

Result here

Roche in Yellow

Andrew Roche finished an impressive fifth on Monday's 98 mile fourth stage of the Surrey League Five Day, more importantly, Rochie has now taken over the yellow jersey. More

Telecom 10

Wednesday evenings Manx Telecom 10 mile time trial takes place at Killane

Roche wins time Trial stage, Cook sixth

Andrew Roche great form continued with victory in the time trial stage of the Surrey Five Day, rochie even took the bunch sprint in the road stage later in the day. More here

Silver for Cavendish at National Madison

Mark Cavendish, partnered with Team Persil team mate Ed Clancy, had a brilliant ride to win a silver medal at the National Madison Championship on Saturday. Mark Kelly, riding for City of Edinburgh was a good sixth with partner Bryan Taylor (VC Londres) another great result for Manx cyclists. Results, report and pictured here

Roche Second in Surrey League Stage Two

Andrew Roche finished second on the second stage of theSurrey League Evans Five Day stage on Saturday, Andrew is currently in 10th overall, more here

50 Mile Time Trial Cancelled

The 50 mile time trial championship has been cancelled due to very poor entries, only four riders had entered

Evans Five Day

Andrew Roche, Andrew Cook and recently crowned Isle of Man road race champion Christian Varley team up with Chris Spence and Sam Firby from Jersey to compete in this weekends Surrey League Evans Five Day stage race. The event has grown in popularity over recent years and now commands a quality field. Results from day one here

Mountain Bike Race on Monday

The MMBC are staging the latest round of their handicap summer series at Archallagen on Monday evening all riders over the age of 12 are most welcome
to attend. Please try and support.

Mark's Madison

Mark Kelly competes in this weekends National Madison Championship

Kerry Youth Tour

Kerry Youth Tour pictures can be found here

Mountain Bike Events

The MMBC have confirmed their final two cross country dates, ideal preparation for the forthcoming End to End (September 12). Both events will take place at Archallagan Plantation on Monday August 16 and Monday September 6, sign on at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. A downhill event is also planed for Ballaugh Plantation on Sunday August 29, the start time will be later to avoid a clash with the Two Day Trial.

Track Championships

The Manx Road Club and Ellan Vannin cycling clubs will be representing local interest's at next weeks National Track Championships held at Newport Velodrome. Sport Aid recipients Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh (both MRC) compete in the very competitive under 16 age category, this will be Jonathan's final outing as a juvenile as he rides the Junior Tour of Wales the following week while Peter has been staying with a family near the velodrome, spending up to four hours per day to gain much needed experience for racing on the boards. Ellan Vannin interest's are with Caley Ennett who will compete in the Junior women's events and Peter Williams fresh from a great ride in the Junior Tour of Ireland who will be competing in the Junior men's category. Tandem star of the Manx Telecom sponsored ten league, Ian Sharpe, will take part in the Riders with a Disibility Championship in the colours of the Yasumitsu-Schlapp team.

Mark Kelly Third in Omnium Champs

Mark Kelly took the long drive from Newport to Edinburgh to compete in the British Omnium Championship at the weekend, Mark won the derney event and took top placings in other events to finish third overall. More here

End to End

The popular End to End mountain bike challenge takes place on Sunday September 12. The End to End website has all the details. Entries can be downloaded here

Key Sport Programme

You will be pleased to hear that Cycling has been invited to join the IOM Sports Council Key Sports Programme. One of only seven sports selected. This programme is potentially very beneficial for the sport at all levels, abilities and ages. Chairman Steve Shimmin invites all... more

Bikestyle Series

The latest positions in the Bikestyle handicap series can be viewed here

Fourth for Kara at Premier Series

Kara Shepherd finished a brilliant fourth in the final round of the British Mountain Bike Premier Series at Margham Park, Wales on Saturday. In stifling temperatures Kara rode her own race holding onto eighth place at mid distance, however, as temperatures rose in the midday heat, Kara started to pick off her rivals one by one to place her into fifth on the final lap of her two hour race only to move up to fourth place when race leader and national champion Sue Thomas retired through heat exhaustion. It was a tremendous ride for the Ellan Vannin and Pembroke Cycles backed rider who now takes a well deserved holiday in the United States before tackling the End to End mountain bike classic on the Island in September.

Peter Kennaugh also managed to ride the Youth race, despite his numerous cycling events over the previous week, however, a first lap crash scupperd any chances of a high placing.

Warming up for Athens

Manx Road Club brothers Peter and Tim Kennaugh trained on Newport Velodrome during the past week with none other than the Athens bound Olympic track cycling team. The temperature was set to an oppressive 38 degrees C to enable the Great Britain team to acclimatise to the expected heat of Athens. The Manx duo were attending the track session with a dozen or so Cardiff based cyclists and were able to ride the boards during the Great Britain rest times. Peter has remained at Cardiff for the next week to prepares for the forthcoming National Track Championships where he will be joined by Kerry Youth Tour winner Jonathan Bellis.

Tour of Kerry Victory for Bellis

Manx Sport Aid recipient Jonathan Bellis took a well deserved victory at the recent Kerry Youth Tour, in what was one of his best victories to date, the Manx Road Club rider won by the slimmest of margins over arch rival and National Champion Mark McNally who was riding for the Liverpool based Corrado team.

The opening stage consisted of 32 miles with 82 riders competing on rolling and often narrow roads. Bellis along with team mates Peter Kennaugh and Steven Guymer managed to stay near the front and thankfully out of trouble. Despite a couple of crashes in the bunch the Road Club trio managed to arrive home safely with Bellis finishing an excellent fourth, Guymer 11th and Kennaugh 14th. Tim Kennaugh competed in the under 14 age category and did well to finish at the back of the bunch.

Stage two consisted of a two mile time trial on a testing course that included a tight hair pin and a leg sapping drag up to the finish, Bellis came home in fourth, Kennaugh eighth and Guymer finished mid field. Tim Kennaugh was 31st in the under 14 time trial.

Stage three was the dreaded 'Sun Hill' stage, a one mile climb that had to be tackled five times in the intense heat that blessed the event throughout it's duration, Bellis just got the verdict in a tight sprint consisting of seven riders who broke away on the final assent of Sun Hill, about a mile from the chequered flag. Guymer came home in ninth with Kennaugh 13th. Timothy Kennaugh finished 24th in his event held over two laps of the same circuit.

The final stage was held within Killorgan town centre on a very tough and bumpy circuit that included a steep climb up to the finish line, this had to be climbed 10 times. Bellis only had a slender one second lead over leading Irish rider Jerimah O'Sullivan and two seconds on Mark McNally, with time bonuss available it would be a tough order for Bellis to hold onto the leaders jersey.The Road Club team had everything under control during for the first half of the stage, alarm bells were sounded for Bellis and Kennaugh, however, when O'Sullivan and McNally broke away after the climb through the finish area, but the Manx duo chased down the danger men and reeled them in within a lap setting up a tantalising sprint. Out of the corner it was McNally and Bellis neck and neck up the hill with the Liverpool rider getting the verdict over the yellow jersey, the Belgian rider Xaviour was third and Kennaugh sixth.This also gave the Manx Road Club the team prize for the stage and a well deserved third overall in the team competition. The end result could not have been any closer with Bellis winning by just one second from his Talent Team colleague. Kennaugh was 13th overall (4th under 15 category) and Guymer 16th.

Meanwhile, in the under 14 event, Tim Kennaugh came home 24th moving him into 26 overall (10th in the under 13 category)

The following day the Manx road Club team traveled down to Carrick-on-Suir to watch the opening stage of the Junior Tour of Ireland, Recently crowned World junior track champion Geriant Thomas lined up along Ellan Vannin's Peter Williams with the cycling legend Sean Kelly looking on. Kerry Youth Tour winner Jonathan Bellis will be able to compete in this event next year

Pictures soon

Circuit Series

The next round of the circuit series takes place at Jurby Airfield on Monday August 9. The event is on an excellent circuit 50% longer per lap than the previous round

The race will be held under TLI rules with entries costing £4 for senior, junior and ladies, all youth riders £2 Entry forms can be downloaded here, If possible, please bring forms to the event filled in to save time signing on.

Kerry Youth Tour

The Manx Road Club will have a strong representation at the Kerry Youth Tour this coming weekend. Manx Sport Aid recipients and British Talent Team members Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh will team up with Hull based Road Club member Steven Guymer and top Welsh rider Rhys LLoyd. All stages will be held on closed roads in and around the hilly Killorgan area of Kerry. There will be a star studded entry including many national and international teams present.

Bellis second in National Circuit Championships

Four Manx Road Club riders plus three from Team Scottish Provident competed in the National Circuit Championships at Hillingdon, near London on Sunday. Jonathan Bellis (MRC) who has spent the past three weeks racing in Belgium, finished a brilliant second to claim a silver medial in the competitive under 16 age championship. The race went on the attack from the gun with several riders attempting to break away, such was the quality of the field all breakaways were eventually nullified resulting in virtually the whole bunch sprinting it out for the winners jersey. Sport Aid recipient, Bellis however did not quite have enough to get past Isle of Man Youth Tour winner Mark McNally (Liverpool Century) at the line. Another Sport Aid recipient, Peter Kennaugh (MRC) who has also has recently returned from a tough nine stage race in Holland made several attempts to drop the bunch, Kennaugh made one last effort to break clear in the last kilometre only to be brought back once more, his efforts would earn him a well deserved 10th at the line, Peter, however is young enough to compete in the same event in 2005. Steve Guymer (MRC) rode impressively to finish in the main pack a good workout for the forthcoming Kerry Youth Tour

Laura Gage (TSP) rode tremendously for a well deserved (provisional) 13th place in the under 16 girls event, Laura rode most of the race with the leaders only to be dropped on the final lap.

Mark Christian (TSP) recovering from a recent illness rode strongly throughout the under 14 event, Mark managed to close down several attacks to gain a creditable top 10 placing at the line. Tim Kennaugh (MRC), also recovering from illness, struggled round to finish about 20th

James Berry (TSP) rode in his usual aggressive style by riding hard on the front to finish an excellent second in the under 12 championship, James managed to breakaway only to be joined by a rider who was reluctant to share the pacemaking thus remaining fresh enough to pip James at the chequered flag.

Photos here

National Circuit Championships

Tim Kennaugh, Jon Bellis and Peter Kennaugh compete in this weekends National Championships at Hillingdon, near London. Tim competes in the under 14 event, Jonathan and Peter, who have just returned from competing on the continent, race in the under 16 event. The Road Club riders will also be joined by Steve Guymer, who lives in the Hull area

Club Clothing

The long awaited MRC clothing has at last arrived. Call 627682 to arrange collection.

MRC Circuit Series

Results from a rain swept Jurby Airfield can be found here

Bikestyle/Tour of the North

Results from Bikestyle 4 and Tour of the North here Bikestyle series so far here

Jurby Circuit Race

Monday evenings circuit race is open to senior and junior riders as well as juveniles

Tour of the North

There was a good turnout at the Tour of the North combined with a Bikestyle round at Bride on Sunday. Christian Varley (MVW) just piped team mate and mountain biker Andrew Cook in a very close sprint after the duo escaped from the main pack. It was a clean sweep for the Manx Road Club team in the Bikestyle event with Trevor Kirkwood taking the honors from Dave Taylor. Pictures here Results tomorrow

Jurby Circuit Race

Signing on takes place from 6.30 with racing at 7pm. Access the air field via the gates on the Jurby coast road. The event is to be run under TLI rules, all under 18 year olds will require a parental consent form, available at the event. All categories will be catered for.

Tough Racing in Holland

Peter Kennaugh is currently lying 25th overall in the tough Tour of Achterveld with nine stages over six days the racing has been very fast with little time to recover between stages.Peter finished 15th in the penultimate road stage on Friday evening.The final stage is on Saturday, Peter then travels back to the Island via a stop over in Wales. Link

Another Great Ride by Bellis

Road Club rider Jonathan Bellis finished fourth in a 65km race near Roubaix on Wednesday, The race was won by the Belgian nieuwelingen champion Jani Desmit, Jon managed to boost his pocket money by taking a couple of primes during the race

Closed Circuit Racing

There will be a closed circuit race on Jurby airfield, the long awaited Youth (and Junior/lady/senior) Circuit Series commences this Monday July 19. The events over various distances are aimed at improving the quality of youth racing on the Island to give riders better preparation when competing off Island. Junior and Senior cyclist can also fine tune their fitness by competing in these TLI events.The races will be based on age and ability, so for example, the under 14 age riders will compete with the under 12's, the under 10's and eights will compete together. The under 14 riders can ride up to the under 16 category if they wish. The under 16 riders will compete with Junior and Senior riders

Sign on from 6.30pm at the Karting track for a 7pm start

Mountain Bike Results

Results for the mountain bike fun day can be found here

First stage at Acterveld scrapped

Monday's first stage of the nine stage Tour of Acterveld was scrapped at mid distance when the front riders came down in damp condition when contesting the intermediate sprint, organisers had no alternative but to scrub the stage to allow emergency vehicles onto the course to transfer injured riders to hospital. Manx Road Club Sport Aid recipient rider Peter Kennaugh jnr. witnessed the incident but was fortunate to avoid the mayhem.

Tour of the North Bikestyle

The Tour of the North takes place this Sunday at Bride, signing on will be from 9.15am for a 10am start. The event will include a Bikestyle handicap, however, the 'Tour of the North' winner must come from the scratch group.The handicap groups will cover three laps with the scratch riders taking in five laps. All riders are welcome.

Fun Day an Outstanding Success

Better than forecast weather and hundreds of mountain bike enthusiasts turned up for the mountain bike fun day at South Barrule plantation on Sunday. There was a cross country event in the morning followed by trail, skill and downhill events in the afternoon. Pictures here

TT win for Gage

Peter Gage clocked an impressive 22 minute dead to finish first in a ten mile TT on the Rainford bypass on Saturday, the event was in the same area as the GHS regional heat where Ashley Whipp won from Mark McNally, sadly only 10 riders took part in the eight mile event.

Mountain Bike Fun Day

Don't forget Sunday's Royal Skandia and Eurocycles sponsored mountain bike fun day, come out bring the family and have a great day. Info here

Peter rides Dutch stage race

Manx Road Club Sport Aid recipient Peter Kennaugh competes in the tough Tour of Achterveld stage race in Holland next week, consisting of nine stages over six days, Peter joins up with the Wales Team to travel to the event, however, on arrival competitors are assigned to sponsored teams consisting of mainly Dutch and Belgian riders to encourage multi lingual communication preparing them for future continental events.
Peter will be competing in the under 17 category which includes first year juniors.The longest stage will be a grueling 68 km and with 180 riders taking part there should be some spectacular racing racing with some of Europe's top riders. Forthcoming events include the National Circuit Championships, Kerry Youth Tour, National Mountain Bike Series in Wales and the National Track Championships

Laura wins Bikestyle

Laura Gage won the latest round of the Bikestyle series. Result here

Bellis fifth in Belgium

Jon Bellis lined up with 63 riders for a rain soaked kermesse in Belgium tonight (Wednesday) after several crashes in the slippery conditions two French riders escaped causing the race to split into three groups, Jon was in the thick of the action in the chasing group to cross the line in an impressive fifth place

Manx Telecom 10 League

Latest points: seniors here youth, junior and ladies here

Jonathan Bellis Second in Belgium

Jonny Bellis has rode two 75km crits in Belgium under the watchful eye of his Uncle, former professional, Mike Doyle. On Saturday Jonathan was involved in a break but was caught in the final five kilometres to finish 15th. On Sunday Jon had a much better day when he jumped across to a break of two riders where all three worked well together to finish over one minute ahead of the bunch. Jon was delighted with his second place at the finish.

Lichfield Youth Tour

The Lichfield Youth Tour 2 day was unfortunately reduced to one day after ' problems' made the Sunday road closure impossible. However the large contingent of Manx riders taking part had a good workout on Saturday competing with the best youth riders in the country over three stages.

In the 'A' category event Peter Kennaugh jnr had a race he would rather forget, in damp conditions and several crashes including one race stoppage Peter ended up having a 'bad day' being lapped crossing the line in about 40th place. Warren Flynn (Steve Goff) rode well to finish near the front of the pack as did the ever improving Matthew Looker and Mark Redhead (both TSP) The second stage was a short time trial which saw a much improved Kennaugh charge around the tight and twisty motor racing circuit for fourth place, Flynn also rode well to finish in sixth place. Stage three Kennaugh was in a lone break for five laps after team mate Steve Guymer marshaled the main bunch from the front, however, the serious contenders reeled Peter in by mid distance. Desperate for a stage win after his poor performance in the opening stage Kennaugh tried his luck with another attack with just over one lap remaining, this too was thwarted, but he did manage to finish third in the bunch sprint only being passed in the last 20 metres. Flynn also finished in the top 10 with Mark Redhead and Matthew Looker showing gutsy determination to stay with the front bunch. Overall Flynn showed his consistency by finishing equal sixth overall with Looker 13th and Redhead 17th, Kennaugh ended up in 22nd out of the 38 finishers.

Scott Flynn (Steve Goff) was an impressive sixth overall in the 'B' category after some plucky performances throuout the day and would have probably finished higher had he won more time bonuses available during the events, Chris Whorrall (MRC) was showing continued improvement with a fine 10th overall, Chris rode an impressive time trial and finished fourth in the final stage. Mark Christian (TSP) suffering with a virus was 11th overall, Sam Looker (TSP) 13th, Tim Kennaugh (MRC) 33rd, Caroline O'Neill 34th, Calom O'Shea (TSP) 35th. Matthew Marshall, Matthew Berry, Zara Harrison and Laura Gage (all TSP) were 42nd,44th,45th and 47th respectively.

In the 'C' category for under 12 year old's, James Berry and Richard Foden (both TSP) both rode well for fifth and sixth. Josh Cowie (TSP) was the top local in 13th place in the 'D' race and the only overall local victory of the weekend went to Matthew Davies (TSP) in the 'E' event

Pictures can be viewed here Report and results here

Mountain Bike Funday

Don't forget the mountain bike fun day at South Barrule plantation on Sunday July 11. There will be a cross country race at 10am with the fun day event commencing at noon.

There will be work parties at Barrule this Saturday and Sunday, July 3 and 4, please try and attend, also, DAFF will be in attendance at the fun day, so please support this venture and prove there is a demand for mountain bike trails on the Island.

Road Race Championships Off

The IOM Road Race Championships scheduled for this Sunday (July 4) is postponed due to a lack of entries, the event will hopefully be run in the future, watch this space.

Bellis of to Belgium

Manx Road Club juvenile Jonathan Bellis travels to Belgium on Thursday for a month of racing and training. The on form Bellis will compete in various criteriums and road races in Belgium and Holland. As a bonus Jon will be a spectator at the opening stage of the Tour de France.

Jonathan will be aiming for top finishes in the forthcoming Kerry Youth Tour, National Circuit Championships at Hillingdon and National Track Championships at Newport

Youth Riders in Lichfield

Four juveniles will be competing in Road Club colours at this weekends Tour of Lichfield, Peter Kennaugh and Steven Guymer will be competing in the competitive under 16 event, Peter is fine tuning himself for the forthcoming Tour of Actaveld, nine stage, seven day stage race in Holland, Steve lives in Hull and has been competing well on the track. In the under 14 category Chris Whorrall's form has been improving recently with a impressive fourth on the recent North West Youth Tour, Tim has also shown great improvement recently after his 10th overall at the NW Youth Tour.

10 Champs

Another storming ride by Rochie and juvenile Jon Bellis results here

A Reminder

Just a reminder that the youth event planed for Jurby this evening has been cancelled.

Bobbie and Essie Collister Hill Climb

The EVCC have decided to postpone the Hill Climb scheduled for Thursday 1st July until a date later in the season TBA.

North West Youth Tour

Manx Road Club riders Peter Kennaugh jnr, Christopher Whorrall and Tim Kennaugh limbered up for next weeks Tour of Litchfield by competing in a round of the North West Youth Tour over the weekend. Day one consisted of three stages at Preston Arena with two more stages on Sunday at Salt Ayre, near Lancaster. In the under 16 event Peter was sixth in the opening stage run in a downpour, later in the day Peter finished in the bunch in the competitive race. . Chris and Tim competed in the under 14 category, Chris was very consistent with fifth in the scratch race, fifth again in the Kerien and sixth in a very wet scratch race. Tim recovered from a poor start in the first event where he finished 12th with an 11th in the second stage and an impressive eighth in the rain at Preston Arena.

On Sunday the venue switched to Salt Ayre (about a mile from Heysham) where racing was held in hot and sunny conditions. Peter was fourth in the Keiren and provisionally sixth in the points race and another bunch finish in the scratch race to give him seventh overall. Chris was a provisional fourth in his points race followed by third in the scratch event, Chris finished an impressive fourth overall and Tim held onto the bunch in the final event for 10th overall.

Emma Kennaugh (TSP) competed on day one to finish seventh overall.

Colin Nelson TT

Results for the Colin Nelson Memorial Mountain TT can be found here

Peter Gage wins off Island 25

Peter Gage clocked an impressive 56 minutes 31 seconds to win a 25 mile time trial in the Southport area on Sunday, daughter, Laura, riding her first 25 miler rode well to record 1hour 15 minutes. Unfortunately, their 10 mile event planned for the previous day was cancelled due to heavy rain.

Colin Nelson Memorial Mountain Time Trial

An excellent entry of 41 riders line up for Sunday's Colin Nelson Mountain TT. The most prestigious time trial on Manx roads commences at 7.01am with Colin's father, Brian (MRC) first man off. Last man away is favorite Andrew Cook (MVW), but he will have to watch out for the likes of Christian Varley(MVW), Graeme Hatcher (MVW) and on form juvenile Jonathan Bellis (MRC). There will be refreshments afterwards at the TT Grandstand. Start sheet here

Manx Telecom 10 Mile Champs

The Manx Telecom sponsored Isle of Man 10 mile time trial championships take place on Wednesday evening. The course will start from Ballaugh Bridge and continue towards Ramsey on the T.T. Course going through Sulby, past the Ginger Hall Hotel and on to Glenduff. Turn left onto the Andreas road and follow to junction with the Sandygate road, turn left and follow road through St Judes X roads, through Sandygate X roads and to the finish near to the Cronk. Parking will be at the Wild Life Park.
Start sheet here

10 Cancelled

Round eight of the Manx Telecom 10 League was cancelled due to strong winds and torrential rain.

Bikestyle Event Postponed

This Thursday evening's Bikestyle handicap has been postponed due to a clash with Euro 2004, organisers felt there would be a greatly reduced entry due to the footie game between Portugal and England. The event will be re run on Thursday July 8.

Youth Series also Cancelled

The opening round of the Youth Circuit Series has also been cancelled due to 'unavoidable circumstances.' To run the TLI event, organisers had to produce a copy of their insurance document to enable the event to take place, sadly, this was not made available in time thus giving the organisers no other choice but to scrub the event. It is hoped that appropiate cover will be in place for the next event.

MMBC Summer Series Round 1

Another Great Ride by Rochie

Andy Roches good form continues with a provisional 13th in the East Yorkshire Classic, a counting round in the Premier Calendar series. Provisional results here

Junior Triathlon

Junior Triathlon results can be found here

MANX TELECOM '10' LEAGUE

PLEASE NOTE. FROM NOW ON THE NUMBERS BOARD FOR THE ANDREAS '10' WILL BE HELD AT JURBY PARADE GROUND.
THIS IS IN HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THEIR CARS AT JURBY, AS PARKING AT THE START OF THE ANDREAS COURSE IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, IS TO STOP.(Jim Cottier)

Colin Nelson Memorial Mountain Time Trial

The Colin Nelson Memorial Time Trial takes place on Sunday June 27, entry forms are now available in bike shops.

Problems With Server

There was a problem (outside our control) with the server recently resulting in a delay in publishing the results for round 7 of the Manx Telecom Ten League, all problems are now sorted and results, as usual, can be viewed on the 'Ten League' page or by clicking here Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Mountain Bike Results

Click for the Enduro results here

Youth (and senior) Circuit Series

The long awaited Youth Circuit Series commences on Monday June 28 at Jurby airfield. The events are aimed at improving the quality of youth racing on the Island to give riders better preparation when competing off Island. Junior and Senior cyclist can also fine tune their fitness by competing in these TLI events.The races will be based on age and ability, so for example, the under 14 age riders will compete with the under 12's, the under 10's and eights will compete together. The under 14 riders can ride up to the under 16 category if they wish. The under 16 riders will compete with Junior and Senior riders (to improve senior riders ability!!!)

Sign on from 6.30pm at near the Karting track for a 7pm start

Other rounds take place on Monday July 19 and Monday August 9, again at Jurby Airfield.

25 Mile Time Trial Championships

The 25 TT champs take place this Thursday evening, however, if there are not sufficient entries by Wednesday (16th) lunch time, the event will be scrapped

Mountain Bike Handicap

The Manx Mountain Bike Club are running round one of their popular summer handicap series this Monday evening (June 21) at Archallagan Plantation.The first event will be a massed start with subsequent events being handicapped. The event starts at 7pm with signing on from 6.30pm.

Other dates for your diary include further handicap races on July 26, August 9 and August 30. A weekend trip to one of the UK's mountain Bike centres is also planed for October 2 and 3 followed by the Manx Downhill Championships on Sunday, October 24 with an end of season bash and prize presentation on October 30.

Great Ride By Rochie

Roche finished a brilliant 11th in Pete Longbottom memorial Premier Calendar event on Sunday, Mark Cavendish and Christian Varley also took part, results here

Mountain Bike Enduro Pics

Another successful mountain bike enduro took place today, results later and pictures here

Bob Pays Visit to Island

Popular ex Manx road race champion Bob Calladine ( Bob 'snot' to his many mates ) is currently on the Island visiting family and friends. Bob emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1988 and seems not to have lost any of his fitness over the years. On Saturday Bob enjoyed a club run with the usual cafe stop and intends to ride a couple of events during his stay.

Website Continues to Grow

The Manx Road Club.com web site continues to grow in popularity with more and more hits and emails every day!. This week for example the site received 343 individual hits on Wednesday and on Thursday received 1162 page views. To date MRC.com has had visitors from over 37 different countries. Several off Island cyclists have joined the club on line over the past year.

Cavendish lying second in Elite Series

Mark Cavendish, pictured left, despite having his house trashed by burglars, is currently lying second in the prestigious Elite Circuit Series. Current leader the multi talented Malcom Elliott. Latest positions here.

Telecom League Resumes

The popular Manx Telecom Ten League resumes on Wednesday, June 16. Start sheet here

Manchester Youth Tour Cancelled

The organiser of the Manchester Youth Tour has had to cancel the event due to personal reasons.

TT on the Box

Off Island cyclists who are still hurting at the demise of International Cycle Week may view some excellent ariel and close up footage of their beloved mountain circuit on Sky's Men & Motors who are covering the TT race.

Tandem Pilot(s) Required

Ian Sharpe has recently qualified for the Athens Paralympics and now requires some fine tuning on his tandem.

I'm a competitive blind cyclist, said Ian, and have just moved back to the Island.I've recently qualified for the Athens Paralympics and I'm looking for capable cyclists to pilot me on a tandem to help me train as much as possible. Ideally I'm looking for other competitive cyclists with good bike handling skills although tandems aren 't as scary as some might think!!

I will soon have a couple of tandems ready to go, one for shorter pilots and another for taller pilots so I would hope to be able to accomodate most potential volunteers!! Age isn't an issue either!!I'm based in Laxey and although getting around is obviously a little more complicated for me (particularly with a tandem!!)it's not impossible.

I'm looking to get out as much as possible for anything from an hour up wards any time of the day any day of the week so am hoping to get as many people as possible to share the load. The most important thing is that people are willing to help!!. I can only offer food and buckets of tea in return and so if anyone is interested it would be great to hear from you. And if you're not sure, get in touch and we can have a chat. Or if you know somebody who might be interested please pass this on to them.Just save me from the relentless miles on my turbo trainer! Tandeming is great fun for anyone who hasn't done it before and you would be doing me a great favor!!

Cross Country Racing

Following on from the success (and excellent course) of the last 3-2-1 Enduro Race, there will be a repeat performance on Sunday June 13th, again at Chibbanagh Plantation.This is to be a 3-2-1 Enduro Cross Country Race around an extended circuit utilising the whole of the plantation with plenty of singletrack and technical sections. There will be a choice of racing for 1, 2 or 3 hours with the 3-hour option being for either solo or teams of 2 riders taking it in turns to ride.3 hour riders will start at 10:00 with 2 and 1 hour riders starting at 11:00 and 12:00 respectively. All will therefore finish together at 13:00. Signing on and event HQ will be at the Braaid Hall where there will also be refreshments and toilet facilities.Entry will be on the day and you should aim to turn up to sign on between half an hour and an hour before your chosen start time. Please don't cut it too fine or you won't make it to the start line in time! Helmets mandatory - of course!

Entry fees;
Solos - £3 for 1 hour race, £5 for the 2 hour).
Teams (2 riders) - £8 per team.MMBC members - £1 discount on the above entry fees.When riding as a team, you will be issued with a token. It is entirely up to you how many laps each rider completes. Simply hand over the token to your team mate at the start area and ride as many laps as you like.

After the time limit expires, riders will not be allowed to start a new lap. Riders out on the course will be able to complete the current lap and times will be in the format of, e.g. 10 laps plus 8 minutes 15 seconds, etc.

Fourth for Cavendish (again)

Cav nothced up yet another fourth placing in the Brentwood Crits in Essex on Sunday. City of Edinburgh trackie James Taylor got the verdict over the on form Malcom Elliott. Results here

Fourth for Cavendish

GB under 23 rider Mark Cavendish finished fourth behind winner Malcom Elliott on the last stage of the FBD Milk Ras in Phoenix Park on Sunday. More details here

Latest from Steven Guymer

Last week Manx Road Club rider Steve Guymer won a round of the West Park series in Wolverhampton which also incorparated the BSCA West Midlands regional championships.
On Sunday he rode the BSCA Yorkshire/North East regional championships, steve won the U16s race after breaking away with two other riders, lapping the field with 6 laps remaining.

Following Cars

Various cars have been seen in close proximity to some competitors during recent 10 mile time trials, this is not only dangerous by further congesting the roads but can lead to a riders disqualification
CTT rule 22a states:
A competitor shall not be preceded, accompanied, followed by or in anyway receive assistance from a motorised vehicle or its occupants, except in events at distances of 100km or more to assist with a competitor’s reasonable feeding and other requirements.

Fast Times in Telecom Ten

Ideal conditions and quiet (or it would have been if parents/grand parents weren't following their kids around in their cars !!) roads produced some fast times in the latest round of the Manx Telecom sponsored 10 League. Results here

Cav 7th in National Circuit Series

Mark Cavendish, who rides off Island for The Team Persil National under 23 squad, finished an impressive seventh behind winner Malcom Elliott (Pinarllo RT) in the lartest round of the National Circuit Series at Crawley town centre on Sunday. Result here

Club Clothing

Manx Road Club club clothing is expected to reach us by the end of May

Ten League Latest (updated)

Round four of the Manx Telecom Ten League was won by Andrew Roche fresh from his impresive ride at the Lincoln GP. Two juvenile riders, Jonathan Bellis and Warren Flynn, made it into the top 10, Ashley Whipp claimed the Junior victory and Peter Gage took the veteran honors. Results here

Kelly Signs For Belgian Team

Mark Kelly has recently been in contact, having signed for a Belgian team Mark is now focused on the forthcoming Criterium Championships, Mark said "Training and racing is going well. Preparation for the British Circuit Race Championships (23 May) are in the final stages. As part of the preparation for it I went to ride a criterium, Ronde van Yerseke, in Holland last Saturday. It was a 90km race around a short 2km circuit with 2 hairpin bends. With 110 starters on a short narrow course it was going to be a tough race. I had to stay near the front from the start and concentrate. After a few attacks, I went for one of the prime sprints, I got 2nd in it and 2 of us got a gap. We stayed away for about 6-7 laps before being chased down. After I settled back in, another break went away. This was eventually pulled back and going into the last 2 laps it was altogether for a sprint finish. With a lap to go, I moved to the 4 places from the front. As we rounded the last corner, I was sitting in 3rd. As the sprint opened up, I jumped but got pushed into the side of the road. I had to stop pedalling and kick again. I lost a few places but still finished in 7th place. A very positive result only two weeks before the championship. Also last Wednesday (5 May), I was 28th in a Belgian Kermesse."

In other news, after meeting Belgian Professional Nico Rusloft in Trinidad, Mark has been asked to join his Belgian Elite Team for the rest of the season. The team is called Bouwelse Wielervrienden. The team's website is http://www.bouwelsewielervrienden.be/. With the team he will be competing in some of the top Belgian Pro/Am events and stage races in Germany, .
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Bellis Takes Control in Cardiff

Manx Road Club category 'A' rider Jonathan Bellis won round three of the National Circuit series over the weekend at various venues in the Cardiff area. Saturday consisted of three stages on the Maindy track followed by a massed start hill climb on Sunday morning with a circuit race in the afternoon. It was a good weekend for the road club riders with Peter Kennaugh finishing fourth in the hill climb stage and Christopher Whorrall winning the last stage in the 'B' category event despite crashing in the early stages.

The Mountain Bike 3-2-1 Enduro

The Manx Mountain Bike Club promote an enduro type event this Sunday (May 16) at Chibbanagh plantation. There will be three different races within the event. At 9am the three hour race commences followed one hour later by the two hour event. For those who prefer a sleep-in can ride the one hour race at 11am.

Signing on takes place from 8.30am at the Braaid Hall, solo and team entries will be made most welcome

Road Club Riders in Cardiff

Manx Road Club are sending a team to round three of the National Youth Series at Cardiff over the coming weekend. After a hectic weekend over the previous week at the Isle of Man International Youth Tour, series leader Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh compete in the competitive 'A' category event for under 16 year olds, Chris Whorrall and Tim Kennaugh will ride the under 14 'B' event. The lads intend tolimber up for the two day event on the Newport Velodrome on Friday evening.

Plenty of Praise for the Youth Tour

Organisers of the Isle of Man Youth Tour have received many emails and phone calls of praise for the recent Youth Tour event. Many have said it was the best youth event they had ever attended, all loved the Island and some intend to return to the Island for a holiday

Another Great Ride by Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish continues to impress with another great performance at the Bungay Criteriums, Suffolk, a round of the National Circuit Race Series. Cavendish who got into cycling through mountain biking and now riding for Team Persil was beaten into second place by Dean Downing (Recycling.co.uk) in a four man break that included Kristian House (Recycling.co.uk) who came in third with Matt Bramier (Team Persil) fourth. Picture and result here

Full House For Cav

Mark Cavendish's great form continues with another emphatic win in a stage race. Not only did the Team Persil rider win the Nigel Meason 2 Day Stage Race overall, but Cav won every stage! Results here

McNally Clinches Overall Victory

Final Overall (provisional) here

Day 3

Sun tan cream was order of the day as riders lined up on closed roads for the final stage of the Youth tour. One second separated Mark McNally and local rider Jonathan Bellis for overall honors in the 'A' race with several riders capable of upse