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There will be a social ride in memory of James Berry on Sunday December 31, leaving the NSC at 9.15am. Please assemble at the car park next to the all-weather hockey pitches. Everyone is welcome.

Manchester's Revolution track series will be broadcast on Channel M over the Christmas period. Four 30-minute programs will be broadcast from Tuesday December 26 to Sunday December 31 showing the best action from this year's races.

Channel M is available on Sky channel 203, NTL digital channel 878, or watch online at www.channelm.co.uk.

Broadcast times:
Tuesday December 26 at 7.00pm
Wednesday December 27th at 8.00pm
Saturday December 30th at 10.30am
Sunday December 31st at 12.30pm

There is yet more Manx talent off Island this weekend, Mark Christian is in Holland riding the Interland Track event, the ODP squad (minus Peter Kennaugh and Adam Blythe) plus riders from the various Talent teams will be taking on the Dutch over two days of racing
Also Tim Kennaugh and Chris Nicholson are taking part in a Olympic Talent Camp at Manchester Velodrome, Over two days they will have eight hours of valuable track time.

Recycling (Clancy, Thomas, Manning, Newton) win the Team pursuit, with a final kilo of 57.6 seconds! . GB finish 5th (Cav, Hayles, Tennant, Sander)

Great news in the Ladies pursuit, Wendy Houvenhagel (SIS) and Rebecca Romero (GB) qualify 1st and 2nd, so will ride off for gold and silver. Both riders clocked a 3-39. Results here

GB's Recycling team were the fastest qualifiers in the Team Pursuit in Moscow, the team of Newton, Clancy, Thomas and Manning did 4.05.991 for the four kilometers. The GB team of Cav, Hayles,Sander and Tennant were fifth fastest in 4.09.249. Hayles and Manning finished second and third respectfully earlier in the day in the Individual Pursuit. Results here

Thanks for your feedback and requests re the club clothing. Updates will be published here shortly

The annual Christmas festive ride and carol service takes place next Wednesday (December 20) at the Baltic Hotel, Foxdale from 7.30pm onwards. Supper will also be provided...Why not arrange rides from various points of the Island. Please make sure your lights are in good working order as the ride home may take longer than you expect!!
Contact Bergers for more info 492666

The club is currently in the process of ordering new kit for 2007 (see story below). Initially the club will be ordering short sleeve jerseys, training tops, bib shorts and skin suits followed later by tights and gillets and leisure clothing. To give us a more accurate idea of requirements please email your clothing requests here For the time being please only order short sleeve jersey, skin suit, bib shorts and training top.

There were yet more impressive performances from Isle of Man riders at the latest round of the Revolution series at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday evening.
The Madison theamed event opened with the Elite Team Elimination where Peter Kennaugh and Adam Blythe finished an impressive fourth behind six day stars Marco Villa and Iijo Keisse. Jonny Bellis and Matt Brammier finished eighth
Next event was the Future Stars 5km Scratch Race where Mark Christian proved his good current form with a fine second, Chris Whorrall finished mid bunch. Later Christian and Whorrall teamed up for the 50 lap Madison, this they won looking more like seasoned professionals than young rookies
Bellis finished sixth in the 10 km Points Race that proceeded the Future Stars One Mile Dash in which Christian continued his consistency with another second place
The Madison Kilo would yet again prove to be a close battle, National Madison Champions Tony Gibb and James Taylor were leading with Kennaugh and Blythe off last, however despite leading at the half way change the young duo faded to finish up second with Bellis and Brammier in third
The future Stars Devil saw Whorrall take a fine second and Christian in fourth
The Isaac Galvez 80 lap Madison was won by Bradley Wiggins and Franco Marvulli, Kennaugh and Blythe came fourth with Bellis and Brammier ninth.
Graeme Obree took on four of the Future Stars over a 4km Pursuit. Christian and his three team mates caught the flying Scotsman during the final kilometer with both the Future Stars team and Obree throughly enjoying the experience

Christian retained his overall lead with Whorrall dropping a place to fourth in the overall series
Official results here

Peter Kennaugh and Jonny Bellis take on the cream of the indoor Six Day circuit at Saturday's Revolution event in Manchester. Kennaugh teams up with his ODP team mate Adam Blythe whereas Bellis will partner Ian Stannard. The U23 Academy duo will be introduced as the new 100% Me team. Other stars include World Points champion Peter Schep, Six Day series leader Danny Stam, European Champion Iijo Kiesse plus Franco Marvulli and Marco Villa, not forgetting Bradley Wiggins and David Millar

Mark Christian will form part of a team that will take part in a pursuit challenge against former World Pursuit Champion and World Hour record holder Greame Obree.The flying Scotsman will compete on his own against Christian's future Stars competitors Tom Skubala, Andrew Fenn and Tom Freeman. Christian will also have to defend his slender lead in the Future Stars series in addition to the Pursuit.
Christopher Whorrall who is currently lying fourth overall will aim to improve on his overall standing.

Chris Whorrall will have a busy weekend as he is also on a Talent camp. Also present will be up and coming stars Chris Nicholson and Tim Kennaugh, they will compete in the Friday evening track league followed by a road ride on Saturday morning, more track work in the afternoon then if that's not enough they have more track sessions on Sunday

Isle of Man Bank Scholarship recipient Jonny Bellis will fly the flag for drug-free sport by competing as part of the '100% ME' team, the joint venture is between British Cycling and UK Sport and was launched last Monday.
Bellis is joined in the team by fellow Under-23 Olympic Academy endurance riders Ben Swift, Steve Burke, Russell Hampton, Ross Sander, Ian Stannard, Andy Tennant and Alex Dowsett.By taking on the 100% ME name, the team has committed to not only compete drug-free, but to help promote the positive values of ethically fair sport.
More on this story from British Cycling

The Mountain bike club has Dafydd Davies over from Wales to talk with Manx Government representives about supporting a trail network similar to those in Wales and Scotland. The meeting takes place this Wednesday, December 6 at the Granstand conference room commencing at 7pm. The aim of the meeting is to explain to the local cyclists what could be done . Again like the recent Onchan Track meeting the more interested parties from all branches of cycle sport that we get the better.

The Cycling Association, Sports Council and British Cycling have produced a power point document regarding the proposed Nivison cycling track.
If you would like to view it in advance of Monday evenings meeting at Cronkbourne Cricket Club, please click here

Onchan Commissioners have requested notices of interest and have now called for interested parties to present a Business Case before the December 18 2006. The Sports Council believe that it is absolutely essential to fully consult with the Cycling Association, all Clubs and all persons interested in the promotion and development of Cycling on the Island.

The Sports Council would therefore invite all such bodies and individuals to a meeting at Cronkbourne Pavilion, Tromode, next Monday, December 4 with the building opening at 6.45pm with the meeting scheduled to commence at 7.00pm
The Sports Council would hope that as many people as possible can attend to discuss this very important issue and therefore we would like you to extend this invitation to as many members as possible.

November 27

The 'new format' annual dinner and prize presentation was held at the Claremont Hotel on Saturday night and proved to be a great success. Professional compare John Bellis introduced the guests and main guest John Herety presented the prizes along with Darren Tudor who presented Manx swords of state to Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis after their performances at world and european level
Excellent food was provided by the Claremont staff, the kindness and generosity of the Sleepwell group helped make the evening such a success

Guest of honor for this Saturdays CA Prize Presentation will be former professional rider and current Re-Cycling.co.uk Director Sportive John Herety. Herety (pictured left) rode for top French team Coop-Mercier from 1982-84 before returning home to join the Ever Ready team in 1985 followed one year later with the Percy Bilton team (our own Steve Joughin also rode for both outfits) Lately Herety became the GB road boss before taking over as boss at Re-Cycling.co.uk the most successfull British pro team in 2006.

Joining him will be the endurance coach of the Great Britain Olympic Development Program, Darren Tudor. It was Tudor who guided Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis to their World and European successes at Gent and Athens earlier this year.

Great Britains junior riders dominated last Saturday's Revolution at Manchester Velodrome.More here

Last Saturday's Revolution 14 that fearured Peter Kennaugh and Jon Bellis will be televised tonight at 7pm on Sky channell 203, there may also be footage of the Future Stars series that Mark Christian and Chris Whorrall took part in

British Cycling have featured an interesting article about the new intake of the U23 Academy and features an interview with Junior Points Race silver medalist Jonathan Bellis...more

Tickets are selling fast for the Cycling Association Dinner (Saturday November 25) due to the high demand remaining tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis. Please note that all tickets reserved must be paid for in full no later than Monday, November 20

Isle of man Bank scholarship recipients Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis take on some of the top riders in the world at this Saturday's Revolution track meeting in Manchester. The evening will commence with an Italian Pursuit. The race will see the seven visiting ProTour riders combining with the cream of young British talent in a two-team dual.
World Scratch Race Champion Kennaugh will team up with stars such as Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis), former Tour of Italy winner Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval), Tour of Britain stage winner Roger Hamond (Discovery) and Tour of Italy stage winner and top prologue rider Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux). World Points silver medallist Jonny will team up with past Tour de France stage winners David Millar (Saunier Duval), Jimmy Casper (Cofidis), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel)
Also competing will be young guns Mark Christian and Christopher Whorrall who will be competing in the Future Stars series, they will also take part along side Tim Kennaugh in the Friday night track league also at Manchester Velodrome

T-Mobile professional Mark Cavendish is currently in Australia for the forthcoming Track World Cup, it is the first time Cav has returned to Aus since he won Gold in the Scratch race at the Commonwealth games earlier in the year

Over 90 people have booked their places for the forthcoming CA dinner, to avoid missing out on the social event of the year telephone Jackie on the official booking lines on either 472509 or 627682 alternatively, email Jackie to book your places, you will then be asked pop a cheque (£10 per person) payable to IOM Cycling Association to 36 Copse Hill, Douglas, IM2 1NE

Peter Kennaugh and Mark Christian are currently at Manchester Velodrome taking part in coach led racing with the Olympic Development Program and Under 23 squad which includes Jonny Bellis. Talent Team riders Christopher Whorrall and Christopher Nicholson are also on training camps, they competed in the Friday evening track league followed by cyclo cross training on Saturday and a cyclo cross race on Sunday

Sleepwell Hotels have kindly offered discounted accommodation deals for guests of the CA dinner. More here

The Manx Road Club held their AGM at the Fire headquarters, Onchan on Thursday evening. Mark Cavendish, Peter Kennaugh, Jonathan Bellis and Mark Kelly were all made life members of the club, between them over the past 18 months they have won two World titles, three European titles, one Commonwealth title and five British titles!
Ron Killey joins Jim Duncan as Club President with Mike Kelly as Vice-President. Chairman is John Bellis and Bill Ward is the Vice Chairman. Club Treasurer stays with Jackie Kennaugh and Kerry Chapman is the new Secretary. Race Co-ordinator is Jim Cottier and Club Coaches are Peter Kennaugh, Mike Doyle and Mark Kelly. CA representatives are Jackie Kennaugh, Iain Chapman and John Bellis with Jim Cottier as reserve

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year takes place on Sunday December 10 and once more Nicole Cooke will be in the running. If you would like to vote for her, or anyone else, but don't know how to then click here

Sleepwell Hotels are offering special accommodation deals for guests wishing to stay overnight following the CA Presentation. Email Jackie for more information

The annual general meeting of the Manx Road Club will take place this coming Thursday November 2 at the Fire Station HQ at the rear of the Onchan Co-op. The meeting commences at 7.30pm, is open to all members and new members will be made welcome

The Isle of Man Cycling Association buffet dinner and prize presentation takes place at the Claremont Hotel, Loch Prom, Douglas on Saturday November 25. Tickets are now on sale for the excellent value of £10 and can be obtained from Jackie Kennaugh.
For your tickets telephone 472509 or 627682 alternatively, email Jackie to book your places, you will then be asked pop a cheque payable to IOM Cycling Association to 36 Copse Hill, Douglas, IM2 1NE.

Amsterdam Six UIV winners Jonathan Bellis and Ross Sander were less fortunate at the Dortmund version after Johnny came down with a fever after the first night resulting in their withdrawal.

Jonathan Bellis and Ross Sander are currently holding on to fourth position at the UIV U25 event at the Dortmund Six. Czech pairing Marek Mixa and Pavel Subrt lead on two points having gained a lap over Ingmar de Poortere and Tim Roels (Belgium), another lap behind are Swiss pairing Loic Perizzolo and Maxime Bally on 13 points with Bellis and Sander also two laps behind the leaders on 11 points. More here

Jonathan Bellis and team mate Ross Sander had a brilliant ride to win the UIV Under 25 event held in conjunction with the Amsterdam Six. The UIV events are actually held over the final three nights of the of the Six Day event the Elite riders compete in and are used as a feeder for the riders to compete in future Six Day events. Three teams dominated the UIV Talents Cup, and it was Sander (19) Bellis (18) who held onto the lead from start to finish, they withstood all attacks on the final evening from top Australians Sanderson and Clarke to take the win. Danish pairing Jørgensen and Kreutzfeldt finished third on the same lap, but with far less points.
Leading results: 1 Ross Sander – John Bellis (GBR), 54 p., 2 Nic Sanderson – Simon Clarke (AUS), 49 p., 3 Casper Jørgensen – Daniel Kreutzfeldt (DEN), 25 p
Results and photos here

British Cycling held their bi-annual Gala Dinner at the impressive Reebok Football stadium on Saturday evening. Former World Champion pursuiter Hugh Porter introduced all the champions with video footage of their exploits on two big screens followed up by interviews. Once more the Isle of Man was to the fore with footage of Mark Cavendish and Rob Hayles winning their Madison world title, Cav's brilliant Scratch race gold medal ride at the Commonwealth Games plus more recently Peter Kennaughs win in the Scratch Race at the World Junior Championships
Report and pictures from British Cycling here

Riding for Great Britain Jonathan Bellis and Ross Sander are leading the Amsterdam Six for under 25 year olds. Running in conjunction with the Elite Amsterdam Six Days is this season’s competition for the UIV Madison Talents Cup. 13 teams took the start in this first leg of the fourth edition of this very successful event, which has already brought talents like Iljo Keisse, Dimitri de Fauw, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv, Marc Hester, Wim Stroetinga, Niki Terpstra, Steve Schets and Kenny de Ketele to the pro 6-Days plus our own Mark Cavendish.
The event concludes on Saturday and the results can be found here

British Cycling is holding their bi-annual Gala Dinner in recognition of their continued success at the recent Commonwealth Games and European and World Championships, in attendance will be some of the Manx games team plus World Junior Scratch Champion Peter Kennaugh

World junior track champion Peter Kennaugh and Points silver medallist Jonathan Bellis enjoyed a good night of racing in front of a full house at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday evening. The opening event was the Devil Scratch race saw Kennaugh take fourth place behind Ross Sander, Chris Newton and Rob Hayles with Bellis one place behind in fifth. The Isle of Man Bank Scholarship duo then teamed up for the Madison Kilo where they finished third in a time of 59.510 seconds, winners were their Olympic Development Programme team mates Steven Burke and Adam Blythe in a very quick 57.734 seconds.
More from British Cycling

Also competing at the same venue were Christopher Whorrall and Mark Christian who were competing in the DHL Future Stars series that Kennaugh won earlier this year. The only result received so far was a fine brace of thirds in the 5km Scratch race and Mile Dash for Christian and a plucky fourth for Whorrall in the Scratch Race. More details soon

Jonathan Bellis left the Revolution on Saturday evening to embark on the next step of his development under the eye of British Cycling by living in one of their houses in Manchester. Bellis is now part of the British Cycling Under 23 Academy that Mark Cavendish was a member of before being signed by T- Mobile, Bellis has two Six Day track events lined up in Amsterdam and Dortmund with the on form and recent National Points Champion Ross Sander.

Some people have all the luck, Mike Kelly 3 has wonthe Bonus Ball for the fourth time!

Looking at the results for the year, the key dates for best times were the 28th June at Killane and Tynwald Day at Ramsey. Generally, your average punter at the 10’s found the going tough, the roads around Jurby have been affected by heavy traffic and a lack of proper maintenance. Wind was also a factor as the Island didn’t get a sustained spell of calm weather.
The winner of the Fantasy league was a man with several decades of cycling experience behind him, his team comprised of a mixture of young and old. ‘Directeur Sportif’ Tony Aspell selected Tom Black, Chris Pedley, Matt Holden and Tony Varley. Looking at the statistics, Pedley’s 24.49 best time of the season just gave hime the edge over Dave Taylor’s selection of Scott Flynn, Colin Whiteway, Tom Black and Trevor Kirkwood.
Congratulations to Tony Aspel, he receives a prize for his intuitive selection. Hopefully, the league will run in 2007 with a less complicated format.

Isle of Man Bank scholarship riders Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis ended the British National Track Championships on Saturday evening with yet more medals. Competing with the cream of Great Britains elite riders Kennaugh took bronze in the Points race and then teamed up with Bellis plus their Glendene team mates Alex Dowsett and Luke Rowe to take bronze in the Team Pursuit.

Going back to Wednesday's 4000 metre Individual Pursuit, Bellis clocked an impressive 4 minutes 39.748 seconds to place him ninth behind winner, Saunier Duval professional David Millar, who recently won a stage in the Tour of Spain. Kennaugh finished 11th in a time of 4 min 41.472 sec.

The following day Kennaugh and Bellis were successful in qualifying for the Scratch Race final via their heats. Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) was in unstoppable form to win gold from France based Kieran Page (AVC Aix-en-Provence) with Ian Stannard (Recycling.co.uk) taking bronze. Bellis and Kennaugh both rode strong and featured strongly throughout the race to gain a lap over the bunch, Bellis finished fifth with Kennaugh wearing his World Champion rainbows one place behind in sixth.

Although fatigued from their previous days exploits both Kennaugh and Bellis were hoping to perform well in the 40 kilometre Points Race as Bellis took silver at the Junior Worlds event and Kennaugh being British Junior champion they were hopeing to perform well, they would not disappoint either, Kennaugh sat out the first two point scoring sprints to concentrate on gaining laps later on, the tactic seemed to work as he escaped with Ross Sander (Recycling.co.uk) and Evan Aliphatic (Recycling.co.uk) to gain the all important lap that would net them 20 points each, throughout the race Kennaugh continued to rack up the points to secure his bronze medal as Glendene team mate Bellis and GB team colleague Adam Blythe (Pinnerello) tried to promote Kennaugh into the silver position with some excellent lead outs during the last quarter of the event, however despite their efforts bronze it was to be. Sander took gold with 48 points, Oliphant held onto silver with 38 points and Kennaugh's bronze equated to 31 points. Bellis finished up a commendable eighth with 10 points.

Thirteen teams of four riders lined up for the 4000 metre Team Pursuit. The Glendene team would feature three of the riders that won the European Junior and took bronze in the World Junior championships namely Kennaugh, Bellis and Alex Dowsett plus new recruit Luke Rowe. In the heat they clocked the third fastest time to secure a bronze medal ride off against the GB Composite B team. In the ride off the Glendene we slightly down on their opponents but soon clawed their way back into the lead and this was further helped when one of their riders were dropped early on. The GB Composite A team consisting of Ed Clancey, Steve Cummings, Paul Manning and Chris Newton clocked an impressive 4 minutes 03 seconds after catching the Recycling Team of Ross Sander, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Gerriant Thomas in the final. Glenden's bronze medal time was 4 minutes 17 seconds

British Cycling are covering the National Track Championships, they have a preview here

The Bobbie and Essie Callister hill climb takes place on the tough baltic course at Kirk Michael on Sunday. It is probably one of the most open hill climbs in recent years with former winner Gianni Epifani on top form, Andrew Roche back in action after a rib break will also be in contention as will current holder Peter Kennaugh who will compete if he can catch the ferry home after the National Track Championships. The new emerging talent will also be out to impress.
There are prizes plus an impressive trophy for the overall winner, since its inception in 2000 Christian Varlsy has won three times (2000, 2002 and 2003) Graeme Hatcher in 2001, Gianni Epifani in 2004 and Peter Kennaugh in 2005
Entries are being taken in the bike shops or via Ian Brand. Registration is from 9.15am with first rider away at 10.pm Bacon butties will be available afterwards in the Methodist Hall opposite Isle of Man Bank

40 teams teams lined up for Sunday's Alex Forrest 10 mile 2 Up time trial with tandem pairing of Ian Sharpe and Andrew Cook recording the fastest time in 22 minutes 07 seconds almost one minute ahead of second team Dave Taylor and Tom Black in 23 mins 05 sec. Brothers Warren and Scott Flynn recorded 23 mins 33 sec for third.
Afterwards a presentation was held in the Lezyre village hall for the Alex Forrest 2 up, Bikestyle handicap series and the Manx Telecom 10 league. Ramsey Bakery kindly provided Peter Gage! and all those present with doughnuts afterwards while Ann Cottier laid on the drinks

Isle of Man Bank Sport Aid recipients Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis compete in next weeks National Track Championships at Manchester Velodrome. The World Junior Scratch Champion and Points silver medallist duo will take on the might of the British establishment when they compete in the Individual and Team Pursuit, Points and Scratch events.
One noticeable absentee from the line up is Commonwealth Scratch Champion Mark Cavendish, the T-Mobile star will have just completed the tough Franco - Belge event, the last European stage race of the year.

There are two numbers available on the Bonus Ball. If you're not in it you can't win it. Download a form here and send it back to the club treasurer, Jackie Kennaugh, 36 Copse Hill, Douglas

Sundays Alex Forrest Family 2up takes place this Sunday. You can either pre enter in the normal way, email Jim Cottier or enter on the line. Cost is £5 per team and first rider departs at 9.01am

The End to End will be screened on television tomorrow, aparently some of the viewing times have change to the following

Mark cavendish just missed out on catching the winning break to finish a good 11th in the World Under 23 Road Race Championship today. More from British Cycling

Jonathan Bellis achieved one of his major goals by being selected for the Great Britain Under 23 Academy. The fireworks will start on November 5 when Jonny moves full time into a house in Manchester where he will be straight into Pursuit and Madison drills plus various road sessions. It's not just bike work though, the new intake will undertake an education programme that will include Italian lessons as a large part of their season will be spent in Italy
British Cycling has more here

T-Mobile professional Mark Cavendish lines up along side his Great Britain team mates for Saturday's Under 23 World Road Championships in Austria. Joining him will be Ben Greenwood, Ian Stannard who finished 23rd in Wednesday's Time Trial, former World Junior Pursuit champion Andy Tennant and former World Junior Scratch Race champion Geraint Thomas. Eurosport will show live coverage
British Cycling has all the latest here

There is more great news for Manx cycling in that there will be rounds of the prestigious British National Road Series to be held on the Island in 2007. After much hard work by Youth Tour organisers and the continued success of local riders on the international scene the Isle of Man has been awarded a round of the National Junior Series (also known as the Peter Buckley series) and a round of the National Youth Series. Both events will be incorporated in the Sleepwell Hotels sponsored International Youth Tour which takes part on the bank holiday weekend Friday May 4 to Sunday May 6 2007

World Scratch Race Champion Peter Kennaugh and Points Race silver medallist Jonathan Bellis teamed up for the British Madison Championships at Newport Velodrome on Saturday evening. Although feeling the effects of a very tough couple of months the Isle of Man Bank Scholarship duo rode well, looking resplendent in their Isle of Man Team kit. As expected pre race favorites Tony Gibb and James Taylor of the PCA professional Team took an early advantage with Great Britain Juniors Matt Rowe and Adam Blythe slotting into the silver position and Glendene's Luke Rowe and another Great Britain Junior Steven Burke holding onto third. By mid distance the race was nutralised after Junior Time Trial champion Alex Dowsett crashed resulting in his and partner Russell Hampton's retirement.
Once the race resumed five teams managed to gain a lap, by now Gibb and Taylor were cruising, they had won this title five times previously, Rowe and Blythe were now cementing their silver medal, so all attention now switched to Luke Rowe and Burke plus Kennaugh and Bellis who were now equall on points, the bronze would be decided on the final sprint at the end of the 200 lap event.
In the end tactics would decide the outcome, Burke seemed to miss Rowe who was waiting to be slung in meaning Burke would have to do the remaining laps whereas Bellis was saving himself up the banking waiting to be slung in with fresh legs by Kennaugh resulting in Bellis taking the points and the all important bronze medal
Pictures and report from BC here

Kennaugh and Bellis now have an amazing medal tally, so far this year they have between them World Junior gold, silver and bronze, European gold and National gold and bronze plus National bronze at senior level not bad for a couple of months work

The following day Kennaugh and Bellis (Glendene CC) plus Warren Flynn (Obree Coaching) competed in the Solihull Junior race. Priority for the Glendene duo was to defend team mate Andrew Griffiths' slender lead in the season long Peter Buckley Junior Series, with Griffiths and nearest rival Mark McNally both finishing outside the available points this was achieved. Bellis clipped of the bunch towards the end to finish 17th, Flynn finished mid bunch and Kennaugh came in just off the back of the bunch.
Pictures and report from BC here

One of our leading local time trialists won Saturday's Bonus Ball. Gianni Epifani 30 smackers is yours!

Three local riders take part in Sunday's Solihull Junior Road Race. Peter Kennaugh, Jonathan Bellis and Warren Flynn take on the Dutch, Norwegian, Danish and Belgian competitors. Priview and rider listings here

Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis team up for the National Madison Championship at Newport Velodrome on Saturday evening

Over 400 competitors have entered Sunday's End to End Challenge. Start sheet here

Tour of Britain
Mark Cavendish signed a two year contract with the crack T-Mobile team and immediately repaid them by taking the Points competition in the Tour of Britain which finished on the Mall opposite Buckingham Palace on Sunday, Cav finished the stage in third place behind Belgian World Champion Tom Boonen and Great Britain's Roger Hammond, who may also join Cav's T-Mobile outfit for 2007

National Elite Circuit Series
The 150 plus field rode the same Westminster course the Tour of Britain would use an hour later. Despite riding an 80 mile UCI Junior race in Belgium the previous day Kennaugh showed no signs of fatigue when he finished third behind veteran road man Malcolm Elliott and former world champion Rob Hayles.

Tour of Wales
Peter Kennaugh's good form continued with an impressive second in the Junior Tour of Wales finishing only a handfull of seconds behind Belgium based Tom Diggle. Jonathan Bellis had a stage win to end up eighth overall

National Junior and Youth Track Championships
Kennaugh and Bellis both won gold and bronze at Newport, Kennaugh dominated the Points Race to take gold and finished up with bronze in the Pursuit after a nail biting ride off with Alex Dowsett, however there was one of the most exciting finishes ever in the Pursuit final after Stephen Burke closed in on Bellis's fast start for the two riders to finish on exactly the same time to share the championship! Bellis also took Bronze in the Scratch Race
Mark Christian won bronze in the Youth Pursuit and Christopher Whorrall impressed all by nearly pulling of a win after attacking in the final two laps of the Youth Scratch Race, he finished fourth. Chris Nicholson gained valuable experience with a top 20 finish in the Youth B Omniun

Junior World Championships
Peter Kennaugh surprised all by simply riding the opposition off his wheel in the Scratch Race in front of Belgian cycling ledgends Eddy Merckx and Patric Surcu, only an hour later Jonathan Bellis had a fantastic ride to win Silver in the Points Race. Later in the week the Manx pairing made up half of the Great Britain team to win Bronze in the Team Pursuit

Local Stars Perform on the International Stage

Local Commonwealth, World and European Champions have a busy few weeks ahead of them. Commonwealth Games champion Mark Cavendish will be in final preparations for the forthcoming Tour of Britain stage race that will feature many of the big names on the professional circuit, Cav will be riding for T-Mobile
World Junior Champion Peter Kennaugh and European Junior Champion Jonathan Bellis will be competing at the National Junior Track Championships at Newport next week, the following weekend they take part in the Tour of Wales in their Glendene team colours then travel down to London to take part in the Westminster Crit, the support event to the Tour of Britain that Mark Cavendish won two years ago
To keep up with what is happening at all these events click onto British Cycling

Changes at mrc.com

There are big changes ahead at mrc.com, due to Manx Telecom changing onto a new server your favorite site may well disappear as it is too big to be migrated. The options are to re design a smaller site, pay for the continued use of the existing site or close the site down altogether. The web host will be off Island for the next few weeks so a decision will be made by September
Whatever is decided, the site may disappear for a time over the next couple of weeks

Back to Earth

Just got home after the most amazing weekend of my life, so apologies for lack of updates and news, however, as Ken Berry and my self were inbound on the same flight tonight, it occured to me that there would be no web based start sheet for the 10 league, so here it is Start Sheet

Well Done to the Lads in Gent

Another brilliant performance by the Manx Brits at the World Track Championships in Belgium, if you don't already know click here

Colin Nelson Mountain Time Trial

Michelle would like to thank all those who helped out with the Mountain Time Trial, well done to you all. The results will appear on Wednesday

Colin Nelson Mountain Time Trial

The start sheet for the Colin Nelson Mountain Time Trial can be viewed here
Help is still required to run the Mountain Time Trial. If you can spare a couple of hours please contact Gavin on 430236 any assistance would be greatly appreciated
Signing on is at the St. John’s Ambulance Centre (at the rear of the Bradshaw Centre), Glencrutchery Road from 6.15 a.m. and after event for presentation and buffet
Parking limited please use the Car Park at the rear of the Grandstand

Junior World Track Championships Commence on Saturday

With Isle of Man Bank scholarship riders Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis competing, there should be plenty of local interest in the Gent event. British Cycling's Larry Hickmott get's you into the mood with a preview here

Mark Christian Third in Holland

After Friday's time trial stage in the Tour of Assen, Mark Christian who is competing for Great Britain finished sixth to move him up to an excellent third overall. Chris Whorrall placed 33rd in the time trial, this moved the Manx Road Club rider up to 38th

Assen Update

After Thursday's stage Mark Christian is now in seventh place overal lin the Tour of Assen whereas Chris Whorrall has moved upto 41st after finishing 11th on stage.

Mark Christian Holding Fifth in Assen

After Wednesday's third stage, Mark Christian, who is competing for the first time in Great Britain colours is currently lying in fifth position overall in the prestigeous Assen Youth Tour in Holland. Christian, who is coached by the Manx Road Club's Mike Doyle has been consistantly finishing in the top 10 (except the opening prologue) to consolidate his overall position, he also holds on to sixth in the Points competition.
Chris Whorrall is currently in 52nd position overall, Chris will be picking up valuable experience for next years event when he also hopes to represent GB
Tour of Assen website here

Colin Nelson Trophy up for Grabs at MVW Mountain Time Trial

The Manx Viking Wheelers are the organisers of this Sunday's Mountain Time Trial, the event will also include the Colin Nelson Mountain Time Trial that had to be cancelled due to road works. Marshals are required to assist with the event, it would be appreciated if members of all clubs could help out, if you can please contact Gary Hinds at Bikestyle

10 Course Change (Start Sheet)

Due to traffic lights still being in operation at St Judes X Roads this weeks event (August 2 ) has been changed to Jurby.

July

Bonus Ball for Norman

Norman Quayle was the lucky winner of the Bonus Ball. There are a couple of places on the Bonus Ball that are to become available soon
If you fancy a go simply print off the standing order form and return it to treasurer Jackie Kennaugh, 36 Copse Hill, Douglas. IM2 1NE.

Euro Pictures

British Cycling cameraman Larry Hickmott has captured some excellent pictures of the recent European Championships featuring Peter Kennaugh and Jonathan Bellis
Team Pursuit here
Scratch Race here
Points Race here

Great Britain Select Worlds Team

As expected after their performances at the recent European Championships in Athens, Isle of Man Bank Scholarship riders Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh have been selected for the World Track Championships in Gent, Belguim and a couple of days later the Road Championships at Spa, also in Belgium
British Cycling has more details here

Manx Riders Compete in National Track Championships

Manx Sport Aid and Isle of Man Scholarship riders Peter Kennaugh, Jonathan Bellis, Chris Whorrall and Mark Christian plus Chris Nicholson and Collum O'Shea will be competing at the National Junior and Youth Track Championships from Tuesday August 15 through to Saturday August 19
Event break down can be found here Entries received and events entered here

Adam Wins In Style

Young Adam Johnson won Thursday evenings Bikestyle Handicap, Tony Fallon was second with Ronnie Russell in third
The round six results are provisional, would those missing from or incorrectly placed on the result sheet please give Steve a call on 475341 or email to tell Steve where you think you finished and if possable the riders directly in front or behind you. Round five results have now been corrected
Round five corrected results here
Round Six provisional results here

Mark Cavendish is one step closer to a full T Mobile contract after the top German outfit signed Cav as a 'stagiaire' from August
"Mark basically advertised himself with his solid performances at the Tour de Berlin", says Heiko Salzwedel, coach to the Development Programme, and keeps team manager Olaf Ludwig and sports and technical director Mario Kummer informed on the progress of the riders under his tutelage. "It’s planned to use Mark in the 'Rund um die Hainleite', the Sparkassen Giro Bochum, the Hessen-Rundfahrt and the Tour of Britain," confirms Kummer.
T Mobile site has full story here British Cycling interview here

Top Three Placings For Whorrall

Chris Whorrall picked up third on two occasions at the Tour of Achterveld in Holland. Overall Chris finished 45th after losing time on the opening road stage. Report from British Cycling here

Two Wins For Peter Gage

Not only did Peter Gage win Saturday's Bonus Ball, he also took the bunch sprint in last Thursday's Bikestyle event.
The following results are provisional, would those missing from or incorrectly placed on the result sheet please give Steve a call on 475341 or email to tell Steve where you think you finished and if possable the riders directly in front or behind you Results here

Peter Gage Wins Bonus Ball

Top roadman sprinter Peter Gage won Saturday's Bonus Ball

Oops!

The incorrect start sheet was posted for this weeks Manx Telecom 10 round. Click here to view the correct start sheet

Welcome Home For European Champions

Approximately seventy cycling enthusiasts turned out to welcome European Team Pursuit Champions Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaiugh on their return from Athens on Monday evening. Jonny and Pete produced their Champion Jerseys and Gold medals for all to see. it was an excellent evening enjoyed by all

Fred Kelly Off...Social ride On

This Sunday's Fred Kelly Memorial Road Race has been postponed for various reasons, it is hoped that the classic can be re run at the end of the season. However, there will be a social run to a cafe departing from the NSC gates at 9.15 on Sunday morning. The choice of cafe will be decided on the day depending on the weather

Bellis & Kennaugh Selected For Worlds

Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh have been selected to represent Great Britain for the World Junior Track Championships that commence a week on Saturday in Gent, Belgium. Jonny and Pete will take part in the Team Pursuit along with Steven Burke and Alex Dowsett where they hope to take on the might of the Australians. Peter then takes part in the Scratch Race and Jonny will tackle the Points race, only one rider per country takes part in the bunch events
The following week the Isle of Man Bank Scholarship duo will tackle the World Road Race Championships at Spa Francorchamps, Belgium

Bellis Fifth in European Points Race

Jonathan Bellis finished an impressive fifth in the European Points Race on the final day of the Championships in Athens. The Great Britain Juniors won the Team Championship, scoring in all events that they competed in. Points Race from BC here

Kennaugh Sixth in European Scratch Race

Great Britain missed out on the medals at the European Junior Scratch Race in Athens on Friday evening, however with a change of race strategy mid way through the event Peter Kennaugh almost bridged the gap across to the break only to run out of laps.however Kennaugh managed to salvage an impressive sixth. Full report, interview and pictures from British Cycling here Result here
Meanwhile, Jonathan Bellis is in confident mood for Sunday's Points Race, the Manx rider will start as one of the favourites

Whorrall Picks Up Two Thirds in Holland

Manx Road Club's Christopher Whorrall finished an excellent third in both the penultimate and last stage of the Junior Tour of Achterveld in Holland, Chris finished 45th overall. Results page here

Bellis and Kennaugh are European Champions (updated)

Great Britain Junior Team won Gold in the Team Pursuit at the European Championships despite Steven Burke puncturing in the final. For a full report and pictures by Larry Hickmott at British Cycling click here

GB Juniors Qualify Fastest

The Great Britain Junior Team qualified fastest in the Team Pursuit in the heat of Athens today, Jonathan Bellis, Peter Kennaugh, Steve Burke and Alex Dowsett will ride off for the Gold medal with the French team later tonight

Whorrall 13th on Stage Three in Dutch Race

Chris Whorrall finished a good 13th on stage three of the Tour of Achterveld in Holland. Overall Chris is lying 57th after losing time on the opening road stage. Stage result here. Other race results including overall here

GB Team Test Olympic Velodrome

The Great Britain Euro team have settled in ahead of their busy week ahead. The championships begin on Wednesday with the Team Pursuit. British Cycling has an updated report here

Manx Riders Compete With the Big Boys

There will be a strong local representation at big International events this week. On the Junior scene Jonathan Bellis and Peter Kennaugh, as mentioned below, compete in the European Junior Track Championships in Athens, Greece. Kennaugh and Bellis actually make up half of the four man Great Britain Team in the Team Pursuit. Bellis will also compete in the Points race.
Meanwhile, in Holland, Christopher Whorrall competes in the Tour of Achterveld consisting of nine tough stages that will test the 150 riders abilities to the limit. No British rider has won the very competitive Nieuwelingen category, Peter Kennaugh missed it by two seconds in 2005 when he finished second, Whorrall will know what is in store as he reced well there one year ago.The first stage begins on Monday evening.
One week later Whorrall and Mark Christian compete in the Tour of Assen. Mark Christian received his first Great Britain call up for Assen, it will be a great experience for him and prepare him well for future GB rides on the continent

Tour of Achterveld results page here
Tour of Assen here

Northern Youth Final

There was strong local representation at Wombell, South Yorkshire at the weekend. Results and pictures from BC here

Lucky or What?

Tony Doyle won the Bonus Ball for a second week in succession!

GB European Track Team are Ready for Athens

Jonathan Bellis, Peter Kennaugh and the GB Euro Junior track team have spent this past week fine tuning their track skills before they fly out today to Athens, Greece, for next weeks European Track Championships. British Cycling has all the info here

Rochie Wins 10 Champs

Just back from a long lay off after breaking his collar bone Andrew Roche continued where he left offf by winning the 10 mile Time Trial championships on the fast Ramsey course clocking a rapid 20 minutes 49 seconds! Results here

manxroadclub.com to Close Down?

The popular mrc.com website is to close down...That's if nobody wants to take it over. The site actually evolved as a club site in 2001 and contains quite a bit of cycling history so it would be ideal for it it be continued. The site has viewers from all over the world. The current webmaster feels it is time to move on and get back on his bike! The site will continue to run untill it's fifth birthday in December

Local Riders take the Spoils in Merseyside

A contingent of riders from Manx Road Club and Manx Viking Wheelers took part in the Prescot Eagle Open 10 and Southport CC handicap 25 mile Time Trials on the 8th and 9th July respectively.

On a relatively fast course but heavy going in places Gianni Epifani ( MVW ) was second in the 10 TT, in 21mins 54secs, three seconds behind the winner Andy Walsh ( Birkenhead North End CC ). All the other local riders were well placed recording some very respectable times. Peter Gage 22mins 08secs, joint 1st veteran, Dave Taylor 22mins 09secs, Trevor Kirkwood 23mins 10secs and Peter Doyle 23mins36secs.

Peter Gage secured a fine victory in the 25 TT using his wealth of experience to master the wind and rain and in places a very dangerous circuit. Peter recorded an excellent 57mins 56secs, Gianni Epifani was 2nd in 58mins 16 secs. Trevor Kirkwood was joint first on Handicap in 55mins 02 secs, recording 1hour 01mins 02 secs on actual time. Peter Doyle had a strong ride in 1 hour 03 mins. Unfortunately Dave Taylor suffered a puncture.

Bikestyle Rescheduled

The Bikestyle events washed out by rain have been rescheduled for Thursday, August 10 (staged by EVCC) and Thursday, August 24 (staged by MVW).

Next Bikestyle

The next Bikestyle event takes place on Thursday week, July 20, marshals are, Ged Power, Aaron Livesy, Colin Whiteway and Stuart Brown.

Complaints

Several complaints have been made regarding dangerous riding and following cars in time trials. Please read the following points?

Complaints against specific riders have been made and the CA will follow these up. Most common is the practice of crossing the carriage way on the entry and exit of corners. This appears to becoming common place. This is a very dangerous practice and puts the marshals in a very ‘delicate’ position as they have to deal with complaining motorists (who are in the right).

Ras de Cymru

The Ras de Cymru stage race that Andy Cook won and the Isle of Man team dominated is featured by British Cycling There are also plenty of photo's to view also, click here

Bonus Ball

It was lucky 13 for Tony Doyle in saturday evenings Bonus Ball

Jim's End to End

Since leaving Land’s End last Tuesday morning Jim has covered 383 miles in 23 hours to get as far as Frodsham, Cheshire, for a short break with his eldest daughter Jessica.

So far it’s been a fairly routine trip with the worst thing that’s happened is that Ann had a puncture in one of the van tyres two hours into the journey. The weather has been typical of the sort you get just when you fancy going out for a ride. When Jim started out from Land’s End it was nice and cool, but within a couple of hours it was 32 degrees. Day two started out the same but instead of the sunshine it rained for the last three hours of his ride. Day three saw him starting out in the rain and for five hours Jim just got soaked, then on arrival in Shrewsbury it was baking hot again. Today’s weather has been nice for the bike, warm and overcast. More soon

Youth & Junior Tour

The 2006 Isle of Man Youth & Junior Tour DVD is out soon watch this space for order forms. Also the 2007 Isle of Man Youth & Junior Tour dates coming soon, along with very some exciting news for 2007!

Coaching Academy Continues

The popular Coaching Academy continues this Thursday at the NSC. Sign on from 6pm. Anyone 12 years and over welcome. Website here

Fantasy League

For an update click here

Manx Girls Perform Well in Limvady

Cayley Ennett was the top local performer in 21st overall in the Danny Boy stage race in Northern Ireland. Claire Moore was 22nd and Laura Wasley 32nd of the listed finishers. Report and result here

Andrew Cook Wins Ras de Cymru

Andrew Cook came out winner of the Welsh stage race, former leader Ashley Whipp finished fifth and Graeme Hatcher one place behind in sixth. Full results here

Tristen Gell Wins Peel Duathlon

Tristen Gell got the better of come back king Christian Varley in Sunday's Duathlon. Result here

Manx Riders Miss Out on Medals

Scott Flynn, Mark Christian and Chris Whorrall (despite a mid race crash) finished seventh, eighth and 11th respectfully at the National Circuit Championships on Saturday. Results here

Manx Girls at Limvady

CC Giro's Caroline Clobier is leading the Zeal Optics Danny Boy International stage race after today's two stages at Limavady. There is local intrest with an Isle of Man team taking part. Pictures and reports here

Ras Cymru

The Isle of Man riders won todays Team Time Trial stage and Ashley Whipp looks to have retained his overall lead (despite some sketchy results) Results here

Bonus Ball

Viv Karran won the Bonus Ball

June

Whippy in Yellow

Ashley Whipp is leading the Ras de Cymru overall after winning the third stage today. Isle of Man teamsters Andrew Cook and Graeme Hatcher now hold second and third respectfully. Results so far here

Cav Wins in Poland

Mark Cavendish won stage three of the Tour of Poland. Second on the 152km stage was Polish rider Krzysztof Jezowski (Knauf Team) from Italian Mattia Gavazzi (Amore & Vita)

Tom Wins Bikestyle Event

Newcomer Tom Craine won Thursday evenings latest round of the Bikestyle Series. Tom took full advantage of the handicappers generous allowance that enabled his group of five to stay infront of the chasers. Result here

Cookie Holds onto lead in Ras de Cymru

Andrew Cook maintained his overall lead after the second stage of the Welsh event. Full results and overall here

Jim Embarks on End to End Charity Ride

Manx Road Club race organiser, Manx Telecom 10 League coordinator, British Legion standard bearer and Ronaldsway Football Club stalwart Jim Cottier will soon embark on his epic end to end cycle ride. To read more about his trip, written by the man himself, click here

Ras De Cymru

Andrew Cook won the opening four mile prologue time trial in the Ras de Cymru stage race, Greame Hatcher was four seconds back in second and Ashley Whipp was ninth. The Isle of Man are also dominating the Team competition
Results here
Team result here

Ladies Compete off Island

Four local women cyclists compete this weekend in the Limavady Ladies stage race in Northern Ireland. Claire Moore, Laura Wasley and Caroline O'Neill compete in Isle of Man colours whereas Caley Ennett will race in her Team QCP colours.
The race commences on Saturday morning with a hilly time trial followed in the afternoon with a road race. The event concludes on Sunday with a tough 60 mile road race

Gianni Wins Manx Telecom 10

Round nine results from Killane here

Revolution 4

The dates for the fourth series of the popular Revolution track race evenings at Manchester Velodrome have been announced. They take place on the following dates: Revolution 13 on 14th October 2006, Revolution 14 on 18th November 2006, Revolution 15 on 16th December 2006 and Revolution 16 takes place on 20th January 2007

Manx Telecom 10 League

With 10 League coordinator Jim Cottier due to start on his epic End to End bike ride, the next four rounds of the Manx Telecom sponsored event have been posted on the 10 League website. Please check to see if you are required for marshalling duties

Bonus Ball

John Comaish was the lucky winner of Saturday's Bonus Ball

Peel Dulathlon on Sunday

The Peel dulathlon takes place next Sunday
Start sheet here

Cav Wins Teare Trophy

There was an impressive turnout of 45 riders for the Teare Trophy road race on Sunday. Considering the Manx Road Club promoted event was only hastily organised a few days earlier due to the cancellation of the Colin Nelson Mountain time trial it was amazing to witness what was one of the largest road race fields recently seen on local roads.
Starting from the Wildlife Park car park the race was split onto two groups with A riders covering 7 3/4 laps and the B race doing 5 3/4 laps on the same course.
The opening laps saw little action untill the B race was caught by the faster A race with five laps remaining, within another lap riders from the B group were begining to get dropped and forming their own little groups. With only two laps remaining it was looking more likely that both races would remain together resulting in two bunch finishes, a nightmare for the judges and that was how it turned out. The B race sprint was taken by Chris Whorrall form Matt Looker and John Marchment in third.
One lap later the A race went as predicted to Mark Cavendish, having just recovered from septicemia and back on home soil preparing for the forthcoming Tour of Poland. Second place went to last years winner Aaron Livsey with first veteran Peter Gage third.

Due to the large size of the bunch sprint in both events some riders may have been missed from the results, if anyone finds that they are missing from the results or placed in the wrong position please contact Jim Cottier on 823974 with any helpful information stating where you beleive you finished and thr rider directly in front and or behind you

Provisional results here

Melrose 25

Gianni Epifani won the Melrose 25. Results here

Tear Trophy Update

Cook Wins Manx Telecom 10

Results from round eight here

Teare Trophy

The Teare Trophy Road Race replaces the Colin Nelson Mountain Time Trial this Sunday. The Colin Nelson event had to be cancelled due to road works but will be re run later.
The Teare Trophy A race will cover approximatly 50 miles with the B event over a shorter distance.
Signing on takes place at the Wildlife Park car park from 8.15 with racing from 9am
Please turn up early as this event is entry on the line (£5 for members and £7 for non members) Under 18's will require a parent in attendance to sign a parental consent form.
Please email here your names so that we have an idea of entries

Melrose 25

The updated Melrose 25 start sheet is here

Bikestyle Results

The results from last Thursday's Bikestyle event can be found here

Teare Trophy on Sunday

The Manx Road Club intend to promote the Teare Trophy Road Race this Sunday (pending a TLI permit and Police permission) A decision will be made on Thursday, more details will be released later and entries will be taken on the line. The Colin Nelson Mountain Time Trial had to be cancelled due to road works and will be rerun later in the season.

Kennaugh Fifth in National Criterium Championships

Peter Kennaugh had a brilliant ride to finish fifth in the National Criterium Championships at the Horwich on Sunday. Kennaugh, an Isle of Man Bank Scholarship recipient, had special dispensation to compete with the Elite riders, as did his ODP colleague and friend Adam Blythe, who had an impressive ride to claim the bronze medal. Attacks were the order of the day with several riders breaking away in the early part of the race, it was at about half distance when the decisive split involving 20 riders developed, most of the pre race favorites were there and lap by lap they would pull away from the bunch. Into the final five laps it was looking more likley that it would be a bunch as no one was allowed to escape and claim a lone win. With two laps remaining Rob Hayles punctured but received a slick bike change enabling him to regain the break within a lap. Into the final lap it was Hayles again on the front with PCA riders Malcolm Elliott, James Taylor and Tony Gibb in close attendance, through the last corner Taylor and Gibb opened up the sprint with Taylor winning the national jersey from Gibb with Blythe holding on to take a fantastic third, Karl Freeman (Team Milton Keynes) held off a late charge from Kennaugh to finish fourth. Kennaugh was obviously delighted with his ride, he was aiming for a top 10 position. Manx riders have recently performed well at the National Criterium Championships, last year Mark Cavendish won with Mark Kelly in sixth and Kelly took silver in 2002

Results and photos here

Bellis Wins Road Race Champs

Isle of Man Bank scholarship rider Jonathan Bellis (MRC) won Sunday's IOM Road Race Championship finishing 20 seconds ahead of Andrew Cook (MVW) and Ashley Whipp (MRC) third. Aaron Livsey (EVCC) and Peter Gage (MRC) were fourth and fifth in the same time as Cook. Result here

Bonus Ball

Arron Bellis won Saturday's Bonus Ball

Tour of the North (IOM Road Champs)

The start list can be found here

Laura Does it in Style

Laura Wasley won Thursday evenings Bikestyle event. Full results soon

Isle of Man Road Race Championships This Sunday

The Isle of Man road race championships take place this Sunday on the tough Bride 'Tour of the North' circuit. The winner of the 60 mile event may not be quite as easy to predict as missing contenders include Andrew Roche who is still recovering from a broken collar bone he sustained only metres from winning the Rutland to Melton Classic, Peter Kennaugh who will be making the short trip to compete in the National Criterium Championships at Horwich and Jonathan Bellis who is on a rest week after his recent run of European stage races, however, Jonny may still ride. Elliott Baxter who is quickly returning to form will also be a non starter. Those likely to impress include current man on form Ashley Whipp plus Andrew Cook, Aaron Livsey, Peter Gage, Mike Doyle and Graeme Hatcher also Tony Aspell has apparently been spotted doing intervals on Bride Hill, so we can't rule him out either.
Signing on takes place from 8.15am for a 9am start from Mooragh Park car park

Cook Wins Manx Telecom 10

Andrew Cook (MVW) won round seven of the Manx Telecon 10 League. Result here

Manx Telecom 10 Recommences This Wednesday

Start sheet here

Bikestyle On Thursday

Those who intend to ride that are not on the start sheet please turn up early to sign on. Start sheet here

Hamer Result

The results for Sunday's John Hamer road race can be found here

Bellis 13th in Swiss Race

Jonathan Bellis finished a very creditable 13th in the tough Pays de Vaud stage race in Switzerland.Results and web site here

Kennaugh Wins Hamer Road Race

Results here

Isle of Man Bank Scholarship rider Peter Kennaugh (MRC) won Sunday's John Hamer Road Race over a tough 50 mile route that took in the steep climbs of Dalby and three laps of the leg sapping undulations of the Stuggadhoo circuit to finish off. 30 riders lined up in two ability groups starting out at Marown School.
The bunch remained intact through Ballacraine and St Johns but once on the Patrick road Ashley Whipp (MRC) made an early bid for glory when he broke clear before reaching the Dalby clim