Youth Tour Videos Camera man George King was at the Youth Tour and did a spot of filming of the Junior races. Click on the links to view Prologue Stage 2 Stage 3 and Highlights Results Final General Classification here - Final Points Classification here - Final Team Classification here Stage 3 Results here - Stage 2 Results here - General Classification after Stage 2 here - Points Classification after Stage 2 here - Stage 1 Results here Full Photo Galleries on British Cycling (updated) Youth Tour Photographer Andy Whitehouse has added his excellent photographs onto the British Cycling website and Richard Allen's pics can be found on the iomtoday site Many Thanks to Everyone The Youth Tour Team would like to again thank everyone who was involved with the weekend. It was a great success which we hope to build on for subsequent events. Our thanks go to; Our sponsors Mark Wilson, Denham Eke and the Sleepwell Team, Rob Long and Mark Humphrey, Eurocars, The DTL, and Steve Joughin (Pro-vision clothing); The Isle of Man Cycling Association; Our officials Carl Lawrenson, Trevor Hughes, Carole Leigh, Frank Daniels, Rob Finegan and Malcolm Dixon; Our Drivers & Neutral Service (Tony Barry, Don Povall, Jackie Kennaugh, Andy Nicholson, Gary Mazzone, Mike Doyle, Colum O'Shea, Norman Quayle and The Kelly family); Jim Cottier, John Bellis and the marshals (too many to name-you know who you are!!); Our gear checkers (Peter Kennaugh, Steven Cregeen, Mark & Mike Kelly, Gary Mazzone, Phil Knights, Andrew Nicholson and Colin Cowie); Anne Cottier and the St Mark's WI for their excellent catering at Marown and Ramsey; Kevin Perry(Timekeeper); Dave Mudie (Assistant Judge); Peter Gage,Trevor Kirkwood, Peter Doyle (Start/Finish Team); Bubs and Mark (race announcers); Christine Cowley, Jackie Kennaugh and Nicola Kennaugh(Signing on); Peter O'Shea and The British Red Cross, HS Sports and anyone else we have missed! A lot of hard work and time was given to the tour behind the scenes and for this we thank in particular Peter Kennaugh Sr, Tina & Mike Kelly, Steve Shimmin and Neil Bellhouse. A big thankyou to Tina Kelly for organising and the Sleepwell Team for the excellent food and service at the prize presentation and thanks to Mark Cavendish, Nicole Cooke, Peter Kennaugh and Jonny Bellis for their signed jersey's The youth tour email will remain active and we would appreciate if you could send any feedback you have about the event. This will enable us to improve and expand the event for next year. Thanks
again Peter Dibben Wins Youth Tour (British Cycling report and pictures here ) Hargroves
Cycles rider Peter Dibben produced a strong ride throughout the three
stages to win the Isle of Man Youth Tour. Dibben won the opening prologue
time trial on Friday evening, finished second on the tough second stage
on the Peel course on Saturday and finished safely in the peleton on Sunday
after 100 km of racing on the Bride circuit to take a well deserved win.
Second place went to Alexander King (Twickenham CC) thanks to a stage
win on Saturday and Team Isle of Man rider Tim Kennaugh finished third
overall after he also featured in the decisive break after 60 miles of
racing along with Dibben and King. The top three proved their consistency
and improvement as King placed fourth, Kennaugh fifth and Dibben sixth
in the 2008 edition. Youth A The Youth A race would go to the wire with Owain Doull (Wales) holding a slender lead of just two seconds over Josh Papworth (Wyre Forest) going into the final stage at Ramsey. The final six laps would prove to be a real nail biter with breaks forming all the time. Papworth played his cards early forcing a break that had to be closed during the final lap by the yellow jersey holder, but Doull left it to late as Papworth did just enough by finishing fourth behind stage winner Dan Whelan (Liverpool Century) to take the overall win. Lucy Garner looks set to be a star of the future with victory in the Youth A Girls category Other Category Winners
Jacob Reagan (Sport City Velo) in the Youth B Boys. Newport Velo’s
Amy Hill won the Youth B girls, Leighton Sharmon (Eastlands Velo) won
the Youth C boys, Megan Barker (Maindy Flyers) won the C girls. Over £500 raised during Prize Presentation What is probably the biggest post event get together for a British race, the Villa Marina was packed full of competitors, officials, supporters, parents and coaches where race sponsors Sleepwell Hotels put on a fantastic meal for those in attendance. Isle of Man's superstar, Milan Sanremo winner and four time Tour de France stage winner, Mark Cavendish and World and Olympic road champion Nicole Cooke donated signed jerseys that raised £530 which will be equally distributed to their chosen charities, Craig's Heartstrong Foundation and Action Medical Research Sign on Information Start List: here Race Manual: here Road Closures: here Event registration and signing on for Stage one will take place on Friday 1st May 2009 at The Amber Bar (below Chesterhouse Hotel, Loch Promenade, Douglas) between 2.00pm and 5.00pm where competitors will be provided with their race information pack. Please remember to bring your race licence with you. April 29 Help Required for Rider A Youth A competitor and parent are unable to bring their car to the island and are looking for a lift to the events. If anyone can help please email them Pre Race Press Release One
of the best ever entries line up for this weekend’s Sleepwell Hotels
sponsored Isle of Man Youth Tour.
As well as the junior event, a counting round of the national junior road
series, there will be stiff competition amongst the youth riders, also
a national round of the youth series with racing on closed roads right
through the age categories. On Sunday, the juniors race on a new course to the event, another 100km stage, again with a taxing climb in it before finishing on Ramsey promenade where the youth riders will compete in the afternoon. Competitors, their friends and families are invited to a gala prize presentation at the Villa Marina Royal Hall, Douglas, on Sunday evening. Entry is free to competitors with additional tickets costing £5. The Villa Marina can cater for 400 people, once this amount has been reached additional tickets will be made available for £2 which will allow entry to the event but will not include an evening meal so please book early to avoid disappointment. The event is backed by the Department of Tourism and Leisure with Sleepwell Hotels once again the main sponsor. Other sponsors include advocates, Long and Humphries, Eurocars a car dealerships for Toyota, Vauxhall, Renault and Citroen who provide all the official cars and Pro Vision the cycle clothing firm run by Isle of Man cycling legend and twice British road race champion Steve 'Pocket Rocket' Joughin. Event registration and signing on for Stage one will take place on Friday 1st May 2009 at The Amber Bar (below Chesterhouse Hotel, Loch Promenade, Douglas) between 2.00pm and 5.00pm where competitors will be provided with their race information pack. April 23 The junior category of the Youth Tour has 64 competitors and boasts the best quality junior field that will be seen on British roads this year. There are strong teams from Holland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the East Midlands region. Glendene CC, a quality team from Essex, that has in the past, been instrumental in the success of Isle of Man riders Peter Kennaugh, Jonny Bellis and Mark Christian bring a very strong squad to the Manx roads. Start list here Race Manual The race manual is now available, it contains all the information regarding the race including maps of the courses, prize information, rider list plus much more. Please take a few minutes to read through the manual. Click here to read/download April 16 Over 200 for Youth Tour? Entries are up on last year's Youth Tour with almost 200 riders entering this year's event. Competitors from Holland and Ireland will take on the top British riders over three days of tough competition. The Tour commences on Friday evening (May 1) with a prologue time trial on Douglas Promenade April 14 Entries Close Wednesday Don't forget Youth Tour entries close on Wednesday April 15 April 9 |