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Location: Stroud Leisure Centre, Stratford Park, Gloucestershire
Event: 9 October 2011
Report: Snowdon Sports
Adeo Cadence Racing Team member Charles Coleman won the fourth round of the Western Cyclo-Cross League, promoted by Striking Bikes at Stroud Leisure Centre, Stratford Park, Gloucestershire on Sunday.
Coleman, 20 and from Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire, had predicted that he would win the race, but in the early exchanges it was by no means certain.
He had Scott Easter for company over the first few laps until Easter rolled a tub on the sixth lap. By the time he had got back to his spare, he was 13th in the race and well off the pace, while Coleman marched on to victory.
Behind him, there was a similar battle for the minor placings between last year’s league champion Craig Denning and junior rider Matt Woods. The undulating nature of the course suited the youngster more, and he eventually had the better of Craig.
Top veteran was local rider Richard Cross who was riding his first cyclo-cross race this year having had a successful season on mountain bike.
Results:
1 Charles Coleman (ADEO Cadence RT)
2 Matt Woods (Hargroves Cycles)
3 Craig Denning (Dream CC)
4 Richard Cross (Noahs Ark)
5 Peter Kench (GWR Team)
6 Simon Burgess (Dream CC)
7 Scott Easter (Felt Colbornes)
8 Nic Burridge (Cheltenham & County CC)
9 Joe Griffith (Dream CC)
10 Steve Brown (Dream CC)
Juniors: Matt Woods (Hargroves Cycles). Veterans: Richard Cross (Noahs Ark).
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.
