Location: Woking Town Centre Woking, Surrey
Event: 12 June 2012
“It feel amazing, it’s awesome. I didn’t really know what to expect this year as the races have been so much more attacking that I didn’t know how it was going to pan out but luckily it was how I liked it tonight”, said Lucy Garner after stepping onto the podium following her victory in Woking.
Twelve months ago Garner was also the winner on the night and has since risen through the ranks of riding, picking up the Junior World Championship on her road to success so far. But she still enjoys racing amongst her fellow Brits at home.
“I’ve missed racing in Colchester but been in the others and I am doing Stoke on Thursday.
“It’s been a busy year [since winning the Junior World Championships] with all the races but it’s good to get to race here in England as I have been doing quite a lot abroad so it’s always good to come back and win a race here.”
Enjoying the atmosphere around the town centre as she tackled the course, she said “the crowds were amazing; it’s always good when you go past the finish line and everyone is cheering. Hannah Barnes was doing a lot of the attacks during the race so I think you’ve just got to mark all the riders, you can’t let anyone go, especially in a course like this because once you get a gap it’s quite hard to bring it back.”
Garner is impressed with the growth in strength and depth of riding in the UK now and is delighted to be part of the Johnson Health Tech Grand Prix Series.
“I’d say that racing abroad is a lot more aggressive and there are a lot more riders but the racing has come on so much here in the last year that it’s really good and it’s great that we’re getting some publicity here too.”
Round Four Individual Result (top twenty)
1. Lucy Garner, Node4 - Giordana Racing
2. Ruth Winder, Team VanderKitten
3. Penny Rowson, Matrix Fitness - Prendas
4. Amy Roberts, Scott Contessa Epic
5. Eileen Roe, Team Ibis Cycles
6. Hannah Walker, Matrix Fitness - Prendas
7. Annie Simpson, Matrix Fitness - Prendas
8. Helen Wyman, Kona Factory Racing
9. Corrine Hall, Node4 - Giordana Racing
10. Louise Mahe, Mule Bar Girls
11. Laura Massey, Vivelo / Inverse Cycles / Cyclaim
12. Natalie Creswick, Mule Bar Girls
13. Rebecca Heath, VC St Raphael
14. Jessie Walker, Matrix Fitness - Prendas
15. Jo Tindley, VC St Raphael
16. Harriet Owen, Node4 - Giordana Racing
17. Adel Tyson-Bloor, VC St Raphael
18. Sarah Brook, Mule Bar Girls
19. Emily Kay, Scott Contessa Epic
20. Emily Bagnall, WyndyMilla UK Youth
Round Four Team Winners: Matrix Fitness - Prendas
Overall Individual Standings, post Round Four
1. Annie Simpson, Matrix Fitness - Prendas, 68pts
2. Corrine Hall, Node4 - Giordana Racing, 56pts
3. Helen Wyman, Kona Factory Racing, 52pts
4. Penny Rowson, Matrix Fitness - Prendas, 45pts
5. Laura Massey, Vivelo Bikes / Inverse / Cyclaim, 38pts
6. Louise Mahe, Mule Bar Girls, 38pts
7. Harriet Owen, Node4 - Giordana Racing, 37pts
8. Hannah Barnes, Team Ibis Cycles, 37pts
9. Jo Tindley, VC St Raphael, 36pts
10. Hannah Walker, Matrix Fitness - Prendas, 29pts
11. Lydia Boylan, Look Mum No Hands!, 28pts
12. Alice Barnes, Twenty3c.co.uk - Orbea, 20pts
13. Adel Tyson-Bloor, VC St Raphael, 17pts
14. Jo McRae, Look Mum No Hands!, 16pts
15. Adele Carter, Team Hope Factory Racing, 13pts
16. Lyndsey Glazier, Team Hope Factory Racing, 8pts
17. Emily Bagnall, WyndyMilla UK Yout, 7pts
18. Grace Garner, RST Racing Team Trigon, 5pts
Overall Team Standings, post-Round Four
1. Matrix Fitness - Prendas, 155pts
2. Node4 - Giordana Racing, 145pts
3. VC St Raphael, 76pts
4. Mule Bar Girls, 73pts
5. WyndyMilla UK Youth, 7pts
Sprints winner Woking: Ruth Winder (Team VanderKitten)
Sprints standings, post Round Woking
1. Annie Simpson, Matrix Fitness - Prendas, 24pts
2. Jo Tindley, VC St Raphael, 16pts
3. Hannah Walker, Matrix Fitness - Prendas, 13pts
4. Ruth Winder, Team VanderKitten, 12pts
5. Hannah Barnes, Team Ibis Cycles, 12pts
6. Lucy Garner, Node4 - Giordana Racing, 8pts
7. Harriet Owen, Node4 - Giordana Racing, 8pts
8. Helen Wyman, Kona Factory Racing, 5pts
9. Eileen Roe, Team Ibis Cycles, 3pts
10. Corrine Hall, Node4 - Giordana Racing, 3pts
11. Amy Roberts, Scott Contessa Epic, 2pts
12. Natalie Creswick, Mule Bar Girls, 2pts
13. Lydia Boylan, Look Mum No Hands!, 2pts
14. Jo McRae, Look Mum No Hands!, 2pts
15. Tamina Oliver, Abergavenny Road Club, 2pts
16. Penny Rowson, Matrix Fitness - Prendas, 1pt
17. Adela Carter, Team Hope Factory Racing, 1pt
