Eileen Roe clinched the 2014 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series title in style, winning the final race in Woking to head compatriot and best friend Charline Joiner at the top of the standings.
Roe outsprinted Redditch winner Amy Roberts and Grace Garner on the long drag to the Woking finish line to ensure she finished 13 points clear of Joiner at the top of the standings.
Joiner could only come in sixth, despite the best efforts of her Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International team, who worked tirelessly for her in the front group.
Roe, who has held the Series lead since her victory in round two in Peterborough, now moves on to the Commonwealth Games, where she will represent Team Scotland in Glasgow this summer, alongside Joiner.
Consolation for the Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International team came in the team prize, having led the classification throughout the series, thanks to the two victories of Katie Archibald and string of consistent placings from Joiner, Dame Sarah Storey and Gabriella Shaw.
After their first winless campaign in the series, Matrix Fitness – Vulpine drew some consolation from taking the sprints Jersey, with Helen Wyman winning the sprints prize in Woking to seal victory in the classification over Archibald.
In a fast race, averaging 39 kilometres per hour, the front group was consistently whittled down until only a dozen or so riders remained.
Most notable for her aggressive riding was Tamiko Butler, riding for local Surrey squad WyndyMilla Reynolds, who enjoyed noisy partisan support in Woking, with the combativity award falling the way of Butler post-race.
Come the final sprint though it was Roe heading to the line first in a messy affair, as the leader caught a trailing group coming out of the final bend. Behind Roe it was Roberts, whose second place on the night helped her into third overall in the series, and Grace Garner, enjoying her best ever Matrix Fitness GP Series result at the circuit where elder sister Lucy has twice won.
Fourth spot on the night for Katie Curtis, who worked throughout for her Starley Primal teammate Roe, gave her fourth in the standings, with Clemence Copie fifth before Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International duo Joiner and Shaw.
Highlights of the final round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series will be shown as a part of The Pearl Izumi Tour Series highlights on ITV4 at 8pm on Wednesday 11 June, with a repeat on Thursday 12 June at 12.50pm.
Results
Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Round Five, Woking
Race Result
1. Eileen Roe, GBR, Starley Primal Pro Cycling
2. Amy Roberts, GBR, Wiggle Honda
3. Grace Garner, GBR, RST Racing Team
4. Katie Curtis, GBR, Starley Primal Pro Cycling
5. Clemence Copie, GBR, Team MuleBar Girl - Sigma Sport
6. Charline Joiner, GBR, Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
7. Gabriella Shaw, GBR, Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
8. Laura Greenhalgh, GBR, Twickenham CC
9. Lydia Boylan, GBR, Velosport - Pasta Montegrappa
10. Jo Tindley, GBR, Matrix Fitness - Vulpine
Round Five Sprint Winner: Helen Wyman, GBR, Matrix Fitness - Vulpine
Round Five Team Winner: Starley Primal Pro Cycling
Final Overall Individual Standings, post-Round Five
1. Eileen Roe, GBR, Starley Primal Pro Cycling, 104pts
2. Charline Joiner, GBR, Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International, 91pts
3. Amy Roberts, GBR, Wiggle Honda, 69pts
4. Katie Curtis, GBR, Starley Primal Pro Cycling, 69pts
5. Helen Wyman, GBR, Matrix Fitness - Vulpine, 69pts
Final Overall Sprint Standings, post-Round Five
1. Helen Wyman, GBR, Matrix Fitness - Vulpine, 30pts
2. Katie Archibald, GBR, Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International, 20pts
3. Katie Curtis, GBR, Starley Primal Pro Cycling, 18pts
Final Overall Team Standings, post-Round Five
1. Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International, 227pts
2. Matrix Fitness - Vulpine, 169pts
3. Starley Primal Pro Cycling, 136pts
4. Team MuleBar Girl - Sigma Sport, 88pts
5. Velosport - Pasta Montegrappa, 73pts
6. RST Racing Team, 64pts
7. Epic Cycles - Scott WRT, 49pts
8. WyndyMilla Reynolds, 46pts
9. GBcycles.co.uk, 3pts
