Le « Premier Calendar » est l’équivalent de la coupe de France PMU en Angleterre. Cela permet de se faire sélectionner pour le Tour d’Angleterre . Nombreux champions comme Wiggins où d’autres sont passés par cette épreuve, en 2007 c’est David Millar qui avait remporté le Gp du Pays de Galles. Qui sera le vainqueur à Abergavenny ?
Pour l’instant c’est le coureur Ecossais Evan Oliphant de Raleigh qui reste premier du classement du Premier Calendar, il devance le jeune et très talentueux Tom Stewart qui est l’un des favoris de cette classique Anglaise. Mais une victoire pour Oliphant le mettrais définitivement à l’abri. Mais les UK Youth de Nigell Mansell ne comptent pas abdiquer aussi facilement, et Chris Opie est toujours très bien classé au général, les Sigma auront des jeunes comme Hawkins qui n’a pas pris de points depuis le Gp de Lincoln (suite à une chute violente au An Post Ras, Peter Hawkins est resté plusieurs jours au repos) et qui compte combler ce trou La dernière rencontre à Stockton avait vu la victoire du coureur Ian Wilkinson (UK Youth) , ils sont décidés de refaire la passe de deux et les Raleigh devront se méfier.
Dimanche sur les 170 km de la course dans le Pays de Galles sera déterminante avec les 100 points attribué au vainqueur. Le profil valloné passera par Usk, Raglan, Monmouth, Cross Ash et Mardy avec l’ascension de Iron Moutain et pour finir avec dix tours dans Abergavenny. Une chose est sûre , le vainqueur sera un costaud.
Classement du Premier Calendar Top 3 :
1)Evan Oliphant 246 points Raleigh
2)Tom Stewart 227 points Raleigh
3) Chris Opie 146 points UK Youth
Liste des coureurs engagés
1 | Kristian | House | Rapha Condor JLT |
2 | Hugh | Carthy | Rapha Condor JLT |
3 | Michael | Cuming | Rapha Condor JLT |
4 | Luke | Grivell-Mellor | Rapha Condor JLT |
5 | Richard | Handley | Rapha Condor JLT |
6 | Edward | Laverack | Rapha Condor JLT |
7 | Elliott | Porter | Rapha Condor JLT |
8 | Will | Stephenson | Rapha Condor JLT |
9 | Michael | Ashurst | Biketreks Racing Academy |
10 | Jonathan | Cregeen | Biketreks Racing Academy |
11 | James | Dunlop | Biketreks Racing Academy |
12 | Russell | Falder | Biketreks Racing Academy |
13 | Glyndwr | Griffiths | Bristol South CC |
14 | Matt | Postle | Bush Healthcare CRT |
15 | James | Cartridge | Cadence RT |
16 | Daniel | Harris | Clay Cross Road Team |
17 | Dante | Carpenter | Cube Fintro |
18 | William | Bjergfelt | Cycle Premier – Kovert |
19 | Michael | Nicolson | Doltcini Flanders |
20 | Tony | Kiss | Dynamic Bicycles UK/RPC |
21 | Matthew | Ullmer | Dynamic Bicycles UK/RPC |
22 | Oliver | Beckingsale | Endura MTB Racing |
23 | Luke | Dunbar | Equipe CMI |
24 | Ashley | Martin | Equipe CMI |
25 | Alexander | Murison | Equipe CMI |
26 | Conor | Ryan | Equipe CMI |
27 | Andrew | Whitehall | Equipe Velo Ecosse/Montpeliers |
28 | Finlay | Young | Equipe Velo Ecosse/Montpeliers |
29 | Andrew | Feather | Exeter Wheelers |
30 | Andrew | Hargroves | Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT |
31 | George | Harper | Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT |
32 | Matthew | Higgins | Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT |
33 | Robert | Ward | Felt-Colbornes-Hargroves RT |
34 | Graham | Howell | Forza Cycles Racing Team |
35 | David | Griffiths | Glasgow Whls |
36 | Matthew | Clarke | Halesowen A & CC |
37 | Alex | Coutts | Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com |
38 | Giles | Drake | Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com |
39 | Martin | Ford | Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com |
40 | Gary | Hand | Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com |
41 | Andrew | Hawdon | Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com |
42 | William | Haynes | Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com |
43 | James | Sampson | Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com |
44 | Jake | Martin | Kingsnorth International Whlrs |
45 | Thomas | Smith | Lumet-VDBG Steenhouwerij |
46 | Sebastian | Baylis | Madison Genesis |
47 | Ian | Bibby | Madison Genesis |
48 | Dean | Downing | Madison Genesis |
49 | Liam | Holohan | Madison Genesis |
50 | Dominic | Jelfs | Madison Genesis |
51 | Alex | Peters | Madison Genesis |
52 | Chris | Snook | Madison Genesis |
53 | Andrew | Tennant | Madison Genesis |
54 | Dale | Appleby | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
55 | Dexter | Gardias | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
56 | Kit | Gilham | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
57 | Gruffudd | Lewis | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
58 | Rhys | Lloyd | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
59 | David | McGowan | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
60 | Tom | Murray | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
61 | Robert | Smail | Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing Team |
62 | Perry | Bowater | MG-Maxifuel Pro Cycling |
63 | Declan | Byrne | MG-Maxifuel Pro Cycling |
65 | Jamie | Caldwell | MG-Maxifuel Pro Cycling |
66 | Hefin | Price | NFTO |
67 | Hugh | Wilson | NFTO |
68 | Dan | Barry | Node4 – Giordana Racing |
69 | Nathan | Edmondson | Node4 – Giordana Racing |
70 | Steve | Lampier | Node4 – Giordana Racing |
71 | Shem | Rodger | Node4 – Giordana Racing |
72 | Roman | Van Uden | Node4 – Giordana Racing |
73 | Christian | Varley | Node4 – Giordana Racing |
74 | James | Williamson | Node4 – Giordana Racing |
75 | Jake | Martin | Pedal Heaven RT |
76 | Harry | Godding | PMR@Toachim House |
77 | Adam | Bright | Primal Europe Powered By RuTrainingToday.co.uk |
78 | Tom | Stockdale | Primal Europe Powered By RuTrainingToday.co.uk |
79 | James | Williams | Primal Europe Powered By Rutrainingtoday/Bikechainricci |
80 | Malcolm | Dixon | Severn RC |
81 | Antoine | Gaudillat | Spin Rotor Primal C-Originals RT |
82 | Chris | Nicholson | Spin Rotor Primal C-Originals RT |
83 | Colin | Parry | Spin Rotor Primal C-Originals RT |
84 | Nick | Pilborough | Spin Rotor Primal C-Originals RT |
85 | George | Pym | Spin Rotor Primal C-Originals RT |
86 | James | Smith | Spin Rotor Primal C-Originals RT |
87 | Mark | Baines | Spirit Bikes Racing Team |
88 | Edward | Clemens | Spirit Bikes Racing Team |
89 | Christopher | Dredge | Spirit Bikes Racing Team |
90 | Jack | Waller | Spirit Bikes Racing Team |
91 | Michael | Smith | Team Corley Cycles/Blue |
92 | John | Whittington | Team Diabetes UK |
93 | Richard | Cartland | Team Echelon – Rotor |
94 | Matt | Cronshaw | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
95 | Andrew | Griffiths | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
96 | Peter | Hawkins | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
97 | James | Moss | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
98 | Ryan | Mullen | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
99 | Joseph | Perrett | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
100 | Wouter | Sybrandy | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
101 | Peter | Williams | Team IG – Sigma Sport |
102 | Eric | Berthou | Team Raleigh |
103 | Alexandre | Blain | Team Raleigh |
104 | Graham | Briggs | Team Raleigh |
105 | Richard | Lang | Team Raleigh |
106 | Thomas | Moses | Team Raleigh |
107 | Evan | Oliphant | Team Raleigh |
108 | Thomas | Scully | Team Raleigh |
109 | Samuel | Witmitz | Team Raleigh |
110 | Daniel | Patten | Team Smartstop P/B Mountain Khakis |
111 | Joseph | Moses | Team Sportscover |
112 | Niklas | Gustavsson | Team UK Youth |
113 | Chris | Opie | Team UK Youth |
114 | Yanto | Barker | Team UK Youth (UCI Team) |
115 | Marcin | Bialoblocki | Team UK Youth (UCI Team) |
116 | Joshua | Hunt | Team UK Youth (UCI Team) |
117 | Greg | Mansell | Team UK Youth (UCI Team) |
118 | Robert | Partridge | Team UK Youth (UCI Team) |
119 | Ian | Wilkinson | Team UK Youth (UCI Team) |
120 | George | Atkins | 100%ME |
121 | Ben | Simmons | Team Wiggle |
122 | Daniel | Davies | Teamwallis CHH Racing Team |
123 | Liam | Glen | The Kinesis Morvelo Project |
124 | Steven | Lawley | TheBicycleWorks.com |
125 | Anthony | Moye | Velo29-Blackhawk |
126 | Robert | Adlard | Velo29-Blackhawk |
127 | Tom | Barras | Wheelbase Altura MGD |
128 | Andrew | Coupe | Wheelbase Altura MGD |
129 | Adam | Duggleby | Wheelbase Altura MGD |
130 | Alistair | Rutherford | Wheelbase Altura MGD |
131 | Stuart | Reid | WHEELBASE.co.uk/MGD |
132 | Jack | Adams | Zappi’s Pro Cycling |
133 | Daniel | Kelley | Zappi’s Pro Cycling |
134 | Daniel | Pearson | Zappi’s Pro Cycling |
135 | James | Ratcliffe | Zappi’s Pro Cycling |
136 | Jacob | Loftus | Zappi’s Pro Cycling |
137 | Rhys | Howells | Twenty3c.co.uk-Focus |
138 | Luke | Ryn | Twenty3c.co.uk-Focus |
139 | Pete | Vincent | Twenty3c.co.uk-Focus |
140 | Dean | Shannon | Twenty3c.co.uk-Focus |
Source www.britishcycling.org.uk
Photos Andy Whitehouse