Tour of the West results 06

A Race (5 laps)
Position	Name		Number	Club	Time
1	Peter	Kennaugh	12	MRC	3.21.57
2	Arron	Livesey	11	EVCC	3.24.53
3	Elliott	Baxter	3	MVW	3.25.05
4	Mike	Doyle	14	MRC	3.25.08
5	Andy	Bell	5	EVCC	3.25.55
6	Gianni	Epiphani	2	MVW	3.26.46
7	Mark	Christian	19	TSP	3.29.58

DNF	Peter	O'Shea	1	MVW	DNF
DNF	Rob	Dooley	4	MVW	DNF
DNF	Peter	Doyle	6	MRC	DNF
DNF	Gavin	Quayle	7	MVW	DNF
DNF	Juan	Kinley	8	MRC	DNF
DNF	Chris	Whorral	18	MRC	DNF
DNF	Mike	Kelly	15	MRC	DNF
DNF	Ashley	Whipp	16	MRC	DNF
DNF	Matt	Holden	17	MVW	DNF
DNS	Andrew	Cook	10	MVW	DNS
DNS	Paul	Cubban	9	MRC	DNS
DNS	Trevor	Kirkwood	13	MRC	DNS

B Race (3 laps)
1	Matt	Looker	33	TSP	2.05.15
2	Alec	Kinvig	32	MVW	Same time
3	Sam	Looker	34	TSP	Same time
4	Colum	O'Shea	31	TSP	Same time
5	Tom	Black	44	TSP	Same time
6	Tony	Aspell	36	EVCC	Same time
7	Elliot	Moore	39	MVW	Same time
8	Chris	Pedley	43	MVW	2.12.00
9	Claire	Moore	37	MVW	2.15.00
10	Mark	Stewart	42	MVW	2.23.50
DNF	Timothy	Kennaugh	38	MRC	DNF
DNF	Laura	Wasley	41	MVW	DNF

Race Report

An overcast, grey, cool morning greeted 26 Riders on the start line of the Tour of the West in Peel on Sunday morning. Two races were run over the 15 mile Creg Willy’s Course. The B Race, over three laps, set off five minutes before the A Race, over five laps, to give the B riders a chance time to climb Creg Willy’s. In fact, it wasn’t until the second climb that the A and B races merged. On Creg Willy’s, as usual, some riders lost touch with the leading group and spent the remainder of the race on a solitary ride for the most part.

At times, it appeared that the B Race was moving somewhat faster than the A. The B race mainly contained the younger riders and they are quite use to racing out of the blocks from the start. The A Race took a more measured ride up to the first climb, but then cranked up the pace on the climb, making it very hard for some.

There were a couple of attempts to race off the front. Ashley Whipp attacked on the Peel-Kirk Michael Coast Road during the first lap of the A Race, but was caught on the third climb.

With one lap to go in the A Race, Peter Kennaugh Jnr, showed his strength and pulled away from the bunch. Elliot Baxter and Arron Livesey took on the chase. With the conditions deteriorating at this stage, it was proving harder for some of the riders and many pulled in at the end of the fourth lap. The leading riders stayed much the same to the line with Kennaugh recording an impressive win, with Livesey and Baxter, second and third respectively. Young Mark Christian, 15, had an impressive ride completing the 78 miles in 7^th.

The B race became somewhat tactical and Matt Looker won the day at the finish with Alex Kinvig second and Sam Looker third.