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A Great British Weekend at RideLondon

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RideLondonThe Prudential RideLondon weekend, despite some dramatic weather, saw not only in excess of 20,000 amateur cyclists take on the Surrey 100 (making it the biggest sportive ever staged in the UK) but also incredible success for the British contingent in the professional events.

 

On Saturday Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini hit a turn of speed in the closing metres to beat Marianne Vos in the RideLondon Grand Prix – the 1.3mile lap race around St James’ Park – with Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead in third. An extraordinary seven of the top ten places in the event went to British riders with Eileen Roe and Olympic gold medallist Laura Trott finishing in fourth and fifth respectively.

 

British success continued on Sunday with the RideLondon Classic 100-mile Surrey to London race, which saw Adam Blythe win in a sprint finish ahead of Ben Swift. The final 30km witnessed the lead pack reduced from a dozen riders to just 5 in a highly tactical game that former road world champion Philippe Gilbert looked to already have in the bag on a number of occasions; but with the final turn into The Mall it was relative unknown Blythe who still had the legs to get to the line. Bradley Wiggins, making only his second competitive appearance in London since the 2012 Olympics, finished down in 30th place.

 

Further details and full results for Prudential RideLondon at prudentialridelondon.co.uk

 

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Cummings Makes His Move

It’s that time of year, with the season ending and contracts coming to an end, for the annual game of musical saddles. Hot on the heels of the news that Team BMC Racing have signed Brit Adam Blythe and Belgian Klaas Lodewyck comes the announcement that they have also signed up another British rider in the shape of Steve Cummings, double-runner-up at the Tour of Britain (2008 and 2011.) The 30-year-old all-rounder was part of Great Britain’s world championship winning pursuit team in 2005 and took silver in the same event at the 2004 Olympics.

 

Commenting on his move away from Team Sky, Cummings said, “They’ve just won the Tour de France, and the riders they’ve signed have the chance to win almost any race. Their entire program really has the whole package…I want to work as hard as possible for the team and make the most of any opportunities that come my way. If I can do that, then I’m happy.”

 

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Blythe Heads for BMC

BMC RacingIt has been announced that Yorkshireman Adam Blythe will be joining the likes of Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans at BMC Racing next season as he leaves behind Omega Pharma-Lotto. The team confirmed the 21-year-old’s appointment along with that of Belgian Klaas Lodewyck.

 

Blythe left the British Cycling Olympic Academy at the start of 2008 having taken gold medals in the team pursuit at the Junior European Track Championships in both 2006 and 2007. Moving to Belgium he won a series of amateur events before joining Team  Konica Minolta as a stagiaire (from the French for ‘trainee’) winning two stages of he Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai. He joined Omega Pharma-Loto – known at the time as Silence-Loto – in 2009 on a two year contract.

 

Commenting on the signing of Klass and Blythe, BMC President and General Manager Jim Ochowicz said: “We are pleased to welcome both Klaas and Adam to the BMC Racing Team family. They are both young talents that are fast, strong and ready to lend their skills to the BMC Racing Team. We will especially be looking to them to support our team leaders during the classics season and throughout the rest of the season.”