Author: Andy

Philip Glaze (Stourbridge CC) powered clear from a winning breakaway to clinch his first victory of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League. The veteran rider was part of a three-man breakaway which escaped the bunch prior to the final climb and built up an unassailable margin to hold off the chasing bunch. Earlier…

James Ireson (Morvelo Basso) sprinted to victory in the sixth round of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League. The 21-year-old, from Wolverhampton, was part of an elite group of six riders who escaped the rest of the field and contested the finish. Ireson, who has recently finished riding in the televised OVO Energy…

KIRK Vickers (Rhino Velo Race Team) took his third victory of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League to regain the overall series lead with another perfectly timed effort in round five. The 24-year-old, from Whitchurch has now won every other round of the series and outdid the pure sprinters again with a perfectly…

Matthew Garthwaite (Rhino Velo Race Team) took back the leader’s yellow jersey he lost last week with a fine victory in round four of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Road Race League. Garthwaite, from Newport, Shropshire, also won the second round two weeks earlier and the fast nature of the Penkridge route suited him once…

Kirk Vickers (Rhino Velo RT) fended of the bunch for the second time in three weeks to clinch another solo victory in the South Shropshire and Shropshire Road Race League. After winning the opening round at Knighton with a late solo effort the 24-year-old, from Whitchurch, attacked with four miles to go in the latest…