MONROE WINS IN WALES

JUNIOR TOUR WALES INTERNATIONAL

Saturday 28 - Monday 30 August; British Cycling Junior National Series

RESULTS

DAY 3 Stage 5 (Final Stage)
1. Martin Monroe Ireland 2.21.07
2. Stephen Kruiswhijk Holland 2.21.31
3. James Sampson Yorkshire 2.22.00
4. Peter Williams North West 2.22.12
5. Daniel Martin CC Giro 2.22.13
6. Derek Burke Ireland 2.22.24
7. Alex Atkins SE England 2.22.29
8. Geraint Thomas Wales A 2.22.53
9. Ian Feild SE England
10. Martin Nestor Ireland 2.22.54
11. Tom Diggle North West 2.23.29
12. Kristain Downs Dataphonics 2.23.26
13. Ed Whitehorne Glendene 2.23.52
14. William Thompson SE England 2.23.52
15. Craig Edwards Bikes 51 RT 2.23.58

FINAL OVERALL

1. Daniel Martin CC Giro 7.56.31
2. Geraint Thomas Wales A 7.57.45
3. Martin Monroe Ireland 7.58.31
4. Stephen Kruiswhijk Holland 7.58.32
5. Martin Nestor Ireland 7.59.42
6. Alex Atkins SE England 7.59.46
7. Ian Feild SE England 7.59.51
8. Ed Whitehorne Glendene 8.00.37
9. James Sampson Yorkshire 8.01.08
10. Ryan Smith Dataphonics 8.01.42
11. Adam Norris Crest Ilford 8.01.43
12. Peter Williams North West 8.03 26
13. Andrew Tenant Bikes 51 8.03.51
14. William Thompson SE ENgland 8.04.03
15. Maurice O'Brien Ireland 8.04.59
16. Kristain Downs Dataphonics 8.06.13
17. Andrew Hill North West 8.06.42
18. Ben Swift Dataphonics 8.07.42
19. Euan Adams West Midlands8.07.46
20. Richard Heathcote i-Team 8.08.53

King of the Mountains
1. Peter Wlliams 29
2. Geraint Thomas 25
3. Martin Monroe 20

Points
1. P Williams
2. Geraint Thomas
3. Rob Blunden

TEAM
1. Ireland 24.01.16
2. Dataphonics
3. Wales A


DAY 2 - STAGE 3

1. Peter Williams 2:03:19
2. Ben Swift D
3. Steven Kruiswijk
4. Ross Sander
5. James Sampson
6. Ciran Kelly
7. Daniel Martin
8. Ian Field
9. Mark Nestor
10. Geraint Thomas
11. Ryan Smith
12. Paul Cox
13. Alex Atkins
14. Andrew Hill
15. Edward Whitehorn

STAGE 4
1. Geraint Thomas 1.06.57
2. Daniel Martin 1.06.57
3. Edward Whitehorn 1.07.39
4. Ian Field 1.08.04
5. Adam Norris 1.08.06
6. Maurice3 O'Brien 1.08.08
7. Kristian Downs 1.08.10
8. Mark Nestor 1.08.14


OVERALL AFTER 4
1. D. Martin 5.34.18
2. G.Thomas 5.34.52
3. Ed Whitehorn 5.36.45
4. M Nestor 5.36.48
6. Ian Field 5.36. 58
7. A.Norris 5.37.04
8. Steven Kruiswijk 5.37.10 Holland
9. Alex Atkins 5.37.17
10. Ryan Smith 5.37.38
11. Martin Monroe 5.37.39
12. Andrew Tennant 5.38.36
13. Dale Appleby 5.38.36


DAY 1 - STAGE 1
1. Daniel Martin CC Giro 11.53
2. Geraint Thomas Wales A 12.37
3. Paul Cox East Midlands
4. Mark Nestor Ireland
5. Alex Atkins SE England 13.00
6. Andrew Tenant Bikes 51 RT
7. Ryan Smith Dataphonics
8. Adam Kenway West Midlands

Stage 2 57 miles
1. Adam Norris Crest/Ilford CC 2.11.27
2. Martin Monroe Ireland @2 secs
3. Geraint Thomas Wales A
4. Edward Whitehorne Glendene CC
5. Dale Appleby Wales B @ 5 secs
6. Adam Kenway West Midlands @ 8 secs
7. Ian Field SE England @15 sec
8. Mark Nestor Ireland
9. Dan Martin CC Giro
10. Alex Atkins SE England @22

OVERALL AFTER DAY 1
1. Daniel Martin 2.23.45
2. Geraint Thomas 2.24.11
3. Mark Nestor 2.24.35


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RACE DETAILS (press release)

Wales Dudley's Junior Tour of Wales
Saturday 28 - Monday 30 August

World track champion Geraint Thomas leads the Wales A team in the Dudleys Junior Tour of Wales which looks like being a real cracker with this years British Champion Daniel Martin, 4th in last years Tour, looking to thwart a home victory. Thomas missed the British Championship as he was been picked to ride the world track championships in Los Angeles. This is the first time the Junior Tour has had a World Champion on the start line. Geraint is no slouch on the road either, in fact he won the Junior Paris- Roubaix against top continental opposition and then came home to be the first junior to win the Senior Welsh Championship and followed this by winning one of the toughest senior races on the British calendar, the Five Valleys Road Race run by Port Talbot Wheelers.

However its going to be far from a two horse race with a strong Irish contingent looking to swap a green jersey for yellow to make up for the near misses of the last two years and get revenge for not winning their own Junior Tour at the beginning of the month. England field 10 teams with the top riders in the Renolds – Michelin National series entered to try their hand (or legs!! ) in the only stage race in the series. The final stage alone is harder than most of those single day races. Scotland are an unknown quantity at the moment but will be looking to keep their winning streak going after 3 wins in a row.

Again Theo Hartog the effervescent Dutch coach reckons he has the strongest team ever over the 5 years he has supported the Tour, and why is Mbazzi Tadeo coming all the way from Uganda if he has not got designs on winning!! Hopefully he can get over visa problems this year to make it to the race. The routes are very similar to 2003 starting on Saturday 28th August with the usual Time Trial from Brynmawr to the top of the Tumble (Keepers) near Blaenavon a distance of 10 km. which the best riders do in around 12 minutes. Back to Brynmawr Square for the second stage which is preceded by a local group to liven it up for the Mayor Lyndon Moore to start the race at 3.00pm for the 60 mile loop out to Brecon and back.

Sunday mornings 50 mile stage is fairly flat after Hafoyrynys to Raglan and Abergavenny but all that changes when the 80 riders get back to Gilwern to tackle the 3 mile climb to Brynmawr and then on up to the Racehorse Inn on the Blaenavon Road. Small circuits can be the hardest form of bike racing and the circuit at Bryn Bach is the toughest in Britain . The racing is eye-balls out from the gun and with the rise and fall of over 30 metres on each 3 kilometre lap for over an hour it will make the riders dig deep to stay in contention The descent on the western end of the circuit is at speeds of around 50mph. The stage starts at 4.00pm. for 1 hour.

The 60 miles stage 5 starts at Bryn Bach at 10.30 on Monday 30th and is the show piece of the weekend as it runs along the A465 to Hirwaun before swinging north over the beautiful or forbidding (depending on the weather) terrain of the Brecon Beacons. From Storey Arms the route runs almost all on a downhill glide through Crickhowell and Abergavenny before climbing the notorious Tumble (Keepers) mountain , 3 miles of torture or exhilaration for the riders depending whether they are winning or losing for this final climb usually decides the winner!!

The Prize Presentation takes at the headquarters for the weekend Nantyglo Leisure Centre at 2.30. The event is sponsored by Dudleys shopfitters,Risca and Blaenau Gwent Borough Council With additional assistance from Mazda cars, Irwin Wright Dentistry, Newport, Racehorse Inn and Doleq Carpets Brynmawr, Martyn Ashfield Cycles, Bush Healthcare, Aberaman and numerous supporters throughout the British Isles

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START LIST

WALES A
1 Geraint Thomas
2 Daniel Davies
3 Ross Sander
4 Chris Gould
5 Ben Simmons

CENTRAL DIVISION
6 Tom Smith
7 James Leach
8 David Kingsbury

VC. JERSEY
9 Richard Tanguy

CC.GIRO
10 Daniel Martin

GLENDENE CC.
11 Edward Whitehorn

CREST ILFORD CC.
12 Adam Norris
13

HOLLAND
14 Ivar Hartogs
15 Steven Kruiswijk
16 Mike Feys
17 Hjalmar de Munk
18 Imke Hartogs
19 Ilona Meter

SCOTLAND
20 Tony Reidy
21 Bruce Wallace
22 Ross Creber

BCF. YORKSHIRE
23 Ryan Maclachlan
24 Richard Hepworth
25 James Sampson

IRELAND
26 Mark Nestor
27 Maurice O'Brien
28 Ciran Kelly
29 Martin Monroe

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
30 Ian Field
31 William Thompson
32 David Wood
33 Alex Atkins
34 Ben Crawforth
35 James Coop

TEAM NORTH WEST
36 Tom Diggle
37 Andrew Hill
38 Peter Williams
39 Stephen Rudkin

EAST MIDLANDS DIVISION
40 Paul `Cox
41 Adam Biggs
42 Scott Choucino
43 Sam Etoe

WEST MIDLANDS YELLOW
44 Alex Billington
45 James Boak
46 Ross Dingley
47 Tim Goodall

UGANDA
48 Mbazzi Tadeo

I-TEAM
49 Richard Heathcote

WALES B
50 Dale Appleby
51 Rob Blunden
52 Tom Smith
53 Dafydd Dylan
54 Anthony O'Boyle
55 Eifion Weinzweig

BIKES 51 RT
56 Peter Banham
57 Andrew Tennant
58 Matt Lee
59 Simon Holt
60 Craig Edwards

BC. WEST MIDLANDS
61 Ellan Adams
62 Matt Gregory
63 Adam Kenway
64 William Gouldbourne
65 Matt Spragg

DATAPHONICS RT.
66 Ben Swift
67 Jon Mozley
68 Ryan Smith
69 Tom Walters
70 Kristian Downs

ISLE OF MAN
71 Jonathan Bellis
72 Aaron Whipp
73 Ashley Whipp

CONNAUGHT (IRELAND)
74 Michael Mulvenna
75 Patrick Clarke
76 Derek Burke

HORWICH CC.
77 Adam Wood
78 Liam Worthy
79 Richard Sale

BIKINMOTION C.C.
80 Simon Gibbs
81 James Spragg
82 Chris Scott
83 Andy Hughes

TEAM SOUTH WEST
84 Jon Opie
85 James Denslow
86 Chris Edwards
87 Rowan Boswood

U-SAVE ORANGE
88 Craig Drake

PRIVATE MEMBER
89 Mark Savery

ISLE OF MAN
90 Elliott Moore