Dauphiné Prologue – Sunday, June 5
Lance’s right hand man George Hincapie will be in yellow for the first road stage tomorrow following a narrow win in the opening time trial at Aix-les-Bains. Armstrong impressed too, with a good 5th place, which will settle his nerves about his form for the rest of the race and the Tour de France.
Results – ITT, 7.9 km
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9.55
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 9.56
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 9.58
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 10.00
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 10.01
Hutch makes it two…
Michael Hutchinson took the 25 title in emphatic style to add to his 10 mile title from last month. Stuart Dangerfield was a non starter and this left the door open to the ever green Gethin Butler who finished almost 2 minutes down for second place.
1. MICHAEL HUTCHINSON – API METROW – 00:47:15
2. GETHIN BUTLER – PRESTON WHEELERS – 00:49:18
3. LAURENCE HARDING – WWW.AGISKOVINER.COM – 00:49:37
4. ZAK CARR – TEAM CLEAN – TIME OUT – 00:49:55
5. CHARLES McCULLOCH – LEO RC – 00:50:04
6. SAM BARKER – API METROW – 00:50:14
7. BEN INSTONE – A3CRG / BIKE DOC – 00:50:21
8. MATT BOTTRILL – DE ROSA RT – 00:50:41
9. RICHARD BRADLEY – LEO RC – 00:50:50
10. STEVE WALKLING – IN GEAR QUICKVIT RT – 00:50:53
The Juniors went to the form book and Alex Dowsett’s 53:12 was over 2 minutes ahead of the next rider who is two years his senior. Watch this space, as Alex Dowsett is going places…
1. ALEX DOWSETT – GLENDENE CC – 00:53:12
2. SIMON BAXTER – ADEPT PRECISION RT – 00:55:39
3. DEAN ROBSON – SOMERSET RC – 00:56:03
4. PETE VINCENT – NORTH DEVON WHEELERS – 00:56:29
5. STEPHEN ADAMS – SHERWOOD CC – 00:56:55
Wendy Houvenaghel produced an incredible ride to finish almost 2 minutes clear of the rest of the field to win the women’s title.
1. WENDY HOUVENAGHEL – BIKE CHAIN / RICCI LTD – 00:55:04
2. KATRINA HAIR – JOHNSTONE WHEELERS – 00:57:09
3. LESLEY-ANNE ALLEN – SCIENCE IN SPORT.COM – 00:58:26
4. CAROLE GANDY – KENT CYCLES RC – 00:59:36
5. CLAIRE LEE – SHAFTESBURY CC – 01:00:14
Yates winning again
Discovery Channel Directeur Sportif Sean Yates rolled back the years to win two races in as many days last week. He must have stepped straight off the plane and onto his bike, following Paolo Savoldelli’s victory in the Giro d’Italia.
May 31, 2005 – Pacific Racing – Surrey League/Goodwood Gallops #6 – 38 miles
1. Sean Yates – In Gear Quickvit RT
2. Toby Neave – Liphook Cycles RT
3. Philip Watkins – Addiscombe CC
4. Steve Walkling – In Gear Quickvit RT
5. David Pollard – In Gear Quickvit RT
6. Mike Anderson – agiskoviner.com
7. Craig Peter – VC Meudon
8. Steve Ferguson – Team Maestro
9. Keith Jarrett – I-team.co.uk
10. Robin Didymus – Private
June 2, 2005 – Surrey League/Hounslow & District – Kitsmead Lane –
Handicap Series #5 – 30 miles
1. Sean Yates – In Gear Quickvit RT
2. Colin Roshier – Team Quest
3. Colin McDermott – Festival RC
4. Nigel Carpenter – Pacific Racing
5. Warren Jesse – VC Meudon
6. Jeremy Uphill – Pearson Cycles
7. Marcus Brueton – Norwood Paragon CC
8. David Larcombe – VC Meudon
9. David Creeggan – VC Meudon
10. Raymond Healey – Twickenham CC
