A Bridge Too Far Road Race 2023

Jenny Hudson (Bristol RC) and Tom Williams (ROKiT-SRCT) win A Bridge Too Far RR

RESULTS

Women

1. Jennifer Hudson – Bristol RC
2. Maddie Heywood – FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
3. Jennifer Lemen – PDQ Cycle Coaching 
4. Elizabeth Sanders – FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
5. Emily Tillett – Reflex Racing 
6. Marianne Day – Swindon Wheelers
7. Helen Oldridge – LIOS Bikes
8. Lois Brewer – Ystwyth Cycling Club
9. Catriona Ross – Bridport CC
10. Leah Brewer – Ystwyth Cycling Club
11. Claire Pile – 05/03
12. Sophie Catt – Bristol RC
13. Eve Newton – Army Cycling Union
14. Katy Vincent – Army Cycling Union
15. Claire Ablett – Portishead Cycling Club
16. Kate Hoy – Pronto Bikes
17. Lizzie Wilkinson – Pronto Bikes
18. Elizabeth Kemp – Pronto Bikes
19. Sasha Smith – FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
20. Lauren Booth – 05/03
21. Claire Fennell – Pronto Bikes

Men

1. Tom Williams – ROKiT-SRCT
2. Samuel Tillett – Reflex Racing 
3. Matt Bailey – Ride Revolution Coaching
4. Samuel Wadsley – Primera-TeamJobs
5. Lucas Byam – Kalas Motip Race Team
6. Harvey Lawson – Kalas Motip Race Team
7. Gabriel Dellar – StolenGoat Race Team
8. Callum Start – Mid Devon CC
9. Charlie Mactear – WestSide Coaching 73 Degrees
10. Jonathan Oxley – BCC Race Team
11. Thomas Charles – Team PB Performance
12. David Roper – Kalas Motip Race Team
13. Hefin Evans – Team PB Performance
14. Thomas Bowden – Reflex Racing 
15. Felix Whetter – Mid Devon CC
16. Thomas Quaid – Foran CCC
17. George Cottrell – Poole Wheelers CC
18. Ashley Newman – Primera-TeamJobs
19. Harvey Thomas – Steele Davis Via Roma
20. Ashley Hutchison – VC St Raphael
21. Thomas Hurst – Reflex Racing 
22. William Piccin РWhite Brocar-Al̩
23. Piers Mahn – Mid Devon CC
24. Ian Cullen – Mid Devon CC
25. James Hook – Swindon Wheelers
26. George Watch – Steele Davis Via Roma
27. Jack Ramsbottom – Caffi Gruff
28. Martin Ford – HUUB WattShop
29. Fraser Joyce – Swindon Wheelers
30. William Jewitt – Kalas Motip Race Team
31. Oliver Wade – Mid Devon CC
32. Sam Rutty – Velo Club Bristol
33. John Russell – Reflex Racing 
34. Iwan Clark – Maindy Flyers CC
35. Richard Harris – Cwmcarn Paragon Cycling Club
36. Jeremy Hunt – Mid Devon CC
37. Robert Godwin – Swindon Wheelers
38. Adam Chilvers – Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA
39. Finley Reddington – 05/03
40. Adam Fletcher – Bristol RC
41. Mathys Venter – Maindy Flyers CC

RACE REPORT

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Race Info

Promoted by Bristol Road Club under British Cycling Rules and Regulations

Mendip Hills Circuit

Race HQ

Priddy Village Hall, Priddy, Wells, BA5 3BE

2/3/4 Regional A Women’s Race

Start 10:00 – Finish est. 12:30 – 72km (5 laps)

Start at HQ, Finish 300m after the left turn onto the B3371.

2/3/4 Regional A Men’s Race

Start 13:30 – Finish est. 16:30 – 111km (8 laps)

Start at HQ, Finish 300m after the left turn onto the B3371.

Circuit Description

Partial First Lap

Departing from Priddy Village Hall turn right onto unclassified road and then turn right onto B3135. The road then descends to reach a sharp left-hand turn onto B3134 (Take Care – keep to the left-hand side of the road). The road continues to roll slightly before riders take the left-hand turn B3371 into the finishing straight. Continue to finish area to complete the partial first lap.

Laps 2 to 5 (Women’s race) and 2 to 8 (Men’s race) – 13km per lap

On B3371 the road then descends (Take Care – narrow sections) before reaching the junction near the top of Cheddar Gorge, where riders turn sharp left towards Wells, back onto B3135. The road continues to rise gradually for a number of kilometres then descends to reach a sharp left-hand turn onto B3134 (Extreme Care – keep to the left-hand side of the road, see safety note below *). The road continues to roll slightly before riders take the left-hand turn onto B3371 into the finishing straight to complete lap. Women’s Race finishes after crossing the FINISH line on the 6th occasion. Men’s Race finishes after crossing the FINISH line on the 9th occasion. Lap distance 13km.