The club’s road racers have started their seasons in some tough conditions, with Matt Elmore and George Radcliffe racing at Middlesborough, and Harry Hunt racing in the Eddie Soen’s at Aintree. I’ll let them tell more in their own words.…
Category: Race Team News
Tom Cullen Wins after 20km solo!
A good second race of the season for me at Hog Hill in London, a tough 2km circuit taking in ‘the Hoggenberg’ climb each lap. With multiple national champion Oli Stockwell of Ribble Pro Cycling and Tim Torrie from Vitus…
OCC at Croft
Lucy Ellmore raced today (9th January) in the women’s 2/3 race at Croft. Here is her report from the race. It was really windy today, so I just wanted to stay in the main bunch and shelter as much as…
Velo28 winter series #1
Lucy Ellmore competed at the Croft Racing Circuit on Saturday 12th January. Here’s her report: The circuit is quite long – 3.4km/2.1 miles which made it more interesting to race on. There were about 20 women in my race (cat…
Weekend winning!
The weekend of 15th and 16th September was a successful weekend for Otley CC with wins in circuit racing and time trialling and good performances in cyclo cross. CIRCUIT RACING James Veitch got the weekend off to a good start…
Road and Circuit Racing. And a bit of the green stuff.
The third of the big-3 Grand Tours, La Vuelta España (or The Tour of Spain if you prefer), is on now. Our racers aren’t yet indulging in such a marathon but they have been involved in some big road events…
A bit of Grass Track, a bit of Time Trialling and a bit of Circuit Racing
Well, summer’s almost over – there’s talk of a reprieve soon but don’t hold your breath – so our racers have been busy getting in the results in local events while they can. GRASS TRACK The good weather has meant…
Road, circuit and ‘cross racing. Otley organising and bit of a Brownlee benefit
Not only were Otley riders once again racking up the points in local road & circuit races, but two of our members, ably assisted by others, organised two of those events. And we had a good presence as always in…
Otley ruling the roost at local series
(Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) While we’re all now virtually sure that ‘G’ will reign victorious at Le Tour and in doing so become the first Welsh winner of a Grand Tour, our own racers, young and old, also continue…
Road & circuit racing – The Blue Train success continues
Usually we’d present reports in chronological order but let’s break with tradition and celebrate a win at a local event, this time at the Skipton Town Centre Races on Wednesday 11th July, complementing the great performances in the Ilkley and Otley…