Category Archives: Road Racing

Stop Press: A Willesden Weekend to remember!

Wow, wow, wow!! What a great weekend it was. Tom Zittel won the Brooks  Retro Criterium before a huge, noisy and excited crowd at Saturday night’s Smithfield Nocturne. Tom was riding a treasured early 1960s Claud Butler Super Torino, which … Continue reading

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BC West Thames Round 8 at Hillingdon

Alex Pierce reports: “There was a good showing from the Squadre Verde last night at Hillingdon. A well timed solo breakaway from Peter Dibben (Hargroves Cycles) wrapped up first place, with no one in the bunch interested in pulling him … Continue reading

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Results from the Press Secretary

Here goes with this week’s results. Down at Hillingdon on Tuesday evening in the BC West Thames 3/4 event Tony Lusardi was 11th, son Darryl 14th and in spite of a puncture Ryan Fineston finished 19th. On Sunday they rode … Continue reading

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Results from our Press Secretary

Roger and Connor Woodford at Welwyn, Photo courtesy of Dawn Fry Further to last week’s report. Willesden’s other entry in last week’s triathalon was 14 years old Josh Copley who finished 4th in his age group. Jane Swain riding in … Continue reading

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Photos: 3/4 Race Hillingdon 29th April

We had a cracking team at Hillingdon last night. Tony rode and finished his first race in the 3/4 Cat Graham, Ryan and Darryl finished in the group with Alex and Connor finishing 8 and 9th Richard Jerome (2nd claim) rode the E123, Triangle Cyclery have put a gallery … Continue reading

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Video: Beyond Spring Crits at Hillingdon

Some green jerseys could be spotted in the Beyond Spring Crits organised by West Drayton MTB Club this afternoon. Hugh Smith and Alex Pierce rode the 4th Category race with Alex coming home with a very respectable 12th place. Daryl … Continue reading

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Lee Valley Velopark Taster Sessions

Booking is now open for taster sessions at Lee Valley Velopark. Our club Track session is fully booked but you can still get on the track by booking a taster session. Pricing for adults is £30 for the Velodrome and … Continue reading

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Chiltern Classics 2014

    It’s reliability trial time again!   The Chiltern Classics are a series of rides characterised by the short, sharp hills of the Chilterns and the fine weather that always* graces these events. The jewell in the crown is of course … Continue reading

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Free Willesden Kit for riders who are under 18

Great news we have received a grant from Wembley Stadium for our young riders which will enable us  to supple free kit to Willesden Riders who are under 18. Riders need to complete in a number of events in Willesden … Continue reading

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Willesden Road Race 01 Sept – Chief Marshal’s report

Many thanks to all the marshals who turned up.  We just about had it covered, with most marshalling points reporting an incident free morning and afternoon’s racing.  A few horse boxes, a few horses, but nothing we can’t gloss over. … Continue reading

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Willesden Youth Riders in Prudential London Grand Prix

On Saturday Darryl Lusardi and Connor Woodford rode in the Prudential London Grand Prix in central London and featured on the BBC on Sunday. Darryl got away with a lap to go but was caught by the bunch Connor finished 9th … Continue reading

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Well done Kye Lewis

Kye had a tough race on Sunday in his first National of the year at Hog Hill, he stuck with the pack which split up going up the hill to the finish line, waiting for confirmation but think he finished … Continue reading

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Connor 3rd in Archer race at Hillingdon

Connor Woodford  finished 3rd in the Archer under 16s race at Hillingdon on Saturday from a strong field of 35 riders. The race split after 4 laps and a front group of ten pulled away from the rest, in a … Continue reading

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Westerley Criterium, 3/4

After having a good race on Tuesday I was hoping I would be able to get a good result on Saturday. The race was just a local 3/4 race at Hillingdon run by the Westerley. I finished 2nd place from … Continue reading

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Hillingdon Circuit Summer Series Week One

Up until now I hadn’t finished my last two races, I’d had too much time off the bike and I wasn’t sure how I would get on. I had the choice to ride in the E/1/2/3 race but I wanted … Continue reading

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Milland Hill

A couple of months ago I decided it would be a good idea to enter this Surrey League Race, it’s pretty local and although the course does feature a 25% incline, it’s pretty short though and we’d only need to … Continue reading

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Hog Hell

This weekend, Kenny Ross and myself decided to take a trip to Hog Hill. It was chucking it down with rain all day and both Kenny and myself had agreed if we hadn’t of already paid our entry fee, we … Continue reading

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Spring Chicken Road Race 2013 Report

After a terrible first race of 2013 the previous week, I was a bit unsure that all of the winter training I’d done had been worthwhile. It didn’t help that when both Kenny Ross and I were in the car … Continue reading

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Warratah Veterans – 12 January

Jayne Paine: I did the Warratah Veterans race at the Eastern Creek Dragway on Saturday 12 January. It was an early start (7am) but at least it’s cool (20’C) at that time. It is a nice, wide, beautifully paved motor … Continue reading

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Road Races, Provisional Results

Thanks very much to everyone who helped out today in terrible conditions, the feedback from the race has been excellent and British Cycling are very pleased with us. The results as follows, amendments in red. E/1/2/3 1. Matt Cronshaw – … Continue reading

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