January 2016 - Rider of the MonthMick Style picked up a brilliant 5th place (V50) in the National Cyclocross Champs in Shrewsbury, and was 6th overall in his race. This following Decembers 5th place in the North of England champs in December too!
February 2016 - Rider of the MonthBrian Byland is currently leading the Vets ACT track league and racks up RoTM number two for the Byland family!
March 2016 - Rider of the MonthGoes to
Andy Ashurst!
Far too many results to mention but he has been consistently bothering the top end of the results boards in the Lakes and Lancs SPOCO and SPOCO NW events of late, even picking up the V50 wins at the Circuit of Ingleborough and the Teesdale Hilly TT!
The latest league standings have him at 4th overall in the Lakes and Lancs league (2nd V50), and 6th V50 in the Spoco NW league.
Awesome work Andy!
April 2016 - Rider of the MonthFor a raft of incredible early season TT performances, including a sub 21 over on the 10 course in Hull and sub 2 hours in his first ever 50! There was also the small matter of besting a certain Andre Greipel on a meaty Mallorcan strava segment whilst juggling a guinea pig and a chinchilla with one hand.
It's
Gavin McCloskey-Lambert!
May 2016 - Rider of the MonthGoes to
Andy Turner for his win at the Glossop Kinder Velo hilly TT. Congrats Andy. You win a nice mug of lukewarm tea!
June 2016 - Rider of the MonthGoes to
Tamsin Vicary. Where to begin...?
She's racked up a great set of results with a 3rd place at Tameside and a promotion to 3rd Cat.
She then followed that with the WIN!! at the Harrogate Nova road race, attacking from a group of 9 on the final climb! Great write-up of the race here -
http://www.harrogatenova.cc/2016/06/22/sharp-and-vicary-claim-the-nova-summer-road-races/Not only that but she has been selected to ride at the Ras na mban in September (only Irelands biggest stage race!) with the Racing Chance Foundation.
A seriously impressive months work I think you'll agree. Keep it up Tamsin and best of luck at the Ras!
PS Pleeease don't leave us for a pro team next year...!
July 2016 - Rider of the MonthGoes to
Holly Carter for setting a new women's 100 mile club RECORD of 05:01:35!
Incredible ride to topple the previous marker of 05:26:29 set by Nic Fox.
One down. Just the 10, 25, 50 and 12 hour records to go!
August 2016 - Rider of the MonthSorry it’s a bit late this month but rider of the month for August goes to
Chris Wilkinson for coming back from his operation and finishing the Manchester 100.
Chris does an amazing job every month leading the intro rides too which is pretty much the one regular ride we have on the rides list at the moment. Well done Chris!
September 2016 - Rider of the MonthGoes to
Colin Lynch!
An incredible performance representing Ireland at the Paralympics in Rio, winning the silver medal in the C2 time trial, which he then followed up by setting a new paracycling world hour record of 43.133 km on his return to Manchester! A whole 3 km further than the previous worlds best!
Well done Colin! Tell you what... October's rider of the month better be good!
October 2016 - Rider of the MonthIt's a World Track Masters stripey jumper joint effort this month, going to
Andy Turner for gold in the individual pursuit and
Scott Burns for gold in the Team Pursuit. I said Octobers RoTM better be good after Colin's effort and well, this is pretty good! Nice work guys!
November 2016 - Rider of the MonthRider of the month for November goes to
Barney Watson for winning the U8's race at the Stadt Moers round of the NWCCA cyclocross league. He has also picked up a string of impressive podium places including 3rd at Otterspool and 2nd at Northwich. Great work Barney. One to watch for sure. Could be a new Mick Style in the making!
December 2016 - Rider of the MonthGoes to
Mick Style for rounding off another incredible CX season with 4th Vet overall (and 1st V50) in the NWCCA League final standings, as well as taking 7th V50 in the Cyclocross National Championships at Peel Park. Excellent work Mick!
