TEF Richardsons Race Team Riders Shine at Dales Mountain Bike Race

TEF Richardsons Race Team Riders

 Shine at Dales Mountain Bike Race

The North’s Regional Mountain Bike Series final round was held on Saturday 18th August in the stunning countryside of Swaledale in The Yorkshire Dales.   This was the second year the race was using the course at Fremington on a technically hard 5.6km course which would see the riders climbing over 600 foot each lap.  

TEF/Richardsons Race Team have been targeting this series in 2012 and the riders were on top form for this particular race.   

This was a gridded start depending on series standings.  This was to be a mass start with all categories setting off together and after an initial single track hit ‘the grind’ a steep and rocky twisting ascent up to Fremington Edge before a rocky and fast descent on the dry limestone. 

From the start Junior riders Mike Thompson and Sam Roper got a good start with Mike leading the field and Sam holding 3^rd place on the first lap.   Mike was able to pull away from the field and then came in first after the full 3 laps with a lead of 2 mins 54s ahead of second placed rider James Nixon of mtbmarathon.co.uk.    Mike Thompson showed his class over the course by also beating the Adult Elite riders with his time.   Sam Roper suffered a disappointing crash on the descent and lost 4 places to come in as 7^th placed rider.

Frazer Clacherty  the  race teams newly signed rider youth rider again led from the start and was able to hold off 2^nd placed rider and series leader James Edmond with an attack from the start line.  Frazer held a large lead over Edmond which he maintained until the last section of the course when Edmond started to accelerate and close the gap on Clacherty but  TEF took the win with just a 50 yard lead.   Other TEF rider Scott Woolley came in 4^th placed youth rider.  

1^st place Junior – Mike Thompson TEF/Richardsons RT

1^st  place youth – Frazer Clacherty TEF/Richardsons RT

Other results:

Nick Wilson TEF/Richardsons RT  12^th Veteran

Dan Joyce – Richardsons Cycle Club 26^th Veteran   

Steve Hopper Richardsons Cycle Club 7^th Master

Martin Allanson – Richardsons Cycle Club 1^st in Fun Category

The team will be travelling to Essex on 25^th August to race in the National Mountain Bike Series.  TEF/Richardsons Race Team are a mountain bike race team sponsored in a joint venture by TEF Transport and Richardsons Cycle Club to keep up to date on the team check out the club website www.richardsonscc.co.uk