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Junior Cyclists Suffering to the Finish

Here is a nice video showing junior cyclists of all ages suffering to the hill top finish of a junior bicycle race in Germany...


video by: cam2304

Junior Men European Road Cycling Championship

video by: kingwindsor

1 Luca Wackermann (Italy) ..........................................3:10:30
2 Barry Markus (Netherlands)
3 Arnaud Demare (France)
4 Marco Haller (Austria)
5 Alexandre Billon (France)
6 Tijmen Eising (Netherlands)
7 Eugenio Bani (Italy)
8 Konstantin Yakimov (Russian Federation)
9 Michel Koch (Germany)
10 Zico Waeytens (Belgium)
11 Moreno Hofland (Netherlands)
12 Stanislau Bazhkou (Belarus)
13 Nick Van Der Lijke (Netherlands)
14 Efren Carazo Aguilera (Spain)
15 Anthony Perez (France)
16 Tobias Ludvigsson (Sweden)
17 Toms Skujins (Latvia)
18 Dylan Van Baarle (Netherlands)
19 Michael Schwarzmann (Germany)
20 Klemen Michelizza (Slovenia)
21 Andrei Holubeu (Belarus)
22 Yovcho Yovchev (Bulgaria)
23 Artis Pujats (Latvia)
24 Jimmy Turgis (France)
25 Philip Lindau (Sweden)
26 Kolos Támer (Hungary)
27 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spain)
28 Gennady Tatannov (Russian Federation)
29 Romain Delalot (France)
30 Joonas Jõgi (Estonia)
31 George Atkins (Great Britain)
32 Ali Riza Tanriverdi (Turkey)
33 Eimantas Gudiskis (Lithuania)
34 Alexander King (Great Britain)
35 Zoltan Sipos (Romania)
36 Andzs Flaksis (Latvia)
37 Jasper Bovenhuis (Netherlands)
38 Tobias Barkschat (Germany)
39 Alex Kirsch (Luxembourg)
40 Sten Sarv (Estonia)
41 Konrad Tomasiak (Poland)
42 Bjørn Tore Nilsen Hoem (Norway)
43 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Norway)
44 Jasha Sutterlin (Germany)
45 Nejc Bester (Slovenia)
46 Martin Weiss (Austria)
47 Alexander Hervåg (Norway)
48 Jochen Deweer (Belgium)
49 Joseph Perrett (Great Britain)
50 Simone Antonini (Italy) ...........................................0:00:17
51 Romain Guillemois (France) ....................................0:00:29
52 Gabriel Chavanne (Switzerland) .............................0:00:37
53 Andreas Hofer (Austria)
54 Stephan Rabitsch (Austria)
55 Sam Harrison (Great Britain) ..................................0:00:40
56 Lukasz Wisniowski (Poland)
57 Matvey Zubov (Russian Federation) ......................0:00:49
58 Jonathan Breyne (Belgium) ......................................0:00:51
59 Filip Filipcik (Slovakia)
60 Bob Jungels (Luxembourg) ......................................0:00:53
61 Fernando Grijalba Perez (Spain) ..............................0:02:07
62 Aslak Sørensen Værnes (Norway) ...........................0:03:47
63 Pavel Gorenc (Slovenia) .............................................0:10:05

US Junior Track Nationals Points Race Video

Here's a nice video of the 15 & 16 year old junior track racers competing in a points race heat during last week's USA Cycling Junior National Track Championships.



video by paigefilms

George Atkins Wins British Cycling Junior Men's National Road Race Championship

The winner of the British Cycling National Junior Men's Road Race championship for 2009 was George Atkins who triumphed in Abergavenny after 68 miles of hard and fast racing in the countryside around the Welsh town.

Report

With three National Road Cycling titles to be decided over the weekend, first up were the Junior men. In an exciting finish, George Atkins was crowned the British Junior Road Race Champion after he defeated Tim Kennaugh in a two up sprint.

Kennaugh had led the bicycle race alone for 20 or so miles but Atkins and Joe Perret got within touching distance of him with five miles to go. As Atkins descended like a demon, Perret was unable to spin the junior gears fast enough and lost contact. Meanwhile Kennaugh was doing his best to resist being caught for as long as he could but for the second week in a row, he was narrowly defeated in a sprint.

Post race reactions:

George Atkins: "Relief! I really needed a big result and today everything fell into place. This is for sure my biggest win to-date. Early on I rode really conservative which I don't do that often. I saved myself and used what I had when I needed to. I knew I was quicker in the sprint."
On how he felt trapped in the bunch with the break up the road: "I had itchy feet. Tim is a great rider and when he gets up the road, you have to be worried. I didn't know how much damage we could do on the final climb but I got away with Joe and we really got shifting. It was great."
"It was quite surprising that when I was away with Joe, some of his team were chasing, which felt frustrating for me as well. We really committed though and I got across." (Joe then added that he had blown, unable to keep up with George).

Tim Kennaugh: "I saw them coming up and got a time check at 25 seconds so I eased off the gas halfway up the climb and pressed on over the top and down the descent where George was only 25 yards behind me. I just sat on him when he got to me and then tried to sprint but by then, my legs had gone."
"I always create the moves! The other lads were doing as much as they could (in the chase group) but as it showed when we caught the leaders, as soon as we hit the climbs, they went. I then attacked Jon Mould (who was one of the original leaders with Dan Mclay) because I thought, if I am on my own, I can concentrate on getting the effort out rather than worrying about him jumping me. The course was good although I could have done without that big descent!"

Joe Perrett: "On the descent, George was really really hammering it and my legs just weren't good enough and it sapped all the energy out of me so when it came to the final climb he just rode off. I'm pretty pleased with the result though. I was 5th last year so a third is an improvement."
"The team sponsors have been really helpful to me this year and I'd like to thank them all. At one stage, when the break was away, we got all the riders in the team to the front and told them to hammer it and they all tried as hard as they could but no one else wanted to help so we thought what is the point in us pushing ourselves when the rest are taking the armchair ride. So I thought I'm going to wait for the climb and attack."

story and photos from British Cycling

Result (thanks to John Pearson)
1. George Atkins, Websters Cycles
2. Tim Kennaugh, Isle of Man
3. Joe Perrett, Glendene Biketrax
4. Simon Yates, Max Geart RT
5. Adam Yates, max Gear RT
6. Peter Dibben, Hargroves Cycles
7. Sam Harrison, Planet X
8. Conor Dunne, Hemel Hempstead
9. Alex Murison, Glendene CC/Biketrax
10. Dominic Schils, Lotto
11. Jon Mould, Agiskoviner
12. Jamie Rogers, Scunthorpe Poly
13. Felix English, Team Corridor
14. Tom Gosbee, Team Welwyn
15. Ewen McDonald, Epic Cycles
16. Jake Hales, Lotto
17. Joshua Edmondson, Glendene CC/Biketrax
18. Tom Moses, Team Wallis
19. Daniel Arblaster, Guernsey Velo
20. David Nichols, Glendene CC/Biketrax

Junior Cyclist Coryn Rivera Wins Women's Pro Manhattan Beach Grand Prix

(Ken Conley photo)



Proman's Coryn Rivera
rocked the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix.
She's pretty much been tearing up the SoCal circuit.
All the more astonishing is that she is 16 years of age, which means that she is out kicking the fields on junior gearing.
Who knows what she'll do with some taller gears to turn.

Coryn is seen here with fellow junior Kendal Ryan.

Unfortunately, Kendal suffered a fall

and was not able to finish.

(Pat Benson photo)

thanks to Ken Conley of KWC.org for story and photo

Joshua Edmondson wins the Latest Leg of the British Cycling Junior National Series

Junior cyclist Joshua Edmondson has won the Tom Simpson Memorial Road Race in Harworth after a non-stop attacking race on Sunday, June 21. The Glendene CC junior crossed the line inches ahead of Isle of Man junior rider Tim Kennaugh in a two up sprint finish which decided the race after 65 miles around the South Yorkshire mining town.


The race

The race began with around 80 junior cyclists taking to the start line in bright sunshine. On what was a relatively easy course with no major climbs on it, coming through on the first lap after around 10 minutes of racing for the six miles, the junior field was all together but a lap later and three riders were away, Felix English, Sam Harrison and Tim Kennaugh. After another six miles however, the game was almost up for them as the bunch were now closing in on them.

Once caught, a counter attack saw a larger group get away and after four laps, it was all go as the break including Sandy King and George Atkins raced through Harworth with the junior cycling field lined out behind them in small groups all desperate to get across to the junior race leaders.

The speed was now so high, the group at the front were caught but that didn't stop more attacks from being launched and two more junior riders were away as they passed the five laps gone mark. Leading the race were Simon Yates and Matt Bailey and they lasted another lap out front until, like the breaks before them, the writing was on the wall after six or so more miles leading and they were soon caught.


There was no lull in the racing though and on lap 7, a group of around 10 juniors were clear of the rest and this proved to be the key move. Behind the break, some of the favourites including George Atkins was chasing alone while Chris Whorral was part of a three man chase group just off the front of the peloton also chasing but no-one was to see the break again.

Riders in the leading move included Connor Dunne, Perry Bowater, Sandy King, Matt Bailey, Joe Perrett, David Nichols, Joshua Edmondson and Tim Kennaugh. The leaders increased their lead after another lap of the 5.9 mile course and while the bunch was chasing, the break was looking like the real deal now and did not look like it was going to fail.

It wasn't until a lap to go though the crucial winning move was made when Tim Kennaugh and Joshua Edmondson got clear of the break and with Edmondson having three teammates in the break, it was a good move for him and the Isle of Man junior.

So it proved as he and Kennaugh stayed clear until the finish where in a photo finish, the two went to the line together with Joshua getting the verdict.



Post race reactions
Joshua Edmondson (winner, Glendene CC): “I’m very pleased with that win, it shows my form is good. I just got it on the line and that was a hard last few k with Tim. We worked well together and then it was a fair sprint up the hill. There were three of us (from Glendene CC) in the break so we had a good chance. We helped keep the break away and then I managed to get away with Tim. I have to thank Bob (Downs) because his advice like how to work in the break helped me win.”

Tim Kennaugh (2nd, Isle of Man): “It was hard on the hills so I thought I’d have a little bit of a dig early on. I was going to sit up but Sam Harrison came across to me and I knew he would work hard so we kept going. Then I went for a prime and Sam had gone back to the bunch so I awaited.”

“After that I followed wheels and a group that looked dangerous got away. I waited for Joe Perrett to make a move and we got away together to get across. I attacked with a lap to go up the hill here (near the finish) and then got beaten in the sprint. That was a hard sprint with that hill in it – 11 times up there and it got harder towards the end.”

“It was a really attacking race and it was hard to know what was going to stick and what wasn’t so you had to go with a fair few of them. The legs weren’t too bad – I’ve just come out of a Olympic Development Camp (doing team pursuiting) and I was a bit tired but no complaints as the legs were good.”

David Nichols (3rd, Glendene CC): “When I saw the three of us (from Glendene CC) up there, I knew we had a pretty good chance. We were going to take it in turns to attack and it was a good win for Josh. Once he got away, there were constant attacks and we were just marking them. Sandy went a few times and each time some one went, Joe and I were jumping on them. We’re really looking forward to the nationals now and I think one of us can bring home the jersey.”



Junior Results

1. Joshua Edmondson, Glendene CC
2. Tim Kennaugh, Isle of Man
3. David Nichols Glendene CC
4. Joe Perrett, Glendene CC
5. Simon Yates, Maxgear
6. Connor Dunne, Hemel Hempstead
7. Sandy King, Twickenham CC
8. Matthew Gee, BC West Midlands
9. Matt Bailey, BC West Midlands
10. Perry Bowater, BC West Midlands
11. Adam Yates, Max Gear RT
12. Robert Hasan, Rock Hard racing
13. Jon Mould, Agiskoviner
14. Chris Whorral, Team Manx
15. Daniel McLay, Univega.co.uk

race report and photos from British Cycling

British Cycling National Junior Road Race Series

Joe Perrett wins the Hog Hill Junior Grand Prix in a solo breakaway

At 1pm the main event of the day was the only National Series Circuit Race in this year's programme with 56 riders entered but 46 made it to the start line. Although this was clearly a circuit race, the special demands of the full circuit meant we were not going to see a normal crit! The rain had stopped but the wind was still blowing which made for difficult conditions. With all but a couple of the country's main contenders lining up, we were in for a tough race. There were current National Champions in other disciplines such as cyclocross, timetrialling, scratch and pursuit, and former age group national champions on the road. We even had the most recent winner of the Youth Olympics Circuit Race in George Atkins of Websters Cycles lining up to take on the current leaders of the National Series, Peter Dibben of Hargroves Cycles, Sandy King of Twickenham CC, Tim Kennaugh from the Isle of Man, Dave Nichols of the Glendene and Sam Harrison of Planet X. The 1st sprint lap went to Jake Durant of Mid Devon Wheelers but one lap later, Welsh rider Jon Mould of Agiskoviner started a blistering sub 3 minute lap which led to a solo break which lasted just over half the race. Eventually his lead reached about a minute. The main group stayed together for most of the first half of the race with minor breaks off the front being pulled back. As the lap count reached double figures it was clear there was a trickle of riders falling off the pace because of the toughness of the course. That trickle became a stream as the race went on.

Jon's superb ride kept a gap until the 18th lap when Josh Edmondson and Joe Perrett of the Glendene broke clear. In an attempt to cross to the chasers, Tim Kennaugh followed on his own but never made to the two Glendene riders who caught Jon Mould in the 21st lap. Still with a substantial gap to the chasing group, the three leaders stayed together for another lap until Joe Perrett made a solo break on the 22nd lap. Meanwhile Jon and Josh worked together for another 8 laps as Joe established a substantial lead of over 50 seconds by time trialling at about 3minutes 9 seconds a lap for the rest of the race.

The main group had now split up with riders chasing the leading three riders. Dominic Schils and Jake Hayles of Lotto Olympia, Sandy King, George Atkins, Peter Dibben, Matt Bailey of Halesowen, Dave Nichols, Perry Bowater of CC Giro, Lewis Balyckyi of Team Wallis and Conor Dunne of Hemel Hempstead all set about staying in contention, but once you lose the wheel on this course, it is almost impossible to get back to the pace again. By lap 30, Jon and Josh had been joined by the first of the chasers but the field was split apart by the relentless course and the pace of riding.

With seven laps to go, Tim Kennaugh made another attempt to cross to Joe and closed his lead down by ten seconds for the next lap. By the following lap Joe had re-established a lead of 55 seconds which he kept until the last lap when he finished in 2hours 6 minutes and 13 seconds. This was his second National Series win of the season having won the Sid Standard Race last month in an equally emphatic way.

The final sprint for the chase group at 45 seconds went to the series leader Peter Dibben ahead of George Atkins and Matt Bailey ( great result for a first year junior), followed a few seconds later by Tim Kennaugh then Dave Nichols and Sandy King. Next, Dominic Schils and Josh Edmondson ( who had done a great ride earlier in the race for his team mate) came in 2 minutes later then Jon Mould another minute and a half back was the only other unlapped rider having started his finishing lap just before Joe reached the line. Jon's break at the beginning of the race was superb and he thoroughly deserved the king of the mountains prize.

Finally it was great to have Magnus and his family with us for the race and to award the prizes. For over twelve years with the professional peloton he was always the biggest rider in the race but today when giving out the prizes, I couldn't help notice that both the Dibben boys were able to greet him at eye level, or maybe even looking down a little! Who says big people are not suited to bike racing?

Many thanks to the Lee Valley Youth CC who turned out in force to run the race, supported by their associate senior club, Glendene and to all the other sponsors and supporters, including Mark Austin from Cardiff Ajax and Maindy Flyers who was kind enough to commentate and entertain us with his "Cardiff Cockney Wit"!

>>click here for full results<<

The next race in the sesies will be the Tom Simpson National Junior Grand Prix on Sunday 21 June in South Yorkshire

photos by Steve Riches and Meg (ex-GB ladies' national road race champion and junior worlds bronze medallist) Backstedt!

Cras Avernas 30 05 2009 junioren

This Beautiful video was shot at a junior bike race in Germany on Saturday May 30th.

Course cycliste "Aspirants, Minimes"

Here is a real interesting video of a group of 14 & 15 year olds racing the pave in Belgium last year.

Cette course est réservée aux coureurs de - de 15 ans.Course des 14 ans L'épreuve ce déroulait à Chaumont-Gistoux (Belgique) Le 03/08/2008

Durango jrDevo Mountain Bike Team

Here are a couple of recent videos from the Durango Devos. This is a junior mountain biking program from Durango Colorado.

The first video shows the Durango Junior DEVO's end of spring season group ride open to all parents and supporters of the development program. All groups from kindergarten to sixth graders were invited to show off their new found skills at the southwest's' singletrack gem, Phils World.

The second video is a collection of extras from the spring Durango DEVO practices. Featuring footage from jrDEVO, U-14 and U-19 boys and girls weekly rides.

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Pedals...

Check out this video of the 2007 Südtirol Dolomiti Superbike Junior Race. Billed as the toughest mountain bike race in the Dolomites.

see if you can spot the kid in the first race that doesn't even have any pedals on his bike...

Coryn Rivera, "Bike Racer", to Race Nature Valley GP for the Second Year As a Junior

Junior cyclist Coryn Rivera will be competing next week in the Nature Valley Grand Prix Stage Race, June 10-14. At 17 years old Coryn is still only a 1st year junior, yet this will be her 2nd year competing against the Pro Women in this event. In last year's race, won for the 3rd year in a row by Kristin Armstrong, Coryn finished 51st on GC and 12th in the best young rider competition. You can expect Coryn to greatly improve on those placings this year.

Coryn is now racing as a member of the Proman Hit Squad. If she can fit it into her schedule we will be trying to squeeze a couple of race reports out of Coryn next week.

Below is some interview footage of Coryn taken during last year's grueling bike race.

Taylor Phinney winning U23 Paris Roubaix - May 31, 2009

Taylor Phinney of the Trek-Livestrong U23 race team became the first American to win the espoirs edition of the famed Paris-Roubaix race. He wins the sprint ahead of a select group of 11 riders after 170km. Video shot by Chris Fox , soigneur extroidinaire!

Junior Paris-Roubaix 2009

Here are two nice videos from the Junior Paris-Roubaix held April 12th. Results follow the videos.





Results

1 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Belgium 3.15.05
2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) France 0.20
3 Barry Markus (Ned) Netherlands
4 Sean De Bie (Bel) Belgium
5 Gennadiy Tatarinov (Rus) Russian Federation
6 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Russian Federation
7 Sebastian Lander (Den) Denmark 0.33
8 Romain Guillemois (Fra) France
9 Konstantin Yakimov (Ita) Italy
10 Joël Peter (Swi) Switzerland 0.36
11 Alexander King (GBr) Great Britain 0.38
12 Erik Ravaiolo (Ita) Italy 0.42
13 Christoph Täubel (Aut) Austria 0.49
14 Gregory Hugentobler (Swi) Switzerland 1.07
15 Pierre Garson (Fra) France 1.12
16 Christian Rossi (Ita) Italy 1.46
17 Alexandre Billon (Fra) France
18 Romain Delalot (Fra) France
19 Niels Reynvoet (Bel) Belgium
20 Kévin Labeque (Fra) France
21 Bas Krauwel (Ned) Netherlands
22 Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Belgium
23 Erwan Teguel (Fra) France
24 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Spain
25 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Germany
26 George Atkins (GBr) Great Britain
27 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) France
28 Anthony Perez (Fra) France
29 Simon Larsen (Den) Denmark
30 Kai Exner (Ger) Germany

Past winners
2008 Andrew Fenn (Great Britain)
2007 Fabien Taillefer (Fra) French National Team
2006 Raymond Kreder (Ned) DCM Voorselaar
2005 Michael Baer (Swi) Swiss National Team
2004 Geraint Thomas (GBr)

Sid Standard Junior Road Race 19 April 2009

This video is from the Sid Standard Junior Road Race held in Sutton Bonnington, Nottingham, England. This bike race is part of the British Cycling National Junior Road Race Series.

Taylor Phinney winning the 3K Individual Pursuit at the 2008 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.

Here is a rough video of Taylor Phinny's Junior World Cycling Championship winning pursuit.

Perfect Bicycle Racing Position

Here is a nice video of Taylor Phinney's Pursuit Position.

Can you fit into this silhouette??

2009 UCI Cyclocross Junior World Championship

Now you know this is fun.

Won by Tijmen Eising in Hoogerheide

Australian Junior National Track Cycling Championships 2009

Australian Junior Track Cycling Championships in Adelaide at the Super-Drome March 2009. Victoria wins with a new National Record for Under 17 Men Team Sprint in the qualifying round.



I'm not a big fan of posting crash videos BUT the sound track to this one is a blast.