Cæsarean Cycling Club

Details of available prizes can be found here. Provisional awards can be seen here.

During a warm and often sunny Easter weekend, a total of 59 riders took part in the Caesarean Cycling Club's Mapei Norman's Easter Stage Race. The five handicapped events held in the west of the island gave the less dominant local riders a chance to complete on a more level playing field with islands best. It also gave the elite riders a greater challenge.

The first event, a short hard ride from the Watersplash to the top of Jubilee Hill, saw Chris Spence head the General Classification with veteran Mike Harris only seven seconds behind. Stage two involved ascending Jubilee Hill a further four times in a 30 mile road race, won by Kevin Harding from Tony Richomme whose combined points gave Richomme the overall lead. Richomme held this place following the 25km time trial and circuit races at Les Quennevais. Going into the final event, a 50 mile road race on the Bal Tabarin circuit, Richomme led Spence by only 4 points. In spite of Spence's best efforts, Richomme finished ahead but the overall result was based on the best four from five events. Richomme having not had a placing lower than sixth had to concede victory to Spence by a single point. Spence's three victories in stages one, three and four sealing a deserved win. Richomme was a clear second and first veteran.

Melissa Messervy was best lady beating Amanda Le Verdier and Helen Goulding into joint second place. Richard Tanguy competing well with a fourth place in the final event was best junior. The Caesarean Cycling Club would like to thank Mapei and Normans Ltd for their generous support for this event. The club is grateful for the co-operation and assistance of the western parishes during this event.

Thank you to Mapei and Normans for sponsoring this event.