on 31st March 2023
Team Enable–M.I.Racing–McCann dominated the Awards Evening for the Leicester Cyclo Cross series 2022/3, held at the Holiday Inn in Leicester.
Ryan Henry won the Overall series for riders 40+, Lindsey Newman won the Overall series for Veteran Ladies and Hinckley based rider Kirby won the overall series for riders 65+. Kirby is a former 60+ National Champion and was 4th in last season World Championships.
On the same weekend the Team’s riders dominated the West Midlands overall series, at a Presentation Evening at Edgebaston, Birmingham. Nick Whitley winning the 50+ series with Kenilworth’s Darren Atkins in 2nd place, Nick Popham 3rd and Steve Knight in 4th place. Knight also won the best overall 55+ rider – he is the current British Masters Champion.
Wellesbourn’s Tim Stowe won the overall series for riders 65+, Karen Summers won the Lady Veteran series and 14 yr old Jefferson was 2nd in the Under 16 series after winning 4 of the events.
New Team member Oliver Searle, who lives in Hinckley, got off to a flying start by finishing 3rd in the Ratae 10 mile Time Trial at Gilmorton , Leicestershire, beaten only by 2 elite riders and riding a standard road bike – an amazing performance by the 19 year old rider.
Several members of the Team competed in the Round 1 of the National Mountain Bike series held near Bradford, Yorkshire in terrible conditions! The course was very technical with several rock garden sections, made even more difficult by the mud and rain.
Nick Whitley finished best of the riders with 4th place in the 50+ event, followed by team mate Nick Popham in 5th spot.
In the over 65 race, former National Champion Kirby Bennett from Hinckley, finished 4th and Tim Stowe 6th. Ryan Henry punctured in the 40+ race after working his way from 50th place on the start grid to 12th and was looking good for a top 10 position against the U.K’s best. A few hours earlier he had finished 2nd in the Ratae Reveler road bike time trial so that was an excellent performance!