Team Isle of Man – Microgaming’s junior team gets the national squad’s season under way on Sunday March 20 with the first race of the British Junior RR series. The 70-mile Cadence Road Race in Abergavenny, South Wales, is the first counting event in a series of seven races. Tim Cole, 16; Jonathon Cregeen, 18; Tom Mazzone, 17; and Warwick Sanderson, 17, will be representing Team Isle of Man-Microgaming in Wales. This season the series incorporates two stage races, including the Sleepwell Hotels Isle of Man Youth Tour from April 29 to May 1. Other highlights of the British Junior series are two town centre criteriums.
Team Isle of Man-Microgaming junior manager Gary Mazzone said:
“The Cadence event utilises 70 miles of undulating Welsh roads, similar to terrain in the Isle of Man. It will give the junior squad the opportunity to pit themselves against the top junior riders in the UK. It’s still early in the season but the lads will see how their winter training has fared. Obviously, one of the big goals for the junior team is the Commonwealth Youth Games here on the Island in September so it’s great to get the team together through the year.”
The British Junior Road Race series has been a springboard to success for many riders over the years and has a strong connection with the Isle of Man. It has been won by Manx riders Steve Joughin, Mike Doyle and Peter Kennaugh and for many years was known as the Peter Buckley Series - named in memory of the Manxman who won gold in the 1966 Commonwealth Games road race. The full list of events for the 2011 British Junior Road Race series is as follows:
March 20 - Cadence Junior Road Race, Abergavenny, South Wales.
April 9 - Junior Tour of Bristol 2-Day.
April 29 - Sleepwell Hotels Isle of Man Youth Tour.
June 18 - Hetton Park Junior Crits, Hetton Park, Tyne & Wear.
June 25 - CC Giro Curborough Crits, Curborough, Staffordshire.
July 24 - Bath RC Junior Road Race, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
August 27 - Junior Tour of Wales 3-Day, Brynmawr, South Wales.
News about Team Isle of Man-Microgaming can be found at http://www.teamisleofman.co.uk/
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Wednesday 16th, March 2011 09:26pm.
