Slovenian Robert Jenko storms home to take the stage whilst Nick Greenhalgh and James Melville pile the pressure on Ned Bowen.
The series is turning into a Vuelta Skelter, Roller-Coaster, Hero Giro thriller, it is now too tight to call with only two races to go.
Race 3.11 was really quite flat but with an attritional climb thrown in over the closing kilometer which was enough to make a difference but one look at the all-star cast in the top places and you’ll recognise that this was a quality field and Robert Jenko has pulled off a big win.
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Nic Stevenson got away but was reeled back in with around 2km to go and the gradual climb at the end started wearing down the bunch to around 7 or 8 riders before Robert sped off with 250m to go. John Sammut nearly caught him, but Jenko held on for a stunning win.
But a small technical blip was enough to push Ned Bowen back down to 24th, unfamiliar territory for the series’ dominant rider who, uncharacteristically, now finds himself down in second place in the standings, 7 points adrift from the new Virtual Jersey wearer, Nick Greenhalgh. This is turning into an edge of the seat nail-biter and James Melville lurks in third with Carlos Cela hot on his heels for that last podium place……. we can’t wait for race 3.12!
Rasio Racing showed their dominace once again, with three riders in the top 10 and look destined to take the team award.
Meanwhile, the Westonia League for Westerley CC members replicated the thrills of the main standings when Tim Cummins lost his Bluetooth connection on the start line and ended up way back in the field as a result, allowing David Buckley and Andrew Beale to get very close, this looks like going all the way to race 3.13 too.
Stay close to this, Series 3 is a cracker. The next race, 3.12 is on Wednesday 15th September at 7.30pm UK time and can be entered here; ENTER HERE
Meanwhile, here are some tantalising figures to salivate over…….
RESULTS
| 01-Sep-21 | Old Bucks and Young Berks | Race 3.11 | |||
| POSITION | RIDER | NATION | TIME | Av W/kg | Points |
| 1 | Robert Jenko | Slovenia | 22:41.4 | 4.03 | 100 |
| 2 | J. Sammut (a) | UK | 22:41.5 + 0.109 | 4.14 | 99 |
| 3 | Nick Greenhalghяʀ яʀ | UK | 22:41.6 + 0.147 | 4.39 | 98 |
| 4 | Johan Oelofse sanz | new Zealand | 22:41.9 + 0.447 | 4.15 | 97 |
| 5 | James Melville | Uk | 22:41.9 + 0.509 | 4.01 | 96 |
| 6 | Wouter Claes MoonRiders | Belgium | 22:42.2 + 0.777 | 3.98 | 95 |
| 7 | Hendre Knoetze sanz | New Zealand | 22:42.3 + 0.844 | 4.11 | 94 |
| 8 | Mark Rowbottom яʀ яʀ | UK | 22:42.9 + 1.497 | 4.1 | 93 |
| 9 | Carlos Cela | Espana | 22:43.5 + 2.045 | 4.02 | 92 |
| 10 | Andrzej Krajewski яʀ яʀ | Poland | 22:44.6 + 3.138 | 4.26 | 91 |
| 11 | Alasdair Mcalpine | UK | 22:44.7 + 3.217 | 4.58 | 90 |
| 12 | Jørgen Vanbers[яʀ] яʀ | Netherlands | 22:44.7 + 3.243 | 3.91 | 89 |
| 13 | Alex Gold | UK | 22:44.8 + 3.320 | 3.59 | 88 |
| 14 | Peter Austin (m) | UK | 22:45.6 + 4.184 | 4.17 | 87 |
| 15 | Alex Pleger [яʀ] яʀ | Deutschland | 22:50.4 + 8.927 | 3.66 | 86 |
| 16 | Shawn Murtough | UK | 22:51.5 + 10.077 | 3.93 | 85 |
| 17 | Daniel Neugebauer Pedalers | Deutschland | 22:56.4 + 14.975 | 3.91 | 84 |
| 18 | Matthew Feely | Eire | 23:06.1 + 24.638 | 3.49 | 83 |
| 19 | Mike Ade otr | UK | 23:14.9 + 33.463 | 3.57 | 82 |
| 20 | Tomasz Poniatowski MoonRiders | Poland | 23:15.0 + 33.594 | 3.01 | 81 |
| 21 | Tomas Nygren | Sweden | 23:15.3 + 33.817 | 3.05 | 80 |
| 22 | Nic Stevenson | UK | 23:15.9 + 34.442 | 4.31 | 79 |
| 23 | Andrew Beale c | UK | 23:57.4 + 1:15.991 | 3.6 | 78 |
| 24 | Ned Bowen | USA | 24:03.3 + 1:21.891 | 3.72 | 77 |
| 25 | Ben Phillips[яʀ] яʀ | UK | 24:03.9 + 1:22.427 | 3.83 | 76 |
| 26 | David Inwood | UK | 24:04.1 + 1:22.625 | 3.92 | 75 |
| 27 | Olly Olly | UK | 24:04.4 + 1:23.001 | 3.37 | 74 |
| 28 | David Ellis (c) m | UK | 24:06.3 + 1:24.838 | 3.35 | 73 |
| 29 | Kevan Unsworth (m) | UK | 24:41.9 + 2:00.508 | 2.51 | 72 |
| 30 | David wcc Buckley wcc | UK | 24:42.3 + 2:00.880 | 3.17 | 71 |
| 31 | Martin Wilson | UK | 24:42.5 + 2:01.065 | 3.03 | 70 |
| 32 | Marcin Szkudlarek MoonRiders | Poland | 24:42.5 + 2:01.084 | 3.55 | 69 |
| 33 | Peter Kennedy (m) | UK | 24:42.7 + 2:01.279 | 3.05 | 68 |
| 34 | James Dicks | UK | 24:42.9 + 2:01.463 | 4.33 | 67 |
| 35 | Rod Costa | UK | 25:10.9 + 2:29.499 | 3.54 | 66 |
| 36 | Lukas Galka [uect] | Poland | 25:40.1 + 2:58.629 | 3.53 | 65 |
| 37 | Tom Yates-ijaz | UK | 25:40.7 + 2:59.294 | 3.25 | 64 |
| 38 | Dave Morrison | UK | 25:41.1 + 2:59.652 | 3.27 | 63 |
| 39 | Gt Thakkar | UK | 25:41.3 + 2:59.824 | 2.88 | 62 |
| 40 | Marc Arc fawcett | UK | 25:45.5 + 3:04.088 | 2.94 | 61 |
| 41 | Tim Cummins | UK | 27:37.1 + 4:55.661 | 3.21 | 60 |
| 42 | Neil Forsythe | UK | 27:42.3 + 5:00.832 | 3.18 | 59 |
| 43 | Mike Buckhurst | USA | 28:34.4 + 5:52.954 | 2.66 | 58 |
| 44 | Flying Finnz | Thailand | 29:56.2 + 7:14.723 | 5.12 | 57 |
| 45 | Jo Gon | Espana | 34:09.7 + 11:28.232 | 1.66 | 56 |
| 46 | Chris Yag | France | 34:26.1 + 11:44.648 | 1.98 | 55 |
| Westerley VR Series 3 – 2020-21 | ||
| STANDINGS after 11 races | ||
| 1st – | Nick Greenhalgh (UK) | 1021 |
| 2nd – | Ned Bowen (USA) | 1014 |
| 3rd – | James Melville (UK) | 978 |
| 4th – | Carlos Cela (Espana) | 933 |
| 5th – | John Sammut (UK) | 922 |
| 6th – | Wouter Claes (Belgium) | 920 |
| 7th – | Mark Rowbottom (UK) | 894 |
| 8th – | David Ellis (UK) | 875 |
| 9th – | Andrzej Krajewski (Poland) – | 867 |
| 10th – | Daniel Neugebauer (Deutschland) | 849 |
| 11th – | Alasdair McAlpine (UK) | 813 |
| 12th – | Mike Lister (UK) | 797 |
| 13th – | Johan Oelofse Sanz (SA) (New Zealand) | 786 |
| 14th – | Christophe Contant France) | 784 |
| 15th – | Mike Ade (UK) | 783 |
| 16th – | Matt Feely (Eire) | 769 |
| 17th – | Kevan Unsworth (UK) | 761 |
| 18th – | Mathius Bergkvist (Sweden) | 727 |
| 19th – | Peter Austin (UK) | 714 |
| 20th – | Tim Cummins (WCC) (UK) | 701 |
| 21st – | Tomas Nygren (Sweden) | 696 |
| 22nd – | David Buckley (WCC) (UK) | 686 |
| 23rd – | Andrew Beale (WCC) (UK) | 684 |
| 24th – | Dave Morrison (WCC) (UK) | 631 |
| 25th – | Stefan Kruger (South Africa) | 570 |
| 26th – | Simon Miller (UK) | 565 |
| 27th – | Tomasz Poniatowski (Poland) | 534 |
| 28th – | Hendre Kknoetze (SA) (New Zealand) | 517 |
| 29th – | Martin Wilson (UK) | 516 |
| 30th – | Jorgen Van Bers (Netherlands) | 506 |
| 31st – | Marcin Szkudlarek (Poland) | 505 |
| 32nd – | Steve Mayes (UK) | 498 |
| 33rd – | Tom Gakes (Netherlands) | 498 |
| 34th – | Jurgen Janssens (Belgium) | 485 |
| 35th – | Timo Achenbach (Deutschland) | 466 |
| 36th – | Kader Allouni (UK) | 460 |
| 37th – | Kristen Ege (Danmark) | 386 |
| 38th – | Jan Linden (Netherlands) | 349 |
| 39th – | Marcus Garwood (UK) | 349 |
| 40th – | Francois Iker (Belgium) | 332 |
| 41st – | Daniel Magalhaes (Brazil) | 330 |
| 42nd – | Danie Steyn (South Africa) | 317 |
| 43rd – | Ben Phillips (UK) | 306 |
| 44th – | Tom Yates-Jaz (WCC) (UK) | 300 |
| 45th – | Eduardo Juez (Espana) | 293 |
| 46th – | Rob Miller (USA) | 291 |
| 47th – | Gautam Thakkar (WCC) (UK) | 288 |
| 48th – | Stuart Hardy (UK) | 284 |
| 49th – | Alex Pleger (Deutschland ) | 275 |
| 50th – | Pete Kennedy | 254 |
| 51st – | Weiran Shen (WCC) (China) | 246 |
| 52nd – | Pat Herron (UK) | 226 |
| 53rd – | Tom Moss (UK) | 221 |
| 54th – | Yahya Oksuzaglu (Turkey) | 209 |
| 55th – | Stephen Bellio (USA) | 208 |
| 56th – | Pedro Reis (Portugal) | 201 |
| 57th – | Ross Collins (UK) | 199 |
| 58th – | Jan Deca (Belgium) | 197 |
| 59th – | Ian Stephens (UK) | 196 |
| 60th – | Donald Grant (UK) | 193 |
| 61st – | Thijmen Cornelissens (Netherlands) | 185 |
| 62nd – | Julian Fussell ((UK) | 184 |
| 63rd – | Chris Duffy (UK) | 176 |
| 64th – | Nic Stevenson (WCC) (UK) | 176 |
| 65th – | Ben Van Der Burg (Netherlands) | 174 |
| 66th – | Kenneth Vansina (Belgium) | 171 |
| 67th – | Kasper Hededam (Danmark) | 158 |
| 68th – | Nic Lee (WCC) (UK) | 154 |
| 69th – | Nick Beale (UK) | 150 |
| 70th – | Chris Hopkinson (UK) | 143 |
| 71st – | Marco Verhoogt (Netherlands) | 141 |
| 72nd – | Patrick Boumann (Netherlands) | 139 |
| 73rd – | Olly Olly (UK) | 138 |
| 74th – | Rob Bennett (UK) (WCC) | 137 |
| 75th – | Scott Crichton (Australia) | 134 |
| 76th – | Dimitry Roz (UK) | 133 |
| 77th – | Pierre Massé (France) | 129 |
| 78th – | James Dicks (UK) | 128 |
| 79th – | David Thomas (UK) | 124 |
| 80th – | Rich Heath ((UK) | 117 |
| 81st – | Tom Heremans (Belgium) | 110 |
| 82nd – | Iain Davidson (UK) | 108 |
| 83rd – | Robert Jenko (Slovenia) | 100 |
| 84th – | Get Zwifty (USA) | 99 |
| 85th – | Ian Nguru (WCC) (Kenya) | 99 |
| 86th – | Jacob Skovsgaar(Danmark) | 99 |
| 87th – | Gaetan Calas (France) | 98 |
| 88th – | Igor Kopse (Slovenia) | 98 |
| 89th – | Guillaume Toffoli (France) | 96 |
| 90th – | Hakan Kutluca Willkommen (Deutschland) | 96 |
| 91st – | Christiaan Riemens (Netherlands) | 95 |
| 92nd – | Mads Schnoor Nielsen (Danmark) | 95 |
| 93rd – | Sam Kimber (UK) | 94 |
| 94th – | John Bergenske (USA) | 93 |
| 95th – | Niko Nikodemiak (Poland) | 93 |
| 96th – | Doug Hart (UK) | 92 |
| 97th – | Kristoff Keszthelyi (Hungary) | 92 |
| 98th – | Samir Doshi (WCC) (UK) | 89 |
| 99th – | Alex Gold (UK) | 88 |
| 100th – | Edu Harms (Netherlands) | 88 |
| 101st – | Jan Van Der Linden | 88 |
| 102nd – | Jeffrey Hoevenaars (Netherlands) | 88 |
| 103rd – | James Ogilvie (UK) | 87 |
| 104th – | James Osborn (UK) | 87 |
| 105th – | Henrik Mård (Sweden) | 86 |
| 106th – | Boz Daley (UK) | 85 |
| 107th – | Shawn Murlough (UK) | 85 |
| 108th – | AndersBroggaard (Danmark) | 84 |
| 109th – | FR (Espana) | 84 |
| 110th – | King Ing_smileon (Australia) | 84 |
| 111th – | Miles Askew (UK) | 84 |
| 112th – | Lawrence Daley (UK) | 82 |
| 113th – | Mads Klinksgaard (Danmark) | 82 |
| 114th – | Mads Klinksgaard (Danmark) | 80 |
| 115th – | Rasmus Feldballe (Danmark) | 80 |
| 116th – | Stevie Couper (UK) | 80 |
| 117th – | Teun Sturmans (Netherlands) | 80 |
| 118th – | Mike Buckhurst (USA) | 79 |
| 119th – | Stefano Brunelli (Italia) | 79 |
| 120th – | Thomas Medioni (France) | 78 |
| 121st – | Jerry Ball (WCC) (UK) | 76 |
| 122nd – | Marco Santos (Portugal) | 76 |
| 123rd – | Todd Lorbecki (USA) | 76 |
| 124th – | Ward Simons (Belgium) | 76 |
| 125th – | David Inwood (UK) | 75 |
| 126th – | Eric Leichfuss (USA) | 75 |
| 127th – | Garrett Metz (USA) | 75 |
| 128th – | Mathieu Dupin (France) | 75 |
| 129th – | Nicolas Moreno (Lithuania) | 75 |
| 130th – | Paul Pudel (Deutschland) | 74 |
| 131st – | Stephen Wheeler (Deutschland) | 74 |
| 132nd – | Ibal Jauregi (Espana) | 72 |
| 133rd – | João Pinho (Portugal) | 71 |
| 134th – | Jonas Victorin (Sweden) | 70 |
| 135th – | Robin Sanderson (UK) | 70 |
| 136th – | J Coach (UK) | 68 |
| 137th – | Josh Rosenblat (Canada) | 67 |
| 138th – | Mathius Goossens (Belgium) | 67 |
| 139th – | Angus Smith (UK) | 66 |
| 140th – | Rod Costa (UK) | 66 |
| 141st – | Bonehead Younger (UK) | 65 |
| 142nd – | Chris Lirttle (Antartica) | 65 |
| 143rd – | Lukasz Galka (Poland) | 65 |
| 144th – | Stenström Patrik (sweden) | 65 |
| 145th – | Chris Dudley (USA) | 63 |
| 146th – | garry Twiss (UK) | 63 |
| 147th – | Ken Williamson (UK) | 63 |
| 148th – | Emily Hochberg (USA) | 62 |
| 149th – | Thomas Otolekoala (France) | 62 |
| 150th – | Tiago Pereira (Portugal) | 62 |
| 151st – | Andrew Gibson (South Africa) | 61 |
| 152nd – | Lewis Ridge (UK) | 61 |
| 153rd – | Marc Fawcett (UK) | 61 |
| 154th – | Jak yé Mitchell (France) | 60 |
| 155th – | Ella Wheeler (UK) | 59 |
| 156th – | Neil Forsythe (UK) | 59 |
| 157th – | Erik Nylin (Sweden) | 58 |
| 158th – | Riley Harvey (UK) | 58 |
| 159th – | Angel Maestro (Espana) | 57 |
| 160th – | Chris Martinez (OSA) | 57 |
| 161st – | Flying Finnz (Thailand) | 57 |
| 162nd – | Jo Gon (Espana) | 56 |
| 163rd – | Lesley Baerts (Belgium) | 56 |
| 164th – | Steve Dawson ((UK) | 56 |
| 165th – | Chris Yag (France) | 55 |
| 166th – | Christian Sheridan (USA) | 55 |
| 167th – | El Wright (UK) | 55 |
| 168th – | Harald Hofmeier (deutschland) | 55 |
| 169th – | Biscuit Dupanne (Netherlands) | 54 |
| 170th – | Glen Thurgood (UK) | 54 |
| 171st – | Wayne Kent (South Africa) | 54 |
| 172nd – | Hakan Kutluca (Deutschland) | 53 |
| 173rd – | Koen Feys (Belgium) | 53 |
| 174th – | Stepan Lee (Danmark) | 52 |
| 175th – | James Tobin (Eire) | 50 |
| 176th – | Roberto Marti (Espana) | 49 |
| 177th – | Ye Yuan (USA) | 49 |
| 178th – | Arnaud Mourier (France) | 48 |
| 179th – | Edgaras Spiridonov (Lithuania) | 48 |
| 180th – | Thomas Christensen (Danmark) | 47 |
| 181st – | Carl Dickenson (New Zealand) | 46 |
| 182nd – | Laurent Gonon (France) | 45 |
| 183rd – | Lea Marigaux (France) | 45 |
| 184th – | Steve Millward (UK) | 45 |
| 185th – | Ama Amra (Portugal) | 44 |
| 186th – | C.Arlos (Mexico) | 44 |
| 187th – | Barn Doors (OK) | 42 |
| 188th – | Jorge Roldan (Costa Rica) | 41 |
| 189th – | Romain Choquet (France) | 40 |
| 190th – | Mike Murray (UK) | 39 |
| 191st – | Asbjørn May (Danmark) | 38 |
| 192nd – | Moises Silva (Portugal) | 36 |
| 193rd – | Sander Anders (Netherlands) | 36 |
| 194th – | Zack Welhouse (USA) | 35 |
| 195th – | Pablo Vega (Espana) | 33 |
| 196th – | Steeve Wall (Deutschland) | 33 |
| 197th – | Iain Craik (UK) | 32 |
| 198th – | john Purnell (UK) | 32 |
| 199th – | Julien Chifou (France) | 32 |
| 200th – | Dan Duffy (USA) | 31 |
| 201st – | Michael Sendner (Deutschland) | 31 |
| 202nd – | Marcoid Marabu (Hungary) | 30 |
| 203rd – | Mike Niesten Netherlands) | 30 |
| 204th – | Paulo Almeida (Portugal) | 29 |
| 205th – | Ben Revill (UK) | 28 |
| 206th – | Nuno Vicente (Portugal) | 25 |
| 207th – | Vincent Delmas (France) | 25 |
| 208th – | Guillaume Eynard (france) | 24 |
| 209th – | Kristof Novi (Canada) | 24 |
| 210th – | Beat Blumenthal (Switzerland) | 23 |
| 211th – | Michael Creighton (Eire) | 23 |
| 212th – | Jörg Mölls (Deutschland) | 22 |
| 213th – | Julien Ouazri (France) | 22 |
| 214th – | Becky Evans (UK) | 21 |
| 215th – | Hendrik Erkamp (Netherlands) | 20 |
| 216th – | Paulo Duarte (Portugal) | 18 |
| 217th – | Emanuel Águas (Portugal) | 17 |
| 218th – | Milan Guzijan (Serbia) | 16 |
| 219th – | Island Arnaud (france) | 15 |
| West London VR Series 3 Team Standings | After 11 races | |
| Team | Points | |
| 1st | RASIO RACING | 2061 |
| 2nd | TEAM SANZ | 1875 |
| 3rd | GLASGOW UNITED CC | 1871 |
| 4th | TRANSATLANTIC RAIDERS | 1869 |
| 5th | MOON RIDERS | 1702 |
| 6th | PEDALERS | 1661 |
| 7th | WESTERLEY TWO | 1451 |
| 8th | WESTERLEY ONE | 1390 |
| 9th | TEAM POCOMOTION (BLIGHTY) | 1382 |
| 10th | TEAM CAMERON | 1015 |
| 11th | SOUTHBOROUGH (SDW) BEES | 976 |
| 12th | TEAM BTR | 659 |
| 13th | WESTERLEY THREE | 540 |
| 14th | WESTERLEY FOUR | 389 |
| 15th | SOUTHBOROUGH (SDW) SKEETERS | 389 |
| 16th | TEAM POCOMOTION (VIKINGS) | 62 |
| WESTONIA LEAGUE (Westerley CC members only) Standings | ||
| Position | Rider | Points |
| 1st – | Tim Cummins (WCC) (UK) | 188 |
| 2nd – | David Buckley (WCC) (UK) | 187 |
| 3rd – | Andrew Beale (WCC) (UK) | 184 |
| 4th – | Dave Morrison (WCC) (UK) | 173 |
| 5th – | Nick Greenhalgh (UK) | 140 |
| 6th – | Gautam Thakkar (WCC) (UK) | 87 |
| 7th – | Tom Yates-Jaz (WCC) (UK) | 81 |
| 8th – | Weiran Shen (WCC) (China) | 69 |
| 9th – | Nic Lee (WCC) (UK) | 49 |
| 10th – | Samir Doshi (WCC) (UK) | 40 |
| 11th | Nic Stevenson (WCC) (UK) | 39 |
| 12th | Rob Bennett (WCC) (UK) | 36 |
| 13th | Ian Nguru (WCC) (Kenya) | 30 |
| 14th | Jerry Ball (WCC) (UK) | 17 |
