Ipswich - the two wheel town

Saturday 12 September 2015, Aviva Tour of Britain - Finish of Stage 7 - Ipswich Town Centre

What a brilliant finish - not sure how they separated the top two but the real winner was cycling in Ipswich - lets hope we see the Tour return in 2016

Made it!

Saturday 22 August 2015, Crafted Classique Sportive - Cult Bar Ipswich - Suffolk Coast - 100km

Very hot day , but a great event - thanks to Crafted, Ipswich Borough Council, Elmy Cycles, Cult Bar and all the great sponsors and friends

Great (but hot ) ride, bacon sarnie, coffee, beer, massage and hog roast - brilliant event!

Sun then mud!

Weekend 3/4 November 2012, Euro Cyclo-Cross Championships and British Competition

Saturday saw the Euro Cyclo- Cross Championships arrive at Chantry Park – a dry, sunny but cold days saw some fantastic racing – with 3 very different races – the Junior Men’s race was a display of total domination by the Dutch rider (son of a former Tour De France rider) the next race, the Men’s Under 23 had a very tactical race with the Belgians and Dutch fighting each other and then the end race of the day saw a GB win in the women’s race – which needed a photo finish to decide that the Gold would stay in the UK.

Sunday Saw a British race event – but still saw Belgium win the Elite race – but rain all day saw mud, mud and more mud- but yet again fantastic racing.

Now let’s get the World championship in Ipswich.

Real effort

British National Cyclo-Cross Championship Sunday 8th January 2012
Chantry Park, Ipswich

After the disaster at Hull, it was great today to watch sportsman who put 100% effort in- with financial reward not part of the equation.






I was also honoured to be given the task of handing out the medals to the winners of the women's race,




Local interest came in the form of Hugo Robinson who won his second GB Junior title, the is was also great for Steve Grimwood, of Elmy Cycles in Ipswich as Hugo rides for his team and it is Steve who has been the main person in getting not only the British Championships in Ipswich but we are also getting the European Championships coming to Ipswich in November.

The three highlights of the day (on top of the win for Hugo)
1. Witnessing the great Roger Hammond (in possibly his last race in Cyclo-Cross)
2. Meeting and listening to the commentary of the legendary Hugh Porter
3. The finish to the men's race where GB Mountain biker Liam Killeen fell at the last serious bend in a wheel to wheel tussle with eventual winner, Ian Field.



Hugh Porter with Hugo Robinson

Roll on November