Sagar's in Devon heaven
By TMX Archives on 27th Apr 12
Tom Sagar delivered two emphatic wins at the weekend to firmly defend both his GBXC and GBXC Sprint cross titles.
Sunshine and showers over both days of racing did little to extinguish the fire in Sagar's belly.
The series finally fired on all cylinders at Preston Combe in Devon, as the Cross-Country series was preceded by the very popular Sprint Cross Championship at one of the best XC venues in the country.
Preston Combe is a regular venue on the GBXC calendar attracting many riders from Devon and the surrounding area in addition to the regulars.
The huge course took in a host of natural features, rolling across open fields, through gullies and twisting through several different woodland sections, while the Sprint Cross lap included much of the same but over a slightly shorter course.
A large Pro/ Expert class were first to face the challenges of Preston Combe and Tom Sagar, on the Fast Eddy Honda, made his intentions clear from the first of six Sprint tests.
He posted fastest time in the first test and then went on to improve his lap time by four seconds to eventually post the fastest test time of the day.
Sagar finished with an overall time of 39.35.1m – the only rider to break the 40-minute mark.
Mark Roberts on his CF Racing Team Green Kawasaki was a comfortable second, two minutes clear of Front Row GB's Carl Jones, who seemed to have fully recovered from his wrist injury.
Andrew Bull won the Clubman class by quite a margin from Garin Rosser, despite a huge crash on one lap, which destroyed his front pipe and ripped his brake reservoir from the bars.
Danny Morris eventually found his form and surged up the ranks to take third.
Jason Hope led the Veterans for five tests but failed to go out for his final run, so Andy Daniels again posted his annual good result in Devon.
Martin Jones followed in second with Hope demoted to third.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX APRIO
GB X-COUNTRY SERIES
Rd 2 – Preston Combe, Devon (FastEddyRacing)
Sunday PM RACE
Pro: 1 Tom Sagar 11 laps - 2:04:49 total time, 2 Steve Holcombe 11 - 2:07:25, 3 Nick Life 11 - 2:12:07, 4 Alex Snow 10 - 2:00:01, 5 Gary Daniels 10 - 2:01:41, 6 Mark Roberts 10 - 2:06:40.
Expert: 1 Brad Freeman 10 - 2:12:30, 2 Tommy Alba 10 - 2:12:38, 3 Neil Thomas 9 - 2:01:01, 4 Jeremy Callow 9 - 2:02:39, 5 Jane Daniels 9 - 2:04:04, 6 Shaun Buchan 9 - 2:07:49.
Clubman 2T: 1 Andrew Bull 9 - 2:08:43, 2 Ryan Armitage 9 - 2:12:24, 3 Danny Morris 8 - 2:04:43, 4 Tom Merrit 7 - 2:03:12, 5 Martin Dearson 7 - 2:10:25, 6 Andrew Coed 7 - 2:12:40.
Clubman 4T: 1 Garin Rosser 9 - 2:09:43, 2 Jon Hill 9 - 2:13:37, 3 Richard Cookland 9 - 2:15:14, 4 Chris Pryce 8 - 2:05:01, 5 Lee Hattersley 7 - 2:00:10, 6 Jamie Callow 7 - 2:10:24.
Sunday AM RACE
Veteran: 1 Keith Jenkins 13 laps - 2:05:31 total time, 2 Paul Sagar 12 - 2:00:44, 3 Martin P-Jones 12 - 2:02:08, 4 Gary McCoy 12 - 2:03:25, 5 Richard Main 12 - 2:09:04, 6 Mik Hill 11 - 2:02:22.
Youth 13-16: 1 Dominic Thomas 12 - 2:01:57, 2 Brad Sullivan 11 - 2:07:02, 3 Tallon Veale 11 - 2:07:31, 4 Bill Manning 10 - 2:11:25, 5 Ben Thomson 9 - 2:00:39, 6 Sam Widdicombe 9 - 2:07:59.
Sportsman: 1 Dean Veale 12 - 2:07:30, 2 Lee Veale 12 - 2:09:07, 3 Kevin Sandland 12 - 2:10:23, 4 Lewis Reaney 11 - 2:03:28, 5 Richard Cox 11 - 2:05:29, 6 Ian Mcmahon 11 - 2:05:49.
Ladies: 1 Gemma Holtham 10 - 2:11:14, 2 Wendy Swales 6 - 2:11:19, 1 Thomas Russell 10 - 2:12:41, 2 Matt Mcginty 9 - 2:00:29, 3 Terry Palmer 9 - 2:04:48, 4 Peter Harris 9 - 2:10:44.
GBXC SPRINT Enduro SERIES
Rd 1 – Preston Combe (Saturday)
Pro/ Expert: 1 Tom Sagar 39:35.1 total time, 2 Mark Roberts 41:14.0, 3 Carl Jones 43:06.7, 4 Joe Wootton 43:16.7, 5 Brad Freeman 43:21.2, 6 Nick Life 43:50.7.
Clubman: 1 Andrew Bull 46:43.9, 2 Garrin Rosser 48:20.9, 3 Danny Morris 48:44.5, 4 Chris Pryce 48:57.9, 5 Ryan Armitage 50:06.5, 6 Richard Cookland 50:12.1.
Veteran: 1 Andy Daniels 48:06.3, 2 Martin P-Jones 52:00.6.
Sportsman/ Novice: 1 Steve Norbury 55:00.8, 2 Ian Mcmanhon 56:11.5, 3 Barry Stoyle 57:12.9, 4 Paul Ellis Smith 04:14.0, 5 Blake Summers 04:52.5, 6 Thomas Russell 06:00.9.
Youth: 1 Jack Edmondson 48:06.6, 2 Dominic Thomas 52:28.6, 3 Jacob Bowden 52:39.0, 4 Bradley Sullivan 56:32.7, 5 Matt Leadham 07:39.8.
