Barnes take runner-up spot in Yorkshire Points

With the cyclo-cross series being dominated by former National Trophy winner Paul Oldham, it was decided that the other riders would have a one-minute handicap over him.

With Oldham out of the equation for the first half of the race, Barnes took control and entered into a close battle for top spot with Rob Watson.

Although Oldham did eventually go on to win the race, Barnes looked comfortable in second and crossed the line almost two minutes ahead of Barnsley rider Dieter Droger.

It was a pleasing result for Droger too, having only just taken part in the Tour of Ireland two days ago, as he managed to overhaul Jack Clarkson to land the last spot on the podium.

Doncaster Wheelers hosted their latest event on Saturday, the Autumn Road Race in Harworth.

Home of Tour de France cycling legend Tom Simpson, Harworth proved to be a fitting location for a hard-fought contest. Paul Newton was the eventual winner, with Rotherham’s Chris Last (Clay Cross RT) in third.

In Saturday’s Tickhill Grand Prix victory went to Doncaster rider Andy Robinson (Out of the Saddle), with Denaby’s Michael Timmins taking second and Sheffield teenager Joey Walker (RST RT) third.

In time trialling, national record holder Michael Hutchinson proved fastest in the Team Swift 10-mile event at South Cave, East Yorkshire.

He clocked 18.01 to win by 59 seconds from James Perkins (Team Zenith) with Andy Jackson (Team Swift) third.

Omega Pharma-QuickStep and Specialized-Lululemon successfully defended their team time-trial titles on the opening day of the Road World Championships in Italy.

The Omega Pharma-QuickStep team of Tony Martin, Sylvain Chavanel, Michal Kwiatkowski, Niki Terpstra, Kristof van de Walle and Peter Velits won the men’s team time-trial in one hour four minutes 16.81 seconds, just 0.81secs ahead of Orica-GreenEdge after 56.8 kilometres of racing.