Moses leads Condor clean sweep as Keighley rider in lone assault

Keighley pro road racer Tom Moses drew first blood in the Motorpoint Grand Prix Series in Staffordshire on Saturday, storming to a solo victory at the end of the 97-kilometre event.
JLT Condor Cycling Team riders Graham Briggs, Tom Moses and Stephen Williams.  Picture Bruce RollinsonJLT Condor Cycling Team riders Graham Briggs, Tom Moses and Stephen Williams.  Picture Bruce Rollinson
JLT Condor Cycling Team riders Graham Briggs, Tom Moses and Stephen Williams. Picture Bruce Rollinson

The 24-year-old who rides for JLT Condor launched an audacious lone attack with 50 kilometres still to cover, and quickly built up a lead of around a minute and a half.

Most people expected him to be caught as the race progressed around the 18 laps of Shugborough Park, but Moses kept the pace high, eventually crossing the line 49 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.

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And the JLT Condor team secured a clean sweep of the podium with another Yorkshireman, Russell Downing, taking second and Chris Lawless third.

“I’m pretty happy with that,” said Moses. “We need to win a few races to make sure we get in the Tour of Britain.

“When I first went I thought it was stupid and that I would never stay away.

“I’m feeling confident, my aim for the second half of the year was to win one of these rounds and I’ve done it in the first one, so I’ll have to go and win another one now!”

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Elsewhere, David Shackleton (Wilson’s Wheels) won the Upton CC Summer Road Race near Pontefract yesterday. The 35-year-old from Hull was three seconds ahead of his breakaway rivals at the end of the 75-mile race on the Hemsworth circuit near North Elmsall.

Burnley’s Simon Wilson (Bikehaus) took second, just a few inches ahead of Bradford-based Peter Barusevicus (Wheelbase-Altura).

UCI president Brian Cookson admitted he is “concerned” about the impact of Brexit on British cycling and the development of young riders.

Cookson, the former president of British Cycling, said it was his personal view that the referendum vote in favour of Britain leaving the European Union was a mistake, and said there could be a detrimental impact on a sport which has grown exponentially in the nation in the last decade.

“I think that for Great Britain to leave the European Union is a mistake,” he said.

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