First-time victories a plenty in Sunderland Tour Series cycling event

The Sunderland round of the Sportsbreaks.comTourSeries saw first time wins for Blake Quick (TRINITY Racing), SammieStuart(TeamLDN–BrotherUK),andJadan–ViveLeVelo, while also the return of Ribble Weldtite to the winner’s podium in Mowbray Park.

Ribble Weldtite’s win saw the defending champions moveintosecondintheSportsbreaks.com Tour Series, four points off the lead, while for

Jadan – Vive Le Velo it marked the team’s first win in seven yearsofcompetingintheteam based series.

However after the evening’s two races it was still Wiv SunGod and Pro-Noctis - Rotor - Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen in the series leaders’ yellow Freewheel.co.uk jerseys, albeit with the former giving up two points after localriderThomasMeincrashed outfollowingatouchofwheels mid-race.

Mein’s departure, after making contact with Harry Tanfield (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling)onthestart/finishline as both riders looked to make the same attack at the same moment, briefly threatened to upset Wiv SunGod but they held on to come third behind defending champions Ribble WeldtiteProCyclingandTRINITY Racing.

TRINITYRacingcontrolled the men’s race before an exemplary display of tactics saw American crit champion, and the weekend’s Lincoln GP winner, Luke Lamperti sitting up in the final sprint to allow Quicktotakehisfirstwininthe Sportsbreaks.comTourSeries.

JoiningQuickasafirst-time Sportsbreaks.comTourSeries winnerwasTeamLDN–Brother UK rider Sammie Stuart.

Stuart bridged across to Frankie Hall (Loughborough

Lightning) and Suzetta Guerini (Jadan -Vive Le Velo) after a crash between Hall and Charlotte Berry (Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus) at turn two removed both Berry and Beth Mciver (Alba Road Team) from an initial four rider group.

Stuart then worked well with breakaway companions Hall and Guerini to build an unassailable gap before Stuart claimed a comfortable solo win by five seconds.

Taking the team prize was Jadan – Vive Le Velo, clinching their best ever Sportsbreaks. com Tour Series result.

In the Freewheel.co.uk Sprints competition, Tindley (Pro-Noctis - Rotor - Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen) holds a 14-point lead over Stuarttokeepthebluejerseyinthe women’s competition, while Matt Bostock (Wiv SunGod) holds a 10-point lead in the men’s contest.