Field wins British Trophy round in Bradford

Hargroves Cycles' rider Ian Field stormed to a second consecutive victory in the fifth and penultimate round of the National Trophy Series in Peel Park, Bradford, on Sunday.

The winner by 12 seconds in the last round in Southampton, Field proved that win was no fluke when he crossed the line 16 seconds ahead of reigning champion Paul Oldham (Hope Factory Racing).

Second-placed Paul Oldham had fallen five points behind Field's teammate Jody Crawforth after a poor display by his standards in Southampton.

"My race went pretty badly - I crashed four times which is never good," said Surrey-based Crawforth, who moved up from fifth to third on the final lap.

"A couple of times the Belgian rider Van Poel came down in front of me, and another couple of times I came off myself. So I kept trying to coming back, but if you try too hard you push it too much and crash again.

"But I got up to third so I'm still in yellow, and it's all to go for at Rutland."

"It was a good day - much better than Mallory, that was just a blip," said Oldham. "There were a lot of crashes. In the big one at the start everybody except Fieldy got caught up in it.

"I ended up about 10th after the crash on the first lap, but it was just one of those things. I soon moved up the field and got across to the leaders."

But Oldham's day didn't go according to plan, with mechanical problems occupying his thoughts pre-race.

"I broke the shifter on my main bike, so I ended up riding [teammate] Keith Murray's third bike instead. I daren't really ride all the muddy sections so I was having to run a few bits that I would've ridden if I had been on my own bike.

"I thought I had the series lead in the bag, but then Jody did really well on the last lap and moved up from fifth to third, so he's just leading by one point. So now whoever finishes first out of the two of us takes the series in the final race."

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Ian Field (GBr) Hargroves Cycles1:02:35
2Paul Oldham (GBr) Hope Factory Racing0:00:16
3Jody Crawforth (GBr) Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/Scott/GSI0:02:12
4Rob Jebb (GBr) Wheelbase.co.uk/Cannondale0:02:18
5David van der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Powerplus0:02:33
6Nicholas Craig (GBr) Team Scott UK0:03:24
7Lewis Craven (GBr)0:04:14
8Tim Baldwin (GBr) Paul Milnes/Bradford Olympic RC0:04:51
9Kris Lapere (Bel) Mez Team0:05:41
10Robin Seymour (Irl)0:05:57
11Adrian Lansley (GBr) Pedalon.co.uk0:06:18
12Kenta Gallagher (GBr)0:06:30
13Peter Middlehurst (GBr) www.cyclepremier.com/Metaltek0:06:39
14Ben Eedy (GBr) Team Empella Cyclo-cross.com0:06:51
15Robert Watson (GBr) Paul Milnes RT/Bradford Olympic0:07:00
16Ben Roach (GBr) Cult Racing0:07:10
17Steven Ward (GBr)0:07:19
18Stephen Adams (GBr)0:07:29
19Luke Gray (GBr)0:07:36
20Paul Young (GBr) Wheelbase.co.uk/Cannondale0:08:03
21Jamie Newall (GBr) Team Corley Cycles0:08:14
22Crispin Doyle (GBr) Swindon RC0:08:22
23Tom Last (GBr)0:09:12
24Andrew Waterman (GBr) Dulwich Paragon CCRow 23 - Cell 2
25Keith Murray (GBr)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Tom Payton (GBr) Cult RacingRow 25 - Cell 2
27Nathan Miller (GBr) X RT/Elmy CyclesRow 26 - Cell 2
28James Thompson (GBr) Boneshakersbikes.com/TrekRow 27 - Cell 2
29Steven James (GBr)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Tony Fawcett (GBr)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Daniel Duguid (GBr) Sigma Sport/SpecializedRow 30 - Cell 2
32Richard Wilkinson (GBr)Row 31 - Cell 2
33Lee Westwood (GBr)Row 32 - Cell 2
34Andrew Nichols (GBr)Row 33 - Cell 2
35Andrew Hargroves (GBr) Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/Scott/GSIRow 34 - Cell 2
36Gavin Hardwicke (GBr)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Robert McCarthy (GBr) VC MeudonRow 36 - Cell 2
38Simon Maudsley (GBr)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Malcolm Lewis (GBr) MTS Cycle Sport/InklandRow 38 - Cell 2
40James Duguid (GBr) Sigma Sport/SpecializedRow 39 - Cell 2
41Gareth Whittall (GBr)Row 40 - Cell 2
42Martin Woofindin (GBr)Row 41 - Cell 2
43Robert Wimble (GBr)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Edward Sneddon (GBr)Row 43 - Cell 2
45Ben Spurrier (GBr)Row 44 - Cell 2
46Kyle Burleigh (GBr) Nottingham Clarion CCRow 45 - Cell 2
47Luke Beswick (GBr)Row 46 - Cell 2
48Lawrence Frost (GBr) Team Empella Cyclo-cross .comRow 47 - Cell 2
49Jonathan Limebear (GBr) Batley CC/HargreavesRow 48 - Cell 2
50Oliver Webster (GBr)Row 49 - Cell 2
51Anthony Morris (GBr)Row 50 - Cell 2
52Grey May (Irl)Row 51 - Cell 2

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