Andy Tinsley finishes season on a high
Onimpex – Bioracer rider Andy Tinsley finished off his season with another podium position in the British Cycling Elite Men’s Circuit Series. Andy was edged into 2nd place by the in-form ex-professional rider Malcolm Elliott in the penultimate round of the season long competition in London.
This was Andy’s 2nd podium of the season in the Elite Circuit Series after Brighouse earlier in the year.
The race was set in London’s Crystal Palace supporting the 1st stage of the Tour of Britain. The pace was on from the start and every attack was brought back resulting in a bunch finish were Andy was just edged into 2nd place.
Amy Hunt wins National Trophy
Amy won the opening round of the cyclo cross National Trophy in Abergavenny at the weekend. The National Trophy is a major target for Amy and couldn't have got off to a better start.
Here at Onimpex we wish Amy the best of luck for the rest of the cyclo cross season.
Sponsorship
We sponsor severval teams in the UK including the UCI registered Global Racing Team.
The Global Racing Team have had a very successful season so far riding on Billato frames in Bio-Racer clothing supplied by Onimpex.
Gold, Silver and Bronze for Global Racing Team
The National Championships proved to be a successful return to the UK for Women’s Professional team Global Racing/Bio-Racer.
Nicole Cooke won her 8th national title in the women's RR. Behind her, Rachel Heal managed to power across the line to take 2nd ahead of Global Racing rider Helen Wyman. Nikki Harris took the Under 23 title ahead of Global Racing team-mate Lizzie Armitstead.
Lizzie and Kaite ride to European Gold
Lizzie Armitstead is European Champion in the U23 Scratch Race. Thanks to great work from her Global Racing Team, Lizzie was able to escape in the final laps and held on to win by one bike length.
Congratulations to both riders on their great ride.
Lizzie Armitstead - National Crit Champion 2007
Lizzie Armistead has just won the National Crit Champs in the UK for the second year in a row. Lizzie went into the race as favourite following her great form this season and she kept this up with a great victory.
Lizzie and Jo Rowsell managed to break away and were able to almost lap the field with 5 laps to go. They sat back to allow the bunch to finish before finishing the race with Lizzie taking the sprint from Jo. In the bunch, Katie Curtis was the quickest in the sprint, despite her hard work all race, and took the bronze. Nikki Harris completed a Global Racing 1-2-3-4, while Gabby Day finished in the middle of the bunch.
Cycling – Triple silver podiums for Onimpex RT
Andrew Tinsley pulled off a double podium performance at the weekend to clinch bronze in the North West Regional RR Championships
and 24
hours earlier going one better with a silver medal in the LVRC National Criterium Championships at his first attempt.
Tinsley, riding in the A class took on the tough Darley Moor course against a strong field for the Onimpex Bioracer RT in superb weather but with the customary heavy headwind on the first half of the circuit.
Second place for Tinsley was a superb achievement for a man new to the LVRC and another podium place for his new bike supplier Museeuw.
“Darley Moor is always tough,” commented Tinsley “and I’m amazed at the strength and quality of the opposition. I’m very happy with the result.”
A day later and arguably Tinsley did even better, taking bronze in the North West Regional Championships against a very strong field of riders, many half his age.
Riding hard to bridge a gap of 1’25” from the bunch to a super strong Mark Lovatt, Tinsley was piped in the final sprint by both Lovatt and young Pete Williams (Kinesis).
Onimpex Bioracer RT notched up 2 further silver medals in a superb weekend for the team with Steve Davis taking second place aboard his Museeuw in the LVRC Crit Championships B class and super tough rider Steve Jolley repeating the feat in class C
“It’s been a hell of a weekend for us!” said team boss Ken Jones “The boys have ridden fabulously and the new Museeuw bikes have proved not only comfortable but clearly pretty fast too!”
FP Mailing Win
The FP Mailing cycling team rider Andy Martin won the CDNW cycle race in Elswick. The team are equipped with Bio-Racer clothing.
Andy had been in a 9 rider break all race and he jumped clear with 1 mile left to take the win on his own