Cycling: Silver medal for Bicester youngster
Sixteen-year-old Bicester Millenium Cycling Club member Harriet Owen grabbed a silver medal at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy, to confirm her status as one of the country's top young riders.
Owen was second in the Women's Scratch Race 10km event behind Australian rider Amy Cure. Owen kept a cool head and followed the wheels of other riders toconserve as much energy as possible in the 40-lap racesoshe was in the best shape possible for the latter stages.
With 1.5 laps to go Owen was third when she attacked and gave it everything. She instantly got agap on the chasing bunch butwith one lap to go they were closer to catching her.
She managed tohold on all the way into the home straight when Amy Cure caught up with her, but she managed to hold off all the other riders to win the silver medal.
Owen, a former winner of the national youth circuit championships, has now set her sights on riding at the next Olympics or the 2016 event.
She trains many hours a week to keep up her high standards.
>Last Tuesday the BMCC club held its 4up10 mile team time trial where 34 teams of four riders competed for the Men's and Women's Broadribb's Cycle Shop Cup's event. The winners of the Mens Broadribb's Cup were Team Milton Keynes (team 2) with a time of 21-40, second were VC-10 (team 1) 22:14 and third Oxford Tri (team 2) 22:30.
Harriet Owen continued her recent success as part of the fastest ladies' team which was BMCC/Maxgear (composite team) with a time of 24:10. The winners of the Ladies Broadribb's Cup as they were a non composite team were Oxford Tri Ladies (team 2) with a time of 24:30.
BMCC also held its unique 9up 10mile team time trial on Tuesday July 27 which saw ten teams of nine riders competing, with Team VC10 taking first place in a time of 21-28. On August 21 five riders from BMCC competed in the Speedwell BC 10 mile time trial open events, with some very good results.
Jonathan and Claire Sadler took first place in the Tandem event with a time of 22:49. Bryony Costin also had a good result taking second place in the ladies competition with a personal best time of 24:24.
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