Ellie leads Springtime Pursuit series

Ellie Gilham, Jenny Hudson, Laura Clode and new signing Maddy Moore travelled to Devon for the second race in the Springtime Pursuit series.
This week saw the group split into handicaps, where some random decisions were made by the organiser seeing Jenny put in with the scratch group even though she's a 4th cat!
Ellie and Jenny worked hard in the scratch group to make up the deficit and they managed to catch both groups that started ahead of them on the road.  Coming into the final climb to the finish Ellie was pipped to the post and had to settle for 2nd this week behind Natalie Grinczer, who claimed 2nd place at race 1.  Jenny finished a very respectable 5th for her 2nd every race and sees her move up to a 3rd category rider in the process.  Well done Jenny!
Laura had yet more bad luck this week, getting caught up in a crash and having to get a wheel change, saw her having to chase to get back on and her race was over.
Ellie goes into final round joint leader in the series.  She must beat Natalie Grinczer in the final round to clinch the title, and her team-mates will be out in force to help her.

Result

1 Natalie Grinczer University of Birmingham 27 miles in 1 hr 27 mins 27 secs
2 Ellie Gillham VC St Raphael
3 Ella Hopkins Breast Cancer Care Academy Team @ 4 secs
4 Manon Lloyd Abergavenny RC @ 7 secs
5 Jennifer Hudson VC Straphael
6 Lyndsey Glazier Team Hope Factory Racing
7 Carrie Hill Mid-Devon CC
8 Claire Elworthy Exeter Wheelers CC