Jamie Ford wins the John Andrews Memorial Road Race

Fourth category rider, Jamie Ford, riding for Bradford on Avon Cycling Club, won SundayÃ¢â¬â¢s John Andrews Memorial Road Race from a spirited last lap solo breakaway.

The 50 mile race, organised annually by Yeovil Cycling Club, saw a field of Third and Fourth category riders, competing for the honours around the undulating Somerton, Langport, Long Sutton circuit.

A strong, almost block, headwind on the long westerly leg from Somerton to Langport killed off any attacks until the last lap, when Ford launched his attack. After gaining an advantage of over thirty seconds Ford bravely held on to cross the finish line just eleven seconds ahead of the now diminished chasing peloton. James Brown, of Yeovil based Tri UK, finished in eleventh place and Benjamin Wainwright, of Somerton based Team Tor 2000 KALAS, finished in fifteen place, out of the thirty seven finishers.

Fifty miles to go

Jamie Ford crossing the finish line.

Jamie Ford congratulated by Mark Boxall, race organiser

The top 5 finishers clutching their just rewards! Kevin Jones, Gideon Aroussi, Alex Mellor, Jamie Ford, Lewis Braithwaite (l to r).

Results

Position	Name	Club	Time
1	Jamie Ford	Bradford on Avon	2:01:51
2	Kevin Jones	Somerset Road Club	+11s
3	Alex Mellor	Bristol South CC	Same time
4	Lewis Braithwaite	Steele Davies Via Roma RT	Same time
5	Gideon Aroussi	Exeter Wheelers	Same time
6	Michael Hoare	Froome & District Wheelers	Same time
7	Charlie Lacaille	University of Bristol CC	Same time
8	Michael Rogers	Plymouth Corinthian CC	Same time
9	Graham Reeves	Bristol RC	Same time
10	Darren Gardner	Bath Cycling Club	Same time
11	James Brown	Tri UK	Same time
12	Gary Bonds	Royal Navy & Royal Marines	Same time
13	Will Budge	Bristol RC	Same time
14	Michael Smith	Plymouth Corinthian CC	Same time
15	Benjamin Wainwright	Team Tor 2000 KALAS	Same time