COLNE TOWN COUNCIL and Cycle Development North West present...

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1 COLNE TOWN COUNCIL and Cycle Development North West present... COL gra FREE Including the Sprint for Success race... And introducing The Town Council Youth Race

2 COLNE Grand RIX 2016 Welcome to the 13th Colne Grand rix & the Grand Final of the Men s UK Elite Series. We re proud to be picked by British Cycling to host the final for the first time. Cyclists from top British cycling teams will be battling it out to win the Colne Grand rix and be overall winner of the prestigious 2016 Circuit Series. Eight races in the series have been taking place across the UK from Staffordshire to Beverley, Wales to Sheffield, with the dramatic finish here in Colne. It ll be an evening of action-packed high speed racing starting with talented young riders competing in a new youth race. Fort Vale s Sprint for Success up-and-coming riders will be hot on their wheels for the second race. And UK and world class riders power through town in a blur of team colours for the cottages.com Colne Grand rix. Enjoy a fantastic free evening of racing in Colne. Many of our local businesses are opening late so come and support them too and make a great event of it. And re-live the highlights on EuroSport on 6th August 1 p.m. Councillor Sarah Cockburn-rice Chairman of Colne Town Council Front cover photo: Cherie ridham, Team Raleigh. Graphic design by the Communications Team ijb / pm arade Lap with Cycle Sport endle & Youth Race 7pm Sprint for Success Race 8pm Font: Barbedor Bold Colne Grand rix 9pm rize presentations on the podium A big thank you to our race sponsors and also to Colne businesses who ve supported us on Colne Grand rix night! The race is run under the rules of British Cycling and organised by Cycling Development endle artnership, Colne Town Council with support from endle Council. For a full report and tonight s racing results please visit the Elite Circuit Series pages at TOWN COUNCIL

3 Colne Grand rix Map WALLAER AINT BESOKE CURTAINS, BLINDS & UOLSTERY 2 Albert Road, Colne sales@inspiredinteriors.co.uk To Barnoldswick Earby Skipton Rd Skipton A56 B6250 To Keighley Crosshills Newtown St St John St For your safety barriers are placed around the circuit. lease do not attempt to enter the riding area you will put yourself and others in danger. There are designated crossing points and marshals will be there to ensure you can cross safely. Dockray St olice Station Market Hall, Market Street, Colne BB8 0HS Telephone: Open Monday to Saturday 9.00am pm. (Tuesday - shops to the front open but restricted opening within the Market Hall) Library Cycle Displays WC Market Hall Team it Area Bus Station WC Fire Station 25 CHURCH STREET, COLNE BB8 0LG Tel: thebookshop@hotmail.co.uk roud sponsors of the Colne Grand rix Race Circuit Start / Finish Line Windy Bank Market lace Walton St Midgley St Colne Lane Walton St Road Closure Barrier Car arks Crossing oint Ivegate Church St Supporting local talent roud sponsors of the Colne Grand rix The Crown Hotel Tel: crown94@aol.com Emergency First Aid WC Toilets Food & Drink / Takeaways 2 3 ublic Houses New Market St Town Hall Great George St Exchange St A56 endle Leisure Centre M65 To Nelson

4 Cyclo-cross is coming to endle! endle s first ever cyclo-cross challenge, the re eaks race is on Monday 29 August. This exciting off the road race will attract around 500 top cyclists from across the globe including endle s former cyclo-cross champion aul Oldham who competed for England in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The new challenge gets underway thanks to endle company Hope Technology, one of the world leaders in engineering bicycle components. For more details see 4 aul Oldham etr Vakoc BMX bid It s an exciting time for BMX and mountain bike enthusiasts! Local residents have given the thumbs up to a proposed phase 2 for the Steven Burke Sports Hub at Swinden laying Fields between Colne, Nelson and Barrowford. The plan is to upgrade the bike trail near the cycle track into a fantastic BMX pump track. If you d like to find out come and see Manny and Andy (pictured) at the Cycle Sport endle marquee outside the library at the Colne Grand rix on Tuesday 26th July. Hear about bids for funding and how you can have a say or be involved, as a new BMX Group is getting underway! STO RESS! There s an exciting cycling event at the Steven Burke Sports Hub on Saturday 17 September news updates on com Sunlight, camera, action! Two short films have just been released which put endle in the spotlight as the place to cycle and a vital part of the UK s cycling capital Lancashire! One celebrates the exciting Tour of Britain Race which powered to a dramatic finish in Colne on 7th September Spot where you were on the day and look out for the man with the flag who helped to bring the Grand rix and National Road Race to endle Brian Cookson - now resident of the Union Cycliste Internationale. And the cameras have been rolling this summer, capturing great footage of cycle routes around endle from off road leisure rides to the challenging hills. Watch the videos via and download some great routes and get out more! John Herety, a former Olympic cyclist, is manager of JLT Condor, Britain s longest standing Union Cycliste Internationale team. He says: You won t see faster racing. Colne is the fastest circuit in the series. It s got swingers great corners you don t have to brake on. You just throw a bike at them! John s team of top cyclists look forward to coming to the town. We love Colne. It s a great circuit with good crowds. It s fitting that a town which has supported cycling for so many years has been picked by British Cycling to host the final, adds John. John has a great team lined up for Colne although there may be changes on the night. Look out for sprinter Graham Briggs. His ability to last the distance and gear up for a final rapid turn of speed won the night at Colne in 2014, the same year he was a Tour de France stage winner. Cherie ridham, manager of Team Raleigh GAC says: We won last year with Andrew Hawdon and hope to repeat our success! It s a fast attacking race in Colne and there s always an exciting finish, she adds. Cherie is bringing an eight man international team to Colne, wearing their distinctive 80s retro red and yellow strip. This year s team should include Morgan Kneisky from France and Albert Torres from Spain both former world track champions. And Sebastian Moro, a world scratch champion from Spain, is lined up for the big final in Colne, too. Ask a marshall or call by the media/vi area for the up to date riders list on the night. World class & swingers at the Colne Grand rix! Two teams dominating the winners podium in Colne for the past five years are JLT Condor and Team Raleigh GAC. Will they be popping champagne corks for the final of the Elite Series in Colne in 2016? 2010 Dean Downing Rapha Condor Sharp 2011 Ed Clancy Rapha Condor Sharp 2012 Russell Hampton Raleigh GAC 2013 Ed Clancy MBE Rapha Condor JLT 2014 Graham Briggs Rapha Condor JLT 2015 Andrew Hawdon Raleigh GAC 5

5 SONSORS OF THE 2016 COLNE GRAND RIX ODIUM BOUQUETS Colne s Olympic champion with CS Regular sessions and activities Coaching for boys and girls Learn more about the club and cycling opportunities in endle by visiting the club website and Cycling Development endle artnership website. odium bouquets donated by Going Dutch Billy Bantam A much loved legend in his own lifetime, Billy Dixon or Billy Bantam as he preferred to be known will be sadly missed at this year s Colne Grand rix. Billy was always game for something new! From chopper dashes on Colne Grand rix night wearing his trademark denim to barmy chopper jousts with his son Jake, his sense of fun was totally infectious. Andy Bayes, Sports Reporter for BBC Radio Lancashire interviewed Billy several times, describing him as the life and soul of the place. Billy helped launch the new Steven Burke Cycle Track in 2014 wearing 1970s gear in the chopper race. He was always there for us in our bid to promote cycling in endle and rode his chopper for our twilight cycling video Ride the Light Fantastic! It was filmed just before the Tour of Britain race in September. He was widely considered the coolest and friendliest guy in Colne and is deeply missed but never forgotten. Roll on Rio for the Colne Cyclone! Get ready to cheer on Colne s gold medallist, Steven Burke MBE! The Colne Cyclone will be racing for Great Britain in Rio de Janeiro 11th 16th August. Steven is one of five world class cyclists picked by Team GB to compete in Team ursuit and he says: I m very proud to represent Team GB for a third time at this summer s Olympic Games. Steven competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic and he congratulated fellow experienced Olympians on his team for their selection for Rio. They include Ed Clancy MBE, our 2011 and 2013 winner of the Colne Grand rix and Sir Bradley Wiggins, as well as Mark Cavendish, who ve all raced the circuit at Colne. Steven Burke, who now rides for Team Wiggins, was given the Freedom of the Borough by endle Council in 2012 in recognition of his gold medal achievement at the London Olympics. And there s a gold postbox in his honour near the bottom of Albert Road in Colne and a fantastic Steven Burke Cycle Track in endle which he opened in British Cycling rogrammes Director, Andy Harrison, says: I am pleased to announce such a strong squad of riders who will represent Team GB in Rio this summer. Our team has been proven to be the leading nation for cycling in the past two Olympic cycles and our aim is to continue that momentum and be a sports team that Britain can be proud of. I ve every confidence we can step it up once more for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, he says. 6 7

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