THE final points race in the Jersey Cycling Cyclocross series took place at a blustery Island Games course on Jubilee Hill on Sunday.
With a depleted youth field, just two junior races were held. The Under 8s raced for ten minutes, with Loic Burton forging ahead after a slow start to win with Austin Sty in second.
Newcomers James Day and Seth McDonald showed good resilience in their first race to finish in third and fourth respectively.
In the mixed U10s and U12s race, Maverick Bull was quick off the start line, but Alex Le Sueur worked hard to overtake him.
Le Sueur kept his lead throughout to claim victory in the U12s. Maverick Bull maintained his position across the race to finish second overall and secure the U10s win.
The girls maintained a solid pace throughout, with Orla Le Lai the first girl home in the U12s, followed by Ella Baker in second.
Adriana smiled the whole way round to come fourth overall and to win the U10 girls category.
In the senior races, the ladies kicked off with Amber Mauger returning to the series to take an early lead.
Lisa Mansell led the chase but was unable to reel in an impressive Mauger, who is still a youth rider and showing real promise.
Whilst Mauger claimed the youth category win, Mansell was able to build her tally in the seniors category.
Amanda Wright claimed the vet40s category and in the vet50s there was a racelong battle between Julie Le Rougetel and Louise Banks, with the former coming out on top.
In the youth boys and men’s vet50 and vet60 race, Robin Ovenden stamped his authority from the start and took an early lead that he did not relinquish. Ben Dixon enjoyed a strong race to take second, with Ian Jones holding off a chasing Mark Syvret to claim second and third respectively in the vet50 category. Chris Bridson claimed the vet60 win.
Elsewhere, in the youth race, Aston Gilbert encountered an unfortunate bike issue that forced him to retire, leaving the way open for Evan Osmand to take the victory.
The final race of the day saw the junior boys, senior and vet40 men entertain with an epic battle.
An explosive start to get to the tight first corner first saw Liam Cadoret leading out from Jay Cracknell, Rhys Hidrio and Jacob Mauger. It was tight affair but unforced errors started to creep in.
Mauger lost the wheel after a slip in one of the tight off-camber muddy corners and Cracknell suffered a heavy fall that delayed his progress.
The resulting gap left Cadoret and Hidrio to press on and open a small advantage from the field. Cadoret was unable to shake off Hidrio, who eventually made his race-winning move a couple of laps from home. Cadoret had the satisfaction of an impressive second place. Mauger came home to take third and claim the junior category win in the process.
In the vet40 category, Adam Wojtkiewicz once again dominated, taking a comfortable category win.
Jersey Cycling extended their gratitude to the marshals and officials as well as Normandy Rescue and Groupe Legendre for their support of the series.
The concluding race of the season, the Cyclocross Championships, will take place this Sunday and also serves as an inter-insular race with riders from neighbouring Guernsey also competing.
The event is set to be the first cycling inter-insular for a number of years with the hope more will follow in other cycling disciplines.
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