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While the 21Elites were battling it out all week to gain a place in the chase, a competition of a smaller scale, but of no less importance, was going on in the M21Short class. Le Tour de Deeside was set up and run by Rob Palmer which went along similar lines of the famous 'Le Tour de France' and had a yellow, green & poka dot jersey up for grabs on each day. As with the real tour which was dominated by one man, so to was the 6 day version. James Hargreaves was the Lance Armstrong of the week as he claimed not only the coveted Yellow Jersey but also the King of the Mountains. Ian hargeaves took 2nd in the overall classification with Andy Powell completing the top 3.

Here are the final results:

General Classification

1. James Hargreaves 5599 (5429+170)
2. Ian Hargreaves 5275 (5177+9)
3. Andy Powell 5248 (5202+46)
4. Nick Taylor 5242 (5216+26)
5. Alex Rothman 5211 (5189+22)
6. Rob Palmer 5007 (4997+10)
7. Matt Palmer 4793 (4765+2)
8. Stewart Caithness 4767 (4767+0)
9. Ollie O’Brien 4737 (4729+8)
10. Rory Finlay 4551 (4513+3)
11. Tim Bean 4459 (4451+8)
12. Andrew Mein 4455 (4439+16)
13. David Alcock 4296 (4294+2)
14. Che Finlay 4078 (4052+26)

Points

1. James Hargreaves 245 from a max of 282
2. Ian Hargreaves 198
3. Andy Powell 154
4. Rory Finlay 144
5. Che Finlay 129
6. Andrew Mein 127
7. Rob Palmer 113
8. Alex Rothman 108
9. Ollie O’Brien 104
10. Matt Palmer 99
11. Tim Bean 93
12. Nick Taylor 92
13. David Alcock 81
14. Stewart Caithness 58

King of the Mountains

1. James Hargreaves 362 from a max of 420
2. Alex Rothman 218
3. Ian Hargreaves 204
4. Nick Taylor 134
5. Andy Powell 122
6. Rob Palmer 68
7. Rory Finlay 42
8. Matt Palmer 38
9. David Alcock 34
10. Stewart Caithness 32
11. Tim Bean 30
12. Ollie O’Brien 24
13. Che Finlay 8
14. Andrew Mein 4

This was a good addition to the weeks competition and thanks toe Rob Palmer for running it.

For more info on how the results were worked visit robpalmer.co.uk