Paul Burgoine reports from Bedford 3 Day
Day one was a horrible day in Bedford. It seemed all the rain that had blown over London dumped itself on the race just before the race started. Ironically when the riders crossed the line the sun shone; typical. The team enjoyed a successful day though; Hannah Walker managed to get into third place with [...]
Cheshire Classic Race Report
The Cheshire Classic is a race that we look forward to every year with out exception. This was the first classic organised by Andy Wood and he delivered a great race. Despite the cold day, the rain stayed away and an excellent race took place on the traditional course. There were a lot of [...]
Dave Pack Memorial
The Dave Peck Memorial race was our first team race in the UK. Buoyed after a strong team performance in the French Cup recently, and the win last week for Harriet Owen, the team started in confident fashion. Controlling the peloton after the neutral zone, the team stamped their authority on the race, but the [...]
Race Report – Pujerol Coupe de France
This weekend the team took to the start of its first race of the season. It came towards the end of a training camp in the South of France where the team has been preparing for the busy domestic season ahead. Four riders (Corrine, Jo, Harriet and Jessie) took part and had high hope of [...]
Severn Bridge RR
On Sunday 3rd March I did the 3rd cat men’s race at Severn Bridge RR. It was a full field of 80 riders, so was definitely a day to stay up the front and out of trouble. I was doing fine until I forgot I was racing with men and tried to go harder than [...]
I finally got my hands in the air
It was amazing to finally get my hands in the air and being at such a prestigious event the Newport nocturne made it even better. With thousands of people there to watch and it being the first ever women’s event we had to put on a great show. Fast and furious from the start with [...]
Hannah Walker – National Champion
Hannah Walker has retained her National Derny title. Resul 1 Hannah Walker (Matrix Fitness-Prendas) 2 Corrine Hall (Node4 Giordana Racing) 3 Joanne McRae (Look Mum No Hands)
Racing in Belgium
Here I am back in Belgium once again and really enjoying it. It’s been quite an eventful past few weeks for me. I travelled down with the girls, Penny and Hannah to watch the Olympic Cycling Road Races as it was on our way to Belgium anyway and it was worth it. I went for [...]
Race Round Up from Tour of Brittany
Tour of Brittany is a great race and it holds a very special place with me. It was the first professional stage race I took a team to and I have so many memories from the race. But memories are the past and something to look back at when I’ve finished my time in women’s [...]
The Tour Series Rollercoaster
Well the rollercoaster that was the Tour Series is over, and it certainly had its highs and lows. From the highs of winning in Oxford, to the lows of having a team mate and good friend puncture a lung in Peterborough and losing the love in Woking, back to the highs of going up on [...]
JHTGP Round 2- Peterborough
Round 2 of the Johnson Health Tech GP Series was won by Harriet Owen. Harriet looked the strongest in the 3 rider break in Peterborough taking a gap on Hannah Barnes and Matrix Fitness – Prendas rider Annie Simpson several times. The 3 riders escaped early in the race a built a big lead over [...]
Holly Cauberg
The transition from British criteriums to European professional racing is never an easy step. Add to that several return trips to and from mainland Europe and you make it harder still, but the squad that tackled the Valkenburg classic took the challenge on well. Regular riders Penny, Annie and Hannah Walker were joined by guest [...]
Annie Reports from Oxford JHTGP
After a recent bout of illness and sadly having to sit out Bedford 2day, I went into the Tour Series a bit apprehensive after not having raced since Cheshire Classic. Unsure how my legs would feel I hadn’t set myself any particular goals for the race and team plan was to make it hard and [...]
Victory for Annie in Oxford
Round one of the Johnson Health Tech GP series took place in Oxford, where as the defending champions, the pressure was already on the Matrix Fitness – Prendas squad. In what is now a five race series, the format is becoming closer to that of the mens series, and with an increasing amount of teams [...]
Bedford 2 Day round up
The last few years have seen the Bedford 2 day start with a TTT. Although this is a good way to split the field, in the past there have been big gaps between teams, which have actually contributed to a very negative and defensive race as riders looked to conserve their overall lead. However the [...]
Dani King wins in Sinaai
After getting a kicking in my first few races on the road I’ve finally had a decent weekend. Saturday was Bredene, a UCI 1.2 race, to be honest an hour before the start I was sitting in the car listening to the pouring rain dreading what was to come. Being a racer, as soon as [...]
The Power Files: Penny Rowson
During the opening race of the season, Penny Rowson was given a set of FFWD race Wheels, fitted with a CycleOps PowerTap. As part of the ongoing training and development of our riders, PowerTap data, analysis and subsequent training adjustment is something that we value very highly. Training Data is very easy to get, [...]
Race Report: Cheshire Classic
The first round of the National Series was the Cheshire Classic Road Race. Going into the race with 3 Matrix Fitness-Prendas riders; Penny Rowson, Hannah Walker and Annie Simpson they still rode strong as a unit throughout the race and never left the top15 of the bunch. A lot of early moves went each time [...]
Dave Peck Memorial Race
The first race of the season has been and gone. On a fantastic course in Virginia Water, the peloton were treated to 18 hilly laps and a stunning hill top finish. With a clear plan to animate the race and try to get their racing legs back after the long winter break, the Matrix Fitness [...]
Race Round Up
This weekend was the first weekend of racing for the team with 2 riders in action. Jessie Walker started things off when she travelled to Holland with the Great Britain team (ODP) to take part in 2 races. On Saturday she was in the Omloop Strijen where she finished 46th, while team leader and World [...]
Jo Rowsell – National Pursuit Champion
Jo has won the Pursuit championships at the Nationals today, in a Gold medal ride off again Laura Trott. British Cyling reported: Joanna Rowsell is the new national individual pursuit champion, beating Laura Trott in the gold medal final. Wendy Houvenaghel took bronze, while Sarah Storey rode into fourth place, breaking the C5 Paracycling [...]
National Track Championships Day 1
On day 1 of the National Track Championships, Horizon Fitness had several riders in the 500m TT. Not their normal race, but something to challenge thier talents, they all performed very well. Day 2 includes the Individual Pursuit where Horizon Fitness will be looking to get on the podium. Here is a brief [...]
Video’s with team mentor Helen Wyman
Helen Wyman, who has ridden on the team during 2011 as a mentor for the young riders has been in great form in the USA at the start of the Cyclo-Cross season. Over at www.helenwyman.com there are several video links from the first races of the season. Here is a link to the first day [...]
Bronze for Sarah in National TT Champs
Sarah Storey has finished 3rd in the National TT championships on Sunday. Her latest race report is online now at her Team Storey Sport website.
