2009 EVENT REPORT
Garmin-Slipstream ace David Millar took an impressive solo victory at the first Edinburgh Nocturne event. Scot Millar, and team-mate Cameron Meyer ripped apart a strong British field.
“I came to Edinburgh with one secret weapon and it was called Cam” commented Millar. “As soon as the race started my tactics went out of the window and after marking a few attacks Cam went on the front and we took the race on.”
Millar was in fine form fresh from the Tour of Italy and was clearly determined to take victory on the tough circuit around the Grassmarket in Edinburgh,
“I really wanted to take victory on Scottish soil especially in Edinburgh in front of my friends and family,” he commented. “It was a brutal circuit but a fantastic experience to race in such a spectacular setting, the atmosphere was perfect.”
The race was dominated by the Garmin pros with Meyer and Millar breaking from the bunch mid way through the race. The duo worked together with Meyer riding hard to set up victory for his team mate and in the end it was only Rapha Condor’s Kristian House who was able to get back in touch eventually sprinting to second ahead of Meyer,
“The final couple of laps were my fastest and I just put it in the big ring on the climbs. It hurt but I was feeling good. Cam set things up perfectly and it was great to win in Scotland.”
Millar’s victory capped a superb evening of racing an entertainment in the Grassmarket with some of the biggest cheers coming in the Team Challenge and Folding Bike Race. Right to Play proved victorious in the team event with Graeme Easton powering to an impressive victory on his pink customised Brompton in the folding race.
PROVISIONAL RESULTS
Elite Circuit Race
1. David Millar Garmin
2. Kristian House RaphaCondor
3. Cameron Meyer Garmin
4. Russ Downing Candi TV/Marshalls Pasta RT
5. Graham Briggs Candi TV/Marshalls Pasta RT
6. Malcolm Elliott Candi TV/Marshalls Pasta RT
7. Tom Southam RaphaCondor
8. Warrick Spence Cyclefit RT
9. Evan Oliphant Plowman Craven
10. Andy Tennant Halfords Bikehut
11. Ben Greenwood RaphaCondor
12. Darren Lapthorne RaphaCondor
13. Simon Richardson RaphaCondor
14. Alistair Rutherford Science in Sport
15. Dave Clarke Pendragon Kalas RT
16. Callum Wilkinson Endura Racing
17. Andy Tinsley Science in Sport
18. Robert Wardell KUK Kinesis
19. Scott McRae Endura Racing
Support Race 1, Category 4
1. Craig Adams, Falkirk BC
2. Andrew Turnbull, Falkirk BC
3. Peter Sammon, Sandy Wallace Cycles
4. Phil Melling, Wootton Tri
5. Andrew Hood, Team Leslie Bike Shop
6. Brendan Miliken, Pedal Power / Endura RT
7. Andrew Fuller, Private member
8. Eric Easton, Edinburgh RC
9. Angus Thomson, West Lothian Clarion
10. John Milligan, Dundee Wheelers
11. Tom Blankenstein, Dundee University Triathlon club
Support Race 2, Category 2/3
1. Gary McRae, Team Leslie Bike Shop
2. Paul Rowney, YETI-GU-SRAM
3. Jason Roberts, Glasgow Nightingale
4. Andrew Matheson, Musselburgh Roads CC
5. Niall Aitken, Pedal Power / Endura RT
6. Mark Williams, Python Racing Team
7. Craig Hardie, Hardie-Bikes.com
8. Ross Crook, Edinburgh RC
9. Sean Clark, Private Member
10. Alasdair Easton, Edinburgh RC
11. Matthew Hamilton, Discovery Junior Cycling Club
Youth
Boys
1. Alistair Slater, Bourne Wheelers
2. Patrick Galbraith, Velo Ecosse/Montpeliers
3. Stuart McCluskey, VC Glasgow South
Girls
1. Hannah Shenton, Paul Milnes Bradford Olympic
Folding Bike Race
1. Graeme Raeburn
Team Challenge
1. Right to Play
