Newton Wins in the Rain
Courteousy of British Cycling

Chris Newton won a rain-drenched Rochdale GP in near darkness, out-sprinting Malcolm Elliott, with whom he had forged a break. Both Newton and Elliott are renowned bike handlers and finishers and with conditions less than ideal their skills came into their own.

In-form Kristian House took third, with James Taylor fourth.

The main beneficiary from the night's racing was Elliott, who took advantage of Warwick Spence's absence to close in on him at the top of the series table.

1 Chris Newton Recycling.co.uk 00:55:56
2 Malcolm Elliott Plowman Craven s.t.
3 Kristian House Recycling.co.uk at 00:01:28
4 James Taylor Plowman Craven at 00:01:34
5 Dale Appleby Recycling.co.uk s.t.
6 Ian Wilkinson Scienceinsport.com s.t.
7 Robin Sharmen Recycling.co.uk at 00:01:36
8 Adrian Timmis Pinarello R.T. at 00:01:37
9 James Stewart Le Coq Sportif at 00:01:41
10 Chris Doel Pacific R.T. s.t.
11 Robert Partridge Recycling.co.uk s.t.
12 James Sampson Stilton R.T. s.t.
13 Ross Muir Evans Cycles R.T. s.t.
14 Robert Hayles Team KLR at 00:01:44
15 Daniel Shand West Pennine R.C. at 00:01:46
16 Evan Oliphant Recycling.co.uk s.t.
17 James Moss MTS Cyclesport at 00:01:52
18 Paul Oldham Hope Factory Racing s.t.
19 Anthony Gibb Plowman Craven at 00:02:02
20 Shaun Snodden Recycling.co.uk at 00:02:14