Premier Calendar

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Premier Calendar
Current season or competition: 2008 BC Premier Calendar
Sport	Road bicycle racing
Founded	1959
Country(ies)	Great Britain
Most recent champion(s)	Chris Newton

The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. It comprises a series of road bicycle races.

Contents 1 Organisation and events 2 History 3 Results 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Organisation and events

In 2008 points are awarded for the first 20 places in each single day road race and for the top 20 overall in stage races as follows: 100, 85, 75, 66, 58, 51, 45, 39, 34, 29, 25, 21, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. For each stage of a stage race (including prologues) the top 15 riders are awarded points as follows: 30, 25, 21, 17, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Nowadays the series includes an award for the highest placed U23 rider in the final overall standings. Riders may have up to 10 counting races.^[1]

The 2008 series is:^[2]

• 08/09 March Bikeline 2 Day, Hope, Flintshire
• 22/24 March Girvan Stage Race, Girvan, Scotland^[3]
• 30 March Tour of The Reservoir, Edmundbyers, Co. Durham^[4]
• 20 April Archer Grand Prix, High Wycombe, Bucks CANCELLED
• 3/4 May Chas Messenger 2 Day, Long Crendon, Bucks
• 11 May Lincoln Grand Prix, Lincoln, Lincolnshire^[5]
• 24/26 May Tour of Wessex, Bruton, Somerset CANCELLED
• 15 June Beaumont Trophy, Ponteland, Northumberland^[6]
• 06 July Tour of Blackpool Grand Prix Road Race, Blackpool^[7]
• 03 August East Yorkshire Classic, Beverley, E.Yorks^[8]
• 10 August Tour of Pendle, Barnoldswick, Lancs^[9]
• 21 September Richmond Grand Prix, Richmond, North Yorkshire

[edit] History

The series was called The Star Trophy until 1975 when it became The Pernod Star Trophy to reflect new sponsorship. It reverted to the name Star Trophy in 1983. It was renamed The Premier Calendar in 1993.

[edit] Results

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1959	John Perks	n/a	n/a
1960	Jim Hinds	n/a	n/a
1961	Kenny Hill	n/a	n/a
1962	Wes Mason	n/a	n/a
1963	Derek Harrison	n/a	n/a
1964	George Halls	n/a	n/a
1965	Les West	n/a	n/a
1966	Hugh Porter	n/a	n/a
1967	Peter Buckley	n/a	n/a
1968	Dave Rollinson	n/a	n/a
1969	Peter Matthews	n/a	n/a
1970	Peter Matthews	n/a	n/a
1971	John Clewarth	n/a	n/a
1972	Phil Bayton	n/a	n/a
1973	Phil Griffiths	n/a	n/a
1974	Tony Gornall	n/a	n/a
1975	Phil Griffiths	n/a	n/a
1976	Paul Sherwen	n/a	n/a
1977	Steve Lawrence	n/a	n/a
1978	Steve Lawrence	n/a	n/a
1979	Bob Downs	n/a	n/a
1980	Steve Joughin	n/a	n/a
1981	Bob Downs	n/a	n/a
1982	Steve Joughin	n/a	n/a
1983	Malcolm Elliott	n/a	n/a
1984	Peter Longbottom	n/a	n/a
1985	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1986	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1987	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1988	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1989	Ben Luckwell	Wayne Randle	Pete Longbottom
1990	Steve Farrell	Simeon Hempsall	Pete Longbottom
1991	Steve Farrell	Paul Curran	Mark Gornall
1992	Mark McKay	John Tanner	John Charlesworth
1993	Mark Walsham	Chris Lillywhite	Brian Smith
1994	John Tanner	Simeon Hempshall	Chris Lillywhite
1995	John Tanner	Mark Walsham	Chris Lillywhite
1996	Mark Walsham	John Tanner	Chris Lillywhite
1997	John Tanner	Rob Hayles	Jon Clay
1998	Chris Newton	Jon Clay	Matt Illingworth
1999	Gordon McCauley	Matt Stephens	John Tanner
2000	Mark Lovatt	John Tanner	Julian Winn
2001	John Tanner	Mark Lovatt	Anthony Malarczyk
2002	John Tanner	Mark Lovatt	Julian Winn
2003	Mark Lovatt	John Tanner	Malcolm Elliott
2004	Malcolm Elliott	Russell Downing	Dean Downing
2005	Robin Sharman	John Tanner	Russell Downing
2006	Kristian House	Robin Sharman	Matt Stephens
2007	Chris Newton	Gordon McCauley	Robin Sharman

[edit] External links

• British Cycling major events 2008
• British Cycling Web site

[edit] References