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Halfords Tour series: Week One - 18/05/12
Kristian House takes solo win in Durham.
photos by Jordan Crosby
Defending series champions, Rapha Condor Sharp may have had a rocky start to the 2012 Halford Tour Series at Kircady on Tuesday, but Kristian House bounced back from disappointment to take a fantastic solo win on the tough Durham circuit last night.
Mixed Fortunes at Lincoln G.P. - 14/05/12
Photos courtesy British Cycling / Andrew Kennedy
Perhaps the biggest one-day race on the UK calendar, the Lincoln Grand Prix, was a day of mixed fortunes for the Rapha Condor Sharp team. While team captain Kristian House put in one of the team’s best performance of the year so far with an excellent third place, two of his young teammates ended the race in hospital.
Tour of Korea: High drama in the asia tour - 01/05/12
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The team’s three top tens and a respectable 13th place overall for Richard Lang were satisfactory, however the most impressive riding of the week came from Kristian House. The former national road race champion was involved in the action throughout the week and on two stages formed race long breakaways which came agonisingly close to taking a brave stage win on both occasions.
East Midlands Classic: McCallum comes of age - 30/04/12
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Rapha Condor Sharp veteran James McCallum rose to the challenge of leading the Men in Black for the first time at the East Midlands Classic, fighting his way to a brilliant third place in one of the hardest races seen on British roads for many years.
RCS in 2012: The story so far - 25/04/12
After taking the bold decision to change the focus of the Rapha Condor Sharp team at the end of a highly successful 2011, the 2012 season so far has been a very different affair for the “men in black.”
Rapha Condor Sharp’s new recruits have had a mixed introduction into the rigours of top-level British racing, in one of the most hard fought spring campaigns the UK calendar has seen. The young riders have also been busy gaining worthy international experience in Asian and European racing.
Team manager John Herety has been happy with the progress shown, not only by his young contingent, but also by his older riders.
Tour of Korea 2012 - 22/04/12
The team had a highly successful debut Tour of Korea in 2011, with Ed Clancy taking his first ever UCI stage win, and Jonathan Tiernan Locke showing the beginnings of the form that would eventually capture him the King of the Mountains title at the Tour of Britain.
In 2012 the refocused Rapha Condor Sharp team remains ambitious for success in the UCI 2.2 event.
