Brompton World Championship

The Brompton World Championship, sponsored by Brompton Bicycle Ltd, is a British cycling event held every summer in England and preceded by national competitions around the globe. Taking place annually since 2008, the BWC features a variety of cycling challenges over the three-day Prudential Ride London^[1]^[2] and includes over 800 participants, including the winners of the National Competitions.

Brompton World Championship 2014

In 2013 and 2014 the Brompton World Championship took place in the Goodwood Motor Circuit, as part of the wider Orbital Festival cycling exposition. It features three main events, with separate prizes for the category winners in each event and then the grand prize for the overall victor of the Treble.

800 entrants were expected in 2014. The Championship consists of a Le Mans style sprint start to the folded bikes before completing 4 laps – over 15 km – of the circuit. Dress code requires a suit jacket, shirt and tie with trousers/skirts/shorts according to participant preference, with all Lycra and sportswear strictly forbidden.^[1]

Prizes are awarded to the three fastest male and female competitors, as well as the male and female Junior (between 12 and 18 years of age) and Veteran (over 50 years of age) winners. Teams of between 3 and 5 members are permitted and are placed according to the aggregated time of the team’s top three finishers. There is also a prize awarded to the ‘Best Dressed’ male and female competitors.

Brompton Sprint

Only open to the 200 participants who have registered for the Brompton Treble, the Brompton Sprint consists of a 500m sprint organised in heats of 12 entrants before the final. There is no dress code and prizes are awarded to the fastest male, female, junior and veteran competitors.

Brompton Marathon

The Marathon consists of a 26 km untimed ride through the Sussex countryside, open to 300 participants (compulsory for the Brompton Treble entrants), with food and drink and sightseeing options organised en route. There is no dress code.

Brompton Treble

The 200 participants who compete in all three events are eligible for the Brompton Treble; the male and female competitors with the fastest times from the Sprint and the World Championship, together with successful completion of the Marathon, will be the Brompton Treble Champions.

Previous Years

The Brompton World Championship was first held in 2006 in Barcelona, Spain, before relocating to England in 2008 where the event was then held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. In 2013 the BWC was merged with the Orbital Festival and moved to the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, West Sussex. Since 2010 many countries around the globe have held their own Brompton National Championships featuring comparative events, with the winners invited to participate in the World Championships every summer.^[3]

The list of countries that have held National Championships::

Australia
Austria
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mexico
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
USA

Basic Rules

All participants in the Brompton World Championship event must wear a suit jacket, collared shirt and tie. Shorts, skirts and three-quarter length trousers may be worn if preferred, though sports attire is not permitted.^[1] There are no restrictions regarding footwear. Participants in every event must wear a helmet.
Participants must be 16 years or over (or 12 and over if accompanied by a responsible adult), riding a Brompton and in general good health.
Participants may wear promotional logos or advertising slogans on their clothing on the condition of a pre-payment. No such advertising is permitted on the bikes.^[4]

Previous Results

2008 Results

Fastest Male: 1st Alastair Kay; 2nd Roberto Heras; 3rd Pau Milla

Fastest Female: 1st Debbie Lister; 2nd Helen Lucas; 3rd Jane Bradbury

Fastest Veteran: 1st Rob Howells

Fastest Junior: 1st Piers Benton

Team Category: 1st Cap Problema; 2nd Transport for London Tornados; 3rd Eunomia 1

Best Dressed: 1st David Presly

2009 Results

Official results as published by Brompton.^[5]

Fastest Male: 1st Roberto Heras; 2nd Michael Hutchinson; 3rd Alastair Kay

Fastest Female: 1st Julia Shaw; 2nd Rachael Elliott; 3rd Delia Beddis

Fastest Male Veteran: 1st Gary Higton

Fastest Female Veteran: 1st Sarah Wookey

Fastest Junior: 1st Brock Duncumb Rogers

Team Category: 1st Brompton 1; 2nd Bike Tech; 3rd Cap Problema

Veteran Team Category: Norfolk Enchants

Best Dressed Male: 1st Gary Foulger

Best Dressed Female: 1st Susie Smith

2010 Results

Official results as published by Brompton.^[6]

Fastest Male: 1st Philip Liam Curran; 2nd Pau Milla Canals; 3rd Marcel Batlle Giró

Fastest Female: 1st Rachael Elliott; 2nd Mercè Pacios; 3rd Charlotte Barnes

Fastest Junior: 1st Brock Duncomb

Fastest Male Veteran: 1st Richard Trim

Fastest Female Veteran: 1st Sarah Wookey

Best Dressed Male: 1st Ian Harvey

Best Dressed Female: 1st Mary Till

Team Event: 1st Cap Problema 1; 2nd Brompton Factory 1; 3rd BerLon

Veterans: 1st Barnsley Hospice Bromptoneers: Team A

2011 Results

Official results as published by Brompton.^[7]

Fastest Male: 1st Michael Hutchinson; 2nd Gavin Morton; 3rd Aaron Ritz

Fastest Female: 1st Rachael Elliott; 2nd Julia Shaw; 3rd Julie Secor

Fastest Male Veteran: 1st Stewart Yates

Fastest Female Veteran: 1st Caroline Powell

Fastest Junior: 1st Jake Norman

Team Category: 1st Brompton Factory 1; 2nd Kingston Wheelers; 3rd Where's Nigel?

Veteran Team Category: Abromination

Best Dressed Male: 1st Fokko Bakker

Best Dressed Female: 1st Rachael Jackson

2012 Results

Official results as published by Brompton.^[7]

Fastest Male: 1st Michael Hutchinson; 2nd Paul Flynn; 3rd Gavin Morton

Fastest Female: 1st Julia Shaw; 2nd Lee Miseon; 3rd Isabel Hastie

Fastest Male Veteran: 1st Hubert Kivit

Fastest Female Veteran: 1st Pauline Warner

Fastest Junior: 1st Jake Norman

Team Category: 1st Brompton Factory 1; 2nd Kingston Wheelers CC; 3rd Small Wheels, Big Difference

2013 Results

Official results as published by Brompton.^[7]

Fastest Male: 1st Michael Hutchinson

Fastest Female: 1st Isabel Hastie

Fastest Male Veteran: 1st Anthony Rogers

Fastest Female Veteran: 1st Caroline Powell

Fastest Junior: 1st Jake Norman

Team Category: 1st BBike; 2nd Brompton Factory 1; 3rd True Wheels/Sleaze Club

2015 Results

Official results as published by Brompton

Fastest Male: 1st Mark Emsley (GBR); 2nd Yavor Mitev (GBR); 3rd Eduardo Gomes (GBR)

Fastest Female: 1st Isabel Hastie(GBR); 2nd Kim Myojin (KOR); 3rd Nao Tanaka (JPN)

2016 Results

Official results as published by Brompton.^[8]

Fastest Male: 1st Mark Emsley; 2nd Richard Spencer; 3rd Vojtech Blazejovsky; 4th David Mackay

Fastest Female: 1st Isabel Hastie; 2nd Sarah Phelps; 3rd Nao Tanaka; 4th Caroline Powell

Fastest Male Veteran: 1st Andrea Scavezzon; 2nd Nigel Saffery; 3rd Peter Hutchinson; 4th Adrian Baergi

Fastest Female Veteran: 1st Caroline Powell; 2nd Giuliana Massarotto; 3rd Gina Vaughan; 4th Alison Wright

Men's Team Category: 1st Brompton Brazing Heritage Team; 2nd Joseph Kousac; 3rd Team Cadence; 4th Brompton Design Racing

Women's Team Category

1st JH Wonder Woman

2nd Green Brompton

Veterans Team Category

1st Abromination

External links

References

Brompton^{[permanent dead link‍]}

^ ^a ^b ^c "I raced in the Brompton World Championships ... and survived!". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Racing a Brompton by Buckingham Palace is exhilarating, and ridiculous". BikeRadar. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Brompton National Championships" (October 2010) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Brompton National Championships
^ "Brompton World Championship Rules" (October 2009) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Brompton World Championship Rules
^ "Brompton World Championship 2009 Results" (October 2009) [1]^{[permanent dead link‍]} Brompton World Championship 2009
^ "Brompton World Championship 2010 Results" (October 2010) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Brompton World Championship 2010
^ ^a ^b ^c "Brompton World Championship 2011 Results" (August 2011) [2] Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Brompton World Championship 2011
^ "BWC London Final 2016". www.brompton.com. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[:0-1] "I raced in the Brompton World Championships ... and survived!". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[2] "Racing a Brompton by Buckingham Palace is exhilarating, and ridiculous". BikeRadar. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[BromptonNationalChamps2010-3] "Brompton National Championships" (October 2010) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Brompton National Championships

[BromptonWC2009rules-4] "Brompton World Championship Rules" (October 2009) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Brompton World Championship Rules

[BromptonWC2009-5] "Brompton World Championship 2009 Results" (October 2009) [1]^{[permanent dead link‍]} Brompton World Championship 2009

[BromptonWC2010-6] "Brompton World Championship 2010 Results" (October 2010) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Brompton World Championship 2010

[BromptonWC2011-7] "Brompton World Championship 2011 Results" (August 2011) [2] Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Brompton World Championship 2011

[8] "BWC London Final 2016". www.brompton.com. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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