David Millar and the Hill Climb

12th October 2014

The Bec are pleased to announce that David Millar has chosen to end his 18 year career as a Professional Cyclist at the Bec Hill Climb (GH/31).

David, whose career includes wearing the leaders jerseys in all three Grand Tours, representing Great Britain at World Championships, as well as many other prestigious accolades in the Cycling World, has chosen ‘Hill Climb’ on the 12th of October as his final Race...

The Hill Climb, in its 59th year, run by the Bec Cycling Club, will be held at 2.00pm on 12th October, and is an event that always attracts many of Britain's top riders, as well as many more ordinary club riders, who want to show their climbing abilities against the clock on the mainly
1in 6 gradient 750 yard course, at White Lane, near Limpsfield, Surrey….

Famous for being well attended by large and noisy crowds of fans and spectators, Bec Hill Climb organiser Garry Beckett, expects an unprecedented amount of fans to attend this year to cheer David on and see him in his last race, as well as enjoying the race in its entirety... “Obviously, its great kudos, for a small club like ours to be chosen by Dave to host his final race, and after discussing it with him, and offering the Bec event as his final stage as a Pro rider, myself and my Bec CC Clubmates are really excited about promoting this years event...We are pretty confident he’ll be overwhelmed by the amount of people coming to wish him farewell, as well as to see him race…."

And according to Dave, race he will... “I’m not just going to ride uphill and wave goodbye” said Millar, “I’m going to have a crack at setting a new ‘White Lane’ record in what will be my first ever Hill Climb TT, as well as my last race.. It’ll be like going full circle on my cycling career. Most Brits start in a Cycling Club as I did, so its fitting to end my career at a British Clubs event.. I’m really looking forward to it, although ‘Gazza’ my friend, Soigneur & organiser of the event, tells me Hill Climbs are not always that easy and it takes a certain knack to hit the Hill just right”!! “He also tells me they bloody hurt, even though its only a sub 2 minute ride.. Maybe I’ll enjoy it and not retire after all and just ride Hill Climbs”...

Start Sheet:

No:	Name	Cat	Club	Start
1	James Hughes	V	Bec C.C.	14.01
2	Ed Simpson	V	VC de Londres	14.02
3	P.Gaida & S.House	T	Reading CC & Arctic Tackx	14.03
4	Roy Instrall	V	Morden CRC	14.04
5	Karin Brameld	W	Pearson Cycling Club	14.05
6	P. Tunnel & A.Green	T	Addiscombe CC	14.06
7	Tom Owen		Rollapaluza CC	14.07
8	William Brassington	J	Dulwich Paragon CC	14.08
9	Sarah croucher	W	London Phoenix CC	14.09
10	Dylan Bexley	V	Dorking CC	14.10
11	Simon Lythgoe	V	Addiscombe CC	14.11
12	Chris Cook		G S Avanti	14.12
13	Freddie Davidson	J	St Pauls CRT	14.13
14	Jon Pring		Imperial College Cycling Club	14.14
15	Stefan Jooste		Ful-on Tri	14.15
16	Samantha Whitehead	W	Bec CC	14.16
17	Lee Comerford		London Dynamo	14.17
18	John Brameld	V	Pearson Cycling Club	14.18
19	Stanislav Cmakal		London Phoenix CC	14.19
20	David Ambler	J	St Pauls CRT	14.20
21	Isla Aimee Rush	W	Wyndymilla	14.21
22	Paul Symes		CC London	14.22
23	Andrew Croker	V	VC Rocacorba	14.23
24	Owen Cooper		Norwood Paragon CC	14.24
25	Will Beresford		London Phoenix CC	14.25
26	Tom Simpson	J	VC de Londres	14.26
27	Nicole Millar	W	VC Rococorba	14.27
28	Alfie Parkinson	J	VC de Londres	14.28
29	Mitchell Blain		Mono Velo	14.29
30	Nathan Bloom	J	Regents Park Rouleurs	14.30
31	Helen McKay	W	Les Filles Racing Team	14.31
32	Dan Pateman	V	Kingston Wheelers CC	14.32
33	Chris Balkham		Oxted Cycle Club	14.33
34	Aaron Espin		Pearson Cycling Club	14.34
35	Nigel Downing Mukiwa		VC Rocacorba	14.35
36	Ashley Nunn		Addiscombe CC	14.36
37	Alan Miles		Redhill CC	14.37
38	Tamar Vanderhaas	W	Lewes Wanderers CC	14.38
39	Alvaro Mari-Thompson		Dulwich Paragon CC	14.39
40	Andy Corrigan	V	Pearson Cycling Club	14.40
41	Henrietta Colborne	W	Beacon Wheelers	14.41
42	Ewan Evans		Dorking CC	14.42
43	Murray Davies	J	VO2 Maximum RT	14.43
44	Anthony Langdell	V	CC London	14.44
45	Richard Pearce		VC Rocacorba	14.45
46	Chloe Weller	W	Norwood Paragon CC	14.46
47	David Sear		Dorking CC	14.47
48	Oliver Craig		Mono Velo	14.48
49	Craig Barton	V	4T + Velo Club	14.49
50	Sam Turner	J	St Pauls CRT	14.50
51	Daniel Gilderthorp		Norwood Paragon CC	14.51
52	Louise Laker	W	PMR @ Toachim House	14.52
53	Nick Christian		Team De Ver	14.53
54	Nick Dibble	V	4T + Velo Club	14.54
55	Jack Donaldson		In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT	14.55
56	Bella Leach	W	London Phoenix CC	14.56
57	Craig Wagstaff		Regents Park Rouleurs	14.57
58	Joe Peake		CC London	14.58
59	Dr Ian Prenelle	V	Finsbury Park CC	14.59
60	Virasamy Thippadu		Dorking CC	15.00
61	Deborah Percival	W	34 Nomads CC	15.01
62	Adrian Blacker	V	Norwood Paragon CC	15.02
63	Peter Harber	J	VC de Londres	15.03
64	James Lees		Rollapaluza CC	15.04
65	Thomas Hawkes	J	Addiscombe CC	15.05
66	Ashley Dennis		Banks/Catford CC Equipe	15.06
67	Christopher Zappala		Look Mum No Hands!	15.07
68	Tom Freke		Dulwich Paragon CC	15.08
69	Daniel Slotte		The 5th Floor Cycle Club	15.09
70	Daniel Loveday		Charlotteville Cycling Club	15.10
71	Simon Warren	V	Norwood Paragon CC	15.11
72	David Ross		Velo Club Motel - SCU	15.12
73	Daniel Hills		Imperial College Cycling Club	15.13
74	Joseph Clifford	J	Dulwich Paragon CC	15.14
75	Maryka Sennema	W	Kingston Wheelers CC	15.15
76	Daniel Pink		Bigfoot CC	15.16
77	Joel Brassington	V	Dulwich Paragon CC	15.17
78	Issac Pucci		Pure Motion Cycles/Gatorade	15.18
79	Ian Watson	V	CC London	15.19
80	Marcus Shields		Ayr roads cc - SCU	15.20
81	Mark Fletcher	V	4T + Velo Club	15.21
82	Russell Stephens	V	Dorking CC	15.22
83	David Hunt	V	Southborough & Dist. Whs	15.23
84	Tom Killick	V	St Pauls CRT	15.24
85	Paolo Nistri	V	Albarosa CC	15.25
86	Thomas Seller		Oxted Cycle Club	15.26
87	Andrew thomas		Dulwich Paragon CC	15.27
88	Conall yates		In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT	15.28
89	Stuart Richards		Clapham Chasers	15.29
90	Sam Humpheson		Look Mum No Hands!	15.30
91	Daniel Sullivan		Norwood Paragon CC	15.31
92	Frederic Chelet		VCPBI - Foreign UCI registered	15.32
93	Christopher Booth		Gosforth RC	15.33
94	Rory Barrett		Southborough & Dist. Whs	15.34
95	Paul Vine	V	Wigmore CC	15.35
96	Paul Finch		4T + Velo Club	15.36
97	Andrew knight		NFTO Race	15.37
98	Reuben Bakker-Dyos		Bigfoot CC	15.38
99	Keith Henderson	V	Southborough & Dist. Whs	15.39
100	Matt Stephens		Hemel Hempstead CC	16.40
101	Graham Collins		Manningtree Whlrs	15.41
102	Russ Thompson	V	Performance Cycles CC	15.42
103	Barry Stewart		Bigfoot CC	15.43
104	Grant Smith		Crest CC	15.44
105	Ben Nichol		Amersham Road Cycling Club	15.45
106	Cam Austin		Look Mum No Hands!	15.46
107	Ewan Tuohy		Banks/Catford CC Equipe	15.47
108	Nigel Smith	V	Southborough & Dist. Whs	15.48
109	Neil Lauder		4T + Velo Club	15.49
110	James Local		London Dynamo	15.50
111	John Bland		London Dynamo	15.51
112	Chris Wolton		Southborough & Dist. Whs	15.52
113	Jack Verhoeff		Addiscombe CC	15.53
114	Simon Potter		Wyndymilla	15.54
115	James Griffin		Kingston Wheelers CC	15.55
116	Matt Kuwertz		Southborough & Dist. Whs	15.56
117	Nic Stevenson		Westerley Cycling Club	15.57
118	Phillip Aubert		Velosport RT	15.58
119	Gavin Arber		Regents Park Rouleurs	15.59
120	Lewis Symes		Manningtree Wheelers	16.00
121	Edward Cox		Imperial College Cycling Club	16.01
122	Joe Norledge		Procycling Magazine RT	16.02
123	Joshua Lawless		Elite Cycling	16.03
124	Jason Creswell		London Phoenix CC	16.04
125	Bill Bell		Bigfoot CC	16.05
126	Richard Bussell		Beacon Roads CC	16.06
127	Stan Kennet		GS Stella	16.07
128	Steve Rodgers		GS Avanti	16.08
129	Jon Hughes	V	Velo Club Godalming & Haslemere	16.09
130	David Millar		Garmin - Sharp Pro Team	16.10
131	Elliot Lipski		In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT	16.11
132	John Cockrill		Abellio - SFA Racing Team	16.12
133	Elliot Banks		Imperial College Cycling Club	16.13
134	David Watt		Kingston Phoenix RC	16.14
135	Peter Tadros	V	In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT	16.15
136	James Graham		Kingston Wheelers CC	16.16
137	Michael Lane		Rollapaluza CC	16.17
138	Liam O'Toole		Sheffrec CC	16.18
139	Edward Francis	V	Kingston Wheelers CC	16.19
140	Richard Cartland		South Downs Bikes	16.20
141	William Adams		Velosport RT	16.21
142	Jacob Nicholson		Medway Velo Club	16.22
143	Glyndwr Griffiths		Arctic Tacx RT	16.23
144	Charles Coleman		Felt Colbournes Hargroves RT	16.24
145	Robert Gough		Arctic Tacx RT	16.25
146	Tony Kiss		Performance Cycles CC	16.26
147	Adrian Lawson	V	Cadence RT	16.27
148	Thomas Mead-Herbert		Watford Velo Sport	16.28
149	Matthew Burton		Velo Club Rutland	16.29
150	Jack Pullar		Starley Primal Pro Cycling	16.30

Reserves:

151	Alex Hamilton	Dulwich Paragon CC
152	Stuart Sergeant	Arbis Colbert Cycles RT
153	Nicholas Bland	Twickenham CC
154	James Lowden	Lewes Wanderers CC
155	Adi Gaskell	Vectis Roads CC
156	Andy Ross	Dorking CC
157	Simon Goodwin	London Phoenix CC
158	Daniel Jaeggi	London Phoenix CC
159	Tim Jones	Penge CC
160	Damian Poulter	Hounslow & Dist CC
161	James Hedgeland	Dulwich Paragon CC
162	Darren Pollard	Sth Boro’ & District CC
163	Magnus Wills	Catford CC
164	Graham Little	Dulwich Paragon CC
165	Dominic Bergen	Penge CC

Further details of the event will be available and regularly updated at the Bec C.C.’s website www.beccyclingclub.co.uk and on our Twitter feed @BecCyclingClub.