BWC 2008

General information

The 3rd Brompton World Championship was held on Sunday 28th September 2008 at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, as part of the Bike Blenheim Palace event.

The event was deemed to be a great success by all those who took part: the weather was beautiful and it seemed that everyone involved thoroughly enjoyed themselves. A full race listing with lap break down is now available, as is a full listing of the team event.

The medallists are:

Category	Position	Name	Country	Time

Fastest Male	1st	Alistair Kay	United Kingdom	0:21:59
	2^nd	Roberto Heras	Spain	0:22:02
	3^rd	Pau Milla	Spain	0:22:24

Fastest Female	1^st	Debbie Lister	United Kingdom	0:27:21
	2^nd	Helen Lucas	United Kingdom	0:28:18
	3rd	Jane Bradbury	United Kingdom	0:28:21

Fastest Veteran	1st	Rob Howells	United Kingdom	0:25:13

Fastest Junior	1st	Piers Benton	United Kingdom	0:31:52

Team Category	1st	Cap Problema	Spain	01:07:12
	2nd	Transport for London Tornados	United Kingdom	01:11:54
	3rd	Eunomia 1	United Kingdom	01:15:51

Best Dressed	1st	David Presly	United Kingdom	0:25:40

Photographs of competitors taken on the day by Phil O'Connor, the offical event photographer, are now available online; it is possible to purchase these. Should you have any of your own photographs you would like to share, please feel free to upload them to the Library in the My Brompton section of our website. The official Brompton World Championship 2008 video is now available to view.

The Brompton World Championship is a race: participants of the 2008 event were timed whilst completing two laps (each 6.5km) of a specified course, as in previous years.

Prizes were awarded for the fastest competitors in the following categories: Men, Women, Junior (14 - 18), Veteran (50 plus) and Team, as well as Best Dressed.

The BWC is a British Cycling Registered event
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