BWC 2009

The 4th Brompton World Championship was held on Sunday 4th October 2009; for the second year in succession, it was held in the UK, as part of the Bike Blenheim Palace event at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.

With the field expanded to 600 registrants, the event was certainly the largest yet, and the size of the entry was matched by a huge crowd of spectators. This and the rising calibre of the competitors reflect the success of previous Championships, as the event is now firmly established in the sporting calendar.

Last year’s top two finishers in the Men’s Open Category, reigning World Champion Alistair Kay and three-time Tour of Spain winner, Roberto Heras, were again on the podium this year, along with Michael Hutchinson. This year, it was Heras who secured the title of Brompton World Champion, but by only 0.274 seconds from Hutchinson; a terrifically close result after 13 kilometres of racing over the Palace’s picturesque but demanding course. Heras’ time was 21 minutes 45.154 seconds.

The Women’s Open Category was won by Julia Shaw, who had earlier secured victory in the morning’s time trial. Her time of 24 minutes 21.841 seconds beat off strong competition from second-placed Rachel Elliot  and third-placed Delia Beddis. Like Heras, Shaw won a Brompton S6L in red for her efforts; Hutchinson and Elliot won the soon to be launched Brompton O Bag, a fully waterproof bag that Brompton is co-producing with Ortleib, while Kay and Beddis won Schwalbe tyre bags full of goodies.

Race results were delayed on the day due to some technical issues the timing provider experienced; the results have now been thoroughly checked and some amendments have been made to the final podium positions for the Team Event and the Female Veteran Category. Those competitors affected by these alterations have been contacted directly; Brompton is extremely sorry for any inconvenience caused by the delay in confirming these corrections.

Podium positions are summarised in the table below; full individual race listings are now available, as are full team event listings.

 Photographs taken by the official event photoagrapher can be purchased online.

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