WESTERLEY VR races on RGT take place every other Wednesday evening and are fast and furious 16km races based on local roads around West London and the Chilterns. The races attract a global field and have been running since Spring 2020, one of the early success stories for RGT as e-racing began to take off.

Here we set out some of the big teams and individual stars to look out for in the WESTERLEY VR Race series. The team competition sees the two highest placed team members in each race score team points. So long as two riders finish then the team will maximise its potential points haul, but may field as many as four riders. The points awarded to each team member are the same as their individual points. 100 Individual points are awarded to the winner, 99 for second place and so on, down to 1 point for 100th place. So, a rider finishing, say, fourth would score 97 individual points and 97 team points.

SERIES THREE FULL DETAILS HERE

SERIES THREE CURRENT STANDINGS HERE

WESTERLEY VRs ARE FOR BOTH STARS AND AFARS – THE 21 DONE CLUB CHALLENGE

Westerley VRs may attract top riders as shown on this page but are open to everyone. We expect mini-races to form themselves further back in the race and, unlike graded races, we believe that riders will gravitate to their natural groups and have just as much fun whether in the front group or further back. All riders score points, wherever they finish. But riders can still join an elite group by clocking up 21 rides and becoming a part of the elite 21 Done Club. DETAILS HERE

Everyone is welcome to enter a team too. Just email your team name and the names of 2,3 or 4 riders and we’ll add your team in. We accept both Internationally comprised teams as well as your club team, or made up of friends. Whilst the local club teams may not have the opportunity to match the top International teams, they are every bit as important to the event. Watch out for Glasgow United CC, a small but strong team with local riders who are likely to be mixing it nearer the top. Good luck everyone.

So, on to the peleton pin ups………

THE TEAM LINE UPS

BOLT RACING TEAM

  • Tom Gakes
  • john Bergenske

Tom Gakes regularly streams his races on the BRT Twitch channel. BRT are a global e-racing team. The team joined the contest after the first race so are one event down, but expect a strong showing from this global force, they ride to win.

BRT – BOLT RACING TEAM LINE UP
Tom Gakes (Netherlands)
John Bergenske (USA)
Stuart Hardy (UK)
Vacant

TEAM CAMERON

Set up by Kevan Unsworth and Pete Kennedy to challenge themselves in the company of the RGT stars.

TEAM CAMERON TEAM LINE UP
Kevan Unsworth (UK)
Pete Kennedy (UK)
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GLASGOW UNITED CC

  • James Melville (UK)
  • Alisdair McAlpine

Riding out of Dumbarton, Scotland, James Melville is a recognised star on RGT and is accompanied by another RGT vedette in Alisdair McAlpine. Whilst the team only comprises two riders, so long as they don’t miss any races expect a high finish from this pedigree team.

GLASGOW UNITED CC TEAM LINE UP
James Melville (UK)
Alisdair McAlpine (UK)
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MOON RIDERS

  • Timo Achenbach
  • Tomasz Poniatowski
  • KIT

Founded in January 2021, like many of the International teams the riders found each other on line and now have a glittering roster of e-racing stars who can be found online around the clock. Expect Moon Riders to be one of the teams towards the top of the standings.

MOON RIDERS TEAM LINE UP
Timo Achenbach (Deutschland)
Marcin Szkudlarek (Poland)
Wouter Claes (Belgium)
Tomasz Poniatowski (Poland)

PEDALERS

  • Daniel Neugebauer
  • Christophe Contant
  • Henrik Mard

Pedalers are an International team with a very strong line up of riders and will be expected to be amongst the leading teams.

PEDALERS TEAM LINE UP
Henrik Mård (Sweden)
Jürgen Janssens (Belgium)
Daniel Neugebauer (Deutschland)
Christophe Contant (France)

POCOMOTION (VIKINGS)

  • Kristen Ege

Team Pocomotion are built around Nick Giles’ Poco Loco enterprise but have reached beyond the United Kingdom. With five riders wishing to enter it was decided to split into two teams, one based around the Danish contingent. Having only two riders means that they will need to ensure they are both on the start line at each event to push the teams at the top. However, the firepower of Mads Schnoor Neilson is likely to see them hitting the front.

TEAM POCOMOTION (VIKINGS) TEAM LINE UP
Kristen Ege (Danmark)
Mads Schnoor Neilson (Danmark)
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POCOMOTION (BLIGHTY)

  • John Sammut
  • Kader Allouni

Nick Giles’ British contingent looks formidable and may well put in a good challenge if they can maintain fitness and consistency, watch out for these guys, the talent is there.

TEAM POCOMOTION (BLIGHTY) LINE UP
Nick Giles (UK)
John Sammut (UK)
Kader Allouni (UK)
Vacant

RASIO RACING

  • Nick Greenhalgh
  • Mark Rowbottom
  • Andrjez Krajewski
  • Jorgen VanBers
  • KIT

Rasio are a particularly strong team and are possibly the favourites, but it won’t be easy for them given the strength of the other teams and the fact that teams are allowed to substitute riders for new ones across the season.

RASIO RACING TEAM LINE UP
Nick Greenhalgh (UK)
Mark Rowbottom (UK)
Andrzej Krajewski (Poland)
Jørgen Vanbers (Netherands)

TEAM SANZ

  • Stefan Kruger
  • Danie Steyn
  • Hendre Knoetze

Team SANZ have a special place in this competition as it was Johan Oelofse who first asked if we would consider adding a team classification. These guys are strong riders and will be one of the favourites, with a good chance of winning outright.

TEAM SANZ TEAM LINE UP
Johan Oelofse (New Zealand)
Danie Steyn (South Africa)
Hendre Knoetze (New Zealand)
Stefan Kruger (Soth Africa)

SOUTHBOROUGH (SDW) BEES

  • Simon Miller
  • Julian Fussell
  • Chris Duffy
  • Tom Moss
  • KIT

Southborough and District Wheelers are a wonderful cycling club based around Tunbridge Wells in Southern England. They have been around since 1932 and run top quality events themselves. Unlike the international teams all of their riders are local members, but Southborough are an extremely strong club team who will impress over the series.  In the Bees team, expect Tom Moss to smash it out of the blocks, Chris Duffy to bully on the flat tracks, Simon Miller to mix it in the sprints and Julian Fussell to be consistently in the mix across all terrains. 

SOUTHBOROUGH (SDW) BEES TEAM LINE UP
Simon Miller (UK)
Julian Fussell (UK)
Chris Duffy (UK)
Tom Moss (UK)

SOUTHBOROUGH (SDW) SKEETERS

  • Ian Stephens
  • Grant Falconer
  • David Bagge
  • KIT

Southborough and District Wheelers are a wonderful cycling club based around Tunbridge Wells in Southern England. They have been around since 1932 and run top quality events themselves. Unlike the international teams all of their riders are local members, but Southborough are an extremely strong club team who will impress over the series.  In the Skeeters team, expect Donald Grant to lay down big power to challenge on the flat tracks, Grant Falconer (GB Amateur Worlds Rep)  to mix it up in the break aways, Ian Stephens to push consistently hard on all terrains and David Bagge (GB Duathlon Team) to push big TT watts watts from start to finish. 

SOUTHBOROUGH (SDW) SKEETERS TEAM LINE UP
Ian Stephens (UK)
Grant Falconer (UK)
Donald Grant (UK)
Bavid Bagge (UK)

TRANSATLANTIC RAIDERS

  • Ned Bowen
  • Mike Lister

As the name suggests, Transatlantic Raiders are an international super team made up of Westerley VR Series 2 champion Ned Bowen and RGT stalwart Mike Lister. If they can both consistently make the start line then they can both consistently hit the finishing line in good positions, so expect them to be amongst the favourites.

TRANSATLANTIC RAIDERS TEAM LINE UP
Mike Lister (UK)
Ned Bowen (USA)
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WESTERLEY ONE

  • Nic Stevenson
  • David Buckley
  • Dave Morrison
  • Will Salisbury
  • KIT
Westerley CC are the host club and are fielding four teams. All riders are local club members and them teams have been built around availability so as to ensure that most races will have at least two riders per Westerley team. Nic Stevenson has regularly finished in the top 5 in races but cannot always take part. Will Salisbury has suffered an injury and is likely to miss a number of races.
WESTERLEY ONE TEAM LINE UP
Nic Stevenson (WCC) (UK)
David Buckley (WCC) (UK)
Dave Morrison (WCC) (UK) 
Will Salisbury (WCC) (UK)

WESTERLEY TWO

  • Nic Lee
  • Andrew Beale
  • Weiran Shen
  • Tim Cummins
  • KIT

Westerley CC are the host club and are fielding four teams. All riders are local club members and them teams have been built around availability so as to ensure that most races will have at least two riders per Westerley team. All four riders in team two are consistent and the team should show well as a club team.


WESTERLEY TWO TEAM LINE UP
Nic Lee (WCC) (UK)
Andrew Beale (WCC) (UK)
Tim Cummins (WCC) (UK)
Weiran Shen (WCC) (China)

WESTERLEY THREE

  • Ian Nguru
  • Rob Bennett
  • Gautam Thakkar
  • Jerry Ball
  • KIT

Westerley CC are the host club and are fielding four teams. All riders are local club members and them teams have been built around availability so as to ensure that most races will have at least two riders per Westerley team. Rob Bennett and Ian Nguru can do well on their day but fitness may be an issue for Ian after being out of cycling for a long while during the COVID pandemic.


WESTERLEY THREE TEAM LINE UP
Ian Nguru (WCC) (Kenya) 
Rob Bennett (WCC) (UK)
Gautam Thakkar (WCC) (UK)
Jerry Ball (WCC) (UK)

WESTERLEY FOUR

  • Tom Yates-Jaz
  • Samir Doshi
  • KIT
Westerley CC are the host club and are fielding four teams. All riders are local club members and the teams have been built around availability so as to ensure that most races will have at least two riders per Westerley team. Team four was added late on, so still needs a couple of riders added in, which will hamper it’s points scoring, but we aim to add to the roster along the way.
WESTERLEY FOUR TEAM LINE UP
Tom Yates-Jaz (WCC) (UK)
Samir Doshi (WCC) (UK)
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INDIVIDUAL STARS OF THE RGT PELETON SEEN IN WESTERLEY VR RACES

  • Ned Bowen (USA) Winner Series 2
  • James Melville (UK) Runner Up Series 1
  • Mathias Bergvist (Sweden) 2nd overall Series 2 and 21 Done Club Founder Member
  • Daniel Neugebauer (deutschland) 3rd overall Series 2
  • Jonathan Crain (USA)
  • Alisdair McAlpine (UK)
  • Christophe Contant (France)
  • David Daly (Australia)
  • John Sammut (UK)
  • Ben Haman-Phillips (UK)
  • Danie Steyn (SA)
  • Francois Iker (Belgium)
  • Mattius Lindmark (Sweden)
  • John Bergenske (USA)
  • Julian Fussell (UK)
  • Kader Allouni (UK)
  • Kristen Ege (Danmark)
  • Nick Greenhalgh (UK)
  • Paul Hindson (UK)
  • Peter Austin (UK)
  • Peter Roozemond (Netherlands)
  • Timo Achenbach (Deutschland)
  • Jan Deca (Belgium)
  • Tom Gakes (Netherlands) BRT
  • Simon Miller (UK)
  • Nic Stevenson (UK)
  • Stefan Kruger (SA)
  • Jasper Parideans (Belgium)

and the Hall of Fame ……

You can feature in WVR’s RGT HALL OF FAME; the qulification criteria are either: (1) A top 5 finish in an individual race; (2) A top 20 finish in a series; (3) complete 21 races and become a member of the 21 DONE CLUB.

WVR’s RGT Hall of Fame 16 May 2021
A HudsonAustralia
Alex GoldUK
Alex Pleger [яʀ] яʀDeutschland
Andrew GoffAustralia
Andrew K  (USA) – USA
Andrzej Krajewski яʀPoland
Angus SmithUK
C Riemens Netherlands
Carlos CelaEspana
Danie SteynSouth Africa
Daniel  Cadiz FriasChile
Daniel MagalhaesBrazil
Daniel NeugebauerDeutschland 
Dave Morrison (WCC)UK
David Buckley (WCC) UK
David DalyAustralia
David Ellis (c) mUK
Derek RussellUK
Eduardo JuezEspana
Francisco ZapataEspana
Francois IkerBelgium
Gaetan CalasFrance
Graeme B 25.11.666 UK
Guillaume ToffoliFrance
H HitchcottUK
Hendre KnoetzeNew Zealand 
Herve RFrance
Ian NguruKenya
Jan DecaBelgium
John SammutUK
Jackson BrazalleAustralia
Jacob CaffreyCanada
Jacob Skovsgaar(m)Danmark
James MelvilleUK
Jan DecaBelgium
Jan Linden, vdNetherlands
Jasper Parideans Belgium
Joeri DeleeneerBelgium
Johan Oelofse New Zealand
John SammutUk
Jonathan CrainUSA
Jørgen Vanbers[яʀ] яʀNetherlands 
Julian Fussell UK
Kader AllouniUK
Ken WilliamsonUK
Luke HUK
M FreazeDeutschland 
Mads Schnoor NielsenDanmark
Marc LebrunFrance
Marcin SzkudlarekPoland
Mark Rowbottom яʀ яʀUK
Martin WilsonUK
Mathius BergkvistSweden
Mattius LindmarkSweden
Mike ListerUK
Ned BowenUSA
Nic Stevenson (WCC)UK
Nick B 25.32.296 Uk
Nick Greenhalgh UK
Paul Hindson (c)UK
Peter AustinUK
Peter RoozemondNetherlands
S BuschmannDeutschland
Salva M 25.12.997 (Spain)Spain
Sebastian RacklesDeutschland
Simon Miller sdwUK
Stefan KrugerSouth Africa
Stefan RobinsonUK
Steve MayesUK
Steven HuntUK
Stevie CouperUK
Stuart Hardy [brt] #BRTUK
Thomas AlsopUK
Tim Cummins (WCC) UK
Wouter ClaesBelgium