BWC 2011

The 6th Brompton World Championship was held on Sunday 21st August, in glorious sunshine; for the fourth year in a row it was held as part of the Breast Cancer Care Bike Blenheim Palace Festival of Cycling.

The event was reputedly the best yet, with nearly 8000 people attending the festival as a whole. The Brompton World Championship saw 673 of the 750 registrants making it to the start line, this is without doubt the biggest turn out to date!

The event was held over the same circuit as in previous years, comprising 2 laps of a 6.5km courseï»¿; the 2011 Brompton World Champion, Michael Hutchinson, set the fastest time on the course yet with a time of 21:15. Rachael Elliott succeeded in securing the title of Fastest Female for the second year in a row, with a time of 23:35, improving on her previous time by nearly two minutes.

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BWC 2011 video

Summary of the results

Category	Position	First name	Ride time
Fastest Male	1st	Michael Hutchinson	21:15
	2nd	Gavin Morton	21:38
	3rd	Aaron Ritz	21:39

Fastest Female	1st	Rachael Elliott	23:35
	2nd	Julia Shaw	24:05
	3rd	Julie Secor	27:34

Fastest Junior	1st	Jake Norman	24:22

Fastest Male Veteran	1st	Stewart Yates	23:58

Fastest Female Veteran	1st	Caroline Powell	27:33

Best Dressed Male	1st	Fokko Bakker	41:07
Best Dressed Female	1st	Rachael Jackson	36:19

Team Event	1st	Brompton Factory Team 1	1:07:38
	2nd	Kingston Wheelers	1:16:27
	3rd	Where's Nigel?	1:16:52
	Veterans	Abromination	1:21:18

Despite the hot weather the rules for the event remained the same: helmets were an absolute must, as was a blazer or suit jacket, collared shirt and neck tie. Prizes were also awarded for the best-dressed, those that had managed to add an air of sartorial elegance to the proceedings; the winners were Fokko Bakker, of The Netherlands, and Rachael Jackson, of the United Kingdom.