We are currently recruiting for a full time mechanic to join our team on a fixed term contract until the end of September. The role will be predominately based at Sigma Sport in Surrey and will involve regular travel around the UK and Europe to assist the team at races. As you will be working and traveling with the team you will need to be available to work on weeekends.

The role will require you to be flexible and provide mechanical support to the team as and when required.

Key abilities in the role:

Cytech Qualified
Experience working with electronic gear systems
Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines Used to operating outside and away from a traditional workshop environment

The successful applicant will be willing to go the extra mile to help the team succeed with a high attention to detail. Although the role is fixed term, there is potential for a contract extension in September should the successful candidate prove to be an asset to the team.

If you are looking for a challenge, and want to gain experience working with a professional cycling team this is the opportunity for you. The work isn’t for the feint hearted and you will need to comit to long hours, but the rewards and experience are second to none.

Please email your CV to becky@igsigmasport.co.uk

Ryan and Andrew Griffiths had got into an early break of 14 riders which stayed away for some time and had a gap of over 4 minutes to the chasing bunch but with no UK Youth presence it was up to the Tour Series winners to chase it down.

The catch was made on the final big lap before the race headed into the town for 6 laps of the finishing circuit. Ryan had once again made the leading group but was outnumbered with four riders from UK Youth and three from Node4.

The Irish youngster attacked the group as they hit the bell lap but was brought back with UK Youth claiming a 1,2,3 with Ryan finishing a respectable 6th place.

It was a great race and one which we hope will be on the Premier Calendar Series for 2014.

Full results and images – VeloUK

Ryan Mullen also had a great ride to finish 4th with Andrew Griffiths in 12th. The team narrowly missed out on the team prize overall.

Joe is certainly in form going into the National Under 23 TT this Wednesday.

IG Sigma Sport had a great ride in the TTT with a time of 3.18.107 which kept them in first place up until Node4 took to the circuit. With all five riders having to count for the time Team Raleigh suffered as one of their riders took a tumble into the barriers and with Madison Genesis also putting in a slower time we finished in 4th place overall. Team UK Youth placed the fastest time in the TTT which also secured them the win for the series overall.

The tight twisty circuit in Ipswich saw the race split very early on and there were numerous groups on the road throughout the duration of the race. Team Raleigh’s Tom Scully soloed to victory once again after also taking the IG Sprints jersey.

We finished 6th place on the night and 8th overall. Team victory once again went to UK Youth.

Needless to say its been a frustrating and difficult Tour Series for the team but we will learn from recent weeks and crack on with making our mark on the road in the coming weeks.

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Needless to say it’s been a frustrating few weeks for the team but we are a close knit group and will continue to give it our all and support each other and have no doubt that we will have some success in the final five rounds.

We hit Redditch on Tuesday night and Canary Wharf on Thursday night with Woking, Aylsham and the finale in Ipswich next week.

As ever your support is invaluable. See you on the road!

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Unfortunately it was a short lived celebration as Pete was involved in a big crash on stage three and was ruled out of the race with a broken collar bone. We had already lost Pete Williams on the first day as he was suffering with a bad bout of sickness and wasn’t well enough to continue.

So we were down to three riders, James Moss, Wouter and Joe Perrett. Joe was in a good position for the U23 Jersey so plan b was executed going into stage four.

The luck of the irish certainly wasn’t on our side unfortunately and both Wouter and James were involved in crashes in the days that followed. James too broke his collar bone and Wouter had damaged ribs which, teemed with a head cold gave him breathing problems. Our strong road team was then down to one and young Joe Perrett stepped up to the mark, able to ride his own race and stick with the bunch gaining a worthy 15th place overall on GC and fourth in the U23 competition.

The race was won by UK Youth’s Marcin Biablocki who went into yellow after Pete

For full results, videos and results visit www.anpost.ie

The riders took on the fast circuit of Stoke last night. Ryan, Matt (Cronshaw) and Chris battled hard throughout the race and managed to avoid a couple of big crashes which proved costly to Team Raleigh but just slipped down the order on the last laps to miss out on a better team placing.

There are still eight rounds to go though and we are confident that we can climb the table in the coming rounds!

Full results, images and reaction at www.tourseries.co.uk

Highlights of all rounds are on ITV4 on Wednesdays and Fridays at 10pm.

We lost Matt Jones to a crash early on and he spent the evening being cleaned up alongside Madison Genesis rider Ian Bibby at the local hospital.

Isle of Man rider Chris Whorrall made a good start to the first IG Sprints jersey but couldn’t recover quickly enough to contest the next one. Matt Cronshaw remained solid in the peloton but just missed the vital break which included Mike Northey from Node4, Tom Scully from Raleigh and eventual winner of the round Yanto Barker of UK Youth. Team Raleigh had numbers in the bunch to claim the team prize.

“It was a disappointing start but it’s early days and we move forward and focus on Thursday’s round in Durham” said Sports Director, Simon Howes.

The team racing in Durham are:

Pete Williams
James Moss
Matt Cronshaw
Pete Hawkins
Chris Whorrall

Kirkcaldy full results & images – VeloUK

Stage one on Saturday was a brutal 77 miles and 5 circuits on open windy moorland. An early break went clear which included Pete and James Moss and strong representation from UK Youth and Raleigh. They were later joined by Wouter Sybrandy. The stage came down to a sprint which was won by UK Youth’s Chris Opie with Pete Hawkins finishing a respectable 5th place and 1 second down on Opie overall.

Pete was disappointed with the result but it was all to play for going into stage two.

Full results & images – VeloUK or British Cycling

Stage two was the familiar 104 miles and 8 laps around Derwent Reservoir. There were many attacks throughout the stage which were brought back by a very present UK Youth looking to defend the lead for Chris Opie. Pete Williams was active all day and on the last lap escaped with Will Bjergfelt of MG Maxifuel. They had over 50 seconds on the peloton at one point but were brought back on the final climb.

It looked set for a sprint finish when Team Raleigh’s Evan Oliphant attacked with 1km to go and managed to hold on for the stage win. Chris Opie was 2nd and Pete Hawkins an impressive 3rd. The stage results were to remain the same for the overall GC.

Sports Director Simon Howes said after the race “I’m proud of the boys this weekend. It’s been a tough race but they all worked hard and we’ve been active and prominent throughout. We knew we could get something out of this race and i’m really happy that Pete managed to finish it off. I think this year’s Premier Calendar is now set to be a great season of racing. We head off to Holland and Belgium next weekend to prep for the next big one in the UK, the Lincoln Grand Prix”.

Full results & images from Stage Two – VeloUK

A full highlights programme of all the action will be on Eurosport at the end of this week.

A break of 3 riders got away on the first lap and gained over a minute over the peloton. After continuous attacks it was eventually a group of 8 riders including Pete Williams that made the split. With the majority of the big teams represented the race was within these 11 riders.

The dirt and gravel sections took their toll and the leading group went down to 10. With just one more section on the final circuit to the finish Pete Williams suffered a timely puncture that was to put him out of contention for the win. It was a quick change but with attacks going off from the front from UK Youth and Madison Genesis it was unfortunately a gap too big to cross for Pete. He raced the last 10km with Tom Scully from Raleigh and Kit Gilham from Metaltek who were casualties from a day in the break to finish in 8th place.

Pete after puncture on Sawgate

A few riders had made the break from the peloton including Pete Hawkins who finished 11th just behind Matt Cronshaw in 13th.

Tweeting on Monday morning Pete said “Bit deflated to puncture out the break on the last sector at Rutland. Seeing as make our own luck, can I have the recipe please!?”

“We narrowly missed out on the team prize so it was a great effort from all the boys. We had three riders in the top 15 of a race that is full on from start to finish. It was obviously unfortunate and frustrating for Pete but there are plenty of positives to take from this. We know the form is there and we can look forward to getting racing again at the Tour of the Reservoir on Saturday” said Simon Howes, Sports Director.

Full results and photos – VeloUK