Tour Series

Pearl Izumi Tour Series
Race details
Date	May / June
Region	Great Britain
Discipline	Road
Type	Criterium series
Organiser	Sweetspot
Race director	Mick Bennett
History
First edition	2009 (2009)
Editions	7 (as of 2015)
First winner	Team Halfords Bikehut
Most wins	JLT–Condor (2 wins)
Most recent	Madison Genesis

The Pearl Izumi Tour Series is an annual series of cycling criterium races which started in 2009. It was sponsored by cycling retailer Halfords from 2010 – 2012 and televised by ITV4 in the UK. The competition emphasises team effort with individual wins deemed less important.^[1]

The races are held over 1 hour of racing plus 5 laps. The team standings for each round are calculated by adding together the positions of the top three riders of each team (5 riders start for each team) and the team with the lowest score wins, and get 10 points for the overall championship. Each team gets 1 point less than the one in front of them, so second gets 9, third gets 8, and so on. In addition, there is the sprint competition. There are three sprints every race, and the top five riders are awarded points based on place: 1st, 5; 2nd, 4; 3rd, 3; 4th, 2 and 5th, 1. There is a competition each round, as well as an overall competition for the whole series.^[2]

2009 Series

The first series had 10 rounds across England. The first ever round was held in Milton Keynes, and the final round was held in Southend. Halfords BikeHut had the strongest team, made up largely of powerful sprinters who were suited to the criteriums. Few of the circuits were hilly, which was seen to aid Halfords.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Team winner	Individual winner	Sprint winner
1	21 May	Milton Keynes	CandiTV–Marshalls Pasta	Graham Briggs	Matt Cronshaw
2	28 May	Exeter	Rapha Condor	Dean Downing	Ed Clancy
3	2 June	Woking	Plowman Craven-Madison.co.uk	Dean Downing	Malcolm Elliott
4	4 June	Peterborough	Team Halfords Bikehut	Ian Wilkinson	Russell Downing
5	9 June	Blackpool	Team Halfords Bikehut	Rob Hayles	Russell Downing
6	11 June	Southport	Team Halfords Bikehut	Ed Clancy	Tony Gibb
7	16 June	Stoke-on-Trent	Rapha Condor	Russell Downing	Dean Downing
8	18 June	Colchester	Team Halfords Bikehut	Tom Southam	Russell Downing
9	23 June	Chester	CandiTV–Marshalls Pasta	Darren Lapthorne	Darren Lapthorne
10	25 June	Southend-on-Sea	Team Halfords Bikehut	Rob Hayles	Russell Downing
Series winners			Team Halfords Bikehut	None	Russell Downing

2010 Series

The series was now sponsored by Halfords, who no longer had their own team. There were again 10 rounds, including the round at Durham with its steep cobbled climb. This time Motorpoint, led by veteran Malcolm Elliott came out as victors, with Malcolm himself winning in Durham.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Team winner	Individual winner	Sprint winner
1	25 May	Canary Wharf	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Tony Gibb	Liam Holohan
2	27 May	Durham	Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta	Malcolm Elliott	Kristian House
3	1 June	Portsmouth	Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta	Ian Bibby	Liam Holohan
4	3 June	Exeter	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Dean Downing	Graham Briggs
5	8 June	Southport	Endura Racing	Alexandre Blain	Graham Briggs
6	10 June	Kettering	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Kristian House	Graham Briggs
7	15 June	Peterborough	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Dean Downing	Dean Downing
8	17 June	Stoke-on-Trent	Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta	Ian Bibby	Graham Briggs
9	21 June	Chester	Endura Racing	Jack Bauer	Kristian House
10	24 June	Woking	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Dean Windsor	Jefte de Bruin
Series winners			Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta	None	Graham Briggs

2011 Series

The series was cut to only 8 rounds. The early stages were dominated by Rapha Condor–Sharp who won all of the first four rounds, both individually and as a team. This run was broken by Team Endura in the next two rounds, firstly winning the individual race, and then in the 6th round in Oldham, winning individually and overall.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Team winner	Individual winner	Sprint winner
1	24 May	Durham	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Zak Dempster	Kristian House
2	26 May	Aberystwyth	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Ed Clancy	Kristian House
3	31 May	Peterborough	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Graham Briggs	Marcel Six
4	2 June	Colchester	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Dean Downing	Jeroen Janssen
5	7 June	Stoke-on-Trent	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Scott Thwaites	Scott Thwaites
6	9 June	Oldham	Endura Racing	Rob Partridge	Rob Partridge
7	14 June	Woking	Endura Racing	Ian Wilkinson	Steven Lampier
8	16 June	Canary Wharf	Motorpoint Pro–Cycling Team	Jonathan McEvoy	Jonathan McEvoy
Series winners			Rapha Condor–Sharp	None	Steven Lampier

2012 Series

There were 11 rounds in the 2012 series. The early stages were dominated by Endura Racing who won all of the first four rounds as a team.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Team winner	Individual winner	Sprint winner
1	15 May	Kirkcaldy	Endura Racing	Scott Thwaites	Marcel Six
2	17 May	Durham	Endura Racing	Kristian House	Kristian House
3	22 May	Oxford	Endura Racing	Scott Thwaites	Marcel Six
4	24 May	Redditch	Endura Racing	Niklas Gustavsson	Bernard Sulzberger
5	25 May	Aberystwyth	Team UK Youth	Kristian House	Marcel Six
6	29 May	Peterborough	Team Raleigh–GAC	Ed Clancy	Marcel Six
7	31 May	Canary Wharf	Endura Racing	Zak Dempster	Yanto Barker
8	5 June	Torquay	Node 4–Giordana Racing	Marcin Bialoblocki	Bernard Sulzberger
9	7 June	Colchester	Endura Racing	Graham Briggs	Graham Briggs
10	12 June	Woking	Endura Racing	Zak Dempster	Zak Dempster
11	14 June	Stoke-on-Trent	Rapha Condor–Sharp	Team Time Trial
12	14 June	Stoke-on-Trent	Node 4–Giordana Racing	Bernard Sulzberger	Bernard Sulzberger
Series winners			Endura Racing	None	Bernard Sulzberger

2013 Series

There were 12 rounds in the 2013 series.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Team winner	Individual winner	Sprint winner
1	14 May	Kirkcaldy	Team Raleigh	Yanto Barker	Mike Northey
2	16 May	Durham	Team Raleigh	Kristian House	Kristian House
3	21 May	Stoke-on-Trent	Team UK Youth	Yanto Barker	Tom Scully
4	24 May	Aberystwyth	Team UK Youth	Ed Clancy	Alexandre Blain
5	28 May	Torquay	Team UK Youth	Ed Clancy	Alexandre Blain
6	30 May	Colchester	Team UK Youth	Jon Mould	Richard Lang
7	4 June	Redditch	Metaltek-Knights of Old	Tom Scully	Tom Scully
8	6 June	Canary Wharf	Team UK Youth	Chris Opie	Chris Opie
9	11 June	Woking	Team UK Youth	Ed Clancy	Tom Scully
10	13 June	Aylsham	Team UK Youth	Chris Opie	Dean Downing
11	14 June	Ipswich	Team UK Youth	Team Time Trial
12	14 June	Ipswich	Team UK Youth	Tom Scully	Kristian House
Series winners			Team UK Youth	None	Tom Scully

2014 Series

NFTO Pro Cycling's Jon Mould winning Round 6 of the Series in Edinburgh. Mould tied the record of three wins during a season, equalling Ed Clancy.

There were 10 rounds (and 12 races) in the 2014 series.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Team winner	Individual winner	Sprint winner
1	13 May	Stoke-on-Trent	Rapha Condor–JLT	Team Time Trial
1	13 May	Stoke-on-Trent	Madison Genesis	Jon Mould	Jon Mould
2	15 May	BAE Systems, Barrow	Madison Genesis	Graham Briggs	Tom Scully
3	20 May	Peterborough	Rapha Condor–JLT	Matthew Gibson	Mike Northey
4	23 May	Aberystwyth	Rapha Condor–JLT	Felix English	Tom Scully
5	27 May	Durham	Team Raleigh	Jon Mould	Jon Mould
6	29 May	Edinburgh	Team Raleigh	Jon Mould	Jon Mould
7	3 June	Redditch	Rapha Condor–JLT	Matthieu Boulo	Kristian House
8	5 June	Canary Wharf	Rapha Condor–JLT	Tobyn Horton	Kristian House
9	10 June	Woking	Madison Genesis	Tom Stewart	Jon Mould
10	13 June	Gorey, Jersey	Rapha Condor–JLT	Matthieu Boulo	Hill climb
10	13 June	Gorey, Jersey	Madison Genesis	Tom Stewart	Kristian House
Series winners			Rapha Condor–JLT	None	Jon Mould

2015 Series

Kristian House celebrates winning Round 4 of the Series in Motherwell.

There were 10 rounds (and 12 races) in the 2015 series.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Team winner	Individual winner	Points winner
1	14 May	Ryde	ONE Pro Cycling	Team Time Trial
1	14 May	Ryde	ONE Pro Cycling	Tom Scully	Tom Stewart
2	19 May	Redditch	Madison Genesis	Jon Mould	Morgan Kneisky
3	22 May	Aberystwyth	ONE Pro Cycling	George Harper	Hill climb
3	22 May	Aberystwyth	Madison Genesis	Ed Clancy	Ed Clancy
4	26 May	Motherwell	Madison Genesis	Kristian House	Chris Opie
5	28 May	Durham	ONE Pro Cycling	Richard Handley	Richard Handley
6	29 May	Barrow	Madison Genesis	Chris Lawless	Morgan Kneisky
7	2 June	Croydon	ONE Pro Cycling	Marcin Białobłocki	Tom Stewart
8	4 June	Canary Wharf	ONE Pro Cycling	Steele Von Hoff	Jon Mould
9	9 June	Peterborough	ONE Pro Cycling	Ed Clancy	Morgan Kneisky
10	11 June	Bath	Madison Genesis	Marcin Białobłocki	Marcin Białobłocki
Series winners			Madison Genesis	None	Morgan Kneisky

2016 Series

There will be 10 rounds (and 11 races) in the 2016 series.

Rounds

Round	Date	Location	Individual winner
1	12 May	Ramsey	Team Time Trial
1	12 May	Ramsey
2	17 May	Motherwell
3	19 May	Edinburgh
4	26 May	Redditch
5	27 May	Aberystwyth
6	31 May	Durham
7	2 June	Stoke-on-Trent
8	6 June	Stevenage
9	7 June	Croydon
10	9 June	Portsmouth
Series winners

References

External links

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British Cycling races

Stage races	Tour of Britain Tour de Yorkshire The Women's Tour

One-day races	London–Surrey Classic Velothon Wales Beaumont Trophy Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic

Other	Tour Series Revolution Series Premier Calendar (Tour of the Reservoir) London Nocturne Newport Nocturne Stafford GP Six Days of London Derby Cyclo-cross Series Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross

National championships	British National Track Championships British National Road Race Championships British National Time Trial Championships British National Circuit Race Championships British National Mountain Biking Championships British National Cyclo-cross Championships British National Hill Climb Championships

Defunct races	Archer Grand Prix Manx Trophy Milk Race PruTour Wincanton Classic

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