Premier Calendar
Current season or competition: 2008 BC Premier Calendar
Sport	Road bicycle racing
Founded	1959
Country(ies)	Great Britain
Most recent champion(s)	Chris Newton

The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The Athletics Marathon August 15 &mdash Enschede Marathon, Netherlands Men's Winner Christopher Malcolm (Chris Newton (born 29 September 1973 Stockton-on-Tees, England) is a successful road and track racing cyclist British Cycling (shortened to BC, formerly known as the British Cycling Federation or BCF) is the national governing body for cycle It comprises a series of road bicycle races. Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The

Contents 1 Organisation and events 2 History 3 Results 4 External links 5 References

Organisation and events

In 2008 points are awarded for the first 20 places in each single day road race and for the top 20 overall in stage races as follows: 100, 85, 75, 66, 58, 51, 45, 39, 34, 29, 25, 21, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. For each stage of a stage race (including prologues) the top 15 riders are awarded points as follows: 30, 25, 21, 17, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Nowadays the series includes an award for the highest placed U23 rider in the final overall standings. Riders may have up to 10 counting races. ^[1]

The 2008 series is:^[2]

• 08/09 March Bikeline 2 Day, Hope, Flintshire
• 22/24 March Girvan Stage Race, Girvan, Scotland^[3]
• 30 March Tour of The Reservoir, Edmundbyers, Co. Hope (Yr Hob is a small village in Flintshire, north-east Wales. Girvan is a Burgh in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of about 8000 people Edmundbyers is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles to the west of Consett, near Derwent Reservoir. Durham^[4]
• 20 April Archer Grand Prix, High Wycombe, Bucks CANCELLED
• 3/4 May Chas Messenger 2 Day, Long Crendon, Bucks
• 11 May Lincoln Grand Prix, Lincoln, Lincolnshire^[5]
• 24/26 May Tour of Wessex, Bruton, Somerset CANCELLED
• 15 June Beaumont Trophy, Ponteland, Northumberland^[6]
• 06 July Tour of Blackpool Grand Prix Road Race, Blackpool^[7]
• 03 August East Yorkshire Classic, Beverley, E. The Archer Grand Prix cycle race is part of the British Cycling Premier Calendar. See also High Wycombe Western Australia High Wycombe (hai ˈwɪk Long Crendon is a Village and also a Civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles west of Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. Bruton is a Town and Civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue seven miles south east of Shepton Mallet Ponteland is a small town situated in Castle Morpeth, Northumberland. Blackpool (/ˈblækˌpul is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Beverley is a Market town, Civil parish and the County town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Yorks^[8]
• 10 August Tour of Pendle, Barnoldswick, Lancs^[9]
• 21 September Richmond Grand Prix, Richmond, North Yorkshire

History

The series was called The Star Trophy until 1975 when it became The Pernod Star Trophy to reflect new sponsorship. Barnoldswick (colloquially known as Barlick) is a town and Civil parish within the West Craven area of the Pendle district of Lancashire Richmond is a Market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire Pernod Ricard ( is a French company that produces Alcoholic beverages The company's most famous products Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are It reverted to the name Star Trophy in 1983. It was renamed The Premier Calendar in 1993.

Results

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1959	John Perks	n/a	n/a
1960	Jim Hinds	n/a	n/a
1961	Kenny Hill	n/a	n/a
1962	Wes Mason	n/a	n/a
1963	Derek Harrison	n/a	n/a
1964	George Halls	n/a	n/a
1965	Les West	n/a	n/a
1966	Hugh Porter	n/a	n/a
1967	Peter Buckley	n/a	n/a
1968	Dave Rollinson	n/a	n/a
1969	Peter Matthews	n/a	n/a
1970	Peter Matthews	n/a	n/a
1971	John Clewarth	n/a	n/a
1972	Phil Bayton	n/a	n/a
1973	Phil Griffiths	n/a	n/a
1974	Tony Gornall	n/a	n/a
1975	Phil Griffiths	n/a	n/a
1976	Paul Sherwen	n/a	n/a
1977	Steve Lawrence	n/a	n/a
1978	Steve Lawrence	n/a	n/a
1979	Bob Downs	n/a	n/a
1980	Steve Joughin	n/a	n/a
1981	Bob Downs	n/a	n/a
1982	Steve Joughin	n/a	n/a
1983	Malcolm Elliott	n/a	n/a
1984	Peter Longbottom	n/a	n/a
1985	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1986	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1987	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1988	Paul Curran	n/a	n/a
1989	Ben Luckwell	Wayne Randle	Pete Longbottom
1990	Steve Farrell	Simeon Hempsall	Pete Longbottom
1991	Steve Farrell	Paul Curran	Mark Gornall
1992	Mark McKay	John Tanner	John Charlesworth
1993	Mark Walsham	Chris Lillywhite	Brian Smith
1994	John Tanner	Simeon Hempshall	Chris Lillywhite
1995	John Tanner	Mark Walsham	Chris Lillywhite
1996	Mark Walsham	John Tanner	Chris Lillywhite
1997	John Tanner	Rob Hayles	Jon Clay
1998	Chris Newton	Jon Clay	Matt Illingworth
1999	Gordon McCauley	Matt Stephens	John Tanner
2000	Mark Lovatt	John Tanner	Julian Winn
2001	John Tanner	Mark Lovatt	Anthony Malarczyk
2002	John Tanner	Mark Lovatt	Julian Winn
2003	Mark Lovatt	John Tanner	Malcolm Elliott
2004	Malcolm Elliott	Russell Downing	Dean Downing
2005	Robin Sharman	John Tanner	Russell Downing
2006	Kristian House	Robin Sharman	Matt Stephens
2007	Chris Newton	Gordon McCauley	Robin Sharman

External links

• British Cycling major events 2008
• British Cycling Web site

References

Hugh Porter MBE (born January 1940) was one of Britain 's greatest professional Cyclists winning four world titles in the Philip ("Phil" Bayton (born 18 September 1950 in Kingswinford, West Midlands) is a former road cyclist from Great Britain, who was Paul Sherwen (born in Widnes, Cheshire on 7 June 1956) is an English former professional racing Cyclist. Malcolm Elliott (born July 1 1961 in Sheffield, England) is an English professional Cyclist, whose professional Paul Curran (born 15 January 1961) was a racing cyclist who dominated the British amateur scene for several years Simeon Hempsall (born 20 November 1969) was a racing cyclist who competed in the road race at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and finished John Tanner (born 4 February 1968) is a British racing cyclist from Yorkshire. Chris Lillywhite (born 15 June 1966) is an English competitive cyclist from East Molesey, Surrey. Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973 in Portsmouth) is a track and road racing Cyclist, riding for Great Britain, Christopher Malcolm (Chris Newton (born 29 September 1973 Stockton-on-Tees, England) is a successful road and track racing cyclist Matthew Stephens (born 1 April 1970) is a British Road racing cyclist and was the British National Road Race Champion in 1998 Julian Winn from Abergavenny (born 23 September 1972) is a Welsh competitive cyclist who represented Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games Anthony Malarczyk (born 21 July 1975 is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport, South Wales who competed in the Time Trial and Road Race at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Russell Downing (born August 23 1978 is an English bicycle racer, specializing in road cycling. Dean Downing (born 24 January 1975) is an English bicycle racer, specialising in road cycling. Kristian House ( 6 October 1979, Canterbury, England) is a British racing cyclist who has raced in Europe and

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