Brompton World Championship Explained
The Brompton World Championship is a promotional cycling event for Brompton Bicycle Ltd that has been held in various formats and venues since 2008.[1] [2]
The event consists primarily of a criterium race in which all competitors rode Brompton folding bicycles. The race typically features a Le Mans start with the competitors running to their folded bikes and unfolding them before they set off around the track. Riders are required to dress in business wear instead of standard bicycle clothing.
History
The first Brompton World Championship, the inspiration of Koos Kroon, Brompton's Spanish distributor, was held on April 8, 2006 in Barcelona, Spain. The second BWC on March 17, 2007, was also in Barcelona. The race relocated to England in 2008 and was held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
In 2013 the BWC was merged with the Orbital Festival and moved to the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, West Sussex. In 2014 the Orbital Festival was cancelled at late notice but the BWC went ahead at the same venue.
In 2015 the event moved to central London and became part of the Prudential RideLondon cycling festival, taking place annually until 2019.
The 2020 and 2021 events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When RideLondon returned in 2022 the BWC was absent.
The Brompton World Championship race resumed with the first event since the pandemic held in Singapore in October 2022 as part of the Tour De France Prudential Singapore Criterium.[3]
Basic Rules
- All participants in the Brompton World Championship event must wear a suit jacket, collared shirt and tie. Shorts, skirts and three-quarter length trousers may be worn if preferred, though Spandex and sportswear are not permitted. There are no restrictions regarding footwear. Participants in every event must wear a helmet.
- Participants must be 16 years or over (or 12 and over if accompanied by a responsible adult), riding a Brompton and in general good health.
- Participants may wear promotional logos or advertising slogans on their clothing on the condition of a pre-payment. No such advertising is permitted on the bikes.[4]
Brompton World Championship 2013-14
In 2013 and 2014 the Brompton World Championship took place in the Goodwood Motor Circuit, as part of the wider Orbital Festival cycling exposition. It features three main events, with separate prizes for the category winners in each event and then the grand prize for the overall victor of the Treble.
800 entrants were expected in 2014. The Championship consists of a Le Mans style sprint start to the folded bikes before completing 4 laps – over 15 km – of the circuit.
Prizes are awarded to the three fastest male and female competitors, as well as the male and female Junior (between 12 and 18 years of age) and Veteran (over 50 years of age) winners. Teams of between 3 and 5 members are permitted and are placed according to the aggregated time of the team's top three finishers. There is also a prize awarded to the ‘Best Dressed’ male and female competitors.
Brompton Sprint
Only open to the 200 participants who have registered for the Brompton Treble, the Brompton Sprint consists of a 500m sprint organised in heats of 12 entrants before the final. There is no dress code and prizes are awarded to the fastest male, female, junior and veteran competitors.
Brompton Marathon
The Marathon consists of a 26 km untimed ride through the Sussex countryside, open to 300 participants (compulsory for the Brompton Treble entrants), with food and drink and sightseeing options organised en route. There is no dress code.
Brompton Treble
The 200 participants who compete in all three events are eligible for the Brompton Treble; the male and female competitors with the fastest times from the Sprint and the World Championship, together with successful completion of the Marathon, will be the Brompton Treble Champions.
Brompton National Championships
Since 2010 many countries around the globe have held their own Brompton National Championships featuring comparative events, with the winners invited to participate in the World Championships every summer.[5]
The list of countries that have held National Championships::
- Australia
- Austria
- Chile
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Mexico
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- USA
Previous Results
2006 Results
Fastest Male
1- Marti Milla
2- Pau Milla
3- Kilian Palop
Fastest Female
1-Carolina Paris
2-Irene Rojo
3-Marta Alarcón
TEAM: Cap Problema
2007 Results
Fastest Male
1- Arnau Rota
2- Pau Milla
3- Marti Milla
Fastest Female
1-Carolina Paris
2-Maite Mascherpa i Roig
3-Mahrou Raisani
TEAM: Cap Problema
2008 Results
Fastest Male
1st Alastair Kay
2nd Roberto Heras
3rd Pau Milla
- Fastest Female
1st Debbie Lister
2nd Helen Lucas
3rd Jane Bradbury
- Fastest Veteran
1st Rob Howells
- Fastest Junior
1st Piers Benton
- Team Category
1st Cap Problema
2nd Transport for London Tornados
3rd Eunomia 1
- Best Dressed
1st David Presly2009 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.[6]
- Fastest Male
1st Roberto Heras
2nd Michael Hutchinson
3rd Alastair Kay
- Fastest Female
1st Julia Shaw
2nd Rachael Elliott
3rd Delia Beddis
- Fastest Male Veteran
1st Gary Higton
- Fastest Female Veteran
1st Sarah Wookey
- Fastest Junior
1st Brock Duncumb Rogers
- Team Category
1st Brompton 1
2nd Bike Tech
3rd Cap Problema
- Veteran Team Category
Norfolk Enchants
- Best Dressed Male
1st Gary Foulger
- Best Dressed Female
1st Susie Smith2010 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.[7]
- Fastest Male
1st Philip Liam Curran
2nd Pau Milla Canals
3rd Marcel Batlle Giró
- Fastest Female
1st Rachael Elliott
2nd Mercè Pacios
3rd Charlotte Barnes
- Fastest Junior
1st Brock Duncumb Rogers
- Fastest Male Veteran
1st Richard Trim
- Fastest Female Veteran
1st Sarah Wookey
- Best Dressed Male
1st Ian Harvey
- Best Dressed Female
1st Mary Till
- Team Event
1st Cap Problema 1
2nd Brompton Factory 1
3rd BerLon
- Veterans
1st Barnsley Hospice Bromptoneers: Team A2011 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.[8]
- Fastest Male
1st Michael Hutchinson
2nd Gavin Morton
3rd Aaron Ritz
- Fastest Female
1st Rachael Elliott
2nd Julia Shaw
3rd Julie Secor
- Fastest Male Veteran
1st Stewart Yates
- Fastest Female Veteran
1st Caroline Powell
- Fastest Junior
1st Jake Norman
- Team Category
1st Brompton Factory 1
2nd Kingston Wheelers
3rd Where's Nigel?
- Veteran Team Category
Abromination
- Best Dressed Male
1st Fokko Bakker
- Best Dressed Female
1st Rachael Jackson2012 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.[8]
- Fastest Male
1st Michael Hutchinson
2nd Paul Flynn
3rd Gavin Morton
- Fastest Female
1st Julia Shaw
2nd Lee Miseon
3rd Isabel Hastie
- Fastest Male Veteran
1st Hubert Kivit
- Fastest Female Veteran
1st Pauline Warner
- Fastest Junior
1st Jake Norman
- Team Category
1st Brompton Factory 1
2nd Kingston Wheelers CC
3rd Small Wheels, Big Difference2013 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.[8]
- Fastest Male
1st Michael Hutchinson
- Fastest Female
1st Isabel Hastie
- Fastest Male Veteran
1st Anthony Rogers
- Fastest Female Veteran
1st Caroline Powell
- Fastest Junior
1st Jake Norman
- Team Category
1st BBike
2nd Brompton Factory 1
3rd True Wheels/Sleaze Club2014 Results
Team Category
1st BBike
2nd Brompton Factory 1
- Fastest Male Veteran
1st Anthony Rogers
- Fastest Female Veteran
1st Caroline Powell2015 Results
Official results as published by Brompton
- Fastest Male
1st Mark Emsley (GBR)
2nd Yavor Mitev (GBR)
3rd Eduardo Gomes (GBR)
- Fastest Female
1st Isabel Hastie(GBR)
2nd Kim Myojin (KOR)
3rd Nao Tanaka (JPN)2016 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.[9]
- Fastest Male
1st Mark Emsley
2nd Richard Spencer
3rd Vojtech Blazejovsky
4th David Mackay
- Fastest Female
1st Isabel Hastie
2nd Sarah Phelps
3rd Nao Tanaka
4th Caroline Powell
- Fastest Male Veteran
1st Andrea Scavezzon
2nd Nigel Saffery
3rd Peter Hutchinson
4th Adrian Baergi
- Fastest Female Veteran
1st Caroline Powell
2nd Giuliana Massarotto
3rd Gina Vaughan
4th Alison Wright
- Men's Team Category
1st Brompton Brazing Heritage Team
2nd Joseph Kousac
3rd Team Cadence
4th Brompton Design RacingWomen's Team Category
1st JH Wonder Woman
2nd Green BromptonVeterans Team Category
1st AbrominationExternal links
References
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- News: Racing a Brompton by Buckingham Palace is exhilarating, and ridiculous. BikeRadar. 2017-07-29. en-gb.
- News: Cycling: Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard to race in Singapore criterium. Straits Times. 2022-09-14. en.
- "Brompton World Championship Rules" (October 2009) Web site: BWC 2009 | Brompton Bicycle . 2009-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111003054736/https://www.brompton.co.uk/bwc/2009/rules.asp . 2011-10-03 . Brompton World Championship Rules
- "Brompton National Championships" (October 2010) Web site: National Events | Brompton Bicycle . 2010-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918083152/http://brompton.co.uk/page.asp?p=6599 . 2010-09-18 . Brompton National Championships
- "Brompton World Championship 2009 Results" (October 2009) http://clients.squareeye.com/uploads/brompton/BWC%20Individual%20Category%20Results%202009.pdf Brompton World Championship 2009
- "Brompton World Championship 2010 Results" (October 2010) Web site: | Brompton Bicycle . 2010-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005011256/http://www.brompton.co.uk/bwc/2010/ . 2010-10-05 . Brompton World Championship 2010
- "Brompton World Championship 2011 Results" (August 2011) http://clients.squareeye.net/uploads/brompton/Brompton_Results_2011.pdf Brompton World Championship 2011
- Web site: BWC London Final 2016. www.brompton.com. en. 2017-07-29.
