August 17 2015.


Fourteen of the 93 teams entered for this month’s Pont de Vaux 12hour race will have a British interest. Only host nation France boasts more teams entered in the event, which begins with timed training this Friday, the 21st of August, before racing begins in earnest on Saturday.

The teams flying the flag this year are:

· Team Grafix Shack: Liam Garbutt, Chloe Green, Marco Zaffino (Yam)

· Team Justwin: Justin Reid, Mark McLernon, Jack Raeburn (Yam)

· Team MDK: Matthew Kirk, Gary Aldington, Jason Wildman (Yam).

· Team Rocketman: Carl Bunce, Paul Winrow, Joe Maessen (Suz)

· Team WBH: Mark Wilson, Leon Beda, Mark Hadden (Hon).

· Team Rocketman: Laurence Stopps, Harry Walker, Bailey Edwards (Suz)

· Team K-ATV: Chris Keitch, Jack Price-Draper, Sam Jeffrey (Suz)

· Team NORA: Chris Murphy, Aaron Pole, Kieran Power (Yam)

· Team SJS Services: Sheldon Seal, David Cowan, Mike van Grinsven (Yam)

· Team Four Tech: John Crawford, Barry Main, David Vass (Hon)

· Team Four Tech: Roland Hopkins, Darren Jukes, Kieran Heath (Hon)

· Team GoldspeedGirls: Emma McQuaid, Sina Willman, Amandine Dorey (Yam)

· Team AllScots: John Mitchell, Murray Graham, Lawrence Whyte (Yam)

· Team Das: Paul Davie, Shaun Stewart, Gary Atkinson (Hon)


Only six British riders have ever been on winning teams since the event began in 1987 – Paul Holmes (2010-11) Paul Winrow (1992, 2000-1), John Mitchell (2004-5), Richard Cole (1999) and Kevin Philips (1992) and Phil Bourne (1992).

A full race report and pictures from this year’s event will be available on www.quad-online.co.uk from Sunday evening.