Hannah Barnes defied the wind and rain which swept along the Douglas sea front this afternoon to win the women’s criterium in a sprint finish ahead of Welshwoman Elinor Barker.
It was a second individual win for the Towcester cyclist, and her fourth in all, and it came at the end of a race delayed by 30 minutes. Barnes, who won the time trial on Friday, was followed home by Lucy Garner as the Leicestershire girl added a bronze medal to her gold from the road race yesterday. "I’ve made the podium on all three events so I’m pretty chuffed,” said Barnes, who crossed the line in front of the Villa Marina two bike lengths in front of Barker after the pair had broken away from the rest of the field.
With her team-mates Garner and Harriet Owen allowing the Australians to do all the chasing, it all came down to Barnes’ finishing speed. “I knew I could beat her,” she said. “I was pretty confident because I know I’ve got a good sprint but it was quite slippery so I wanted to get away from the people on the tight corners to stay out of danger.
“I didn’t really know what to expect before I came here. I wanted to compare myself to the Australians, so to win two events is pretty good.” Two is a pretty good medal haul for Jon Dibben too, as the Brockenhurst cyclist took silver in the men’s criterium to go with the bronze medal he won in the time trial two days ago. Dibben finished 33 seconds behind gold medallist Robert McCarthy of Australia in 57.45 the same time as bronze medallist Jack Beckinsale, another Australian
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