Whether Abbey ever repeats this years feat of being undefeated at home or in Europe is hard to know, but to do that again would be equally amazing. There are some very talented girls racing against Abbey who were so close to beating her on road and beat her in other disciplines, such as Orla …
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7th of July 2019 Abbey and some of her Suffolk Youth Race Team mates went down to Farnham in Surrey today in one of the last big races of the season. The races had strong fields and reasonably good numbers too. Abbey had a reasonable start, at about 10th into the first corner. This is …
Lovely evening with Nigel Powley for Abbey Thompson and dad
30th of June 2019 at Redourn Hertfordshire On a beautiful day in Hertfordshire Abbey travelled an hour and a half to the amazing Redbourn event. In many ways a traditional village green crit but catering for everyone with riders from Ipswich and surround areas in attendance. Below are some photos of Abbey. It has to …
National Youth Series 23rd of June 2019 Minehead is a fare way from Suffolk, but an undefeated in 2019 Abbey went to take on the best U10s in the country. The Minehead Grand Prix saw Sophia Bednarek and Lauren Oldfield enter from the midlands and North England. The course was a triangle around the ton …
9th of June 2019 This was the first time Suffolk Youth Race Team had been to the Winchester Grand Prix. The town centre had been closed off and safety barriers erected around the course. There was a carnival atmosphere in the air with a lot of eager riders checking every thing and everyone out. The …
!!!SYRT Win in Roubaix!!! SYRT took one rider to the Youth Paris Roubaix this year Abbey Thompson. Abbey has had a good year to date in Under 10s. She has won every race she has finished including the U10 girls National Championships, the National Youth Series Road Race in the Isle of Man along with …
Suffolk Youth Race Team travelled to Oulton Park in Cheshire with Abbey and Aaron, supported by their families. Abbey and Aaron both had terrible starts, got hustled off a rolling start line and ended up at the back due to a bit of unusual riding by a rider that eventually came almost last. They also …
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At the end of March Abbey Thompson sponsored by Gibbons Plant Hire and Stonham Barns, with just five weeks to the Isle of Man National Youth Series 3-day Race, the biggest race of her season, fractured her right arm in a cycle racing incident at the Olympic Park in Stratford. After the accident, Abbey worked …
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Abbey raced today at Primavera Round 2 at the Olympic Park in Stratford. It was a very windy day, with winds reaching 50mph. Plenty of medals for SYRT today. In the Under 10 Girls race Abbey took 1st place, hanging on, just, to Noah Smith’s wheel. Noah took 2nd overall, with Abbey taking 3rd overall.