Brompton World Championship Final - London 2015
On Saturday,
August 1st,
Brompton Bicycle, hosted its 10th
Brompton World Championship race in
Central London as part of the
Prudential RideLondon Cycling Festival.
The sun shone and nearly 450 colourful Bromptoneers took to the streets for the unique event, which involved a mad dash to unfold their bikes and take on a world famous route that took in iconic sights such as
The Mall,
St James’s Park and
Horse Guards Parade. A truly global event with every continent representing, the race displayed the international pull of the
Brompton bike and showed how the bikes are made for cities with the small wheels allowing fast acceleration from the start line, and easy manoeuvring through the course.
The entire day was filled with Brompton-related activities for all, with the launch of the one-off
Build and
Win competition, the Brompton
Urban Challenge across
London and the Brompton
Trial Site at
Somerset House.
Brompton hosted a lively hospitality area on The Mall, where race participants and their guests could relax, listen to live jazz and watch the day’s events unfold while gearing up themselves for the big race at 5pm. It was also a perfect vantage
point to watch the race for spectators. Fasted fold competitions were held in earnest throughout the day and
G&T;’s were sipped as new friends were made and seasoned Bromptoneers met up to show off their bikes and outfits.
After a photo finish
Mark Emsley was crowned Brompton World Championship
Final winner for the second year in a row, followed closely by
Yavor Mitev in second.
Isabel Hastie came first in the female race, with
Andrea Scavezzon winning the veterans race. The Brompton
Factory Racing Team won the team competition.
The Brompton World Championship is famous for its smartly dressed riders (no lycra allowed) and stylist
William Gilchrist judged the ‘Best-Dressed’
Award with
Gemma Sanderson and Takayuki Kaneko winning.
Now it is your chance to get involved in our summer of racing events. To celebrate 10 years of the Brompton World Championship we are running a compeition where you can win a
Bike that is designed by you! Simply built a bike on our website, save it and enter it into the competition. There are 10 bikes to be won over the 10 weeks, plus
100 limited edition water bottles:
http://www.brompton.com/
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