Peter Hawkins on a rain and wind battered opening stage at the Tour of the Reservoir in Northumberland at the weekend (Photo: Larry Hickmott - Velouk.net)
Having taken the yellow jersey after stage 2 of the An Post Rás last year, Belfast man Peter Hawkins promptly crashed the following day in the jersey and was forced out of the race with a broken collar bone.
Since then he's changed teams from IG Sigma Sport to Madison Genesis. The squad, with Hawkins in the line-up, was in action at the weekend in the first major UK pro race of the year, the two-day Tour of the Reservoir.
Hawkins took second on the first day after a really aggressive ride and consolidated that position yesterday, with his team mate and stage 1 winner Alex Peters wrapping up the overall win.
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Take a look at the two videos below for news of Hawkins' ride and we've also stitched in some photos below of a very though weekend of racing.
Stage 1
Stage 2
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Hawkins making his move on stage 1 in a successful effort to get into the winning move on the day (Photo: Larry Hickmott - Velouk.net)
The Irish rider and one of the Rapha Condor-JLT men move clear of the field never to be seen again (Photo: :Larry Hickmott - Velouk.net)
Hawkins, on the left, leads the breakaway before he would get clear with team mate Alex Peters and charge home some cleat to take a 1-2 (Photo: Larry Hickmott - Velouk.net)
Hawkins leads a very strong escape down a descent and heading for home (Photo: Larry Hickmott - Velouk.net)
Peters takes the win just ahead of Hawkins, who got across to him alone after Peters had attacked alone around 5km from the finish (Photo: Larry Hickmott - Velouk.net)
With two riders in first and second overall, Madison Genesis were a constant presence on the front. Two riders broke clear in the end to fight out stage victory, but with every on the race losing at least five minutes to the escape on stage 1, the leaders were not a threat overall (Photo: Larry Hickmott - Velouk.net)
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