Another fantastic year for the ADDFORM VLV Gardenshed UK team.
I would firstly like to thank Dieter Droger, Russ Crowley, Matt Carter for their sponsorship support; and as always the support Ed Nielsen has given both the team and myself over the years at Vive le Velo.
After 2025 winning multiple titles it was going to be a hard year to top for the team.
I think this year as a team we have diversified more than ever competing in duathlon’s, gravel, time trialling, road races, circuit races, track and sportives.
The first race win for the team was the Phil Williams Memorial which meant a lot given I (Adam) was there at the 312 where Phil had his unfortunate accident. It was a great event and hope the event continues to commemorate Phil’s life.
Will Harvey had a great year competing in Sportive events, finishing 1st in The Yorkshire Beast Sportive in 11hr 25min for the 200 mile and 5200m of climbing. A unbelievably hard route! Well done to him. He went on to get 11th 35-39 age cat in the Gralloch Gravel Event in Scotland which was also another fantastic achievement.
Gravel events became a big target for the team this year with many of the team taking on the rougher stuff. John and Dave Brearley, Sam Straw, Adam Duggleby, Will Harvey and more took on various events! This might be a bit of a feature of our team targets next year, so watch this space!
For us Time Trialling as always been a staple of the team, this year was no different.
Many riders secured PB’s and had a successful year! There was a number of open wins including John Brearley winning our own 10 mile open event at Rainton, with Ben Watson finishing in 2nd with a PB.
Liam Davison, Will Trevor, James Barton, Dave Meakin, Jo Owen, Saul Clayton and Matt Goodwin all had fantastic results for the team, regularly competing and finishing high up the result boards around the country. Neil Cleminshaw and Stuart Henderson get a special mention for breaking VTTA records.
Sean Sanders again took on the National 24hr event and won the National team award in the process!
Sean PB’d over 50 and 100 mile events adding to his 12hr result leading to secure the Yorkshire region BBAR.
Sean finishing 17th overall in the National BBAR Long Distance competition.
Adam Duggleby this year managed to secure the 4 distance BBAR competition whilst regaining the National 100 mile Time Trial Record with 3hr 10min 48seconds.
He also gained a 50 mile PB and 4th fastest ever time with 1hr 31min 47sec.
There were some VTTA Veteran records set over the year
Neil Cleminshaw took the 56yr old record 19:48 for the Yorkshire region whilst Stuart Henderson also broke the Yorkshire region 100 record for 50yr old in 3:29:12.
Adam Duggleby set the 41yr old best for Yorkshire region over 10miles adding to the 2 National and regional over 40yrs 100 and 50mile records mentioned earlier.
The team also had some great results on the road.
Rich Sharp was the A Cat National BMCR circuit race champion and Jo Brewis managed to also win a BMCR race. Dave Brearley and John Brearley were regularly on the podium at the Ennerdale circuit race events throughout the year!
