Resurgent Olympic Academy rider George Atkins took the honours in the Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race, outsprinting in-form Marcin Bialoblocki after 12 laps of the seven-mile Reservoir course near Colchester, Essex.
Atkins (100% ME), the 20-year-old former national junior road race champion who won a silver medal on the track at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010 before taking a break from the sport, was at the head of affairs all day but had enough in reserve to come round Bialoblocki (Node4 Giordana Racing), who made a late effort to get across to the front with around two miles to go.
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