Chris Newton shows his class at the Lincoln

Chris Newton's winning move, Lincoln Grand Prix 2010

You'll be hard-pushed to find a classier British-based ride this year than Chris Newton's winning performance at the Lincoln Grand Prix on Sunday.

The Olympic medallist took on the race from the front, in the lead from the third lap of eleven. He picked his efforts and making them count. No-one floats up Michaelgate, but such was his class - so good is his form perhaps - that he always looked in control, even on the lung-bursting ascent which defines the race.

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