Isle of Man Sport Aid recipient Tory Kinrade raced in Rounds 1 and 2 of the North Region Qualifiers for the National Omnium Series last weekend. Both events took place at the Meadowbank Track in Edinburgh. Round 1 should have been held in Dundee but the recently refurbished track and surroundings were still not totally complete.

The format of each day was the same - a scratch race, devil takes the hindmost, points race, sprint and 1 KM time trial.

This was Tory's first competitive outing of the season in qualifying races for the National Omnium Series Final and she finished in 2nd place overall on each day which should stand her in good stead for qualifying early for the Final which will be held at Halesowen in August. Tory was 6th in last year's National Final.

Tory's overall results were only bettered at the weekend by Hannah Blount who is a Great Britain Talent Team rider and who is a 2nd year Under 16, as opposed to Tory who is a first year.

To reach the National Omnium Series Final competitors have to qualify as being in the top 8 finishers overall in their regions.

In preparation for the National Omnium Qualifying rounds Tory recently competed at the Herne Hill Track in London and raced in the Womens age category in the second Spring Omnium event, finishing a solid 6th overall.

Tory is sincerely grateful to Isle of Man Sport Aid and her sponsors - Colin Bell of Eurocars, Louise Byrne of Old Court Chambers and Tower Insurance Company Limited. A big thank you also to the Headteacher and staff of Queen Elizabeth II High School for their support and allowing Tory the time off to travel and compete.

World Road Race Champion and Local Laxey Man Mark Cavendish took a dominant Win on the 13th stage of this years Giro d'Italia today. The Team Sky Professional scored his third win of the this years race after 121km of racing. Cav later said on the Team Sky website "The guys went out and just rode their hearts out today and I’m so, so proud. After they did that I had to win; I had to find some gap to get through." 

The race now heads into the moutains with a hill top finish set for Stage 14 after 205km of racing.More from cyclingnews.com here More from TeamSky.com here

Photos later.

Team Isle of Man will compete in this years An Post Ras which starts on the outskirts of Dublin on Sunday. The team lead by 1997 Winner Andrew Roche are on of the strongest we have sent in many years. Christian Varley has jetted in from America while VC Ardennes rider Chris Nicholson joins the team from Belgium. Cycle Premier - Kovert rider Tom Black (TMT) and Greame Hatcher complete the rest of the line up. The first stage is 147kms running down to Killkenny with a further 158km on Day 2. More from Microgaming here Follow the race website here. Good luck lads get stuck in !

Team Manx Telecom rider Tim Kennaugh (Rapha Condor Sharp) has won the Tour of the West. The third round of the Black Grace Cowley sponsored road race series saw a field of over 30 riders in the A race set of for 5 grawling laps at 9am with the B at 9.15am. The race over 72miles saw a string of early attacks but it was Kennaugh and Hatcher who took the race winning move early on in the second lap. Team Manx Telecom rider Aaron Livsey along with Andrew Roche and Tom Black escaped from a strong group of 10 on the last lap with Roche grabbing third spot at the line with Black fourth and Livsey fifth. Martin Hall from Manx Viking Wheelers won the B.  A results here and B here. Full report later + photos when available.

Thanks to all the organisers, police and marshals for making the event a success. Special thanks to Black Grace Cowley for their continued support in the event. 

Young Phoebe Ferguson took a convincing victory in the second round of the Bikestyle Handicap Road Race Series last night. Ferguson another talent to emerge from the popular Royal London 360 series kept clear along with three others to fight it out at the finish. The wind played a major factor with a severe head wind from Sandygate up to finish past the airfield. The scratch group consisting of Andrew Roche,Aaron Livsey,Robin Garry, Tom Black, Tim Kennaugh and Cal Crutchlow worked well to catch the groups on the third lap. Black managed to escape from the large group of over 40 riders on the road to take 5th with Jack Wolsencroft, Leon Mazzone and Trevor Kirkwood completing the top 8. Gavin Quayle took 2nd with David Heath 3rd and Justin Bowen the first lady in 4th spot. Results here

Manx Missile Mark Cavendish took his second Giro stage when when he sprinted to victory after 199km of racing in Fano on Thursday. The Team Sky rider beat Matthew Goss and Daniele Bennati who claimed 2nd and 3rd. A group of 4 riders jumped away in a break lasting over 170km with the last 20km being totally controlled by Team Sky, FDJ-BigMat, Orica-GreenEdge and Liquigas-Cannondale. In the closing metres in looked like Cav had gone to early as Goss closed in but the World Champion delivered a final kick to take his 70th professional victory. Peter Kennaugh finished 32nd. More from Cyclingnews.com here Picture from Cyclingnews.com here

Team Microgaming competed in the tough 3 Day Tour of Ulster Stage Race over the bank holiday weekend. Andrew Roche, Darren Bell, Elliot Baxter and Team Manx Telecom riders Aaron Livsey and Tom Black completed the team with Bell and Baxter finishing 3rd on the opening and final stage. Baxters strong ride on Day one came after some tough climbs and plenty of late attacks with a group of 3 which clipped away with about 4 km remaining. This contained Elliot, James Moss, and the stage winner Adam Armstrong. Unfortunately Aaron Livsey punctured early on and was left stranded by neutral service, so his day was run. Tom Black had a good ride to finish in the main bunch. More from TIOM Website here. Roche,Bell,Baxter,Livsey and Black would particularly like to Thank Brian Roche for giving up his long weekend and paying out of his own pocket to drive the team car in the race cavalcade. More from Irishcycling.com here

Mountivation Cycling Academy rider Josh Knights finished 6th overall in the tough Isle of Man Junior Tour held over the bank holiday weekend. Knights who is a member of Manx Viking Wheelers finished 20 seconds behind race winner Joe Moses from Sportscover Altura with Jochum Buchener 2nd and Joe Kirkham from Hargroves 3rd.

In Fridays prolouge Jake Kelly riding for Team Microgaming IOM finished just short of the podium with a time of 1min 46sec 2seconds short of winner Jacob Ragan from Max Gear RT. Knights was 11th with Alex Haddock 33rd and Nick Corlett 34th. Aaron Lund won the Youth D Boys prolouge and Elizabeth Holden took a convincing win in the Youth A Girls. Mairi Harrison also took victory in the Youth E making it a fine opening night for Isle of Man riders.

Saturdays road race round Peel was always going to be a tough one and the Microgaming Junior riders equitted themselfs well with Jake Kelly 21st, Alex Haddock and Nick Corlett finished 36th and 37th. Josh Knights from Mountivation was 23rd. Sebastian Baylis from Mid Devon took the win.

The afternoon saw the Youth riders take to the tough circuit round Braaid featuring some tough climbs. In the Youth A Girls it was local talent Elizabeth Holden who was the star of the show again increasing her overall lead in the Tour with just one day left.

It didn't stop there for local success and Matthew Davies clinched a fine win in the Youth A boys on Sunday. Alexander Braybrooked 2nd and Danny Fox 3rd. Leon Mazzone was 4th with Jamie Dudley 5th. Overall Jamie Dudley just missed 3rd spot with team mate Leon Mazzone 5th and Nathan Draper 6th. Certainly some top talent coming through.

In the Junior Boys Josh Knights finished 4th after a tough weekend of racing with Microgaming Isle of Man rider Jake Kelly 12th. Nick Corlett finished 16th and Alex Haddock 37th.

Elizabeth Holden made it a 3rd podium spot in three days with team mate Sophie Black 3rd. Manon Lloyd took the win. Overall Holden took a deserved victory and Matha Gill 2nd. Sophie Black finished 4th.

More from BritishCycling here More from Youthtour website here Results from ManxTiming Solutions here

Well Done to everyone who took part. Thanks to everyone for organising yet another very successful event.

World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish took an impressive victory on Stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia beating Matt Goss and Geoffrey Soupe after a crash on the last corner. The 206km stage saw an early breakaway with Alfredo Balloni (Farnese Vini), Olivier Kaisen (Lotto Belisol) and Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giacattoli-Venezuela) quickly building up a huge lead. The gap topped out at 13:15 with 145km to go. With 40km to go the trio were relled in by the fasting moving peleton and yet more attacks were launched. Sky controlled it well and delivered Cavendish to the line in style and as usual Cavendish was first to praise his team mates. More from cyclingnews.com here

Picture from Cyclingnews.com

Simple Green Bike Relgion rider Christian Varley has finished 3rd on the opening stage of the tough Tour of Gila stage race in Silver City new Mexico. Varleys team mate Louis Meintjes took the win with Coulton Hartich taking second. The race continues today. More here  Results here

Team Microgaming Isle of Man are sending a Senior squad to the tough Tour of Ulster stage race in Ireland this weekend. Vannin rider Andrew Roche will lead the five man squad with Team Manx Telecom riders Aaron Livsey and Tom Black also riding. Elliot Baxter and on form Darren Bell complete the line lap. Follow the race updates here on irishcycling.com. It's one of Irelands top races and is often used as a preparation race for the An Post Ras shortly after. Node 4 Girodana are also due to start. 

Team Manx Telecom rider Chris Nicholson is currently living in Belgium riding for VC Ardennes Lotto. Chris is supported by the Cavendish scholarship through Manx Sports Aid Foundation and is also supported by the Dave Raynor Fund. Follow his progress on his blog here

Manx Viking Wheelers rider Andrew Brooks took the opening round of the Bikestyle Handicap Road Race series last night. Second place went to Vetran Gary Hinds. More later. 

Results here

18 year old Team Manx Telecom rider Thomas Mazzone has recently upped sticks and moved to France to ride for Brittany based team EC Mayenne. Thomas took part in his first race this weekend and has written about his experience in his personal blog, sounds like France made him feel welcome with some typically Manx weather!

Good luck in France Thomas!

World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish finished 3rd in the 3.34km Individual time trial at the Tour de Romandie today. The Team Sky rider was just 6 seconds of the Win which team mate Geriant Thomas took in 3.29.43. The race continues tomorow with a 184km stage. More from Cyclingnews.com here

World Champion Cavendish riding to third place this afternoon.

Ellan Vannin Appleby rider Darren Bell took his 4th consecutive win at the weekend in the local 25 mile time trial held in the North of the Island. Bell has also won the last two rounds of the Consiter Bank 10 Mile time trial league and also took victory in the Teare Trophy road race a week earlier. More on the 25 later when we get results and reports. Pictures also to follow.

Prince Charles and Camilla will visit the Island on Thursday as part of the Diamond Jubilee tour to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. They will visit the National Sports Centre where they will watch members of Team Royal London 360 youth cycling club take part in a short demonstration race, which the royal couple will be invited to start. That is due to take place on Thursday from 6pm.

World Team Pursuit Champion and Team Manx Telecom member Peter Kennaugh will meet their Royal Highnesses aswell as Dot Tilbury MBE from Team Royal London 360.

Scott Contessa rider Anna Christian finished 16th in the opening round of the Womens Road Race Series in Cheshire at the weekend. Sarah Storey from For Viored team took victory with Anna's team mate Molly Weaver taking second. More here

Team Manx Telecom rider Christian Varley finished 17th overall in the tough Sea Otter Classic stage race in the USA over the weekend. Varley riding for Simple Green/Bike Religion was up there in every stage which opened with a 70km cirterium then a 70km road race followed by a tough 8km time trial. The race closed with a 120km road race which saw Varley finish 27th in a sprint finish with James Wingert grabbing the win. Overall Andy Jacques-Maynes from Kenda/5-Hour Energy took the General Classification. Varley forms part of the Microgaming squad heading to the tough week long An Post Ras in a months time. More here

Team Manx Telecom rider Tom Black took another impressive victory at the weekend in the Emergency Services Road Race in the Preston area on Saturday. The race over 100km which was held on the tough Bashall Eaves circuit attracted a field of around fifty riders in what was a race open to every category licence holder. The Cycle Premier Kovert rider got into the early move and broke clear with around 30mile left in the race. Black later said "I closed a gap on the climb just after the start finish which looked to be dangerous. I put the pressure on to see if anyone would respond and I was away on my own". At the finish Black had well over a two minute lead on Championship Winner Grahame Sumner from Wheelbase. More from VeloUk.net here

On Sunday Black rode a round of the Darley Moor closed circuits races finishing 3rd in a mad dash for the line in very wet conditions. Black was in a 7 man break which formed early on in the race. More here