CW5000 2022 finishers club
Find out who has completed our 5,000 mile challenge, and when they did it. Keep logging your miles if you want to be added
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Who has completed our 5,000 mile challenge this year, and when did they do it by? Scroll down through the 2022 finishers list and find out. Every rider listed below has signed up to the CW5000 and sent proof of their mileage. If you have completed the challenge and want to see your name on the list, email us at cycling@futurenet.com.
We'll need to see proof of your mileage, which can be a screen grab of your Strava profile or other ride logging site. We just need to be able see your name and the total mileage on the screen shot. Spreadsheets, training diaries and CW Mileage charts are also accepted. If you know the date you finished, include that in your email.
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It's never too late to sign up to the CW5000 challenge. Whenever you sign up you get to include all miles ridden from January 1, 2022. Once you sign up you will be sent monthly challenges, updates and get access to the private Facebook group.
1st Ross Duncan
Date completed: January 31
Before the start of the year, Ross Duncan set himself the challenge of riding 5,000 miles in one month. No stranger to long hours in the saddle, Duncan had to ride 161 miles a day to complete the challenge, just one that he'd set himself for 2022. Read how he went about clocking up the miles in this interview with him.
2nd Nick Anderson
Date completed: February 23
3rd Catherine Allen
Date completed: February 26
4th Barrie Morris
Date completed: March 24
5th John Peaston
Date completed: March 26
6th Simon Hickman
Date completed: March 21
7th Michael Padwick
Date completed: April 13
8th Lonnie Maddox
Date completed: April 25
9th Tizzie Chandler
Date completed: April 27
10th Elaine Scott
Date completed: April 30
CW5000 10,000 mile hall of fame!
CW5000 riders don't stop when they get to the magic number, they just keep on pedalling. Here is a list of all those who have managed to double the distance and hit 10,000 miles in 2022.
Terry Reeves
Jamie Brown
Tizzie Chandler
Michael Padwick
Steve Rough
Martin Holmes
Jonathan Newbould
Dave Cox
John Binczyk
Andrew Bell
Elaine Scott
Ian Jackson
Martin Power
Lonnie Maddox
Stephe Fletcher
Steven Milner
David Renfree
Tim Searle
Cat Allen
Ross Duncan
John Wilkin
Simon Hickman
Jamie Brown
Date completed: May 4
David Cox
Date completed: May 22
Stephe Fletcher
Date completed: May 23
173,517 feet climbed over the 5,000 miles
Ian Jackson
Date completed: June 4
Steve Walmsley
Date completed: June 6
Andy Bell
Date completed: June 9
Martin Power
Date completed: June 12
All outdoor miles
Lionel Spooner
Date completed: June 18
Damian Gray
Date completed: June 26
Steve Rough
Date completed: June 23
Kevin Meldrum
Date completed: June 27
Rod Smith
Date completed: July 3
Rob Davidson
Date completed: July 5
Robert Welham
Date completed: July 10
Stephen Milner
Date completed: July 10
Hit 5,000 miles halfway up Alpe d'Huez during L'Etape du Tour. All miles ridden outdoors in 2022 and gaining over 250,000ft of ascent.
Tom Niersbach
Date completed: July 18
Ian Miller
Date completed: July 25
Has now completed the challenge three years in a row
Peter Robinson
Date completed: July 27
Chris Dauris
Date completed: July 27
Kelvin Knight
Date completed: July 29
Graham Hughes
Date completed: Aug 4
Christopher Walsh
Date completed: Aug 9
Tom Macfarlane
Date completed: Aug 10
Neil Withnell
Date completed: Aug 12
Gavin Vest
Date completed: Aug 17
Jason Taylor
Date completed: Aug 18
Now completed the CW5000 three years running.
Olivia Poole
Date completed: Aug 21
Steve Cockram
Date completed: Aug 25
All ridden on 68" fixed bikes
Steve Dickinson
Date completed: Aug 25
Now completed the CW5000 three years running.
Stacey Larkin
Date completed: Aug 29
Peter Evans
Date completed: Aug 29
Sebastian Witek
Date completed: Aug 30
Gavin Finch
Date completed: Aug 30
Andy Knapton
Date completed: Aug 31
Alex Graham
Date completed: Aug 31
Now completed the CW5000 three years running.
Iain Clark
Date completed: Sept 4
Geoff Carter
Date completed: Sept 4
Phil Ward
Date completed: Sept 8
David Soulsby
Date completed: Sept 12
John Wells
Date completed: Sept 14
All road miles
Leslie Reissner
Date completed: Sept 16
Has completed the CW5000 three years running
Ian Smith
Date completed: Sept 23
Jeremy Ott
Date completed: Sept 24
Challenge completed on 236rd day of the year, having ridden on 154 of those days. 21.22 miles a day average, 75 rides over 100km.
Mark Skinner
Date completed: Sept 25
Mark Swanson
Date completed: Sept 26
Bill White
Date completed: Sept 29
Andy Hutchings
Date completed: Oct 5
Tim Woolridge
Date completed: Oct 6
Tim Banks
Date completed: Oct 9
Gordon Reid
Date completed: Oct 9
Iain Baker
Date completed: Oct 11
Jake Lunt
Date completed: Oct 11
Has now completed the CW5000 three years running
Ian Ward
Date completed: Oct 12
Berry Puyk
Date completed: Oct 16
Peter Sweeney
Date completed: Oct 16
Phil Hatton
Date completed: Oct 18
David Bristow
Date completed: Oct 18
Michael Gillingham
Date completed: Oct 18
Now completed the CW5000 three years running
Richard Wilson
Date completed: Oct 21
Andy Hopper
Date completed: Oct 22
Alison Matthews
Date completed: Oct 22
Steve Mavin
Date completed: Oct 25
Lew Lawton
Date completed: Oct 25
Has now completed the CW5000 three years running
Carolyn Taylor
Date completed: Oct 26
Andy Gaul
Date completed: Oct 27
328 hours on the bike, 104,301ft climbed
Mark Fairhead
Date completed: Oct 29
Stephen White
Date completed: Oct 30
James Munson
Date completed: Oct 30
Chris Woodcock
Date completed: Oct 31
Adrian Elliott
Date completed: Oct 31
Eddie Miles
Date completed: Nov 4
David Holland
Date completed: Nov 6
Stephen Walker
Date completed: Nov 6
Completed in 347 hours, in 295 rides and with 158,000 ft of climbing
Harry Taylor
Date completed: Nov 9
David Parker
Date completed: Nov 10
Andy Davis
Date completed: Nov 13
Paul Roberts
Date completed: Nov 13
Caroline Honour
Date completed: Nov 16
Ann Darbyshire
Date completed: Nov 17
Piers Newson-Smith
Date completed: Nov 19
John Lythgoe
Date completed: Nov 20
Ross Brennan
Date completed: Nov 20
Ian Whitehouse
Date completed: Nov 20
Andy Cartlidge
Date completed: Nov 21
James Bowman
Date completed: Nov 21
Stephen Woessmann
Date completed: Nov 22
Christopher Henderson
Date completed: Nov 22
Dave Gibson
Date completed: Nov 24
Took on the challenge to regain fitness after a replacement hip op at the end of 2021. All miles completed outside, as that was the reason for buying the bike in the first place.
Nick Senechal
Date completed: Nov 24
David Vallis
Date completed: Nov 26
Mary Franklin
Date completed: Nov 27
David Stott
Date completed: Nov 27
Steve Short
Date completed: Nov 27
Luke Storey
Date completed: Nov 28
Paul Lingwood
Date completed: Nov 28
Has now completed the CW5000 three years running
David Oakes
Date completed: Nov 29
Has now completed the CW5000 three years running
John Young
Date completed: Nov 30
Alan Joyce
Date completed: Dec 4
Wayne Moeller
Date completed: Dec 10
Jackie Taylor
Date completed: Dec 13
Howard Smith
Date completed: Dec 15
Has now completed the CW5000 three years running
Robin Jones
Date completed: Dec 20
Paul Naysmith
Date completed: Dec 20
Lydia Evitt
Date completed: Dec 21
Carl Davies
Date completed: Dec 22
David Brock
Date completed: Dec 24
Simon Camm
Date completed: Dec 24
Jon Ramsbottom
Date completed: Christmas day!
Sean McAuliffe
Date completed: Dec 28
Jacquie Wright
Date completed: Dec 28
Daryl Verrion
Date completed: Dec 29
Frank Jones
Date completed: Dec 29
Bashir Rabiu
Date completed: Dec 29
Roland Buzas
Date completed: Dec 30
Nora Holford
Date completed: Dec 30
Jacques van Wersch
Date completed: Dec 31
Paul McFarlane
Date completed: Dec 31
Simon Bricknell
Date completed: Dec 31
Paul Whitlock
Date completed: Dec 31
Ian Charlton
Date completed: Dec 31
Sam Hunt
Date completed: Dec 31
John Lunt
Completed the challenge for the third time.
Giles Cudmore
Ron Bradley
John Binczyk
Scott Hayworth
Mark Tonks
Cindy Mok
Mark Smith
David Griffiths
Gareth Olley
Pete Franks
Colin Harris
Linda Palmer
Giles Borton
Paul Campbell
Clifford Smith
Justin Howe
Kevin Palmer
Andrew Luck
Peter Bevan
Anne Wilson
Mike Googe
Tim Searle
Stuart Parker
Mark Parlour
Peter Salkus
Steve Bell
Now completed the CW5000 three years running
Chris Reeve
Rob Phillips
Oliver Dyson
Andy Myers
Kevan Fox
Jerry Nicholls
Ben Phillips
Spence Trivett
Debbie Henderson
Eamonn Donnelly
Les Thomas
Now completed the CW5000 three years running
Martin Wright
Peter Brown
Mark Runge
Reached 100,000m of elevation over the course of the challenge
Oliver Emmerson-Fish
Peter Farnley
Mary and Gary Boothroyd
Both have now completed the challenge three years running
Steve Ainscow
Ken Castle
Beth Phillips
David Saleem
Completed in 108 rides with an average distance of 46.6 miles per ride
Andrew Bayliss
Philip Day
Danny Howard
Jeremy Tucker
Colin Bezant
Mark Welch
Alex Jeynes
Christopher Allum
Martin Bane
Stuart Caton
Steve Webster
Chris Ronan
Keith Scott
Tony Reeve
Kevin Bannister
Nick Sunley
Glenn Jones
Saulius Grigas
Martin Carr
Now completed the CW5000 three years running
Geoff Hartley
Scott Digert
Richard Vandermark
Ian Long
Kate Alderson
Ian Dalby
David Hirt
Paulo Vergara
Richard Cutler
Tim Williams
Gavin Lingard
Tom Fox
Andy Morris
Mark Hitchcock
Paul Dallain
Hannah Cockerill
John Blair
Kieran Farmer
354hrs of riding gaining 72,473m of elevation, 18 century rides and a 28hr 1,200km ride
Martin Belfield-Smith
Daniel Cunningham
Paul Weyer
Nick Simmons
Mark Wells
Pavol Slivovsky
Ewan Mackenzie
Clive Bourne
Neal Roberts
Paul Robson
Andrew Bryans
Graham Denny
Mark Marsden
Chris Brown
Rob Thomas
Also completed LEJoG during the year
Les Bauchop
Andrew Singleton
Chris Leng
David Hughson
Paul Thomas
Alison McErlane
Ian Reynolds
Jonathan Hill
Steven Gilmore
180 days of riding, 88.28% of miles done commuting, all miles ridden on the road
Julie Sampson
Douglas Swarthout
Jason Bowker
Simon Stenning
Ronnie Cowen
Geoff Myatt
Callum Metcalf
Shelly Thornborrow
Gary Barnes
Martin Holmes
Jonathan Newbould
Paul Weston
Neil Mackley
Has ridden over 5,000 miles in a year each year since 2013
Steve Jenkins
Michael Jones
Michael Stewart
Chris Heason
Robert Wells
Steve Yates
Andrew Harris
David Reid
Richard Curtis
John Fickling
Dave Cooper
Nick Bullen
Warwick Bradbury
Terry Belbin
Kym Brown
Ronan O'Sullivan
Dom Ainger
Has now competed the CW5000 three years running
Douglas Strang
Ivan Dawes
Peter Jackson
Pete Stanton
Has now competed the CW5000 three years running
Christian Körner
Bernard Crossley
Andy Brocklehurst
Gavin Mead
Graham Nix
Simon Sutton
Tom Aust
David Quintrell
David Renfree
Stephen Drape
Only learnt to ride a bike in 2021 at the age of 48
Claire Rushton
Paul Vickers
Douglas Strang
Dan Baines
David Roe
John Wilkin
Jackie Townsend
Steve Shrubsall
John Young III
Sammy Cumberlidge
Paul Shoesmith
Alastair Flood
Michael Lamb
Rod Bulmer
Mark Minglegreen
Noe Paramo
Ian Bond
Zoltan Labas
Les Buist
Chris Baird
Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.
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