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

CW5000 finishers list
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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

Find out who finished the challenge in 2021

And here's who completed it in 2020

Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

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.