🚴 PCC CHARITY CHALLENGE - Complete!

🗓 END OF WEEK 1 – Early Order Set

🏆 Overall Top 5 After Week 1

1. Phil Segar – 13,182

2. Simon Gaywood – 12,995

3. Matt Cox – 10,880

4. Si Arkwright – 9,156

5. Peter Wyatt – 7,617

Story:

Phil and Simon established control immediately.

Matt Cox looked dangerous early with 1 massive ride. Si Arkwright was within striking distance.

But it was fragile — one big week could flip it.

🗓 END OF WEEK 2 – Compression

🏆 Overall Top 5 After Week 2 (Cumulative)

1. Simon Gaywood – 24,112

2. Phil Segar – 21,959

3. Si Arkwright – 21,185

4. Matt Cox – 14,671

5. Peter Wyatt – 13,953

   
   

Movement:

⬆ Simon moves into overall lead⬇ Phil slips to 2nd⬆ Si Arkwright climbs closer⬇ Matt Cox begins to fade

(Weekly context: Si Arkwright topped Week 2 scoring with 12,029m.)

The table tightened dramatically.

🗓 END OF WEEK 3 – The Decisive Week

🏆 Overall Top 5 After Week 3 (Cumulative)

1. Phil Segar – 38,020

2. Simon Gaywood – 37,549

3. Si Arkwright – 34,582

4. Peter Wyatt – 19,463

5. JP Poole – 18,122

Movement:

⬆ Phil retakes overall lead⬇ Simon narrowly drops back⬆ JP Poole climbs into Top 5⬇ Matt Cox falls out of Top 5 contention

(Weekly context: Phil posted 16,061m in Week 3 — biggest of the week.)

Week 3 was the turning point.

Phil regained control here and never relinquished it.

🗓 FINAL – END OF WEEK 4

🏆 FINAL Top 5 (Overall)

1. Phil Segar – 55,012

2. Simon Gaywood – 50,079

3. Si Arkwright – 37,351

4. Peter Wyatt – 24,193

5. JP Poole – 24,164

Movement:

No change in Top 5 order from Week 3.

The top positions were effectively locked going into the final week.

(Weekly context: Phil posted 16,992m in Week 4 — biggest of the week again.)

Week 4 settled the margins, but the podium was already decided.

📈 Biggest Cumulative Movers

🚀 Ann Tarr

After Week 1: Outside Top 40After Week 3: Firmly climbingFinal: 16,389m overall

Her Week 3 (7,086m) was the catalyst.

🚀 Annabel Wotton

Gradual climber early → massive Week 4 (9,318m)Big late upward movement in overall standings.

📉 Matt Cox

Week 1: 3rd overall Final: 7th overall

Strong start, but couldn’t sustain Week 1 pace.

🧱 Mr Consistent – Simon Gaywood

Week ranks overall:2 → 1 → 2 → 2

Never dropped outside Top 2 all month.

🏁 The True Shape of the Challenge

It wasn’t chaos every week.

The real structure was:

• Week 1 set the contenders• Week 2 tightened the race• Week 3 decided the winner• Week 4 confirmed it

Phil won it in Week 3. Simon made it respectable to the line. Si Arkwright peaked in Week 2 but couldn’t match the closing pace.

Consistency over four weeks beat explosive bursts.