Ella Barnwell wins first national road race for 428 days

20-year-old Ella Barnwell carved out a small piece of road racing history on Sunday by winning the first national road race for 428 days. The Great Britain Senior Academy rider won the Halesowen A&CC’s women’s road race, the first National B road race since the Betty Pharoah Memorial road race in March 2020.

As we highlighted in our mini-preview, the race was packed with some of Britain’s top domestic road racing talent, keen to test their legs again after such a long road racing hiatus. The talented and eager field was treated to some heavy rain and a challenging circuit incorporating climbs, technical descents and typically British grippy roads. It all combined for a particularly tough afternoon of racing.

Welsh rider Barnwell took the honours after a lead-out from her GB Senior Academy/Team Breeze teammates. One of those teammates, Eluned King (one of our U23 riders to watch), finished second, with junior Zoe Bäckstedt (Tormans-ACROG) rounding out the podium to complete a Welsh 1-2-3. Fittingly, Peter Kibble, the winner of the Betty Pharoah Memorial, is also Welsh.

Earlier that day, Kirk Vickers (Holohan Coaching Race Team) won the men’s 2/3/4 Cat race as part of the same event.

National B road racing continues next Sunday with three races: the Banbury Star Women’s Road Race, the men’s Chitterne Road Race, and the Link my Ride Return to Racing for Big Dogs.

Results

Pos	Name	Club
1	Ella Barnwell	Team Wales
2	Eluned King	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Cycles
3	Zoe Backstedt	Tormans-ACROG
4	Josie Nelson	Isorex NoAqua Ladies Cycling Team
5	Francesca Hall	Loughborough Lightning – TRG
6	Isabel Darvill	Team Boompods
7	Jasmine Jones	Bianchi Dama
8	Ella Maclean-Howell	Tofauti Everyone Active
9	Heather Mayer	Team Watto-LDN
10	Jessica Finney	CAMS-Basso
11	Madeleine Gammons	Jadan – Vive le Velo
12	Daisy Barnes	Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnForm
13	Bexy Dew	Saint Piran WRT
14	Grace Lister	Cero – Cycle Division Racing Team
15	Abi Smith	Team Breeze
16	Hayley Simmonds	CAMS-Basso
17	Megan Barker	CAMS-Basso
18	Illi Gardner	CAMS-Basso
19	Becky Storrie	Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnForm
20	Emily Meakin	DROPS-LE COL SUPPORTED BY TEMPUR (DRP)
21	Jo Tindley	CAMS-Basso
22	Natalie Grinczer	CAMS-Basso
23	Millie Couzens	PH-MAS – Paul Milnes Cycles
24	Madelaine Leech	PH-MAS – Paul Milnes Cycles
25	Emma Edwards	CAMS-Basso
26	Sophie Lewis	Team Breeze (UCI Track Team)
27	Monica Greenwood	Macclesfield Wheelers
28	Sian Botteley	Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnForm
29	Alderney Baker	Loughborough Lightning – TRG
30	Katie Scott	CAMS-Basso
31	Laura Senior	Saint Piran WRT
32	Hannah Lancaster	Loughborough Lightning – TRG
33	Louise Hart	Campinense – Velo Performance
34	Matea Deliu	Team Watto-LDN
35	Gemma Sargent	Saint Piran WRT
36	Flora Knight	Loughborough Lightning – TRG
37	Lydia Watts	Awol
38	Xan Crees	Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
39	Emma Jeffers	JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team
40	Chloe Vickers	Loughborough Lightning – TRG
41	Meg Smith	Loughborough Lightning – TRG
42	Ellen Inglis	Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnForm
DNF	Polly Burge	Jadan – Vive le Velo
DNF	Charlotte Berry	Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen
DNF	Kinga Ingram	Storey Racing
DNF	Charlotte Gibson	Awol
DNF	Gabriella Homer	Team Rupelcleaning – Champion Lubricants
DNF	Ffion James	Hope Factory Racing
DNF	Millie Noble	UpShift Nutrition Race Team
DNF	Kate Wootton	CAMS-Basso
DNF	maddie wadsworth	Watersley R&D Cycling Team
DNF	Jennifer Powell	CAMS-Basso
DNF	Beth Crumpton	Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus
DNF	Sian Reynolds	Sprinteur Club FÈminin
DNF	Leah Dixon	Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank
DNF	Keri Parton	Pro Vision
DNF	Phoebe Martin	AWOL- OShea
DNS	Olivia Bentley	Natural Greatness – Vib Sports
DNS	Gabriella Nordin	TW1 Racing
DNS	Ruth Shier	Team LDN – Brother UK