Chitterne Road Race: race preview

The B-side: a closer look at National B road racing

After an absence of well over a year, national road racing returned last weekend. This Sunday, no less three National B road races take place: the Banbury Star Women’s Road Race, the Link My Ride Return to Racing for Big Dogs and the men’s Chitterne Road Race. This post previews the latter.

What is it?

A National B test race put on by Avid Sport, sponsored by Trek Bath. As with all road racing events at the moment, Covid-19 restrictions apply, meaning the field is capped at 60 riders.

Previous winners including Isaac Mundy (2017), Mikey Mottram (2018), Stephen Bradbury (2019) and Jack Freeman (in 2019 when it was used for the regional championships).

The field this year is probably the strongest the race has ever had. It features 8 UCI Continental riders (four each from Canyon dhb SunGod and Saint Piran), strong line-ups from top elite teams such as Richardsons-Trek and the Spirit Racing Team, and two of our journal contributors, Tom Portsmouth and Red Walters, both very strong riders in their own right. 41-year-old Le Col founder Yanto Barker is also on the provisional start list; it will be fascinating to see how he fares.

The event also includes a Regional A women’s race.

The route

The race takes in 4.75 laps of a 19 km circuit starting and finishing in Chitterne, Wiltshire. It’s a rolling course, taking in 174 m of elevation gain per lap.

Exposed sections and crosswinds have been a big feature of the race on the four previous occasions it has run and, at the time of writing, it looks like the wind will be strong enough to once again be a defining factor this Sunday.

Timings

Date: Sunday, 23 May 2021

Start: 14.00

Provisional startlist

First Name	Last Name	Club / Team Name
Red	Walters	Black Cyclists Network
Joshua	Avery	Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnForm
Callum	Macleod	Canyon DHB Sungod
Euan	Macleod	Canyon DHB Sungod
Maximilian	Stedman	Canyon DHB Sungod
Daniel	Tulett	Canyon DHB Sungod
Tom	Portsmouth	Carbonbike Discar Academy
Andrew	Taylor	DAP Cycling Club
Louis	Bombroff	JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team
Oliver	Bowden	JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team
Luca	D’Arcy Willett	JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team
William	Jewitt	JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team
Yanto	Barker	Le Col
Jack	Freeman	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT
Matthew	Houlberg	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT
James	Ashcroft	Nopinz Motip Race Team
Nathan	Hallett	Nopinz Motip Race Team
Tom	Nancarrow	Nopinz Motip Race Team
Matt	Witts	Nopinz Motip Race Team
Ken	Buckley	Nuun-Sigma Sports-London RT
Ross	Chaplin	Onyx Racing Team
Piers	Curle	Onyx Racing Team
Michael	Koreneff	Onyx Racing Team
Conor	McGoldrick	Primera-TeamJobs
George	Smith	Primera-TeamJobs
Nicholas	Tyrie	Primera-TeamJobs
Samuel	Asker	Richardsons-Trek RT
Jim	Bradford	Richardsons-Trek RT
Aaron	Freeman	Richardsons-Trek RT
Callum	Riley	Richardsons-Trek RT
Stephen	Bradbury	Saint Piran
Iwan	Evans	Saint Piran
Ross	Holland	Saint Piran
Oliver	Maxwell	Saint Piran
Farley	Barber	Spirit Racing Team
Tom	Couzens	Spirit Racing Team
Angus	Hawkins	Spirit Racing Team
Joshua	Price	Spirit Racing Team
Elliot	Barratt	TAAP Cervelo
Matthew	Downie	TAAP Cervelo
Henry	Latimer	TAAP Cervelo
James	Nicholson	TAAP Cervelo
Samuel	Clark	TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
Samuel	Painter	TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
Timothy	Torrie	TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
Joseph	West	TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
Tim	Allen	Team LDN – Brother UK
Jody	Paxman	Team LDN – Brother UK
Tom	Wiley	Team LDN – Brother UK
Jamie	Wimborne	Team LDN – Brother UK
James	Bentley	Team PB Performance
Jacques	Coates	Team PB Performance
Sion	Harlow	Team PB Performance
Josh	Whitehead	Team PB Performance
Oscar	Hutchings	Team Tor 2000 Kalas
Harvey	McNaughton	Team Wales
Owain	Roberts	Team Wales
Cameron	Biddle	Vredestein Basso
William	Truelove	Wales Racing Academy
Joshua	Giddings	Z Junior Race Team