Ethan Hayter and Anna Henderson took the elite time trialling crowns in Tealby, while Ethan’s brother Leo and Scot Anna Shackley became the new U23 national time trial champions.
Read more about the course in our race preview here.
Featured photo: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com – 14/10/2021 – HSBC UK British Cycling Championship, Road. Individual Time Trial, ITT U23 Men – Tealby, Lincolnshire, England.
Men’s U23 time trial
Leo Hayter (Development Team DSM) dominated the men’s U23 national time trial championships, setting the fastest time at the intermediate split and finishing 53 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger, Ben Turner (TRINITY Racing).
The win continues a remarkable return to form for Hayter after bouncing back from mental health struggles to win the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and a stage at the Tour de Bretagne last month.
Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com – 14/10/2021 – HSBC UK British Cycling Championship, Road. Individual Time Trial, ITT U23 Men – Tealby, Lincolnshire, England – Leo Hayter of Team DSM in action
Aaron Freeman (Richardsons-Trek) and then Oliver Knight (AVC Aix-en-Provence) were both in the hot seat for a while, but once Hayter set a rapid intermediate time of 19.02, it quickly became apparent who the man to beat was.
Our pre-race tip Ben Turner (Trinity Racing) finished second, with Hayter’s teammate Oscar Onley (Development Team DSM) rounding out the podium. There were strong rides too from Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ Continental), who narrowly missed out on a podium place, Sam Watson (Team Inspired), first-year U23 Tom Day (SEG Racing Academy) and Ollie Rees (TRINITY Racing).
Speaking after the race, Hayter said:
“I’ve actually never been a national champion before. I’ve podiumed five or six times but never won, so it feels really good to finally wear the jersey. It was really interesting – for a time-trial course I was really impressed with it, it had a bit of everything.”
Results
Rank
#
Rider
Club / Team Name
Time
Gap
1
108
Hayter Leo
Development Team DSM
38:04.49
2
106
Turner Ben
TRINITY Road Racing
38:57.19
+ 52.71
3
111
Onley Oscar
Development Team DSM
39:37.78
+ 1.33.29
4
102
Askey Lewis
GROUPAMA – FDJ
39:43.06
+ 1. 38.58
5
105
Watson Samuel
Team Inspired
40:08.58
+ 2.04.09
6
110
Day Thomas
SEG Racing Academy
40:18.47
+ 2:13.99
7
109
Rees Oliver
TRINITY Road Racing
40:21.95
+ 2:17.46
8
123
Knight Oliver
AVC Aix en Provence
40:44.16
+ 2:39.68
9
103
Gloag Thomas
TRINITY Road Racing
40:47.52
+ 2:43.03
10
107
Laverick Joseph
Axeon Hagens Berman CT
40:51.75
+ 2:47.27
11
131
Freeman Aaron
Richardsons Trek DAS
41:16.36
+ 3:11.88
12
129
Wood George
Cycling Sheffield
41:18.01
+ 3:13.52
13
115
Giles Jordan
Southampton University Road Cl
41:28.37
+ 3:23.88
14
133
Tanfield Toby
Cleveland Whls RT/Catley Lakem
41:37.37
+ 3:32.88
15
104
Wood Harrison
SEG Racing Academy
41:53.10
+ 3:48.61
16
122
Kimber George
Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor
41:53.39
+ 3:48.91
17
127
Torrie Timothy
TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
41:55.86
+ 3:51.38
18
118
Crockett Finn
Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
42:01.85
+ 3:57.37
19
116
Wilson Joe
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
42:05.82
+ 4:01.34
20
125
Rees Joseph
BIKESTRONG-KTM
42:07.48
+ 4:02.99
21
120
Blain Jamieson
BIKESTRONG-KTM
42:11.64
+ 4:07.15
22
124
Maclean Logan
Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
42:16.25
+ 4:11.77
23
113
Robinson Oliver
LVIV CYCLING TEAM
42:39.47
+ 4:34.98
24
128
Truelove William
Wales Racing Academy
42:40.39
+ 4:35.91
25
134
Rosie Lee
University of Aberdeen
42:47.83
+ 4:43.35
26
114
Bramley Travis
Nopinz Motip Race Team
42:55.40
+ 4:50.91
27
119
Beckett Samuel
Wales Racing Academy
42:58.05
+ 4:53.56
28
136
Mackie Ewan
Cycling Sheffield
43:19.60
+ 5:15.12
29
121
Dobbins Matti
RT23
43:28.46
+ 5:23.97
30
126
Tillett Samuel
BIKESTRONG-KTM
43:47.00
+ 5:42.52
31
135
Copley Josh
TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling
44:09.67
+ 6:05.18
32
137
Burke Matthew
Wales Racing Academy
46:25.72
+ 8:21.24
Women’s U23 time trial
20-year-old Scot Anna Shackley confirmed her status as one the world’s brightest prospects with a commanding performance in the women’s U23 time trial that saw her finish over a minute and a half ahead of her nearest rival.
Lucy Gadd (Storey Racing) set the early running, with a strong benchmark time of 46:55.029. Gadd’s time was pipped by April Tacey (Drops-Le Col s/b Tempur), as she clocked in at 46:43.300. Tacey remained in the hot seat until our pre-race tip Abi Smith (Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) bested Tacey’s time by 18 seconds.
Out on the course, however, it was Anna Shackley (Team SD Worx) and Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM) who were setting the fastest intermediate times, with Shackley (21:52:00) a full 34 seconds ahead of Georgi (22:26:00).
Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com – 14/10/2021 – HSBC UK British Cycling Championship, Road. Individual Time Trial, ITT U23 Women – Tealby, Lincolnshire, England – Anna Shackley of Team SD Worx in action
Shackley, who thrives on a hilly parcours, was clearly making hay on the challenging course, pulling out an unassailable lead over her rivals. She won in a time of 43:55.839, well clear of second-placed Georgi (45:30.370).
Reflecting on a landmark 2021, Shackley said:
“It feels really good. I wasn’t expecting that, I’m not usually the best at time trials but I think I’m starting to enjoy them when they go well! I think that hill in the middle of the lap definitely helped me a lot, but it was a hard course and quite technical with the wind.
“It’s a cherry on top of the cake for this season. It’s been really good, I’ve really enjoyed this year and hopefully next year I can improve as well.”
Results
Rank
#
Rider
Club / Team Name
Time
Gap
1
202
Shackley Anna
Team SD Worx
43:55.84
2
201
Georgi Pfeiffer
Team DSM
45:30.37
+ 1.34.53
3
204
Smith Abi
Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank
46:25.24
+ 2.29.41
4
212
Tacey April
DROPS-LE COL SUPPORTED BY TEMP
46:34.57
+ 2.38.73
5
215
Gadd Lucy
Storey Racing
46:55.03
+ 2.59.19
6
211
Jessett Miriam
Vredestein Basso
48:47.00
+ 4:51.16
7
217
Miller Tamsin
Avid Sport
48:47.36
+ 4:51.52
8
213
Hayes Connie
AWOL- O’Shea
48:47.47
+ 4:51.63
9
208
Morrow Beth
Storey Racing
49:26.53
+ 5:30.69
10
218
Ellmore Lucy
SKODA DSI Cycling Academy
49:40.11
+ 5:44.27
11
209
Towers Alice
DROPS-LE COL SUPPORTED BY TEMP
49:45.14
+ 5:49.30
12
205
King Eluned
Team Breeze
49:49.35
+ 5:53.51
13
220
Tamplin Anya
HuntBikeWheels
49:57.36
+ 6:01.52
14
223
Barnes Daisy
Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnFor
50:29.91
+ 6:34.07
15
219
Watts Lydia
AWOL Worx Galliard
51:31.35
+ 7:35.51
16
214
Gammons Madeleine
Jadan – Vive le Velo
51:44.17
+ 7:48.33
17
216
French Olivia
SKODA DSI Cycling Academy
52:12.82
+ 8:16.98
18
207
Newberry Morgan
SKODA DSI Cycling Academy
54:14.35
+ 10:18.51
Men’s elite time trial
Ethan Hayter made it two from two for the Hayter family to take the men’s elite time trial victory. It is Hayter senior’s 9th win on the road this season. Given his versatility, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that he could achieve a historic treble: he is down to ride both the national circuit race on Friday and the national road race on Sunday.
Oliver Hucks (Nopinz Motip Race Team) set the most impressive time of the early starters, recording 1.01.58.691 at the finish line. He kept the hot seat warm for quite some time until Micahel Gill from the Saint Piran Development team and then Ashley Cox (Team Bottrill) both bettered his time in fairly quick succession.
Behind, however, the bigger names were beginning to set the quickest times at the intermediate points. At split 1, James Shaw (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) clocked the quickest time (19.06), until his teammate Dan Bigham (18.55) and then Hayter (18.37) bettered his mark. At this point, Connor Swift (Arkéa-Samsic), Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) and Charlie Quaterman (Trek-Segafredo) were all close behind Shaw.
Picture by Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com – 14/10/2021 – HSBC UK British Cycling Championship, Road. Individual Time Trial, ITT Elite Men – Tealby, Lincolnshire, England – Ethan Hayter of Team Ineos Grenadiers before his Time Trial
By split 2, Bigham seemed to pulling things back on Hayter, with Hayter recording a time of 37.55 and Bigham just 9 seconds further back. Behind the, Shaw was still third (38.37), with Wright (38.42) and Archibald (38.55) his nearest challengers for third. Reigning champion Alex Dowsett, meanwhile, had pulled out of the race, the reasons for which are not yet clear.
Hayter pulled away slightly on the final lap, eventually finishing in 56.41.938m. Bigham crossed the finishing line 36 seconds back. Shaw held on to third, confirming that the significant gains he has made on the time trial bike this season with the support of Bigham and his Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling team.
Hayter had arrived in Tealby early to celebrate Leo’s victory and even had one eye on his little brother’s time while out on the course.
“I think I was kind of the favourite coming into this but I don’t think Leo really was, so that was a really nice way to start the day to come down and see him. It’s a big shame my family couldn’t be here because my Dad’s actually got Covid – he’s all right, he’s just stuck at home, but I’m sure they’ll celebrate!
“I know what time my brother did and as I came around here with a lap to go I checked and was just about up on him, so I thought I must be going all right!”
Hayter now switches his focus to tomorrow’s HSBC UK | National Circuit Championships race, followed by the road race on Sunday.
“I’ll try my best and if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. I just kind of saw it [the circuit race] and thought I’ll enter it for a bit of fun almost as much as anything. I’ll just do what I can – I try to win every race.”
Results
Rank
BIB
Rider
Club / Team Name
Time
Gap
1
303
Hayter Ethan
Team Ineos Grenadiers
56:41.94
2
304
Bigham Daniel
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
57:18.60
+ 36.67
3
312
Shaw James
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
57:31.14
+ 49.20
4
305
Wright Fred
Bahrain-Victorious
57:59.75
+ 1.17.81
5
302
Archibald John
Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
58:40.74
+ 1.58.80
6
311
Swift Connor
Team Arkea-Samsic
58:44.49
+ 2:02.55
7
308
Quarterman Charlie
TREK – SEGAFREDO
59:32.06
+ 2:50.12
8
310
Fennell Christopher
The Independent Pedaler
59:34.89
+ 2:52.96
9
316
Cox Ashley
Team Bottrill
00:21.20
+ 3:39.26
10
313
Perrett William
Spellman – Dublin Port Track T
00:38.11
+ 3:56.17
11
321
Gill Michael
Saint Piran Development
00:42.82
+ 4:00.88
12
318
Lampier Steve
Saint Piran
01:28.87
+ 4:46.93
13
320
Peckover Oliver
SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling
01:39.77
+ 4:57.83
14
333
Hucks Oliver
Nopinz Motip Race Team
01:58.69
+ 5:16.75
15
323
Stedman Maximilian
Canyon DHB Sungod
02:11.09
+ 5:29.15
16
324
Lewis Gruffudd
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling
02:21.24
+ 5:39.30
17
325
Graham Rupert
Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor
02:47.36
+ 6:05.42
18
331
Oakes Richard
Team Ohten Aveas
03:12.21
+ 6:30.27
19
319
Peacock Jordan
Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor
03:15.70
+ 6:33.76
20
332
Holland Ross
Saint Piran
04:07.76
+ 7:25.82
21
329
Hutchings Oscar
Team Tor 2000 Kalas
05:44.82
+ 9:02.89
22
337
Pease Ben
Moonglu CC
06:15.16
+ 9:33.23
23
338
Skinner George
Primera-TeamJobs
06:18.85
+ 9:36.91
24
339
Norman Simon
Beds Road Race Team
06:43.02
+ 10:01.08
25
340
Levick Jack
Rose Race Team
06:52.05
+ 10:10.11
26
327
Bjergfelt William
SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling
06:54.54
+ 10:12.60
27
334
Petersen Marinus
Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor
07:06.61
+ 10:24.67
28
335
Avery Joshua
Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnFor
08:49.18
+ 12:07.25
29
336
Staunton Joe
WightlinkWight Mountain CRT.
09:40.51
+ 12:58.57
Women’s elite time trial
Anna Henderson (Team Jumbo-Visma) backed up her under-23 title at this event in 2019 to beat a high-quality field, demonstrating that she is a lot more than just a class classics rider.
Jennifer George (Memorial Santos) set the early benchmark for elite women, crossing the line with a time of 45.51.416. Becky Storrie (CAMS-Basso) was the next Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) who recorded an impressive 44.02.798.
Behind, all eyes were on the intermediate split times. There were 30 seconds between the top six riders, with Henderson leading at the halfway mark, Joss Lowden (Drops-Le Col s/b Tempur) 15 seconds behind, closely followed by Hannah Barnes (Canyon//SRAM) and Dixon a further 12 second back, and Hayley Simmonds (CAMS-Basso) and Alice Barnes (Canyon//SRAM) a few seconds after them.
Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com – 14/10/2021 – HSBC UK British Cycling Championship, Road. Individual Time Trial, ITT Elite Women – Tealby, Lincolnshire, England – Anna Henderson of Team Jumbo Visma in action
Henderson powered away on the final lap, eventually beating Lowden by over 56 seconds. Dixon’s time was just two seconds behind Lowden’s, with Alice Barnes, Hannah Barnes and Simmonds completing the top six.
Speaking afterwards, Henderson was blown away to have prevailed in such a strong elite women’s field at the first attempt.
“I think it’s more shock than anything. I saw the calibre of the British girls at the Women’s Tour last week and they were on fire, so I’m really proud and happy to come away with the win. I made a good plan with my team and they came over from the Netherlands, so I’m really appreciative of them coming over to give me that extra dimension of support.”
Ethan Hayter and Anna Henderson took the elite time trialling crowns in Tealby, while Ethan’s brother Leo and Scot Anna Shackley became the new U23 national time trial champions.
Read more about the course in our race preview here.
Featured photo: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com – 14/10/2021 – HSBC UK British Cycling Championship, Road. Individual Time Trial, ITT U23 Men – Tealby, Lincolnshire, England.
Men’s U23 time trial
Leo Hayter (Development Team DSM) dominated the men’s U23 national time trial championships, setting the fastest time at the intermediate split and finishing 53 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger, Ben Turner (TRINITY Racing).
The win continues a remarkable return to form for Hayter after bouncing back from mental health struggles to win the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and a stage at the Tour de Bretagne last month.
Aaron Freeman (Richardsons-Trek) and then Oliver Knight (AVC Aix-en-Provence) were both in the hot seat for a while, but once Hayter set a rapid intermediate time of 19.02, it quickly became apparent who the man to beat was.
Our pre-race tip Ben Turner (Trinity Racing) finished second, with Hayter’s teammate Oscar Onley (Development Team DSM) rounding out the podium. There were strong rides too from Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ Continental), who narrowly missed out on a podium place, Sam Watson (Team Inspired), first-year U23 Tom Day (SEG Racing Academy) and Ollie Rees (TRINITY Racing).
Speaking after the race, Hayter said:
“I’ve actually never been a national champion before. I’ve podiumed five or six times but never won, so it feels really good to finally wear the jersey. It was really interesting – for a time-trial course I was really impressed with it, it had a bit of everything.”
Results
Women’s U23 time trial
20-year-old Scot Anna Shackley confirmed her status as one the world’s brightest prospects with a commanding performance in the women’s U23 time trial that saw her finish over a minute and a half ahead of her nearest rival.
Lucy Gadd (Storey Racing) set the early running, with a strong benchmark time of 46:55.029. Gadd’s time was pipped by April Tacey (Drops-Le Col s/b Tempur), as she clocked in at 46:43.300. Tacey remained in the hot seat until our pre-race tip Abi Smith (Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) bested Tacey’s time by 18 seconds.
Out on the course, however, it was Anna Shackley (Team SD Worx) and Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM) who were setting the fastest intermediate times, with Shackley (21:52:00) a full 34 seconds ahead of Georgi (22:26:00).
Shackley, who thrives on a hilly parcours, was clearly making hay on the challenging course, pulling out an unassailable lead over her rivals. She won in a time of 43:55.839, well clear of second-placed Georgi (45:30.370).
Reflecting on a landmark 2021, Shackley said:
“It feels really good. I wasn’t expecting that, I’m not usually the best at time trials but I think I’m starting to enjoy them when they go well! I think that hill in the middle of the lap definitely helped me a lot, but it was a hard course and quite technical with the wind.
“It’s a cherry on top of the cake for this season. It’s been really good, I’ve really enjoyed this year and hopefully next year I can improve as well.”
Results
Men’s elite time trial
Ethan Hayter made it two from two for the Hayter family to take the men’s elite time trial victory. It is Hayter senior’s 9th win on the road this season. Given his versatility, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that he could achieve a historic treble: he is down to ride both the national circuit race on Friday and the national road race on Sunday.
Oliver Hucks (Nopinz Motip Race Team) set the most impressive time of the early starters, recording 1.01.58.691 at the finish line. He kept the hot seat warm for quite some time until Micahel Gill from the Saint Piran Development team and then Ashley Cox (Team Bottrill) both bettered his time in fairly quick succession.
Behind, however, the bigger names were beginning to set the quickest times at the intermediate points. At split 1, James Shaw (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) clocked the quickest time (19.06), until his teammate Dan Bigham (18.55) and then Hayter (18.37) bettered his mark. At this point, Connor Swift (Arkéa-Samsic), Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) and Charlie Quaterman (Trek-Segafredo) were all close behind Shaw.
By split 2, Bigham seemed to pulling things back on Hayter, with Hayter recording a time of 37.55 and Bigham just 9 seconds further back. Behind the, Shaw was still third (38.37), with Wright (38.42) and Archibald (38.55) his nearest challengers for third. Reigning champion Alex Dowsett, meanwhile, had pulled out of the race, the reasons for which are not yet clear.
Hayter pulled away slightly on the final lap, eventually finishing in 56.41.938m. Bigham crossed the finishing line 36 seconds back. Shaw held on to third, confirming that the significant gains he has made on the time trial bike this season with the support of Bigham and his Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling team.
Hayter had arrived in Tealby early to celebrate Leo’s victory and even had one eye on his little brother’s time while out on the course.
“I think I was kind of the favourite coming into this but I don’t think Leo really was, so that was a really nice way to start the day to come down and see him. It’s a big shame my family couldn’t be here because my Dad’s actually got Covid – he’s all right, he’s just stuck at home, but I’m sure they’ll celebrate!
“I know what time my brother did and as I came around here with a lap to go I checked and was just about up on him, so I thought I must be going all right!”
Hayter now switches his focus to tomorrow’s HSBC UK | National Circuit Championships race, followed by the road race on Sunday.
“I’ll try my best and if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. I just kind of saw it [the circuit race] and thought I’ll enter it for a bit of fun almost as much as anything. I’ll just do what I can – I try to win every race.”
Results
Women’s elite time trial
Anna Henderson (Team Jumbo-Visma) backed up her under-23 title at this event in 2019 to beat a high-quality field, demonstrating that she is a lot more than just a class classics rider.
Jennifer George (Memorial Santos) set the early benchmark for elite women, crossing the line with a time of 45.51.416. Becky Storrie (CAMS-Basso) was the next Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) who recorded an impressive 44.02.798.
Behind, all eyes were on the intermediate split times. There were 30 seconds between the top six riders, with Henderson leading at the halfway mark, Joss Lowden (Drops-Le Col s/b Tempur) 15 seconds behind, closely followed by Hannah Barnes (Canyon//SRAM) and Dixon a further 12 second back, and Hayley Simmonds (CAMS-Basso) and Alice Barnes (Canyon//SRAM) a few seconds after them.
Henderson powered away on the final lap, eventually beating Lowden by over 56 seconds. Dixon’s time was just two seconds behind Lowden’s, with Alice Barnes, Hannah Barnes and Simmonds completing the top six.
Speaking afterwards, Henderson was blown away to have prevailed in such a strong elite women’s field at the first attempt.
“I think it’s more shock than anything. I saw the calibre of the British girls at the Women’s Tour last week and they were on fire, so I’m really proud and happy to come away with the win. I made a good plan with my team and they came over from the Netherlands, so I’m really appreciative of them coming over to give me that extra dimension of support.”
Results
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