The B-side: a closer look at National B road racing
Like the Jock Wadley Memorial road race, which also takes place this Sunday (13 March), the Evesham Vale Road Race is another early-season marker of who has been putting in the hardest yards in the off-season.
Organised by Evesham and District Wheelers CC, it is a 100 kilometre National B men’s road race set around the village of Inkberrow in Worcestershire. Situated halfway between Worcester and Stratford-upon-Avon, the route incorporates four and a half laps of a sporting 22 kilometre circuit. Peter Kibble won the last edition of the race back in 2020.
It is a popular early season race that normally attracts a strong field and this year is no different.
Riders to watch include last weekend’s Primavera Road Race winner Samuel Beckett (Wales Racing Academy), who was third in this race in 2020. Farley Barber (Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor), the early leader of our national road race rankings, wears the number one bib and will be a contender having finished 4th at the Perfs Pedal and 7th at the Primavera road race.
Other contenders include former winner Jacob Tipper (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling), Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor’s Angus Hawkins (second at the Primavera), Richardsons-Trek DAS’ Conor McGoldrick (a multiple National B road race winner last year) and George Wood (Cycling Sheffield).
Provisional startlist
| # | Forename | Surname | Club / Team Name | Cat |
| 1 | Farley | Barber | Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor | 2nd |
| 2 | Andrea | Bartoluccio | Verulam – reallymoving.com | 2nd |
| 3 | Samuel | Beckett | Wales Racing Academy | 1st |
| 4 | Joseph | Beckingsale | Wales Racing Academy | 2nd |
| 5 | James | Bentley | Team PB Performance | 1st |
| 6 | Cameron | Biddle | Embark – Bikestrong | 1st |
| 7 | William | Bjergfelt | Saint Piran | Elite |
| 8 | Jamieson | Blain | Embark – Bikestrong | 1st |
| 9 | Thomas | Briers | Primera-TeamJobs | 2nd |
| 10 | Benjamin | Bright | Tofauti Everyone Active | 2nd |
| 11 | Mark | Bruce | High Wycombe Cycling Club | 3rd |
| 12 | Greig | Burt | BCC Race Team | 2nd |
| 13 | Michael | Chadwick | Embark – Bikestrong | 1st |
| 14 | James | Chapman | Team PB Performance | 1st |
| 15 | Sam | Chatwin | Army Cycling Union | 3rd |
| 16 | Matt | Clarke | Wheelbase CabTech Castelli | 2nd |
| 17 | Matthew | Conner | BPC Race Team | 1st |
| 18 | joe | Coukham | Cycling Sheffield | 2nd |
| 19 | Ashley | Cox | Team Bottrill | Elite |
| 20 | Spencer | Davies | CC Abergavenny – JP Signs & Print | 2nd |
| 21 | Tom | Davies | Rapha Cycling Club | 3rd |
| 22 | Jonathon | Dorward | Army Cycling Union | 2nd |
| 23 | Matthew | Downie | 1st | |
| 24 | Henry | Eve | Cotswold Cycles RT | 3rd |
| 25 | George | Fowler | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 2nd |
| 26 | Seb | Garry | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 1st |
| 27 | Jordan | Giles | Primera-TeamJobs | 1st |
| 28 | Emile | Glorieux | Royal Leamington Spa CC (RLSCC) | 2nd |
| 29 | Denis | Gorman | Kenilworth Wheelers CC | 2nd |
| 30 | Nathan | Hallett | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 1st |
| 31 | James | Harrison | Manx Viking Wheelers CC | 2nd |
| 32 | Angus | Hawkins | Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor | 1st |
| 33 | David | Hird | Embark – Bikestrong | 1st |
| 34 | Ross | Holland | Saint Piran | 1st |
| 35 | Joshua | Horsfield | Bridgnorth Cycling Club | 2nd |
| 36 | Josh | Housley | Spirit BSS | 1st |
| 37 | Ashley | Hutchison | VC St Raphael | 2nd |
| 38 | Harry | Ives | trainSharp Development team | 2nd |
| 39 | Ed | Jamieson | BPC Race Team | 2nd |
| 40 | Timothy | Jones | 2nd | |
| 41 | Nicholas | Jones | Army Cycling Union | 3rd |
| 42 | Frank | Kilsby | TAAP Cervelo | 1st |
| 43 | George | Kimber | Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor | 1st |
| 44 | Henry | Latimer | TAAP Cervelo | 2nd |
| 45 | Harvey | Lawson | Nopinz Motip Development Team | 3rd |
| 46 | Corrin | Leeming | Manx Viking Wheelers CC | 2nd |
| 47 | Cian | Leveridge | Team PB Performance | 2nd |
| 48 | William | Lewis | Royal Air Force CA | 2nd |
| 49 | Harry | Lock | Mercedes AMG PETRONAS | 2nd |
| 50 | Ewan | Mackie | Cycling Sheffield | 2nd |
| 51 | Ross | Mallen | Royal Air Force CA | 2nd |
| 52 | Conor | McGoldrick | Richardsons Trek DAS | Elite |
| 53 | Cam | McLaren | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 1st |
| 54 | Harvey | McNaughton | Wales Racing Academy | 1st |
| 55 | Adam | Mitchell | Crimson Orientation Marketing RT | 1st |
| 56 | George | Moore | Cero – Cycle Division Racing Team | 2nd |
| 57 | Edward | Morgan | Wales Racing Academy | 1st |
| 58 | Sean | Mullen | Richardsons Trek DAS | |
| 59 | Jonathan | Oxley | BCC Race Team | 2nd |
| 60 | Freddy | Pett | DAP Cycling Club | Elite |
| 61 | Rhys | Pilley | Caesarean CC Jersey | 2nd |
| 62 | Robbie | Powell | Abergavenny Road Club | 2nd |
| 63 | Joshua | Price | Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor | 2nd |
| 64 | Thomas | Price | Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor | 2nd |
| 65 | Darren | Rider | 2nd | |
| 66 | William | Roberts | Wales Racing Academy | 1st |
| 67 | Owain | Roberts | Wales Racing Academy | 1st |
| 68 | David | Roper | Nopinz Motip Development Team | 2nd |
| 69 | James | Satoor | Holohan Coaching Race Team | 2nd |
| 70 | Daniel | Shoobridge | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 1st |
| 71 | Matthew | Smart | Bradford on Avon | 2nd |
| 72 | George | Smith | Primera-TeamJobs | Elite |
| 73 | Ben | Stockdale | Cotswold Cycles-TREK -RT | 2nd |
| 74 | Harvey | Stroh | TAAP Cervelo | 2nd |
| 75 | Thomas | Timothy | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 2nd |
| 76 | Jacob | Tipper | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | Elite |
| 77 | Charles | Walker | WattShop | Elite |
| 78 | Dean | Watson | Embark – Bikestrong | 1st |
| 79 | Matt | Witts | Nopinz Motip Race Team | 1st |
| 80 | George | Wood | Cycling Sheffield | 1st |
Read more
2022 Jock Wadley Memorial road race: preview and startlist
See our National B road race calendar here.
See our national road race rankings here.
