National road race rankings: 14 March

The British Continental national road race rankings, updated following the Evesham Vale and the Jock Wadley Memorial road races on 13 March.

Previous update: 7 March.

Men’s national road race rankings

Farley Barber (Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor) remains at the top of the men’s rankings thanks to his third top-ten performance in as many races at the Evesham Vale road race, where he finished 8th.

Primavera Road Race winner Samuel Beckett (Wales Racing Academy) is just three points behind after placing 7th at Evesham Vale. The two winners at the weekend, Yanto Barker (Le Col) and Seb Garry (Nopinz Motip Race Team) are now tied third with Perfs Pedal winner Damien Clayton (WiV SunGod).

#	First name	Surname	Team	Total
1	Farley	Barber	Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor	90
2	Samuel	Beckett	Wales Racing Academy	87
3	Yanto	Barker	Le Col	60
=	Damien	Clayton	WiV SunGod	60
=	Seb	Garry	Nopinz Motip Race Team	60
6	Angus	Hawkins	Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor	52
=	Samuel	Painter	La Tova	52
=	Alexandar	Richardson	Le Col	52
=	Owain	Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	52
10	Cameron	Biddle	Embark – Bikestrong	45
=	Tom	Portsmouth	Mini Discar Cycling Team	45
=	Joseph	Rees	Embark-Bikestrong	45
=	Euan	Woodliffe	Backstedt Bike Performance RT	45
14	Jack	Freeman	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT	43
15	Joshua	Price	Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor	41
16	Ole	Bang-Andreasen	Le Col	40
17	James	Harrison	Manx Viking Wheelers CC	40
=	Jordan	Retallack	Team 05/03	40
19	Samuel	Asker	Richardsons Trek DAS	35
=	Edward	Morgan	Wales Racing Academy	35
=	William	Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	35
22	Jordan	Peacock	Spirit Bontrager BSS Rotor	33
23	Cam	McLaren	Nopinz Motip Race Team	31
=	George	Smith	Primera-TeamJobs	31
=	Ewan	Warren	Mid Devon CC	31
26	Matthew	Houlberg	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT	27
=	Matthew	Lord	Hart Performance Coaching	27
28	Chris	McNamara	Nunn-Sigma Sport-London RT	26
29	Dylan	Humber-Kelly	JRC-INTERFLON Race Team	23
=	James	Jenkins	Richardsons Trek DAS	23

Women’s national road race rankings

The women’s rankings will be updated after the Peaks 2 Day on 19-20 March, the first women’s National B road race of 2022.

How it works

The British Continental national road race rankings take results from National A and National B road races in the UK in 2022. Note the emphasis on road racing; results from circuit races and criteriums won’t count. And neither will points from Regional or UCI road races. The focus is deliberately narrow; we want to understand who has been performing in national-level road races in the UK across the season. And keeping it focused makes it easier for us to manage and update here at British Conti HQ.

Like any rankings system, this isn’t perfect. We aren’t pretending it will be a completely objective measure of road racing performance or ability. But we do hope it injects a bit of fun and helps create a bit of interest in national-level road racing this season, particularly at National B level.

The scoring system is very similar to the one used by British Cycling, with riders in the top 20 of races qualifying for points, with points also being awarded to stage winners.

Points Band	1	2	3	4
Position	Nat A Road	Nat B Road	Nat A ind. stages	Nat B ind. stages
1	100	60	30	15
2	85	52	25	12
3	75	45	21	10
4	66	40	17	8
5	58	35	14	6
6	51	31	12	5
7	45	27	10	4
8	39	23	8	3
9	34	20	7	2
10	29	17	6	1
11	25	15	5
12	21	13	4
13	18	11	3
14	15	9	2
15	12	7	1
16	10	6
17	8	5
18	6	3
19	4	2
20	2	1

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