National road race rankings: 22 March

The British Continental national road race rankings, updated following the Wally Gimber Trophy, The Peaks 2 Day men’s and women’s races and the ERC Gifford Road Race on the weekend of 19-20 March.

Previous update: 14 March.

Men’s national road race rankings

19-year-old Samuel Beckett (Wales Racing Academy) moves to the top of the men’s national road race rankings after a busy weekend of action for the men. His 5th place added to his points haul from his Primavera Road Race win and his 7th at Evesham Vale.

Alex Richardson moves up to second from sixth after his Wally Gimber Trophy win, just ten points behind Beckett, while the previous leader Farley Barber (Spirit BSS) drops to third.

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.

George Peden (Team PB Performance) and Josh Whitehead (WiV SunGod) are among the new entrants in the top 30 after their top performances at The Peaks 2 Day.

#	First name	Surname	Team	Total
1	Samuel	Beckett	Wales Racing Academy	122
2	Alexandar	Richardson	Le Col	112
3	Farley	Barber	Spirit BSS	108
4	Yanto	Barker	Le Col	105
5	George	Peden	Team PB Performance	93
6	Josh	Whitehead	WiV Sungod	81
7	James	Jenkins	Richardsons Trek DAS	75
8	Zeb	Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	74
9	Chris	McNamara	Nunn-Sigma Sport-London RT	66
10	Alex	Peters	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	65
11	Jordan	Retallack	Team 05/03	63
12	Seb	Garry	Nopinz Motip Race Team	60
13	Finn	Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	60
14	Damien	Clayton	WiV SunGod	60
15	Toby	Barnes	WiV Sungod	57
16	James	Jobber	Kuwait Pro Cycling Team	52
17	Samuel	Painter	La Tova	52
18	Angus	Hawkins	Spirit BSS	52
19	Owain	Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	52
20	Jack	Freeman	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT	49
21	Cameron	Biddle	Embark – Bikestrong	47
22	Euan	Woodliffe	Backstedt Bike Performance RT	45
23	Joseph	Rees	Embark-Bikestrong	45
24	Tom	Portsmouth	Mini Discar Cycling Team	45
25	Tom	Timothy	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	45
26	Joshua	Price	Spirit BSS	41
27	Jenson	Young	Saint Piran	40
28	Ole	Bang-Andreasen	Le Col	40
29	James	Harrison	Manx Viking Wheelers CC	40
30	Callum	Thornley	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	40

Women’s national road race rankings

The first women’s National B race of the season – The Peaks 2 Day – now complete, we now have our first women’s national road race rankings of the year.

Unsurprisingly, the standings broadly mirror the GC positions from The Peaks 2 Day, with Scot Becky Storrie (CAM-Basso) sitting atop, 22 points clear of Bianchi HUNT Morvélo’s Leah Dixon. Nicole Coates (Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar) is third, while Lucy Ellmore (Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen) is the best-placed under-23 in fourth.

#	First name	Surname	Team	Total
1	Becky	Storrie	CAMS-Basso	102
2	Leah	Dixon	Bianchi HUNT Morvélo	80
3	Nicole	Coates	Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar	67
4	Lucy	Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	65
5	Danielle	Shrosbree	CAMS-Basso	50
6	Olivia	Bentley	Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar	44
7	Lucy	Lee	Team LDN – Brother UK	33
8	Amy	Graham	Team Boompods	31
9	Monica	Greenwood	Macclesfield Wheelers	28
10	Beth	Morrow	CAMS-Basso	20
11	Kerry	Middleton	Team LDN – Brother UK	18
12	Holly	Breck	Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar	16
13	Ellen	McDermott	Team Boompods	16
14	Bexy	Dew	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	11
15	Daisy	Barnes	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	10
16	Corinne	Side	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	10
17	Olivia	Bent	AWOL- O’Shea	7
18	Hannah	Bayes	Saint Piran WRT	5
19	Sian	Botteley	Team LDN – Brother UK	3
20	Abigail	Cooper	Brother UK-Orientation marketing	2
21	Kirstie	Drakeford	Hornsea Peloton	1
22	Suzetta	Guerrini	Jadan – Vive le Velo	1

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

Featured image: HPSource Media / The British Continental. Sophie Lewis (CAMS-Basso) at the Jock Wadley Memorial.