2022 Bynea Early Season Road Race: report and results

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

Report

Samuel Beckett of the Wales Racing Academy won the 120-kilometre Bynea Early Season Road on Sunday 27 March. It was the Welsh man’s second National B road race win of the year, sealed just three days after he turned 20.

The early laps of the race’s 9.9-kilometre rolling circuit saw no major breakaway action; a few moves were attempted but nothing stuck. The breakthrough came around four laps in, when a group of 13 riders broke clear from the bunch, including five from the Wales Racing Academy team. They used their numerical advantage well.

Beckett struck out alone on the final lap before George Kimber (Spirit BSS) and Beckett’s teammate Ed Morgan bridged across to join him. The trio headed to the line together, with Beckett comfortably taking the sprint to win. Kimber was second, with Morgan third, while Luke Barfoot (Primera – TeamJobs) led in the chase group 18 seconds later.

The win continued an excellent run of form for Beckett. He won the Primavera Road Race earlier this month and this result should mean that he extends his lead in our national road race rankings when they are published later this week.

He told us after the race that he is proud of a “good start so far” to his season and was pleased with “a solid team performance from the Wales Racing Academy lads”.

The team will now head to France for the Circuit des Ardennes International stage race (6-9 April, UCI 2.2), and Beckett hopes the good form will continue, saying that the result has “given us some confidence heading to the Ardennes”, and that he is “hoping for more of the same” as the bigger races begin.

Results

#	Name	Team	Time	@
1	Samuel Beckett	Wales Racing Academy	2:56:15
2	George Kimber	Spirit BSS	2:56:17	0:02
3	Edward Morgan	Wales Racing Academy	2:56:23	0:08
4	Luke Barfoot	Primera-TeamJobs	2:56:33	0:18
5	George Fowler	Nopinz Motip Race Team	2:56:33
6	Cameron Biddle	Embark – Bikestrong	2:56:33
7	Owain Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	2:56:33
8	Tom Williams	VCA du Bourget	2:56:33
9	Joseph Rees	BIKESTRONG-KTM	2:56:33
10	Gruffudd Lewis	WiV Sungod	2:56:33
12	Matthew Houlberg	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT	2:56:33
13	Spencer Davies	CC Abergavenny – JP Signs & Print	2:56:33
14	Jack Ramsbottom	Caffi Gruff	2:56:33
15	Ewan Warren	Mid Devon CC	2:56:39	0:24
16	Edward Laverack	Bynea CC	2:56:40	0:25
17	James O’Connell	BC Private Member	2:56:46	0:31
18	Hefin Evans	Team PB Performance	2:59:37	3:22
19	Scott Redding	SRCT MUC-OFF	3:01:12	4:57
20	Joe Holt	Wales Racing Academy	3:03:49	7:34
21	Thomas Grigson	StolenGoat Race Team	3:07:47	11:32
22	Felix Whetter	Mid Devon CC	3:08:04	11:49
23	Griff Lewis	FlandersColor Galloo	3:08:04
24	Seth Jones	Cero – Cycle Division Racing Team	3:08:04
25	Dafydd Wright	Caffi Gruff	3:08:04
26	Nicholas Jones	Army Cycling Union	3:08:04
27	Luke Protheroe	UF Rowe & King	3:08:10	11:55
28	Martin Ford	BC Private Member	3:08:18	12:03
29	Iwan Evans	BIKESTRONG-KTM	3:08:22	12:07
30	Harry Chamberlain	Bynea CC	3:11:20	15:05
31	Ieuan Davies	Caffi Gruff	3:01:11	21:24
32	Matthew Hughes	Caffi Gruff	3:01:46	22:02
DNF	Elliot Barratt	SRCT MUC-OFF
DNF	Harry Codd	Cero – Cycle Division Racing Team
DNF	Tom Davies	Rapha Cycling Club
DNF	Rhys (Iorwerth) Evans	Caffi Gruff
DNF	Testy Tester	BC Private Member
DNF	Liam James-Morris	Wales Racing Academy
DNF	Rhys Pilley	Caesarean CC Jersey
DNF	Matthew Smart	Bradford on Avon
DNF	Matthew Whitehouse	Maindy Flyers CC
DNF	William Truelove	Wales Racing Academy
DNS	Bryn Davies	BIKESTRONG-KTM
DNS	Jack Freeman	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT
DNS	Robert McPherson	05/03
DNS	Chad Scallan	Team PB Performance
DNS	Alexander Sherwin	YOELEO TEST TEAM P/B 4MIND
DNS	Oliver Winwood Bratchell	Primera-TeamJobs