National road race rankings: 7 April

The British Continental national road race rankings, updated following the RCR Fatcreations Men’s Road Race, the Alba Series – Spokes RT – Alford Road Race and the Danum Trophy on the weekend of 2-3 April. Note: only the provisional top ten of the Danum Trophy was available at the time of writing.

Previous update: 1 April.

Featured photo: Ian Wrightson

Men’s national road race rankings

20-year-old Samuel Beckett (Wales Racing Academy) continues his reign at the top of the men’s national road race rankings despite not racing last weekend, as he prepared for the Circuit of Ardennes (2.2) in France.

The Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling took full advantage of his absence with two wins from three races. Finn Crockett took his third National B road race win of the season at the Alba Series – Spokes RT – Alford Road Race to close the gap to Beckett to just two points. At the other end of the country, his teammate Zeb Kyffin won the inaugural RCR Fatcreations Men’s Road Race at Goodwood, and now sits third, just one point further back.

Elsewhere in the top ten, Farley Barber (Spirit BSS) nudged himself up to 4th thanks to 8th place at the Danum Trophy, while Toby Barnes’ (WiV SunGod) victory in the same race propelled him up 14 places to 6th in the standings.

Josh Whitehead (WiV SunGod), Alex Richardson (Le Col) and Yanto Barker (Le Col all slip down having not raced a National B road race last weekend, while Joe Wilson (Dolan Ellesse RT) climbs into the top ten after finishing 4th at the Danum Trophy.

This weekend there is only one National B road race on the menu, the DAP CC Spring Road Race, which takes place near Beccles in Suffolk.

#	+/-	First name	Surname	Team	Total
1	–	Samuel	Beckett	Wales Racing Academy	182
2	↑ 1	Finn	Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	180
3	↑ 1	Zeb	Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	179
4	↑ 4	Farley	Barber	Spirit BSS	131
5	↓ 3	Josh	Whitehead	WiV Sungod	121
6	↑ 14	Toby	Barnes	WiV Sungod	120
7	↓ 2	Alex	Peters	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	117
8	↓ 2	Alexandar	Richardson	Le Col	112
9	↓ 1	Yanto	Barker	Le Col	105
=	↑ 10	Joe	Wilson	Dolan Ellesse Race Team	105
11	↑ 6	Chris	McNamara	Nunn-Sigma Sport-London RT	93
=	↓ 2	George	Peden	Team PB Performance	93
13	↓ 3	Seb	Garry	Nopinz Motip Race Team	87
14	NE	Lee	Rosie	Spokes Racing Team	83
15	↓ 4	Damien	Clayton	WiV SunGod	80
16	↓ 4	Edward	Morgan	Wales Racing Academy	80
17	NE	Jack	Crook	Dolan Ellesse RT	79
18	↓ 5	Owain	Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	79
19	↓ 5	Cameron	Biddle	Embark – Bikestrong	78
20	NE	Matthew	Houlberg	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT	78
21	↓ 6	James	Jenkins	Richardsons Trek DAS	75
22	↓ 6	Jordan	Retallack	Team 05/03	72
23	–	Matthew	King	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	67
24	NE	Andrew	Nichols	Lifting Gear Prod- CyclesInMotion	67
25	NE	Ciaran	McSherry	The Cycling Academy	65
26	↓ 8	Joseph	Rees	Embark-Bikestrong	65
27	↓ 6	Harry	Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	60
28	NE	Jude	Chamberlain	Zappi Junior Race Team	57
29	↓ 7	James	Harrison	Manx Viking Wheelers CC	55
30	↓ 6	Cameron	McLaren	Nopinz Motip Race Team	54
=	NE	Adam	Mitchell	Cycling Sheffield	54

Women’s national road race rankings

No women’s national road races took place last weekend, so the standings remain unchanged, with Becky Storrie (CAMS-Basso) in a commanding lead ahead of Lucy Ellmore (Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen) and Oliva Bentley (Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar).

There are no women’s National B road races again this weekend. The next national road race rendezvous is therefore the Coalville Wheeler’s Road Race on 17 April, which will form round 2 of the British Women’s Team Cup.

#	First name	Surname	Team	Total
1	Becky	Storrie	CAMS-Basso	154
2	Lucy	Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	85
3	Olivia	Bentley	Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar	84
4	Leah	Dixon	Bianchi HUNT Morvélo	80
5	Nicole	Coates	Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar	67
6	Isabel	Darvill	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	60
=	Mary	Wilkinson	Team Boompods	60
8	Amy	Graham	Team Boompods	58
9	Kerry	Middleton	Team LDN – Brother UK	53
10	Emily	Proud	Grinta Coaching	52
11	Danielle	Shrosbree	CAMS-Basso	50
12	Alice	McWilliam	BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO	45
=	Sammie	Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	45
14	Sian	Botteley	Team LDN – Brother UK	43
15	Monica	Greenwood	Macclesfield Wheelers	41
16	Helen	Ralston	Paceline RT	35
17	Holly	Breck	Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar	33
=	Lucy	Lee	Team LDN – Brother UK	33
=	Corinne	Side	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	33
20	Jessie	Carridge	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	31
=	Madeleine	Gammons	Saint Piran WRT	31
22	Suzetta	Guerrini	Jadan – Vive le Velo	28
23	Lucy	Harris	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	23
24	Gabriella	Homer	Saint Piran WRT	20
=	Beth	Morrow	CAMS-Basso	20
26	Charlotte	Berry	Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	17
27	Ellen	McDermott	Team Boompods	16
28	Olivia	French	Storey Racing	15
=	Christina	Wiejak	Saint Piran WRT	15
30	Hannah	Bayes	Saint Piran WRT	14

How it works

The new rankings will 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