National road race rankings: 10 April

The British Continental national road race rankings, updated following the DAP CC Spring Road Race on 10 April.

Previous update: 7 April.

Featured photo: HPSource Media / The British Continental. Sam Asker (Richardsons Trek DAS) drives the lead group at the 2022 Jock Wadley Memorial.

Men’s national road race rankings

DAP CC Spring Road Race round-up

Only one national road race took place this weekend, the DAP CC Spring Road Race (National B), which took place near Beccles in Suffolk. In a field which included UCI Continental riders, including Matthew King (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) and Jake Crossley (Saint Piran), it was elite team Richardsons-Trek DAS who took the plaudits.

The team’s 21-year-old Samuel Asker took his first win in a National B road race, finishing 7 seconds ahead of Matthew Lord (Hart Performance Coaching) and Asker’s teammate Steven Parsonage. It continues a fine start to the season for Asker, who was 5th at the Jock Wadley Memorial and 3rd at the March Hare Classic won by Rory Townsend. 18-year-old Lord is another rider who has impressed this season; he was 7th at the Jock Wadley, marking the first-year under-23 as one to watch as the season progresses. Our journal contributor Nathan Hardy (Tofauti Everyone Active) was the top junior in 5th.

Pos	First Name	Last Name	Club	Total Time
1	Samuel	Asker	Richardsons Trek DAS	2.40.39
2	Matthew	Lord	Hart Performance Coaching	+7 sec
3	Steven	Parsonage	Richardsons Trek DAS	st
4	Barnabas	Purbrook	Sigma Sports | Cannondale RT	+16
5	Nathan	Hardy	Tofauti Everyone Active	+43
6	James	Jenkins	Richardsons Trek DAS	+1.53
7	James	OConnell		+1.55
8	James	Ambrose-Parish	TAAP Cervelo	+2.16
9	Matthew	King	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	st
10	Timothy	Lynch	London Dynamo	st

Rankings latest

The top of the rankings remains relatively unchanged, with few of the top ten competing in national road races this weekend. 20-year-old Samuel Beckett (Wales Racing Academy) remains atop, with the Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling pair of Finn Crockett and Zeb Kyffin 2nd and 3rd respectively.

James Jenkins (Richardsons-Trek DAS) is the big mover, rising 12 places having finished 6th at the DAP CC race. Race winner Asker is a new entry in 12th place, as is 2nd-placed Lord, who now sits 21st.

This weekend sees the start of the new Under-23 Men’s National Road Series (17 April). Look out for a full preview of the race on The British Continental. We’ll also be reporting from the race, so check our social media channels for coverage.

#	↑/↓	First name	Surname	Team	Total
1	–	Samuel	Beckett	Wales Racing Academy	182
2	–	Finn	Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	180
3	–	Zeb	Kyffin	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	179
4	–	Farley	Barber	Spirit BSS	131
5	–	Josh	Whitehead	WiV Sungod	121
6	–	Toby	Barnes	WiV Sungod	120
7	–	Alex	Peters	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	117
8	–	Alexandar	Richardson	Le Col	112
9	↑ 12	James	Jenkins	Richardsons Trek DAS	106
10	↓ 1	Yanto	Barker	Le Col	105
=	↓ 1	Joe	Wilson	Dolan Ellesse Race Team	105
12	NE	Samuel	Asker	Richardsons Trek DAS	95
13	↓ 2	Chris	McNamara	Nunn-Sigma Sport-London RT	93
=	↓ 2	George	Peden	Team PB Performance	93
15	↓ 2	Seb	Garry	Nopinz Motip Race Team	87
=	↑ 8	Matthew	King	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	87
17	↓ 3	Lee	Rosie	Spokes Racing Team	83
18	↓ 3	Damien	Clayton	WiV SunGod	80
=	↓ 3	Edward	Morgan	Wales Racing Academy	80
20	↓ 3	Jack	Crook	Dolan Ellesse RT	79
=	NE	Matthew	Lord	Hart Performance Coaching	79
=	↓ 3	Owain	Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	79
23	↓ 4	Cameron	Biddle	Embark – Bikestrong	78
=	↓ 4	Matthew	Houlberg	Meudon Pedal Heaven Le Col RT	78
25	↓ 3	Jordan	Retallack	Team 05/03	72
26	↓ 2	Andrew	Nichols	Lifting Gear Prod- CyclesInMotion	67
27	↓ 2	Ciaran	McSherry	The Cycling Academy	65
=	↓ 2	Joseph	Rees	Embark-Bikestrong	65
29	↓ 2	Harry	Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	60
30	↓ 2	Jude	Chamberlain	Zappi Junior Race Team	57

Women’s national road race rankings

For the second weekend in a row, there were no women’s national road races, so the standings remain unchanged. Becky Storrie (CAMS-Basso) still has a commanding lead ahead of Lucy Ellmore (Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen) and Oliva Bentley (Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar).

Road racing resumes this weekend, however, with 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