2022 British Team Cup: short report and results

Team LDN-Brother UK’s Sammie Stuart won a rapid British Team Cup race as she out-dragged the field in Coalville.

A nearly full field took on the traditional early season race, organised by Nick Horner-Maddox and Coalville Wheelers, which saw the women’s peloton stretch its legs ahead of the National Road Series opener at the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix on Sunday 8 May.

The action properly kicked off halfway through the seven-lap race as Gemma Seargent (Saint Piran WRT), clipped off the front and stayed away for a full lap before the bunch brought her back.

Seargent’s speculative surge was the only move that got away, however, with the bunch sticking together until the end. Stuart bested the competition in a hard-fought sprint ahead of Beth Harley-Jepson (Jadan – Vive le Velo) and Lucy Harris (LAKA Pedal Mafia RT).

“I was quite shocked by the win. I hadn’t expected anything from the race. We had a plan in place, based around our sprinter, Lucy Lee, and we rode really well as a team, talking to each other throughout the race. It felt like a real team effort,” Stuart told Brother Cycling after the race.

“On the last lap, the race just came to me. A repetitive hill course plays in my favour. I was at the back of the lead group going into the final corner. I knew I had the legs for the climb, and I know have a Iong sprint, so I just thought, ‘Why not try it?’
 
“I saw a group of three riders ahead of me, so I sprinted and bridged to them and then just kept going!”

Results

Individual

#	Name	Team	Team Cup Points
1	Sammie Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	150
2	Beth Harley-Jepson	Jadan – Vive le Velo	130
3	Lucy Harris	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	115
4	Grace Lister	Brother UK-Orientation marketing	100
5	Ella Jamieson	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	90
6	Awen Roberts	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	80
7	Gabriella Homer	Saint Piran WRT	70
8	Ellen Bennett	Brother UK-Orientation marketing	65
9	Niamh Murphy	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	60
10	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	55
11	Rebecca Richards	Storey Racing	52
12	Penny Colloff	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	49
13	Xan Crees	Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	47
14	Kinga Ingram	Storey Racing	45
15	Lucy Lee	Team LDN – Brother UK	43
16	Sophie Enever	Abingdon Race Team	41
17	Eline Smit	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	39
18	Zoe Backstedt	ELLMORE
19	Gemma Sargent	Saint Piran WRT	35
20	Poppy Thompson	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	33
21	Heather Mayer	Team LDN – Brother UK	32
22	Sophie Coldwell	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	31
23	Emily Proud	Grinta Coaching	30
24	Emma Matthews	ELLMORE
25	Georgina Paul	Abingdon Race Team	28
26	Abigail Cooper	Brother UK-Orientation marketing	27
27	Gabriella Shaw	Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	26
28	Katie-Anne Calton	ELLMORE
29	Francesca Hall	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	24
30	Emily Tillett	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	23
31	Roisin Lally	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	22
32	Joanne Clarke	StolenGoat Race Team	21
33	Leah Dixon	Bianchi Hunt Morvelo	20
34	Gwenno Hughes	Saint Piran WRT	19
35	Alderney Baker	Bianchi Hunt Morvelo	18
36	Amy Gornall	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	17
37	Laura Senior	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	16
38	Kerry Middleton	Team LDN – Brother UK	15
39	Emma Watson	Grinta Coaching	14
40	Laura Pittard	Brother UK-Orientation marketing	13
41	Ailsa McLagan	Abingdon Race Team	12
42	Alison Fovargue	Team Empella Cyclo-Cross.Com	11
43	Matilda McKibben	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	10
44	Rebekah Nash	Jadan – Vive le Velo	9
45	Amelia Southall	AWOL Worx Galliard	8

Team points

#	Team	Points
1	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	240
1	Team LDN – Brother UK	240
3	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	219
4	Brother UK-Orientation marketing	205
5	Jadan – Vive le Velo	139
6	Saint Piran WRT	124
7	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	105
8	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	100
9	Storey Racing	97
10	Abingdon Race Team	81
11	Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	73
12	Grinta Coaching	44
13	Bianchi Hunt Morvelo	38
14	StolenGoat Race Team	21
15	Team Empella Cyclo-Cross.Com	11
16	AWOL Worx Galliard	8

Team Cup standings after Round 2

#	Team	Points
1	Team LDN – Brother UK	402
2	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	373
3	Brother UK-Orientation marketing	348
4	Saint Piran WRT	318
5	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes presented by Heidi Kjeldsen	310
6	Liv CC Halo Films	240
7	Jadan – Vive le Velo	239
8	Grinta Coaching	236
9	BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO	153
10	Storey Racing	149
11	Abingdon Race Team	145
12	Spectra Wiggle p/b vitus	128
13	Paceline RT	103
14	Loughborough Lightning / TRG	100
15	AWOL Worx Galliard	95
16	Onyx Racing Team	48
17	Datalynx-Parenesis Cycling	47
18	Stolen Goat Race Team	36
19	Team Watto-LDN	32
20	Avid Sport	18
21	Team Empella Cyclo Cross.com	11
22	Cowley Road Condors	6
23	1904 RT	1

Featured photo: Mick Brown