2022 National Time Trial Championships: report and results

Leo Hayter (Hagens Berman Axeon) successfully defended his men’s under-23 time trial crown at the Crichton Estate just south of Dumfries in Scotland, backing up a superb month after his U23 Giro d’Italia win. Shortly after, Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM) backed up her 2021 national road race win to take the women’s under-23 time trial victory.

In the afternoon session, Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) emulated his brother by retaking his men’s elite time trial title, while Joss Lowden (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) took her first elite national time trial title, improving on her second place from 2021.

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Men’s U23 time trial

Leo Hayter (Hagens Berman Axeon) lived up to the hype as the pre-race favourite to win the U23 men’s time trial crown for the second year in a row, finishing ahead of his nearest rival by over 16 seconds. He did this despite having to change bikes during the ride, demonstrating just what incredible form the recent U23 Giro d’Italia champion is in right now.

Just 18 years old, Scot Callum Thornley (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) was the surprise package of the day. He took the hot seat early on with a time of 26:17.37. With the big favourites still to come, it was widely assumed his time on the hot seat would be numbered. As rider after rider crossed the line, however, Thornley’s time held firm. It was until the very final rider – Hayter – crossed the line that Thornley was unseated. A breakthrough ride for the first-year under-23, a rider we are sure to hear more about if this performance is anything to go by.

Charlie Bailey, riding as a private member, produced another breakthrough ride to complete the podium. The 19-year-old has been riding in France this season for Charlie Quarterman’s Philippe Wagner Cycling team and certainly seems to have the same time trialling DNA as his teammate, a former under-23 time trial champion himself.

Elsewhere there were strong rides from Trinity Racing’s Ollie Rees and first-year under-23 Josh Giddings (Team Inspired) to complete the top five.

Rank	#	Rider	Team Name	Time	Gap
1	101	Hayter Leo	Hagens Berman Axeon	26:00.65
2	137	Thornley Callum	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	26:17.37	+16.72
3	122	Bailey Charles	Private Member	26:28.37	+27.72
4	104	Rees Oliver	TRINITY Road Racing	26:31.40	+30.75
5	113	Giddings Joshua	Team Inspired	26:35.62	+34.97
6	110	Laverick Joseph	Hagens Berman Axeon	26:41.32	+40.67
7	108	Day Thomas	Home Solution – Soenens U23 De	26:43.12	+42.47
8	117	Nilsson-Julien Oscar	Team Inspired	26:45.69	+45.04
9	107	Walker Max	TRINITY Road Racing	26:50.66	+50.01
10	119	Charlton Josh	Team Inspired	26:56.93	+56.28
11	102	Onley Oscar	Development Team DSM	27:00.42	+59.77
12	105	Watson Samuel	GROUPAMA – FDJ	27:11.27	+ 1:10.62
13	139	Maclean Logan	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	27:12.45	+ 1:11.80
14	106	Donaldson Robert	Team Inspired	27:14.04	+ 1:13.39
15	129	Clark Samuel	trainSharp Elite	27:16.16	+ 1:15.51
16	111	Pickering Finlay	GROUPAMA – FDJ	27:20.91	+ 1:20.27
17	114	Hannay Tyler	CC Etupes	27:28.01	+ 1:27.36
18	128	Macleod Callum	ABLOC CT	27:28.78	+ 1:28.13
19	126	Wood George	Cycling Sheffield	27:31.85	+ 1:31.20
20	103	Askey Lewis	GROUPAMA – FDJ	27:35.91	+ 1:35.26
21	138	Wilson Joe	Dolan Ellesse Race Team	27:36.49	+ 1:35.84
22	124	Freeman Aaron	Richardsons Trek DAS	27:40.21	+ 1:39.56
23	132	Blain Jamieson	Embark – Bikestrong	27:59.37	+ 1:58.73
24	125	Birrell Ross	Team Inspired	28:10.22	+ 2:09.57
25	116	Culverwell Sam	TRINITY Road Racing	28:19.99	+ 2:19.34
26	142	King Aaron	RT23	28:28.86	+ 2:28.21
27	140	Mc Sherry Ciaran	The Cycling Academy	28:37.30	+ 2:36.65
28	130	Young Jenson	Saint Piran	28:47.31	+ 2:46.66
29	123	Rootkin-Gray Jack	Team Inspired	28:57.22	+ 2:56.57
30	135	McKinnon Conor	Dolan Ellesse Race Team	29:02.89	+ 3:02.25
31	145	Avery Jacob	High Wycombe Cycling Club	29:27.26	+ 3:26.61
32	133	Mackie Ewan	Saris Rouvy Sauerland Team	29:29.97	+ 3:29.32
33	131	Dobbins Matti	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	29:36.84	+ 3:36.19
34	134	Jukes Harry	05/03	30:09.87	+ 4:09.22

Women’s U23 time trial

Hot on the heels of Hayter’s victory, Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM) completed a fine rider to take the women’s under-23 time trial title. She finished just over 11 seconds over fellow WorldTour rider Elynor Bäckstedt (Trek-Segafredo). The duo were a cut above the rest of the field, coming in well over a minute ahead of third-placed Lucy Gadd (Storey Racing).

Georgi, who will defend her national road race crown on Sunday, went one better than last year in Lincoln, where she finished second behind Anna Shackley in the under-23 time trial. She won’t get to wear her new under-23 national jersey in races (there is no under-23 category for women) but she is at least guaranteed at least one national title in the coming year.

Bäckstedt looks close to her best again after suffering a broken collarbone last year. Second place should give her confidence now for the rest of the season. 21-year-old Lucy Gadd (Storey Racing) continued her excellent season to round out the podium. Such is her form and promise, we wouldn’t be surprised if she steps up to UCI level soon.

19-year-old Scot Kate Richardson (Alba Development Road Team) was fourth, continuing a fine run of form that saw her finish eighth in the CiCLE Classic last weekend after picking up several top fives in the Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series last month.

Rank	#	Rider	Team Name	Time	Gap
1	201	Georgi Pfeiffer	Team DSM	29:42.62
2	204	Backstedt Elynor	TREK – SEGAFREDO	29:54.09	+11.47
3	207	Gadd Lucy	Storey Racing	31:02.64	+ 1:20.02
4	206	Richardson Kate	Alba Development Road Team	31:35.75	+ 1:53.13
5	202	Smith Abi	EF Education-TIBCO-SVB	31:42.06	+ 1:59.44
6	209	Hayes Connie	AWOL- O’Shea	31:48.16	+ 2:05.54
7	203	Tacey April	Le Col – Wahoo	31:56.91	+ 2:14.29
8	211	Tamplin Anya	Storey Racing	32:15.93	+ 2:33.31
9	213	Baker Alderney	BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO	32:34.14	+ 2:51.52
10	219	Watts Lydia	AWOL Worx Galliard	32:37.41	+ 2:54.79
11	210	Ellmore Lucy	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli	32:58.22	+ 3:15.60
12	217	Coleman Ella	AWOL- O’Shea	33:00.11	+ 3:17.49
13	218	Holmes Sophie	Datalynx-Parenesis Cycling	33:11.71	+ 3:29.09
14	221	French Olivia	Storey Racing	33:22.55	+ 3:39.93
15	216	Barnes Daisy	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	33:36.45	+ 3:53.84
16	220	Vickers Chloe	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	34:51.65	+ 5:09.03
17	214	Knight Flora	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	35:23.25	+ 5:40.63
18	208	Perkins Flora	Le Col – Wahoo	39:15.07	+ 9:32.45

Men’s elite time trial

In the men’s elite time trial, history repeated itself with the podium positions being filled by the same three riders that completed the 2021 podium. As in Lincoln in October last year, Ethan Hayter made it a day of double celebrations for the Hayter family, blasting his way to the win by finishing over a minute clear of his podium rivals Dan Bigham (Private Member) and James Shaw (EF Education – EasyPost).

Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling’s Ollie Peckover set the early benchmark, coming home in a time of 53:02.614. He stayed in the hot seat until former under-23 national time trial champion Charlie Quarterman (Phillipe Wagner Cycling) bettered his time with 52:36.670.

Quarterman’s time was looking good right until the final few riders, with Owain Doull, Alex Dowsett, Ben Turner and others all failing to beat his time. But John Archibald (Private Member) then went eight seconds quicker. With just last year’s podium finishers – Shaw, Bigham and Hayter – to come, Archibald only had a short time to wait to see if he could hang on for a top-three position.

Shaw was the first to beat Archibald’s time, setting 52:09.869, before Bigham went 17 seconds faster. Hayter then crossed the line with a stunning time of 50:38.525, underlining his superiority in the discipline and securing the red, white and blue bands on his aerosuit for another year.

Rank	#	Rider	Team Name	Time	Gap
1	301	Hayter Ethan	Ineos Grenadiers	50:38.53
2	302	Bigham Daniel	Private Member	51:52.63	+ 1:14.10
3	303	Shaw James	EF Education – EasyPost	52:09.87	+ 1:31.34
4	306	Archibald John	Private Member	52:24.64	+ 1:46.11
5	316	Quarterman Charles	Phillippe Wagner Cycling	52:36.67	+ 1:58.14
6	309	Doull MBE Owain	EF Education – EasyPost	53:01.37	+ 2:22.84
7	327	Peckover Oliver	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	53:02.61	+ 2:24.09
8	305	Dowsett Alex	Israel – Premier Tech	53:22.85	+ 2:44.33
9	315	Tanfield Charlie	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	53:55.28	+ 3:16.75
10	311	Turner Ben	Ineos Grenadiers	54:00.08	+ 3:21.55
11	319	Cox Ashley	Team Bottrill	54:13.51	+ 3:34.98
12	333	Kyffin Zeb	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	54:20.02	+ 3:41.49
13	321	Stewart Mark	Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pr	54:32.92	+ 3:54.40
14	312	Carr Simon	EF Education – EasyPost	54:41.25	+ 4:02.72
15	317	Wilson Simon	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	55:04.86	+ 4:26.33
16	328	Gordon Kyle	RT23	55:17.04	+ 4:38.52
17	331	Lewis Gruffudd	WiV Sungod	55:57.94	+ 5:19.42
18	330	Hucks Oliver	Saint Piran	56:18.47	+ 5:39.94
19	323	Torrie Timothy	trainSharp Elite	57:00.31	+ 6:21.79
20	342	Peasgood George	Team HUUB	58:03.97	+ 7:25.45
21	326	Rebours Jack	Caesarean CC Jersey	58:08.72	+ 7:30.20
22	336	Levick Jack	Rose Race Team	58:13.43	+ 7:34.91
23	339	Giles Jordan	Primera-TeamJobs	58:17.56	+ 7:39.03
24	318	Tremlett Sebastian	Guernsey Velo Club (LBG)	59:01.70	+ 8:23.18
25	338	Bjergfelt William	Saint Piran	1:01:18.06	+ 10:40.02
26	335	Skinner George	Primera-TeamJobs	1:02:54.06	+ 12:16.04
DQ	310	Vernon Ethan	QUICK-STEP  Alpha Vinyl
DNF	325	Gill Michael	Saint Piran
DNF	340	Richardson Cameron	RT23

Women’s elite time trial

Former UCI Hour Record holder Joss Lowden (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) was the only rider to break 29 minutes in the elite women’s category, clocking a blistering time of 28:44.912 to take her maiden elite national time trial title at the age of 34.

Welsh rider Leah Dixon (Bianchi HUNT Morvélo) moved up from third on the 2021 podium to second in Dumfries to gain the silver medal with a time of 29:07.340, while Le Col-Wahoo’s Lizzie Holden came in third, crossing the line in 29:13.523.

Emily Meakin (AWOL O’Shea) finished narrowly outside the podium, finishing just half a second slower than Holden. In fact, the event was a close-run affair in general, with less than 30 seconds separating first from fourth.

21-year-old Scot Anna Shackley (Team SD Worx) won the U23 national time trial title and opted to step up to the elite competition this year. She impressed, clocking a time just three seconds shy of Meakin.

Meanwhile reigning champion Anna Henderson (Team Jumbo-Visma) finished sixth.

Rank	#	Rider	Team Name	Time	Gap
1	402	Lowden Joscelin	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	28:44.91
2	404	Dixon Leah	BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO	29:07.34	+ 0:22.43
3	411	Holden Elizabeth	Le Col – Wahoo	29:13.52	+ 0:28.61
4	409	Meakin Emily	AWOL- O’Shea	29:14.10	+ 0:29.18
5	403	Shackley Anna	Team SD Worx	29:17.35	+ 0:32.44
6	401	Henderson Anna	Team Jumbo-Visma	29:31.35	+ 0:46.44
7	405	Morris Anna	AeroLab Ward WheelZ	29:39.78	+ 0:54.87
8	418	Storey Dame Sarah	Storey Racing	29:45.68	+ 1:00.77
9	415	Hall Francesca	Loughborough Lightning – TRG	30:08.51	+ 1:23.60
10	421	Miller Tamsin	BIANCHI HUNT MORVELO	30:13.40	+ 1:28.49
11	410	George Jennifer	The Independent Pedaler – Nopi	30:34.61	+ 1:49.70
12	413	Berry Charlotte	Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	30:53.89	+ 2:08.97
13	416	Jessett Miriam	StolenGoat Race Team	31:20.08	+ 2:35.17
14	425	Davies Laura	Orwell Velo	31:39.17	+ 2:54.26
15	412	Shrosbree Danielle	CAMS-Basso	31:42.70	+ 2:57.79
16	419	Thompson Poppy	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli	31:44.29	+ 2:59.38
17	423	Faber Faye	Drag2Zero Endura	31:56.31	+ 3:11.40
18	430	Wiejak Christina	Saint Piran WRT	31:58.81	+ 3:13.89
19	426	Millmore Jennifer	Team LDN – Brother UK	32:02.06	+ 3:17.15
20	424	Marsh Sian	Team Boompods	32:03.78	+ 3:18.87
21	429	Weaver Anna	Team Kirkley Cycles	32:05.47	+ 3:20.56
22	427	Rea Joanne	Team Kirkley Cycles	32:46.39	+ 4:01.48
23	431	Newberry Morgan	Storey Racing	34:12.81	+ 5:27.90
24	407	Evans Neah	Team HUUB	36:04.20	+ 7:19.28
25	428	Pittard Laura	Brother UK-Orientation Marketi	46:34.47	+ 17:49.55