2023 National road race rankings | 22 March

Here are the latest British Continental national road race rankings, updated following the Peaks 2 Day men’s and women’s races on the weekend of 18-19 March.

You may notice that these are a little more interactive than the last set. Thanks to the brilliant Martyn Jepson, we are developing a small database of results, riders and teams that should allow us to bring you a more sophisticated set of rankings – and race performance analysis – in the coming weeks and months. So stay tuned!

Previous update: 16 March.

Featured image: ELW Photography. The Peaks 2 Day.

Men’s national road race rankings

With the Wally Gimber sadly abandoned after a bad crash early in the race, it was left to the Peaks 2-Day riders to climb the men’s rankings.

TrainSharp Elite’s Ollie Peckover continued his superb start to the eason, winning the overall classification and moving ahead of London Dynamo’s Rowan Baker in the rankings, who holds on to 2nd place.

Huw Buck Jones of Wales Racing Academy rises from 18th to 3rd, sitting just 1 point behind Rowan Baker, after picking up points on every stage of the Peaks 2-Day as well as an overall 4th place finish. He also takes over from Harry Birchill as our top placed under-23 rider.

Richardsons Trek DAS’s Jack Crook and ROKiT-SRCT’s Jenson Young (who like Peckover & Buck Jones, picked up points at the Peaks 2-Day), follow closely behind in 4th and 5th place.

The next race on the men’s National B calendar is the RCR Fatcreations Men’s Road Race on Saturday 1 April on the south coast in Chichester, followed by the Danum Trophy in Doncaster on Sunday 2 April.

#	Rider	Age Cat	Team	Total
1	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	133
2	Rowan Baker	Senior	London Dynamo	87
3	Huw Buck Jones	U23	Wales Racing Academy	86
4	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	85
5	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	84
6	Damien Clayton	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	76
7	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	73
8	Jacob Smith	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	67
9	Matthew Warhurst	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	66
10	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	Senior	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	61
11	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	60
12	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	53
13	Harry Birchill	U23	Saint Piran	52
=	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	52
15	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	51
16	Timothy Torrie	Senior	trainSharp Elite	45
17	Tom Martin	Senior	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	42
18	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	41
19	Leon Mazzone	Senior	Saint Piran	40
=	Joshua Avery	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	40

Women’s national road race rankings

Zoe Langham of Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee jumped to the top of the rankings after three top 10 finishes and an overall 2nd place finish at the Peaks 2 Day.

Peaks 2 Day winner Tamsin Miller (Hutchinson-Brother UK) and Sammie Stuart (DAS – Handsling Bikes) now sit second and third overall, with just a single point separating them followed by Bexy Dew (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) and Connie Hayes (AWOL – O’Shea) in joint fourth.

Although riding abroad last weekend with Great Britain, winning the Trofeo Binda Juniors Nations Cup race no less, Cat Ferguson remains the highest placed under-23 rider in the rankings.

We should see some more significant moves in the table this weekend as the women take on the ANEXO/CAMS 7th Women’s CiCLE Classic, the first National Road Series event of the year.

#	Rider	Age Cat	Team	Total
1	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	119
2	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	91
3	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	90
4	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	76
=	Connie Hayes	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	76
6	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	67
7	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	60
8	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	52
9	Frances Owen	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	49
10	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	45
11	Francesca Hall	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	42
12	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	35
13	Ella Maclean-Howell	Senior	Team Inspired	27
14	Lucy Harris	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	26
=	Katie Archibald	Senior	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	26
16	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	23
17	Laura Gray	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	13
=	Lucy Ellmore	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	13
=	Olivia French	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	13
=	Lizi Brooke	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	13

How it works

The rankings take results from National A and National B road races in the UK in 2023. Note the emphasis on road racing; results from circuit races and criteriums don’t count. And neither do 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