2023 National road race rankings | 5 April

Here are the latest British Continental national road race rankings, updated following an action-packed weekend of road racing.

We continue to add features to our new stats site – it contains over 400 riders and 100 teams already! You can go straight to the site here or by clicking on the links in the tables below. Please do drop us a line if you have any suggestions for improvements.

Previous update: 29 March.

Featured image: ELW Photography

Men’s national road race rankings

Following a hiatus last weekend in the men’s National B road calendar, this weekend saw three brilliant races to get things moving again in the national road race rankings.

First up was the RCR Fatcreations Road Race on Saturday, followed by the Danum Trophy and Betty Pharoah Legstretchers Memorial on Sunday.

Ollie Peckover (trainSharp Elite) continued his incredible start to the season with a win at the RCR Fatcreations Road Race – his third win from three races. This meant he extended his lead over second place to 57 points.

Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT), now our highest-placed U23 rider, leaped from th place into 2nd after his 2nd place at the Danum Trophy. His previously occupied 5th spot is now inhabited by Danum Trophy winner Toby Barnes.

Jack Crook (Richardsons Trek DAS) rose one spot, into third place, with only one point separating him and Zeb Kyffin (Saint Piran) who now sits in fourth place after his 2nd place at the RCR Fatcreations Road Race.

Next up on the men’s road race calendar is the Timmy James Memorial at Witham on the Hill this Sunday (9 April).

#	Rider	Age	Team	Total
1	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	193
2	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	136
3	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	105
4	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	104
5	Toby Barnes	Senior	Private Member	98
6	Huw Buck Jones	U23	Wales Racing Academy	97
7	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	93
=	Damien Clayton	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	93
9	Tomos Pattinson	Junior	Tofauti Everyone Active	91
10	Rowan Baker	Senior	London Dynamo	87
11	Matthew Warhurst	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	77
12	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	73
13	Jacob Smith	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	67
14	Jacques Coates	U23	Team PB Performance	62
15	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	Senior	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	61
16	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	60
17	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	59
18	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	53
19	Harry Birchill	U23	Saint Piran	52
20	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	51

Saint Piran, continue to hold the top spot in the men’s team rankings, but with ROKiT-SRCT now within touching distance, could we see a new leader after next weekend’s racing?

#	Team	Total
1	Saint Piran	338
2	ROKiT-SRCT	327
3	trainSharp Elite	257
4	Embark Spirit BSS	206
5	Wales Racing Academy	186
6	Richardsons Trek DAS	155
7	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	131
8	Kalas Motip Race Team	121
9	Cycling Sheffield	119
10	Tofauti Everyone Active	117
11	Primera-TeamJobs	116
12	Team PB Performance	91
13	London Dynamo	87
14	TAAP Endura	62
15	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	61
16	Ride Revolution Coaching	54
17	StolenGoat Race Team	48
18	Bingoal WB Development Team	45
19	RTD – J’sCycleShack	45
20	BCC Race Team	39

Women’s national road race rankings

Zoe Langham (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) is our new leader in the women’s national road race rankings after her 2nd place at the RCR Fatcreations Road Race on Saturday.

Both Langham, and RCR Fatcreations Road Race winner Jessica Finney (AWOL – O’Shead) climb two spots, pushing previous leader Tamsin Miller (Hutchinson-Brother UK) and Monica Greenwood (DAS – Handsling Bikes) down the rankings into 3rd and 4th place respectively.

Bexy Dew (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) retains 5th spot, just a single point behind Greenwood, and will have her eyes set on Greenwood and Miller, are in front by just single digits.

Flora Perkins (Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team), who was not in action in the UK this weekend, remains our highest-ranked U23 rider.

A number of junior and U23 domestic riders will participate in the Witham Hall Grand Prix race this weekend, part of the of Junior & U23 Women’s National Road Series. However, as the race isn’t open to all domestic riders, the results won’t count toward our national road race rankings.

This next full Nat B road race for women is not until 23 April when the opening round of the British Team Cup, the Twickenham CC Dave Peck Memorial British Cup Race, takes place.

#	Rider	Age	Team	Total
1	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	172
2	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	160
3	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	142
4	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	139
5	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	138
6	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	112
7	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	94
8	Connie Hayes	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	78
9	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	75
10	Flora Perkins	U23	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
11	Jo Tindley	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	66
12	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	60
13	Frances Owen	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	50
14	Francesca Hall	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	49
15	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	48
16	Emma Jeffers	U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes	45
17	Ella Maclean-Howell	U23	Team Inspired	45
18	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	45
19	Eilidh Shaw	U23	Alba Development Road Team	40
20	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	40

Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee lead the team rankings, 36 points ahead of DAS – Handsling Bikes, with Hutchinson-Brother UK in third.

#	Team	Total
1	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	434
2	DAS – Handsling Bikes	398
3	Hutchinson-Brother UK	312
4	AWOL – O’Shea	275
5	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	102
6	Team Boompods	99
7	Wahoo – Le Col	92
8	Loughborough Lightning	76
9	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
10	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	48
11	Team Inspired	45
12	Alba Development Road Team	44
13	Team Spectra Cannondale	39
14	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	26
15	StolenGoat Race Team	13
16	LDN-Academy	11
17	Saint Piran WRT	8
18	Ignite	7
19	INFLITE TYPE ONE	7
20	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	7

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