2023 National road race rankings | 26 April

Here are the latest British Continental national road race rankings, updated following the Straiton Struggle road race, the Dave Peck Memorial road race and the DAP CC Spring Road Race at the weekend.

Previous update: 19 April

Featured image: Calum Brookes

Men’s national road race rankings

Two National B road races took place last weekend: the Straiton Struggle in Ayrshire and the DAP CC Spring Road Race. With most of the top domestic riders in action at the Rutland-Melton International CiCLE Classic (which, as a UCI race, doesn’t count toward the rankings), this was an opportunity for some of the country’s lesser celebrated riders to steal a march.

The biggest beneficiary was London Dynamo’s Rowan Baker. The 21-year-old has been one of the revelations of the domestic scene this year, so it was no surprise to us when he took his first National B road race win at the DAP CC Spring Road Race on Sunday. The win moved the 21-year-old up to second in the rankings, just one point behind long-term leader Ollie Peckover (trainSharp Elite). Baker’s win also means he is now the highest-ranked under-23 rider, leapfrogging previous under-23 leader Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT).

Meanwhile, Ride Revolutions’s Clay Davies’ second place at the DAP CC Spring Road Race, his second podium in a row, propelled him into the top ten for the first time.

There were only minor changes to the team rankings. The top 5 remains unchanged but Wheelbase CabTech Castelli moves from 9th to 6th, while London Dynamo moves up one place to 9th.

This weekend there are two men’s National B road races for men, the PNE National B road race, and the Oakenclough road race, which forms round 2 of the Proper Northern Road Race Series. Both races take place on Sunday 30 April.

Individual rankings

#	Rider	Age	Team	Total
1	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	193
2	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	192
3	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	136
4	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	126
5	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	113
6	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	112
7	Clay Davies	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	108
8	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	105
9	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	104
10	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	99
11	Toby Barnes	Senior	Dolan Ellesse Race Team	98
12	Huw Buck Jones	U23	Wales Racing Academy	97
13	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	93
14	Damien Clayton	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	93
15	Tomos Pattinson	Junior	Tofauti Everyone Active	91
16	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	86
17	Matthew Warhurst	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	77
18	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	73
19	Alex Peters	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	67
20	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	67

Team rankings

#	Team	Total
1	ROKiT-SRCT	425
2	Saint Piran	418
3	trainSharp Elite	318
4	Embark Spirit BSS	297
5	Cycling Sheffield	229
6	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	219
7	Richardsons Trek DAS	208
8	Wales Racing Academy	206
9	London Dynamo	192
10	Kalas Motip Race Team	181
11	Ride Revolution Coaching	151
12	Primera-TeamJobs	129
13	Team PB Performance	119
14	Tofauti Everyone Active	117
15	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	110
16	TAAP Endura	86
17	Spokes Racing Team	79
18	Ribble rechrg Race Team	73
19	Deeside Thistle CC	69
20	Le Col Race Team	67

Women’s national road race rankings

After a hiatus since the RCR FatCreations road race, women’s National B road racing returned last weekend with the Dave Peck Memorial British Cup Race, round 1 of the British Women’s Team Cup.

Ruth Shier, Lydia Watts and Emily Proud are all new entrants into the top 20 thanks to their fine respective performances at the Dave Peck Memorial.

Shier (Hutchinson-Brother UK) won the race, bagging 60 points, which means she rockets up to 7th place overall. Her teammate Watts was 2nd, gaining enough points to move into 14th in the rankings table. While Proud (Le Col RT) sneaks just inside the top 20 thanks to her 3rd place on Sunday.

Hutchinson-Brother UK’s excellent performance at the Dave Peck Memorial moves the team to the top of the team rankings, from 3rd. The team now has a 27 point lead over Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee. DAS-Handsling sits 3rd.

Women’s National B road racing continues this weekend with the Oakenclough road race, round 2 of Cold Dark North’s Proper Northern Road Race Series.

Individual rankings

#	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	Ruth Shier	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	95
8	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	94
9	Connie Hayes	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	78
10	Flora Perkins	U23	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
11	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	75
12	Jo Tindley	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	66
13	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	60
14	Lydia Watts	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	53
15	Frances Owen	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	50
16	Francesca Hall	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	49
17	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	48
18	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	45
19	Emily Proud	Senior	Le Col Race Team	45
20	Emma Jeffers	U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes	45

Team rankings

#	Team	Total
1	Hutchinson-Brother UK	471
2	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	444
3	DAS – Handsling Bikes	402
4	AWOL – O’Shea	275
5	Team Boompods	129
6	Wahoo – Le Col	112
7	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	102
8	Team Spectra Cannondale	93
9	Le Col Race Team	83
10	Loughborough Lightning	76
11	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
12	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	48
13	Team Inspired	45
14	Alba Development Road Team	44
15	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	40
16	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	26
17	StolenGoat Race Team	24
18	Saint Piran WRT	14
19	LDN-Academy	11
20	INFLITE Femme	9

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