2023 PNE National B road race: report and results

Alex Richardson (Saint Piran) won the PNE National B road race for the second year in a row on Saturday (29 April) with a trademark solo win.

Featured image: Pitchside Photography

Summary

The peloton was bathed in glorious spring sunshine as it rolled it from Owlesbury, Hampshire for 10 and a half laps of a challenging circuit.

Last year’s race winner Richardson seemed set on defending his crown from the off, getting into an early break with Ollie Hurdle (StolenGoat RT) and Jordan Giles (Primera-TeamJobs).

The trio was later caught by a countermove featuring Seb Garry and Marinus Peterson (both Kalas Motip RT), and Oscar Hutchings (Team Tor Kalas 2000). This remained the status quo for a number of laps but as the lap counter ticked down, the race began to change once again.

First, Richardson decided to jettison the rest of the break, managing to shrug off everyone bar Hurdle. Meanwhile behind, a group of 8 riders counterattacked from the bunch, including Ollie Hucks (Kalas Motip), Sam Clark (trainSharp Elite) and Angus Hawkins (Ride Revolution Coaching), Jack Crook (Richardsons Trek DAS and new Cycling Academy signing Euan Woodliffe, among others.

The group of 8 caught the 4 riders dropped by Richardson and Hurdle. And then with a lap and half to go, Richardson surged clear of Hurdle. Richardson remained ahead to take another trademark solo win.

Behind, Hurdle was swallowed up – and then dropped – by the chasers, leaving a small group to fight it out for the remaining podium places. Sam Clark (trainSharp Elite) took second, with Angus Hawkins (Ride Revolution Coaching) in third.

Results

Pos	Bib	Rider	Age	Team	Pts
1	1	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	60
2	20	Samuel Clark	U23	trainSharp Elite	52
3	36	Angus Hawkins	U23	Ride Revolution Coaching	45
4	76	Nicholas Tyrie	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	40
5	87	Euan Woodliffe	U23	The Cycling Academy	35
6	42	Oliver Hucks	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	31
7	22	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	27
8	86	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	23
9	40	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	20
10	66	Marinus Petersen	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	17
11	2	Charles Ager	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	15
12	9	James Bevan	Senior	trainSharp Elite	13
13	47	Carl Jolly	Senior	WestSide Coaching. 73 Degrees	11
14	68	Jack Rebours	Senior	trainSharp Elite	9
15	39	David Hird	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	7
16	58	Chris McNamara	Senior	Sigma Sports – Cannondale RT	6
17	38	Joe Hill	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	5
18	14	James Brown	U23	Sn Vitae Bim Bam Coaching RT	3
19	5	Jacob Avery	U23	Ride Revolution Coaching	2
20	78	Morgan West	Senior	Folkestone Velo Club	1
21	41	Josh Housley	Senior	Derby CC Webuycycle Huub RT	0
22	18	Jude Chamberlain	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	0
23	15	Joshua Brown	U23	Team Novo Nordisk Development	0
24	31	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	0
25	62	Samuel Nisbet	U23	Big Maggys	0
26	77	Michael Weavers	Senior	Lewes Wanderers CC	0
27	34	Joe Griffiths	Senior	Saddleback Racing	0
28	0	Archie Cross	Senior	Velo Schils – Interbike RT	0
29	23	Alexander Cross	Senior	Velo Schils – Interbike RT	0
30	52	Charlie Lacaille	Senior	Velo Schils – Interbike RT	0
31	69	Danylo Riwnyj	Senior	trainSharp Elite	0
32	44	Oscar Hutchings	Senior	Team Tor 2000 Kalas	0
33	7	Charlie Beake	Senior	Team Tor 2000 Kalas	0
34	0	Lucas Jowett	U23	Saint Piran	0
35	24	Tobias Dahlhaus	Senior	Foran CCC	0
36	74	Alexander Speirs	Senior	TAAP Endura	0
37	53	Harry Macfarlane	Senior	TAAP Endura	0
38	82	Jack Wyllie	Senior	TAAP Endura	0
39	43	Oliver Hurdle	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	0