2023 National road race rankings | 5 May

Here are the latest British Continental national road race rankings, updated following the PNE Road Race and the Oakenclough road races last weekend.

Previous update: 25 April

Featured image: Ellen Isherwood

Men’s national road race rankings

There were two opportunities for the men to make their moves in the Road Race Rankings last weekend: the PNE Road Race and the Oakenclough road race, the latter of which formed Round 2 of the Proper Northern Road Race Series.

Neither of our two leading riders, Ollie Peckover (trainSharp Elite) & Rowan Baker (London Dynamo) were in action, opening the window to riders lower down the order to close the gap.

Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT) did just this, moving to within 20 points of Peckover and Baker – and remaining 3rd in the rankings – after picking up 4th place at the Oakenclough Road Race.

Alexander Richardson (Saint Piran) took home maximum points in the PNE Road Race to move from 6th to 4th place, just behind Young, while Young’s teammate Matt Warhurst took his first National B road race win at Oakenclough to propel him into 5th.

There were only minor changes in the team rankings. Wheelbase CabTech Castelli again moved up the rankings, this week from 6th to 5th, after a strong performance at Oakenclough, while Cycling Sheffield – who had most of their team racing in Germany at the weekend – slipped to 9th.

With Peckover & Baker again not starting this upcoming weekend and both Young & Richardson set to, we could well see new leaders come Monday.

This weekend we have three National road races for men: the Totnes Vire stage race, the BEC CC road race, and the U23 Yorkshire Classic, which forms round 2 of the Under-23 Men’s National Road Series.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Total
1	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	193
2	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	192
3	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	176
4	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	172
5	Matthew Warhurst	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	137
6	Huw Buck Jones	U23	Wales Racing Academy	132
7	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	132
8	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	127
9	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	126
10	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	119
11	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	113
12	Samuel Clark	U23	trainSharp Elite	110
13	Clay Davies	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	108
14	Toby Barnes	Senior	Dolan Ellesse Race Team	98
15	Damien Clayton	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	98
16	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	94
17	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	93
18	Tomos Pattinson	Junior	Tofauti Everyone Active	91
19	Jacob Smith	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	90
20	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	86

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	ROKiT-SRCT	541
2	Saint Piran	518
3	trainSharp Elite	392
4	Embark Spirit BSS	357
5	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	300
6	Wales Racing Academy	293
7	Richardsons Trek DAS	235
8	Kalas Motip Race Team	229
9	Cycling Sheffield	229
10	Ride Revolution Coaching	198
11	London Dynamo	192
12	Primera-TeamJobs	171
13	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	137
14	Team PB Performance	130
15	Tofauti Everyone Active	117
16	Spokes Racing Team	110
17	TAAP Endura	86
18	BCC Race Team	82
19	Ribble rechrg Race Team	73
20	Deeside Thistle CC	69

Women’s national road race rankings

With just the Oakenclough Road Race on offer for the women last weekend, our leader Zoe Langham (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) had the opportunity to open up her gap to second-placed Jessica Finney (AWOL – O’Shea) who was not on the startlist.

Langham did just that, a 5th place finish at Oakenclough enough to stretch her lead. Finney, meanwhile, slid into third after another strong ride from Tamsin Miller (Hutchinson-Brother UK) pushed her ahead.

Langham’s teammate, Bexy Dew (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) moved into 4th place as she picked up another top 10 finish. Dew’s rise meant Monica Greenwood (DAS – Handsling Bikes), who scored a brilliant 4th at the Leiedal Koerse (UCI 1.2) over in Belgium instead, dropped into 5th.

Juniors Cat Ferguson & Imogen Wolff (both Shibden Hope Tech Apex) put on a fine display at Oakenclough to secure a 1-2, shooting them both up the rankings to 6th and 11th respectively.

Whilst there was no major movement in the team rankings, Ferguson and Wolff’s results also meant Shibden Hope Tech Apex moved into the top 5, pushing Team Boompods down into 6th.

Women’s National B road racing takes another break this upcoming weekend, with the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix the next major rendezvous for the women’s peloton.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	207
2	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	173
3	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	160
4	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	158
5	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	139
6	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	120
7	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	112
8	Ruth Shier	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	95
9	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	94
10	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	93
11	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	87
12	Connie Hayes	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	78
13	Flora Perkins	U23	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
14	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	75
15	Jo Tindley	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	66
16	Lydia Watts	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	53
17	Frances Owen	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	50
18	Francesca Hall	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	49
19	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	45
20	Emily Proud	Senior	Le Col Race Team	45

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Hutchinson-Brother UK	525
2	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	499
3	DAS – Handsling Bikes	402
4	AWOL – O’Shea	275
5	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	244
6	Team Boompods	193
7	Wahoo – Le Col	144
8	Team Spectra Cannondale	93
9	Alba Development Road Team	84
10	Le Col Race Team	83
11	Loughborough Lightning	76
12	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
13	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	48
14	Team Inspired	45
15	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	40
16	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	26
17	StolenGoat Race Team	24
18	Saint Piran WRT	23
19	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	20
20	LDN-Academy	11

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