2023 National road race rankings | 19 May

The Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix p/b Wattbike brought us some thrilling racing last weekend, and also conjured up some changes to The British Continental road race rankings. Here is all the latest.

Previous update: 10 May

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Men’s national road race rankings

Saint Piran’s Alex Richardson’s second win at the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix – his 4th win of the year – earned him 100 points on Sunday, enabling him to jump to the top of the national road race rankings.

Thanks to his brilliant 4th place at Lincoln, James McKay (Cycling Sheffield) also moved up one spot, climbing to second place, albeit 67 points in deficit to the high-flying Richardson.

Last week’s leader, Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT) slips to third, despite a strong performance at Lincoln, finishing 11th. He is nonetheless the top under-23 in the rankings and is only four points behind McKay.

Other movers in the top ten included London Dynamo’s Rowan Baker, up one place to 4th after a fine 8th place at Lincoln. Zeb Kyffin (Saint Piran) rockets up to 5th from 14th thanks to his second place at the weekend, while Dexter Leeming-Sykes (Wold Top The Edge Pactimo) also arrives in the top ten after his 7th at Lincoln, moving from 13th to 7th.

In the team rankings, Saint Piran has now shot ahead of ROKiT-SRCT, almost 300 points clear thanks to a dominant team performance at Lincoln. trainSharp Elite remain third, but after not scoring any points at Lincoln, the team’s advantage to Cycling Sheffield has narrowed to just 46 points.

Much of the domestic peloton is in Ireland racing at the Rás but there are nonetheless two National B road races for men: the BUCS road race championships in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and the Hugh Dornan Memorial in Scotland.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	332
2	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	265
3	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	261
4	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	231
5	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	212
6	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	193
7	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	174
8	Huw Buck Jones	U23	Wales Racing Academy	167
9	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	163
10	Samuel Clark	U23	trainSharp Elite	150
11	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	148
12	Matthew Warhurst	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	137
13	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	133
14	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	131
15	Nicholas Tyrie	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	130
16	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	125
17	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	120
18	Clay Davies	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	108
19	Marinus Petersen	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	106
20	Harry Birchill	U23	Saint Piran	103

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Saint Piran	922
2	ROKiT-SRCT	642
3	trainSharp Elite	485
4	Cycling Sheffield	439
5	Wales Racing Academy	376
6	Kalas Motip Race Team	361
7	Embark Spirit BSS	356
8	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	338
9	Richardsons Trek DAS	286
10	Primera-TeamJobs	264
11	London Dynamo	231
12	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	217
13	Ride Revolution Coaching	204
14	StolenGoat Race Team	169
15	Team PB Performance	155
16	TAAP Endura	137
17	Tofauti Everyone Active	117
18	Spokes Racing Team	110
19	Moonglu Race Team	106
20	Orwell Velo	87

Women’s national road race rankings

Zoe Langham (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) stays top, picking up 6 points at Lincoln to solidify her lead. She remains the only rider with over 200 points in the women’s rankings.

Monica Greenwood (DAS – Handsling Bikes) is a mover, shifting from 5th to 2nd thanks to 7th place at Lincoln. She is now 7 points ahead of Tammy Miller, who drops from 2nd after scoring ‘nul points’ on Sunday.

Junior starlet Cat Ferguson (Shibden Hope Tech Apex) is up to 4th place from 6th after her excellent 6th at Lincoln. Ferguson – just 17 – is also the top rider under the age of 23 in the rankings.

Sammie Stuart (DAS – Handsling Bikes) is another riser, climbing to 5th from 9th after her Lincoln podium, with Lincoln winner Robyn Clay (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) and junior talent Imogen Wolff also in to the top ten.

It is tight at the top of the team rankings now. Huthinson-Brother UK are now just one point ahead of closest challengers Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee, the latter making up ground in part thanks to Clay’s Lincoln win. DAS-Handsling are still in the hunt too, sitting in third place 48 points behind Pro-Noctis. Meanwhile, junior team Shibden Hope Tech Apex are 4th.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	213
2	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	184
3	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	173
4	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	171
5	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	169
6	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	160
7	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	160
8	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	140
9	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	121
10	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	114
11	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	112
12	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne	Senior	Team Boompods	102
13	Ruth Shier	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	95
14	Heather Mayer	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	85
15	Connie Hayes	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	78
16	Flora Perkins	U23	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
17	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	75
18	Jo Tindley	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	66
19	Grace Lister	U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes	66
20	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	63

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Hutchinson-Brother UK	637
2	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	636
3	DAS – Handsling Bikes	588
4	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	329
5	Team Boompods	317
6	AWOL – O’Shea	275
7	Wahoo – Le Col	144
8	Alba Development Road Team	94
9	Team Spectra Cannondale	93
10	Le Col Race Team	83
11	Loughborough Lightning	76
12	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
13	Saint Piran WRT	48
14	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	48
15	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	48
16	Team Inspired	45
17	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	26
18	StolenGoat Race Team	24
19	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	20
20	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	20

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