2023 National road race rankings | 24 May

After four National B races last weekend, the Hugh Dornan Memorial Road Race, the Banbury Star Cyclists’ Club Road Race, and the men’s and women’s BUCS Road Race Championships road races, we bring you a round-up of the latest changes to The British Continental road race rankings.

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Previous update: 19 May

Featured image: Emma Wilcock

Men’s national road race rankings

There may have been two men’s National B road races last Sunday (the Hugh Dornan Memorial and the men’s BUCS Road Race Championships road race) but, with the majority of the leading riders either taking a weekend off at the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix, or busy becoming men of the Rás over in Ireland, there was little movement at the top of the rankings.

In fact, the top 16 remained entirely unchanged. So that means Alex Richardson (Saint Piran) remains top, with Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT) the top under-23 rider.

Sitting in 12th place before the weekend, Yorkshire Under-23 Classic winner Matthew Warhurst (ROKiT-SRCT) did race, but surprisingly finished just outside the points at the men’s BUCS Road Race Championships road race in 21sts, so missed an opportunity to move into the top 10.

Ollie Hurdle (Stolen Goat RT) was the only new entry into the top 20, climbing to 17th place after a fine 4th at the BUCS road race.

In the team rankings, Saint Piran continues to enjoy a large advantage over nearest rivals ROKiT-SRCT. Embark Spirit BSS moved up to 6th from 7th but otherwise the top 10 was unchanged.

This bank holiday weekend there are three men’s National B road races. The Olveston GP Road Race, formerly the Severn Bridge Road Race and the Blaydon CC Men’s Road Race take place on Sunday 27 May, while the GA Bennett Road Race supported by Pedal Pushers of Grantham is on Monday 28 May. Watch out for previews on our website later this week.

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	Oliver Hurdle	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	123
18	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	120
19	Clay Davies	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	108
20	Marinus Petersen	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	106

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	Embark Spirit BSS	371
7	Kalas Motip Race Team	361
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	Moonglu Race Team	205
14	Ride Revolution Coaching	204
15	Team PB Performance	155
16	StolenGoat Race Team	154
17	Spokes Racing Team	150
18	TAAP Endura	137
19	Tofauti Everyone Active	117
20	The Cycling Academy	105

Women’s national road race rankings

Zoe Langham (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) extends her lead at the top of the women’s rankings thanks to 3rd place at the Banbury Star Cyclists’ Club Road Race. Langham hasn’t finished lower than 6th in a National B road race this year. How’s that for consistency?

4th place at Banbury for Tammy Miller (Hutchinson-Brother UK) moves her up to second in the rankings, knocking Monica Greenwood (DAS-Handsling) down to third.

Other movers included Langham’s teammate Bexy Dew, up to 4th from 7th after he 9th at Banbury, Lucy Lee (DAS-Handsling), rising from 11th to 7th following her second place in the same race, and Ruth Shier (Hutchinson-Brother UK), who moves into the top ten for the first time thanks to 5th at Banbury.

Finally, Emily Proud’s (Le Col RT) win at the Banbury Star road race catapults her into the top 20. She now sits 14th, just 25 points off a place in the top ten.

It continues to be tight at the top of the team rankings, although Hutchinson-Brother UK did manage to extend their slender one-point lead over closest challengers Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee; the team now has a 29 point advantage. DAS-Handsling remain close at hand in third, 61 points adrift of Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee.

There is no National B road racing for women next weekend, although we will see all three of the British UCI Continental teams – Lifeplus-Wahoo, DAS-Handsling and AWOL O’Shea in action at the RideLondon Classique stage race (26-28 May).

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	258
2	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	213
3	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	184
4	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	180
5	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	171
6	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	169
7	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	164
8	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	160
9	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	140
10	Ruth Shier	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	130
11	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	121
12	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	114
13	Francesca Hall	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	109
14	Emily Proud	Senior	Le Col Race Team	105
15	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne	Senior	Team Boompods	102
16	Amelia Tyler	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	96
17	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	86
18	Heather Mayer	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	85
19	Frances Owen	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	81
20	Connie Hayes	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	78

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Hutchinson-Brother UK	730
2	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	701
3	DAS – Handsling Bikes	640
4	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	329
5	Team Boompods	317
6	AWOL – O’Shea	275
7	Wahoo – Le Col	215
8	Le Col Race Team	157
9	Loughborough University Cycling Club	129
10	Alba Development Road Team	94
11	Team Spectra Cannondale	93
12	Loughborough Lightning	76
13	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75
14	University of Edinburgh Cycling Club	52
15	Southampton University Road Club	49
16	Saint Piran WRT	48
17	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	48
18	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	48
19	Team Inspired	45
20	Teesside University Cycling Club	45

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