2023 National road race rankings | 1 June

Three men’s National B road races last weekend – the Olveston GP, the Blaydon CC road race, and the GA Bennett road race – created a wealth of points scoring opportunities for the men’s peloton. Here is our round-up of all the latest moves in The British Continental road race rankings.

The full rankings – and a whole lot more – are in our ever-evolving stats hub here.

Previous update: 24 May

Featured image: Emma Wilcock

Men’s national road race rankings

With James McKay (Cycling Sheffield) lining up in two of the weekend’s three races, the big question was could he score enough points to knock Alex Richardson (Saint Piran) off the top perch? Needing to close a 67 point gap, McKay was 11th at the Blaydon CC road race and 8th at the GA Bennett. A solid weekend but only enough to score 38 points, leaving him to remain second, 29 points shy of Richardson.

Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT) did not race but remains in third, the top under-23 rider, after his nearest rival, 4th-placed Rowan Baker pulled out midway through the Olveston GP suffering with a virus.

Another under-23, Dexter Leeming-Sykes (World Top The Edge) moves up two places to 5th thanks to a 4th place at the Blaydon CC road race, while Marinus Petersen charges into the top ten, climbing eleven places thanks to his win at the Olveston GP.

Ben Pease (Moonglu RT) is a new entrant in the top 20, up as high as 11th, after 10th at Blaydon and then second at the GA Bennett. And GA Bennett winner Adam Lewis (Saint Piran) sneaks into 20th place.

In the team rankings, Saint Piran continues its voluminous lead over ROKiT-SRCT. to enjoy a large advantage over nearest rivals ROKiT-SRCT. The top four is unchanged but Kalas Motip RT jump two places to 7th after Petersen’s Olveston GP win. Moonglu RT are into the top ten for the first time after a strong team showing.

This weekend there is just one men’s National B road race, the Drummond Trophy in Scotland, starring Finn Crockett (The Cycling Academy), among others.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	332
2	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	303
3	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	261
4	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	231
5	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	214
6	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	212
7	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	196
8	Huw Buck Jones	U23	Wales Racing Academy	167
9	Marinus Petersen	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	166
10	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	163
11	Ben Pease	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	152
12	Samuel Clark	U23	trainSharp Elite	150
13	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	148
14	Matthew Houlberg	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	143
15	Matthew Warhurst	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	137
16	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	133
17	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	131
18	Nicholas Tyrie	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	130
19	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	125
20	Adam Lewis	Senior	Saint Piran	123

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Saint Piran	1040
2	ROKiT-SRCT	642
3	Cycling Sheffield	527
4	trainSharp Elite	495
5	Kalas Motip Race Team	476
6	Embark Spirit BSS	461
7	Wales Racing Academy	382
8	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	347
9	Primera-TeamJobs	336
10	Moonglu Race Team	305
11	Richardsons Trek DAS	303
12	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	303
13	Ride Revolution Coaching	289
14	London Dynamo	231
15	Team PB Performance	179
16	The Cycling Academy	165
17	StolenGoat Race Team	154
18	Spokes Racing Team	150
19	TAAP Endura	137
20	BCC Race Team	134

Women’s national road race rankings

There was no national road racing last weekend for women, alas, meaning no changes to the rankings. Zoe Langham still leads the individual rankings, Hutchinson-Brother UK are ahead in the team rankings.

The rankings should get a shake up this weekend, however, with the Owen Blower Memorial road race. Four of the top ten, including Langham, are on the provisional startlist.

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