2023 National road race rankings | 8 June

With the cancellation of The Drummond Trophy mid-race, there was just a solitary National B road race, the Owen Blower Memorial. Here is our round-up of what it all means for the tight tussle at the top of The British Continental women’s road race rankings.

The full rankings are in our ever-evolving stats hub here.

Previous update: 1 June

Featured image: Bob MacGregor

Men’s national road race rankings

The curtailment of The Drummond Trophy meant that there were no men’s National B road races last weekend, and therefore no change to the rankings.

This weekend could see a lot of movement though, with regional road race championships happening up and down the country. There are six in all for the men:

• Swindon Wheelers Centenary Road Race (incorporating the South & South West Senior Mens Regional RR Championships) – startlist here
• Giles Ree Memorial Race (incorporating the South East Men’s Regional RR Championships) – startlist here
• Welsh Mens Road Race Championships – startlist here
• North West & Yorkshire Men’s Regional RR Championships- startlist here
• East Midland Men’s Regional RR Championships promoted by The YBC & UONCC – startlist here
• North East Regional RR Championships.

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

With the Owen Blower Memorial containing five of the top ten in the women’s road race rankings –  Zoe Langham (1st), Tamsin Miller (2nd), Bexy Dew (4th), Lucy Lee (7th) and and Robyn Clay (9th) – together with strong line-ups from the three leading squads in the team rankings – Hutchinson-Brother UK, Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee, and DAS – Handsling Bikes – the race was was an important battleground for rankings points.

Lee’s (DAS-Handsling) win at the Owen Blower Memorial made her the highest points scorer of the weekend, moving her up from 7th to 3rd. Lee is now just 20 points behind second-placed Miller (Hutchinson-Brother UK), who was sixth in the race. Rankings leader Langham (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) finished one place higher than Miller, meaning she extended her lead at the top by a modest four points.

Clay (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) climbs one place to 8th thanks to her 7th at the Owen Blower, while Francesca Hall (Loughborough Lightning) is into the top ten for the first time this season after coming third at the race.

It remains exceedingly tight in the team rankings, with the ‘big three’ all scoring well. Hutchinson-Brother UK still lead, but they have had their lead over Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee trimmed from 29 points to just 17. In turn, Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee now only have a 52 point advantage over third-placed DAS-Handsling, down from 61 points.

This nail-biting battle should continue this weekend as it plays out across three women’s regional road race championship races:

• East Midland Women’s Regional RR Championships incorporating the West Midlands Women’s Regional RR Championships promoted by The YBC & UONCC – startlist here
• East/North West/Yorkshire Combined Women’s Regional RR Championships
• Women’s Tri-Regional Road Race Championship – South-East, East, Central – startlist here.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	293
2	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	244
3	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	224
4	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	184
5	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	183
6	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	171
7	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	169
8	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	167
9	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	160
10	Francesca Hall	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	154
11	Ruth Shier	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	130
12	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	121
13	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	115
14	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne	Senior	Team Boompods	115
15	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	114
16	Emily Proud	Senior	Le Col Race Team	105
17	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	97
18	Amelia Tyler	U23	Alba Development Road Team	96
19	Jayati Hine	Senior	Team Boompods	93
20	Heather Mayer	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	85

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Hutchinson-Brother UK	789
2	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	772
3	DAS – Handsling Bikes	720
4	Team Boompods	405
5	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	329
6	AWOL – O’Shea	275
7	Wahoo – Le Col	215
8	Le Col Race Team	197
9	Loughborough University Cycling Club	129
10	Loughborough Lightning	121
11	Team Spectra Cannondale	98
12	Alba Development Road Team	94
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