The National Circuit Series continues on Friday (14 July) with a brand new race, the Dudley Grand Prix. Here is a short preview together with the provisional startlists.

Featured image: Ian Wrightson

What is it?

A brand new circuit race in the heart of Dudley in the West Midlands, organised by Newark Town Centre Races organiser Chris Lawrence. The race forms Round 3 of the National Circuit Series.

The route

Dudley will be transformed into a spectator-friendly racing circuit for the evening. The circuit’s epicentre is Priory Road, where the start/finish line is positioned, with The Broadway and the Coronation Gardens roundabout also featuring.

A variety of food stalls, music and commentary on the circuit should help to create a lively atmosphere. ​It is a fast, twisty, and technical circuit, meaning bike handling and positioning will be as important as raw power and speed.

Series standings

National Circuit Series standings after round 3 here (bottom of the post).

Riders to watch

Women’s National Circuit Series leader Corinne Side lines up, part of a terrifically strong Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee team that also includes former National Circuit Race champion Jo Tindley, Robyn Clay, and Bexy Dew, all of whom are in the top ten of the Series standings.

Team rivals DAS-Handsling include new signing Frankie Hall, Lucy Lee and Emma Jeffers. The latter won two rounds of the Series last season but hasn’t quite hit her stride yet this year. All three should feature.

Emily Proud (Le Col) put in the ride of the night at Guildford last week, coming back from last position to finish second. El King (Lifeplus-Wahoo) Isabell Darvill (Spectra Cannondale)

Men’s Series leader Ben Chilton (Ribble Collective) starts after his commanding win in Guildford. He will be challenged by Ilkley Grand Prix winner Matthew Fox (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli) and his fast-finishing teammate Tim Shoreman.

Cai Davies (Kalas Motip RT) has been Mr Consistent so far in the Series, grabbing two top tens and a 15th so far. Alec Briggs was second in Guildford and is knocking on the door of his first National Circuit Series win.

Jim Brown (Cross Team Legendre) and Toby Barnes (Dolan Ellesse RT) are two other riders well capable of a win if they are on form.

Timings

17.00 Under 12s racing

17.30 Under 14s racing

18.00 Under 16s racing

18.35 Regional / Amateurs’ race

19.30 The Women’s Dudley Grand Prix

20.30 The Men’s Dudley Grand Prix

How to follow

You can watch a live stream of the race here.

There will also be race updates from the British Cycling social media accounts and from the Dudley Grand Prix.

Provisional startlists

The Women’s Dudley Grand Prix

See confirmed withdrawals in the results tab here.

Bib	Rider	Age	Team	RRR pts
1	Daisy Barnes	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	0
2	Sophie Enever	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	10
3	Arianne Holland	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	0
4	Beth Maciver	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	20
5	Victoria Smith	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	0
6	Amelia Tyler	U23	Alba Development Road Team	96
7	Evie White	Junior	Alba Development Road Team	0
8	Ellen Bennett	U23	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	5
9	Lily Brindle	Junior	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	0
10	Grace Reynolds	U23	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	20
11	Harriet Graham	Senior	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	13
12	Hope Inglis	Junior	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	3
13	Georgia Lancaster	Junior	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	91
14	Electra Morris	Junior	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	7
15	Maisy Vasic	U23	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	0
16	Emma Jeffers	U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes	105
17	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	329
18	Grace Lister	U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes	66
19	Emma Matthews	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	0
20	Beth Morrow	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	0
21	Katie Scott	U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes	20
22	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	169
23	Sophie Thackray	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	0
24	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	97
25	Samantha Fawcett	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	0
26	Ione Johnson	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	48
27	Tiffany Keep	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	39
28	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	244
29	Dannielle Watkinson	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	35
30	Lydia Watts	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	122
31	Sannah Zaman	U23	Hutchinson-Brother UK	38
32	Laura Davies	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	17
33	Beth Harley-Jepson	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	8
34	Rebekah Nash	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	0
35	Abbie Taylor	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	45
36	Philippa Draper	U23	Loughborough Lightning	27
37	Madeleine Gammons	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	0
38	Francesca Hall	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	266
39	Emily Kay	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	9
40	Alice Lethbridge	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	17
41	Anya Tamplin	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	27
42	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	167
43	Lucy Ellmore	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	23
44	Amy Gornall	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	0
45	Corinne Side	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	44
46	Millie Skinner	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	2
47	Jo Tindley	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	66
48	Hannah Bayes	Senior	Saint Piran WRT	0
49	Sophie Holmes	Senior	Saint Piran WRT	6
50	Gabriella Homer	Senior	Saint Piran WRT	18
51	Annamarie Lipp	Senior	Saint Piran WRT	0
52	Rebecca Richards	Senior	Saint Piran WRT	0
53	Jayati Hine	Senior	Team Boompods	93
54	Sian Marsh	Senior	Team Boompods	52
55	Gemma Mitchell	Senior	Team Boompods	5
56	Lauren Robinson	Senior	Team Boompods	47
57	Xan Crees	Senior	Team Spectra Cannondale	0
58	Isabel Darvill	Senior	Team Spectra Cannondale	41
59	Laura Senior	Senior	Team Spectra Cannondale	0
60	Ailsa McLagen	Senior	05/03	0
61	Libby Smithson	U23	AWOL – O’Shea	0
62	Amelia Southall	U23	AWOL Worx Galliard	2
63	Rebecca Lineker	Senior	Contiki Velo Bavarian RT	7
64	Maddie Heywood	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	37
65	Elizabeth Sanders	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	0
66	Rebecca Hair	Senior	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	20
67	Isabella Johnson	U23	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	18
68	Charlotte Head	Senior	LDN-Academy	0
69	Natasha Reddy	Senior	LDN-Academy	9
70	Caitlin Dimbleby	Senior	Le Col Race Team	42
71	Emily Proud	Senior	Le Col Race Team	105
72	Eluned King	U23	Lifeplus – Wahoo	0
73	Shona Mosley	U23	Lincoln Wheelers CC	0
74	Evelyn Field	Junior	JRC-INTERFLON Race Team	0
75	Lindsay Toy	Junior	JRC-INTERFLON Race Team	13
76	Cecilia Hime	Senior	Paradigm Cycles	5
77	Charlotte Deykin	Senior	Peterborough Cycle Hub	0
78	Amira Mellor	Senior	Ribble Collective	0
79	Lucy Glover	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	55
80	Erin Avill	U23	Storey Racing	38
81	Nicola Soden	Senior	Tactic UK WRT	0
82	Mari Porton	Junior	Tofauti Everyone Active	50
83	Anastasia Bowler	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	15
84	Maya Branfoot	U23	Wahoo – Le Col	0
85	Kate MacLeod	Junior	Private Member	0
86	Georgina Oakley	Senior	Private Member	22

The Men’s Dudley Grand Prix, sponsored by Triple 20 cars

See confirmed withdrawals in the results tab here.

Bib	Rider	Age	Team	RRR pts
1	Cai Davies	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	113
2	Harry Green	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	0
3	Cameron McLaren	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	36
4	Jacob Vaughan	Senior	TEKKERZ CC	17
5	David Roper	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	0
6	Matt Witts	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	5
7	Joshua Horsfield	U23	Ribble rechrg Race Team	23
8	Hugo Lutz-Atkinson	U23	Ribble rechrg Race Team	37
9	Max Lutz-Atkinson	U23	Ribble rechrg Race Team	9
10	Joseph Beckingsale	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	62
11	Matthew Ellis	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	29
12	David Hird	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	111
13	Joshua Price	Senior	ROKiT-SRCT	0
14	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	192
15	Tom Williams	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	46
16	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	261
17	Rhys Britton	Senior	Saint Piran	20
18	Lucas Jowett	U23	Saint Piran	15
19	Tom Mazzone	Senior	Saint Piran	0
20	Leon Mazzone	Senior	Saint Piran	74
21	Tom Charles	U23	Team PB Performance	0
22	Liam Flannery	U23	Team PB Performance	0
23	Nathan Hardy	U23	Team PB Performance	0
24	Tom Palfrey	U23	Team PB Performance	55
25	Kieran Riley	U23	Team PB Performance	3
26	Daniel Barnes	U23	Team Spectra Cannondale	36
27	Travis Bramley	Senior	Team Spectra Cannondale	0
28	Frederik Schescke	Senior	Team Spectra Cannondale	0
29	Alec Briggs	Senior	TEKKERZ CC	0
30	Joe Holt	Senior	TEKKERZ CC	6
31	Olivier Mangham	U23	TEKKERZ CC	0
32	James Bevan	Senior	trainSharp Elite	56
33	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	248
34	Sam Shepherd	Senior	05/03	8
35	Matthew Webster	Senior	trainSharp Elite	0
36	Benjamin Bright	U23	Wales Racing Academy	65
37	Huw Buck Jones	U23	Wales Racing Academy	167
38	Spencer Davies	U23	Wales Racing Academy	29
39	William Harding	U23	Wales Racing Academy	87
40	Griff Lewis	U23	Wales Racing Academy	6
41	Fred Meredith	U23	Wales Racing Academy	42
42	Edward Morgan	U23	Wales Racing Academy	95
43	Aaron King	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	30
44	Callum Laborde	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	36
45	Lee Rosie	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	25
46	Tim Shoreman	Senior	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	105
47	Joshua Jones	Senior	ALL IN Racing	0
48	David Bolland	Senior	Army Cycling Union	0
49	Sean Dodsworth	Senior	Army Cycling Union	0
50	Lewis Tinsley	Senior	Beeston Cycling Club	0
51	Jim Brown	Senior	Private Member	40
52	Toby Barnes	Senior	Dolan Ellesse Race Team	98
53	Sam Kettlewell	U23	Embark Spirit BSS	32
54	George Kimber	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	86
55	Patrick Fotheringham	Senior	Halesowen A & CC	0
56	Sean Dawson	Senior	INFLITE	20
57	Thomas Doig	Senior	INFLITE	0
58	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	251
59	Felix Whetter	U23	Mid Devon CC	29
60	Tom Cullen	Senior	Otley CC	0
61	Thomas Price	U23	Reflex Racing	0
62	Ben Chilton	U23	Ribble Collective	11
63	Angus Hawkins	U23	Ride Revolution Coaching	131
64	Bob McGlue	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	0
65	Jake Jackson	Senior	Rose Race Team	0
66	James Brown	U23	Sn Vitae Bim Bam Coaching RT	3
67	Harvey Stroh	U23	TAAP Endura	7
68	Max Bufton	Junior	Tofauti Everyone Active	14
69	Sam Holwill	U23	trainSharp Development Team	15
70	Ashley Marshall	Senior	Vocation Cycling	0
71	Benjamin Hellebo	Senior	Wheelsuckers	27
72	Cavan Walker	Senior	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	1
73	Isaac Lawrence	U23	05/03	0
74	William Abbott	U23	Private Member	0