2023 National road race rankings | 3 August

It has been over six weeks since our last national road race rankings update. The National Road Championships and then the National Circuit Series sucked up most of our attention during that period. And then a trip to the Tour de France Femmes for our editor Denny Gray, together with a wedding and honeymoon for our stats hub guru Martyn Jepson (Ed: congratulations!), further diverted our attention.

We’re pleased to say, however, we’ve now caught up with ourselves, crunched the numbers, and can reveal all the latest moves in the rankings. Here they are…

Previous update: 14 June

Featured image: Ellen Isherwood

Men’s national road race rankings

Since our last update, there have been five national road races on the men’s calendar: the JTOW U23 Men’s GP (9 Jul, National B), the Lancaster Grand Prix (16 Jul, National A), the superbly titled Galloway Hillbillies Road Race (22 Jul, Nat B), a crash-affected CC Hackney Road Race (23 Jul, Nat B), and Cold Dark North’s Aughton Road Race (23 Jul, Nat B).

Despite all this activity, James McKay (Cycling Sheffield) remains top, despite not having finished a national road race since early June. The same goes for Saint Piran’s Alex Richardson, who remains second, just 23 points back.

Zeb Kyffin’s Lancaster Grand Prix win propelled him up to 3rd place, just 20 points back from his Saint Piran teammate Richardson, pushing the highest-placed under-23 rider, Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT), down to 4th, despite Young’s 3rd at Aughton.

Jordan Giles (Primera-TeamJobs) is another mover, up to 7th from 10th, thanks to 15th at Lancaster and 3rd at the CC Hackney Road Race (one of only five finishers at the latter due to an accident behind the break). Ollie Hurdle (StolenGoat RT) is a new entrant to the top ten thanks to similar results (17th in Lancaster, 2nd at the CC Hackney race). Finally, Jack Rootkin-Gray leaps from 20th to 10th courtesy of 3rd at the Lancaster Grand Prix.

In the team rankings, Saint Piran remains the runaway leader, unlikely to be caught now this season. The race for second is far more interesting, however. The ROKiT-SRCT team is ahead of a resurgent Embark Spirit BSS team. Kalas Motip RT and Cycling Sheffield round out the top five.

This weekend, the Yomp Bonk Crew hosts the Trofeo Terrington road race. We will publish a full startlist soon, but notable names on the provisional list include rankings leader James McKay, Saint Piran’s Adam Lewis, Joe Pidcock (TRINITY Racing), East Midlands road race champ Matthew King (X-Speed United), and Mg.K VIS Colors for Peace duo Ben Granger and Matthew Kingston.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	355
2	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	332
3	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	312
4	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	306
5	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	251
6	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	248
7	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	242
8	Ben Pease	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	237
9	Oliver Hurdle	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	235
10	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	223
11	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	221
12	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	214
=	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	214
14	Marinus Petersen	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	212
15	Samuel Clark	U23	trainSharp Elite	208
=	Adam Lewis	Senior	Saint Piran	208
17	Daniel McDermott	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	199
18	Harry Birchill	U23	Saint Piran	188
19	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	181
20	Tim Shoreman	Senior	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	171

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Saint Piran	1569
2	ROKiT-SRCT	917
3	Embark Spirit BSS	769
4	Cycling Sheffield	745
5	Kalas Motip Race Team	701
6	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	674
7	trainSharp Elite	642
8	Wales Racing Academy	516
9	Primera-TeamJobs	503
10	Moonglu Race Team	495
11	Richardsons Trek DAS	472
12	Ride Revolution Coaching	385
13	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	313
14	StolenGoat Race Team	286
15	Team PB Performance	263
16	London Dynamo	251
17	Spokes Racing Team	187
18	TAAP Endura	185
19	Ribble rechrg Race Team	172
20	The Cycling Academy	165

Women’s national road race rankings

There have been four women’s national road races since our last update, and they have resulted in a real shake-up in the standings: Solihull CC Women’s British Team Cup Road Race (9 Jul, Nat B) the Lancaster Grand Prix (16 Jul, National A), the Aughton Road Race (23 Jul, Nat B), and the Duncan Murray Wines Road Race (30 Jul, Nat B).

We have a new leader in the individual standings. Lucy Lee (DAS-Handsling) moves up one place to the top thanks to podiums at both Solihull and Lancaster. Ruth Shier (Hutchinson-Brother UK) completed a perfect month with wins at both Lancaster and the Duncan Murray Wines Road Race, shooting up from 8th to 2nd. She is now 62 points behind Lee.

Shier’s teammate Tammy Miller remains in 3rd with a consistent set of road race results, finishing 9th in Lancaster and then 4th at Aughton. This means erstwhile leader Zoe Langham (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) slips to 4th having not raced since June.

Other upward movers include Aughton winner Sammie Stuart (DAS-Handsling), up to 7th from 9th, and Jess Finney (AWOL O’Shea), now 8th after 2nd at Lancaster.

9th-placed Robyn Clay (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) is the highest-placed under-23 rider thanks to her 5th place at the Lancaster Grand Prix.

Excellent results for the likes of Shier and Miller mean that Hutchinson-Brother UK extends its lead at the top of the team standings. The team now enjoys a 106 point advantage over nearest challenger DAS-Handsling. National Circuit Series winners Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee remain in 3rd but are 219 points further back.

The Trofeo Terrington road race this weekend could result in further changes in the rankings, with Clay one of the names on the current startlist.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	404
2	Ruth Shier	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	342
3	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	318
4	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	293
5	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	285
6	Francesca Hall	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	266
7	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	247
8	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	245
9	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	225
10	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	216
11	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	208
12	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	161
13	Amelia Tyler	U23	Alba Development Road Team	143
=	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	143
15	Lydia Watts	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	122
16	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	117
17	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	115
=	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne	Senior	Team Boompods	115
19	Jayati Hine	Senior	Team Boompods	113
20	Maddie Heywood	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	107

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Hutchinson-Brother UK	1252
2	DAS – Handsling Bikes	1146
3	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	927
4	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	572
5	Team Boompods	569
6	AWOL – O’Shea	410
7	Wahoo – Le Col	291
8	Loughborough Lightning	259
9	Le Col Race Team	226
10	Alba Development Road Team	212
11	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	201
12	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	174
13	Loughborough University Cycling Club	129
14	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	118
15	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	114
16	Tofauti Everyone Active	113
17	LDN-Academy	113
18	Team Spectra Cannondale	98
19	Saint Piran WRT	93
20	Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team	75

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