2023 National road race rankings | 11 August

With the inaugural Trofeo Terrington completed last weekend, and with the full results for the previous weekend’s Andrews Trophy also now in, we have a fresh set of national road race rankings for you.

Previous update: 3 August

Featured image: Adam Wright

Men’s national road race rankings

The headline in the men’s rankings is the leader James McKay (Cycling Sheffield) has extended his lead after finishing second at the Trofeo Terrington. Saint Piran’s Alex Richardson, remains 2nd despite not having raced since June, but he is now 75 points behind McKay.

Zeb Kyffin (Saint Piran) and Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT) are also non-movers in 3rd and 4th, while Adam Lewis (Saint Piran) jumps to 5th from 15th thanks to third place at the Trofeo Terrington. Beyond this there was no real change, just a few shuffles here and there, the most notable being Ollie Hurdle (StolenGoat RT), who nudged up one spot to 8th thanks to top 20 placings at the Andrews Trophy and the Trofeo Terrington.

Lewis’ podium at the Trofeo Terrington helped to extend Saint Piran’s surely insurmountable lead in the team rankings. Non-scoring ROKiT-SRCT remains in 2nd team but the teams behind have closed the gap, with 3rd-placedEmbark Spirit BSS just 75 points behind now. Cycling Sheffield and Kalas Motip RT continue to round out the top five.

There are no men’s national road races this weekend. The Clive Tilley Memorial stage race (18-20 Aug, Nat B) and the Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix (20 Aug, Nat A) are the next national races on the calendar.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	407
2	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	332
3	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	312
4	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	306
5	Adam Lewis	Senior	Saint Piran	253
6	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	251
7	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	248
8	Oliver Hurdle	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	245
9	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	242
10	Ben Pease	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	237
11	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	223
12	Daniel McDermott	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	222
13	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	221
14	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	214
15	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	214
16	Marinus Petersen	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	212
17	Samuel Clark	U23	trainSharp Elite	208
18	Damien Clayton	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	202
19	Harry Birchill	U23	Saint Piran	188
20	Jack Crook	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	181

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Saint Piran	1614
2	ROKiT-SRCT	917
3	Embark Spirit BSS	842
4	Cycling Sheffield	817
5	Kalas Motip Race Team	773
6	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	702
7	trainSharp Elite	651
8	Moonglu Race Team	518
9	Wales Racing Academy	516
10	Ride Revolution Coaching	509
11	Primera-TeamJobs	503
12	Richardsons Trek DAS	472
13	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	313
14	StolenGoat Race Team	296
15	Team PB Performance	274
16	London Dynamo	251
17	TAAP Endura	216
18	Spokes Racing Team	187
19	Ribble rechrg Race Team	172
20	The Cycling Academy	165

Women’s national road race rankings

With most of the riders at the top not racing at the Trofeo Terrington at the weekend, there was little change in the women’s national road race rankings.

The main beneficiary was Robyn Clay (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee). The top under-23 in the rankings finished 3rd at the Trofeo Terrington, enough to move her up to 6th from 9th. Team Boompods’ Ellen McDermott leapt from 17th to 12th after her 2nd place in the race, while her teammate Jayati Hine was also upwardly mobile, rising 3 places to 16th thanks to 13th at the Trofeo Terrington.

Lucy Lee (DAS-Handsling), Ruth Shier (Hutchinson-Brother UK) and Tamsin Miller (Hutchinson-Brother UK) remain the top three.

The top two in the team rankings, Hutchinson-Brother UK and DAS – Handsling Bikes, are also unchanged but Clay’s 3rd has enabled Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee to narrow the gap to DAS-Handsling, now 174 points behind.

The Bath Cycling Club Road Race (Nat B) this weekend contains a strong field, including national road race rankings leader Lee, and 3rd-placed Miller.

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	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	270
7	Francesca Hall	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	266
8	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	247
9	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	245
10	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	216
11	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	208
12	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	167
13	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	161
14	Amelia Tyler	U23	Alba Development Road Team	143
15	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	143
16	Jayati Hine	Senior	Team Boompods	124
17	Lydia Watts	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	122
18	Sian Botteley	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	117
19	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne	Senior	Team Boompods	115
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	972
4	Team Boompods	719
5	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	627
6	AWOL – O’Shea	441
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	208
12	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	174
13	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	148
14	Loughborough University Cycling Club	129
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	Southampton University Road Club	87

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