2023 National road race rankings | 21 August

The women’s Bath CC Road Race (Nat B, 13 Aug), the men’s Clive Tiley Memorial stage race (Nat B, 18-20 Aug), and the women’s and men’s Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix races (Nat A, 20 Aug) have all offered national road race rankings points scoring opportunities over the last two weekends.

But who has found a ladder up the rankings? Who has slipped down a snake? Read on to find out more.

Previous update: 11 August

Featured image: Craig Zadoroznyj/SWpix.com

Men’s national road race rankings

James McKay (Cycling Sheffield) maintains his lead in the men’s national road race rankings but his advantage has been slashed. In our last update he had a handsome 75 point lead over Alexandar Richardson. Following the Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix, however, McKay’s lead is now just 20 points. Zeb Kyffin – 2nd at Ryedale, bagging him 85 points – is McKay’s nearest challenger, McKay having scored 10 points with 16th at the same race.

Kyffin’s teammate Adam Lewis continues to climb the rankings, now 4th after a fine podium spot at Ryedale. Another Saint Piran rider, Harry Birchill, is the other upward mover inside the top 10, rising 13 places to 6th courtesy of his Ryedale victory. Saint Piran riders now occupy 4 of the top 6 places in the rankings. Jenson Young (ROKiT-SRCT), now 6th in the standings, remains the best under-23 rider.

Lower down, Damien Clayton (Embark Spirit BSS) jumps to 11th from 18th after an excellent 8th place at Ryedale, while Wales Racing Academy’s Edward Morgan squeezes into the top 20 after finishing as the highest-placed non-Saint Piran rider at Ryedale. Incidentally, Ross Fawcett (Orwell Velo), winner of the Clive Tiley Memorial road race, now sits 23rd in the rankings after scoring a bumper 102 over the weekend.

Saint Piran is still the runaway leader at the top of the team standings. ROKiT-SRCT is still second but, after failing to score at Ryedale, the team is now just 36 points ahead of Embark Spirit BSS. Cycling Sheffield is 4th, while Wheelbase CabTech Castelli leapfrogs Kalas Motip Race Team into 5th.

There are three men’s National B road races this weekend: the Stars of the South West Road Race, the final round of the Men’s U23 National Road Series, the Simon Hook Memorial Road Race, and the prestigious Verco Victor Berlemont Trophy Road Race. We will add the startlists for all three races to our stats hub as soon as we have them.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	James McKay	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	417
2	Zeb Kyffin	Senior	Saint Piran	397
3	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	332
4	Adam Lewis	Senior	Saint Piran	328
5	Jenson Young	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	306
6	Harry Birchill	U23	Saint Piran	288
7	Rowan Baker	U23	London Dynamo	251
8	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Elite	248
9	Oliver Hurdle	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	245
10	Jordan Giles	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	244
11	Damien Clayton	Senior	Embark Spirit BSS	241
12	Ben Pease	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	237
13	Jack Rootkin-Gray	U23	Saint Piran	223
14	Daniel McDermott	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	222
15	William Truelove	U23	ROKiT-SRCT	221
16	Dexter Leeming-Sykes	U23	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	214
17	George Wood	U23	Cycling Sheffield	214
18	Marinus Petersen	Senior	Kalas Motip Race Team	212
19	Samuel Clark	U23	trainSharp Elite	208
20	Edward Morgan	U23	Wales Racing Academy	206

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Saint Piran	1998
2	ROKiT-SRCT	917
3	Embark Spirit BSS	881
4	Cycling Sheffield	827
5	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	805
6	Kalas Motip Race Team	791
7	trainSharp Elite	651
8	Wales Racing Academy	567
9	Primera-TeamJobs	523
10	Moonglu Race Team	518
11	Ride Revolution Coaching	509
12	Richardsons Trek DAS	472
13	StolenGoat Race Team	353
14	Team PB Performance	345
15	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	313
16	London Dynamo	251
17	TAAP Endura	236
18	Orwell Velo	189
19	Spokes Racing Team	187
20	Halesowen A & CC	187

Women’s national road race rankings

Lucy Lee (DAS-Handsling) has extended her lead in the women’s national road race rankings, now holding a commanding 165 point lead over nearest rival Tamsin Miller (Hutchinson-Brother UK). Lee finished 2nd at the Bath CC Road Race followed by 5th at the Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix, picking up 110 points in the process.

Tamsin Miller moves up to 2nd over her teammate Ruth Shier thanks to 6th place at the Bath CC road race. Both riders were non-scorers at Ryedale.

National Road Series leader Monica Greenwood (DAS-Handsling) moves up one place to 4th after finishing 14th at Ryedale despite admitting to feeling ill. Bexy Dew (Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee) is the other riser inside the top 10, moving up to 8th from 11th, after scoring points at both Bath (where she was 4th) and Ryedale (18th place).

Mary Wilkinson‘s (Team Boompods) fine 3rd place at Ryedale resulted in a jump from 15th to 11th, while Ryedale’s 2nd place finisher, Tiffany Keep (Hutchinson-Brother UK), is a new entrant to the top 20, now sitting 13th. Maddie Heywood (FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing) moves from 20th to 17th with 5th at Bath, while Lizi Brooke (Wahoo-Le Col) and Emma Jeffers (DAS-Handsling) sneak inside the top 20 after solid Ryedale results (9th and 12th respectively).

The Hutchinson-Brother UK team has extended its lead in the team standings, now enjoying a 130 point lead over DAS – Handsling Bikes. Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee remains in 3rd, now 256 points adrift.

There are only four national road races left now for the women’s domestic peloton:

• Halesowen A&CC British Team Cup Race (Nat B, 2 Sep)
• Nick’s Big Race (Nat B, 9-10 Sep)
• Curlew Cup (Nat A, 17 Sep)
• East Cleveland Classic (Nat A, 1 Oct)

With 100 points available for the winners of the two National A road races, together with 60 points for the National B winners, and stage points available too at Nick’s Big Race, there is still everything to play for.

Individual rankings

Pos	Rider	Age	Team	Points
1	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	514
2	Tamsin Miller	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	349
3	Ruth Shier	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	342
4	Monica Greenwood	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	300
5	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	293
6	Robyn Clay	U23	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	270
7	Francesca Hall	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	266
8	Bexy Dew	Senior	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	254
9	Sammie Stuart	Senior	DAS – Handsling Bikes	247
10	Jessica Finney	Senior	AWOL – O’Shea	245
11	Mary Wilkinson	Senior	Team Boompods	218
12	Cat Ferguson	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	216
13	Tiffany Keep	Senior	Hutchinson-Brother UK	169
14	Ellen McDermott	Senior	Team Boompods	167
15	Imogen Wolff	Junior	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	161
16	Amelia Tyler	U23	Alba Development Road Team	145
17	Maddie Heywood	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	142
18	Millie Couzens	U23	Fenix‐Deceuninck	140
19	Lizi Brooke	Senior	Wahoo – Le Col	135
20	Emma Jeffers	U23	DAS – Handsling Bikes	126

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Hutchinson-Brother UK	1465
2	DAS – Handsling Bikes	1331
3	Pro-Noctis – Heidi Kjeldsen – 200 Degrees Coffee	1075
4	Team Boompods	794
5	Shibden Hope Tech Apex	627
6	AWOL – O’Shea	451
7	Wahoo – Le Col	325
8	Loughborough Lightning	280
9	Le Col Race Team	249
10	Alba Development Road Team	222
11	Brother UK-Orientation Marketing	208
12	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	182
13	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	174
14	LAKA Pedal Mafia RT	165
15	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	149
16	Fenix‐Deceuninck	140
17	Loughborough University Cycling Club	129
18	Tofauti Everyone Active	113
19	LDN-Academy	113
20	Saint Piran WRT	106

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