Round One of the Proper Northern Road Race Series took place on Easter Sunday in the Lancashire spring sunshine with the Capernwray road race.

After Rowan Baker’s win down south on Saturday, Tyler Hannay continued Saint Piran’s weekend of dominance, emerging as the victor in a 15-rider uphill sprint in the open race.

In the women’s race, Robyn Clay led home a DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK 1-2-3 in a similar show of strength from the UCI Continental team.

Featured image: Ellen Isherwood

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Open race

The open race stayed relatively compact. After eight attritional laps of the lumpy 12.7km circuit northeast of Lancaster. The peloton was gradually whittled down on each lap, leaving around fifteen riders to hit the final ascent of Sunny Bank together.

Saint Piran’s Tyler Hannay emerged strongest, beating his USKIS Saint Piran stablemate Dylan Westley to the line. Jacob Smith (Wheelbase CabTech Castelli), second in this race last year, reached the podium once again with third.

“Because it was only 100km, it was always going to be flat out,” Hannay told The British Continental afterward. “The race was on a high level with a good field so no one could breakaway, although there were plenty of attacks.

“Ed Morgan attacked with 4km to go and I went initially but then I waited, as I backed myself on the final climb, I kicked with 200 to go and Dylan Westley initially came round me but I didn’t give up and went back around him to take the win.”

Women’s race

In the afternoon, the women’s race was won by a dominant performance from Robyn Clay of DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK. The 20-year-old broke clear of the peloton mid-race, building up nearly two minutes of advantage to take a convincing win.

Her teammate Morven Yeoman sprung clear to cross the line alone for second, while another DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK rider Tammy Miller won a group sprint for a podium lockout. Lucy Lee completed a dominant display for the team with fifth.

“One Shibden rider snuck off the front and my team mate Tammy sat on the front for a while just holding her at a certain distance,” Clay recounted to The British Continental. “I was fourth wheel and hoping there’d be a lull so I could attack and bridge. Eventually Tammy swung right, the girl in second wheel stayed left and slowed and so I attacked through the middle of them with about 2 and a third to go.

“I caught the Shibden rider just before the foot of the climb and sat on for a couple hundred meters then went to the front to keep the pace up. I checked back to see if the other girl was okay but I’d dropped her so just carried on pushing. I hadn’t planned on being out there alone but I had nothing to lose so just went full gas.”

Results

Open race

Pos	Bib	Rider	Age	Team	Pts
1	48	Tyler Hannay	U23	Saint Piran	60
2	30	Dylan Westley	Senior	USKIS Saint Piran	52
3	1	Jacob Smith	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	45
4	28	Huw Buck Jones	U23	USKIS Saint Piran	40
5	5	Joseph Smith	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	35
6	51	Edward Morgan	U23	Spectra Racing	31
7	10	Maxwell Hereward	Junior	360cycling	27
8	2	Thomas Armstrong	Senior	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	23
9	55	Benjamin Bright	U23	THRIVA-SRCT	20
10	36	Josh Housley	Senior	Derby CC Webuycycle Huub RT	17
11	13	James Hartley	U23	Cycling Sheffield	15
12	53	Patrick Casey	Senior	GRENKE – AUTO EDER	13
13	35	Jake Edwards	U23	Cog Set Papyrus Racing Club	11
14	42	Alex Luhrs	Senior	Leadout Performance	9
15	6	John Bardsley	Junior	360cycling	7
16	31	Oliver Dawson	Senior	Wolf Cycles	6
17	22	William Taylor	Senior	Moonglu Race Team	5
18	49	Archie Cross	Senior	Schils – Doltcini Racing Team	3
19	4	Lee Rosie	U23	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	2
20	46	Daniel McDermott	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	1
21	41	Damien Clayton	Senior	Le Col Race Team	0
22	59	Craig Paterson	U23	Vanelli-Project Go	0
23	9	Archie Fletcher	Junior	360cycling	0
24	54	Jude Taylor	Senior	Team PB Performance	0
25	0	Ben Etherington	U23	HUUB BCC Race Team	0
26	27	Rhys Britton	Senior	USKIS Saint Piran	0
27	40	Henry Hunter	Senior	Kendal Cycle Club	0
28	23	Noah Bleteau	Junior	The Cycling Academy	0
29	7	Cai Curtis-Roberts	U23	360cycling	0
30	60	Joe Watkins-Wilson	Junior	Zappi Junior Race Team	0
31	39	Tobias Bartlett	Senior	HUUB BCC Race Team	0
32	17	Richard Butler	Senior	Giant Kendal-Sidas Uk	0
33	16	Joe Boothroyd	Senior	Giant Kendal-Sidas Uk	0
34	11	Sam Chaplin	Senior	Cycling Sheffield	0
35	52	Harvey Stroh	U23	TAAP Kalas	0
36	33	Joseph Wright	Senior	Wolf Cycles	0
37	18	Adam Morris	Senior	Giant Kendal-Sidas Uk	0
38	32	Daniel Kendall	Senior	Wolf Cycles	0
DNF	38	Ben Wiggins	Junior	Hagens Berman Axeon	0
DNS	3	Tom Martin	Senior	Wheelbase CabTech Castelli	0

Women’s race

Pos	Bib	Rider	Age	Team	Pts
1	0	Robyn Clay	U23	DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK	60
2	27	Morven Yeoman	U23	DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK	52
3	26	Tamsin Miller	Senior	DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK	45
4	12	Lizi Brooke	Senior	Pro-Noctis – 200 Degrees Coffee – Hargreaves Consulting	40
5	0	Lucy Lee	Senior	DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK	35
6	30	Matilda McKibben	U23	Doltcini – O’Shea	31
7	46	Kim Baptista	Senior	Torelli	27
8	17	Ruby Oakes	Junior	Shibden Apex RT	23
9	8	Amelia Tyler	U23	Alba Development Road Team	20
10	14	Zoe Langham	Senior	Pro-Noctis – 200 Degrees Coffee – Hargreaves Consulting	17
11	15	Alice Colling	Junior	Shibden Apex RT	15
12	43	Sarah Byrne	Senior	Tactic UK WRT	13
13	34	Helen Jackson	Senior	Kendal Cycle Club	11
14	45	Mari Porton	Junior	Tofauti Everyone Active	9
15	35	Sasha Dyke	Senior	London Academy	7
16	31	Natalie Stevenson	Senior	Glasgow Ivy CC	6
17	47	Sophie Smith	Junior	Utmost IOM Junior Team	5
18	32	Lulu Bartlett	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	3
19	16	Isabel Mayes	Junior	Shibden Apex RT	2
20	4	Elizabeth Hermolle	Senior	Team Boompods	1
21	6	Daisy Barnes	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	0
22	36	Lucy Neatham	U23	London Academy	0
23	5	Lauren Langham	Senior	Team Boompods	0
24	1	Gemma Mitchell	Senior	Team Boompods	0
25	24	Ruby Blanc	Junior	360cycling	0
26	9	Carys Blowers	Junior	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	0
27	2	Megan Anderson	Senior	Team Boompods	0
28	3	Amy Drysdale	Senior	Team Boompods	0
29	20	Millie Thomson	Junior	Solas Cycling	0
30	23	Rebecca Waterfield	Senior	Contiki Velo Bavarian RT	0
31	49	Katherine Handy	Senior	Valley Striders CC	0
32	40	Elizabeth McKinnon	U23	Saint Piran WRT	0
33	22	Helena Shapton	Senior	Contiki Velo Bavarian RT	0
34	48	Florence Griffin	Junior	Utmost IOM Junior Team	0
35	28	Katie Hadnum	U23	Doltcini – Cycle Division	0
36	38	Jihanna Bonilla-Allard	Senior	Private Member	0
37	44	Nicole Wells	Senior	Tactic UK WRT	0
38	33	Beth Macrae	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	0
39	13	Lucy Ellmore	U23	Pro-Noctis – 200 Degrees Coffee – Hargreaves Consulting	0
40	10	Megan Lloyd	Junior	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	0
41	11	Jess Pickavance	Junior	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	0
42	21	Rebecca Newark	Senior	Contiki Velo Bavarian RT	0
43	29	Lindsay Toy	Junior	Doltcini – Cycle Division	0
DNF	7	Emma Matthews	Senior	Alba Development Road Team	0
DNF	18	Kayla Dinnin	Junior	Solas Cycling	0
DNF	19	Evelyn Field	Junior	Solas Cycling	0
DNF	25	Millie Jones	Senior	Army Cycling Union	0
DNF	37	Helen Auden	Senior	Private Member	0
DNF	39	Beatrix Kiehlmann	Junior	Royal Albert CC	0
DNF	41	Tia Taylor	Junior	Shibden Cycling Club	0
DNF	42	Amelia Walton	Junior	Shibden Cycling Club	0