The London Dynamo’s Summer Road Races in Surrey are set to be a thrilling spectacle this weekend, despite the spotlight on the Tour of Britain Women.

The open race features a highly competitive line-up, including the 2024 Rás Tailteann winner, four Saint Piran riders and our national road race rankings leader, adding a high level of prestige and competition.

In the women’s event, the race forms round four of the British Team Cup, promising intense competition and high stakes as teams vie for critical points.

For our race preview and the latest startlists, read on.

Featured image: Ian Wrightson/The British Continental

What is it?

A National B road race run by London Dynamo, a large cycling club based in south west London and Surrey. The Summer Road Race is the flagship race of the many events they organise throughout the year. And this year, the women’s event forms round 4 of the British Team Cup, the prestigious women’s team series.

Last year’s event was cancelled due to roadworks but the 2022 men’s race winner was Alex Richardson, who returns to defend his crown in 2024. The women’s race, then a Regional A road race, was won by Alex Morrice, now of CANYON//SRAM.

This year’s event coincides with the Chiddingold’s annual village fête, which takes place on Chiddingfold Green right next to the course. The local Women’s Institute have been informed and are apparently baking extra cakes, so hungry spectators might like to consider basing themselves nearby…

The British Team Cup so far…

Caitlin Dimbleby (then of FTP-Fulfil the Potential- Racing, now at Alba Road Development Team) sprinted to victory from a select group in Round 1 at the RCR FatCreations Road Race. In Round 2, the Dave Peck Memorial was won by Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK). Tour of Britain Women stage 1 breakaway star Lucy Harris (then at Loughborough Lightning, now at Pro-Noctis – 200 Degrees Coffee – Hargreaves Contracting) was the victor at Round 3, the Banbury Star CC Road Race.

This is a team competition, of course, and DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK moved above the Phoenix Collective in Round 3. FTP (Fulfil The Potential) Racing are third, while Harris’ Round 3 win meant that Loughborough Lightning reduced FTP’s advantage to just 35 points.

Pos	Team	Pts
1	DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK	525
2	Phoenix Collective	498
3	FTP (Fulfil The Potential) Racing	482
4	Loughborough Lightning	447
5	London Academy Orange	365
6	Pro-Noctis – 200º Coffee – Hargreaves Contracting Ltd	365
7	Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon	328
8	Brother UK – On Form	302
9	Army Cycling Union	242
10	Saint Piran WRT	193

The route

Set on the outskirts of the Surrey market town of Haslemere, the Chiddingfold course is a 17.7km circuit over rolling countryside.

With 258m of elevation per lap, it is hilly but the gradients never get too savage. Like many a National B road race course, this is leg-sapping sporting course, then, with a long drag up to the finish line to help separate out the contenders in the finale.

The open race involves 7 laps of the course, with a total distance of 135.1km, while the women take on 5 laps and 93km.

Riders to watch

Open race

The open race one of the strongest line-ups of any race outside the National Road Series this year boasting six riders from the top ten of our national road race rankings, four Saint Piran riders and the newly crowned Rás Tailteann champion.

Alexandar Richardson tops the bill, the 2022 champion back to defend his crown. This race will be an important stepping stone in his build-up to the nationals, a race he is targeting in what looks set to be his final year. He will have the luxury of being accompanied by three very strong Saint Piran teammates.

2023 Ryedale Grand Prix winner Harry Birchill is one such option, the Devonshire-based returning to British road racing after a block of UCI races. Bradley Symonds achieved what might be regarded as his best career result so far last month with 15th on GC at the Ronde de l’Oise, while promising under-23 Huw Buck Jones is back on home soil after collecting 4th in the youth competition at the Tour of Japan in May.

Saint Piran has an impressive line-up, then, but they are riding Dwars door het Hageland the day before so won’t have the freshest of legs. And they have plenty of strong rivals too, none more so than national road race rankings leader Damien Clayton of the Le Col Race Team, a three-team Nat B road race winner already this year.

Dom Jackson (Foran CT) will still be basking in the glory of his recent Rás Tailteann win, a big, big win for the 26-year-old, one he hopes might help earn him a pro contract.

Daniel McDermott (Ride Revolution) was another rider who impressed at the Rás, finishing sixth overall. While his teammate Clay Davies, 9th in our national road race rankings, is searching for his first Nat B road race win of 2024 after three second place finishes this year.

Cycling Sheffield’s David Hird is having an incredibly consistent season, bagging 8 top tens so far in Nat B road races and finishing an impressive 5th at the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix.

Gabriel Dellar (StolenGoat RT) is having a breakthrough season, chalking up four Nat B road race wins, three of them at the Totnes Vire stage race, the other – his first ever victory at that level – at the Bec CC road race.

There are many others we could have mentioned besides, such is the strength of the field on Sunday.

Women’s race

With all six of Britain’s UCI Continental women’s teams engaged in the Tour of Britain Women, the race provides opportunities for new faces to emerge.

London Academy’s Katy Hill is one such rider. Hill has impressed this season with some aggressive riding in the National Road Series. Her top results so far have been seventh places at the RCR Fatcreations Road Race and the Banbury Star CC Road Race. She was unfortunate to puncture out of the winning break in the latter, masking what could have been a much bigger result. It feels like Hill is on the verge now of a breakthrough. Could it arrive on Sunday?

With DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK absent, the Phoenix Collective will be looking to regain the British Cup top spot. Molly Patch has been their top performer this season, fifth places in the RCR Fatcreations Road Race and stage 3 of the Peaks 2 Day her best returns so far in 2024. The team also has Lydia Watts, a fast finisher who was second in Round 2 of the Cup at the Dave Peck Memorial road race earlier this season.

Under-23 Grace Reynolds (Brother UK-Team OnForm) seems to be improving with every in 2024. 10th at the Aughton road race at the beginning of May was followed by fourth at the Banbury Star CC Road Race and then third at the East Midland Road Race Championships. Her teammate Lotty Dawson is another rider who has impressed in 2024, particularly with her third place at the Dave Peck Memorial road race and the same again at the BUCS road race championships.

Strong finisher Georgina Oakley (Loughborough Lightning) was close to winning the North West, Yorkshire & North East Regional Road Race Championships last weekend and will be hoping to go one better on Sunday. Finally, Maddie Heywood (Pro-Noctis – 200 Degrees Coffee – Hargreaves Contracting) is on the up after bagging her best result of the season in the last round with sixth at the Banbury Star CC Road Race.

Timings

10.00	Open race
14.00	Women’s race

Provisional startlist

Open race

Bib	Rider	Age	Team	Pts
1	Alexandar Richardson	Senior	Saint Piran	257
2	Clay Davies	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	213
3	Damien Clayton	Senior	Le Col Race Team	498
4	Daniel McDermott	Senior	Ride Revolution Coaching	1
5	David Hird	U23	Cycling Sheffield	265
6	Harry Birchill	U23	Saint Piran	0
7	Josh Housley	Senior	HUUB BCC Race Team	240
8	Ollie Peckover	Senior	trainSharp Orro Elite	0
9	Chris McNamara	Senior	Sigma Sports Race Team	57
10	Dom Jackson	Senior	Foran CT	110
11	Freddy Pett	Senior	Wold Top The Edge Pactimo	0
12	George Mitchell	Senior	Foran CT	1
13	George Nemilostivijs	Senior	GFTL	0
14	Isaac Wright	Senior	Team TMC – Strada Wheels	68
15	Jamie Pullen	U23	TAAP Kalas	0
16	Jordan Giles	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	113
17	Luke Barfoot	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	19
18	Oliver Hucks	Senior	TAAP Kalas	197
19	Oliver Hurdle	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	105
20	Robin Mould	Senior	Foran CT	0
21	Aaron Freeman	U23	London Dynamo	44
22	Adam Cotterell	Senior	Project 51	0
23	Adam Howell	U23	VC Meudon	63
24	Archie Waller	Senior	London Dynamo	0
25	Barnabas Purbrook	Senior	Sigma Sports Race Team	0
26	Bradley Symonds	Senior	Saint Piran	66
27	Charlie Abraham	Junior	Lee Valley Youth CC	27
28	Danylo Riwnyj	Senior	trainSharp Orro Elite	142
29	David Streule	Senior	London Dynamo	0
30	Edmund Slater	Senior	GFTL	0
31	Elliot Colyer	U23	University of Exeter Cycling Club	35
32	Gabriel Dellar	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	198
33	Hamish Hunter	Junior	Velo Club Venta	0
34	Inigo Hawkings	Senior	SN Vitae Huub p/b BimBam Coaching	1
35	James Pearcy	U23	Mid Devon CC	26
36	James Somerfield	Senior	TRASH MILE	13
37	Jonty King	Senior	Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT	0
38	Ken Buckley	Senior	Team BPC Flowbio	23
39	Luke Brennan	U23	HUUB BCC Race Team	56
40	Luke Goodwill	U23	trainSharp Development Team	7
41	Matthew Clayton	Senior	Le Col Race Team	0
42	Matthew Webber	Senior	Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT	3
43	Matthew Wilson	U23	Ride Revolution Coaching	0
44	Michael Weavers	Senior	Private Member	35
45	Mitch Pomfret	Senior	GFTL	0
46	Oliver Curd	U23	Primo RT	26
47	Oliver Richardson	Senior	Le Col Race Team	65
48	Rhys Howells	Senior	Richardsons Trek DAS	0
49	Samuel Benge	Senior	trainSharp Club	1
50	Samuel Nisbet	U23	Reflex Racing	99
51	Thomas Doig	Senior	Primera-TeamJobs	3
52	Thomas Heal	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	99
53	Thomas Springbett	Senior	Foran CT	12
54	Thomas Sutton	Senior	London Dynamo	0
55	Toby Langstone	Senior	Le Col Race Team	29
56	Zackary Hamon	U23	Reflex Racing	0
57	Archie Hilder	Senior	London Dynamo	0
58	Carl Victor Pettersson	Senior	London Dynamo	0
59	Thomas Gardner	U23	University of Exeter Cycling Club	0
60	Timothy Strickland	Senior	GFTL	0
61	Reserve – Huw Buck Jones	U23	Saint Piran	209
62	Reserve – Steven Mayers	Senior	Le Col Race Team	7
63	Reserve – Tyler Lemmon	U23	ASSOS UK Racing Team	0
64	Reserve – Sam Llewellyn-Jones	Senior	London Dynamo	0
65	Reserve – George Williams	Senior	Portsmouth North End CC	0
66	Reserve – Ben Moody	Senior	Elitecycling Development Team	0
67	Reserve – David Bolland	Senior	05/03	0
68	Reserve – Len Delicaet	Senior	VC Londres	0
69	Reserve – Charles Burrell	Senior	Private Member	0
70	Reserve – Joe Griffiths	Senior	Saddleback Racing	0
71	Reserve – Josh Kent	Senior	Le Col Race Team	0

Women’s race

Bib	Rider	Age	Team	Pts
1	Ione Johnson	Senior	The Phoenix Collective	0
2	Emily Chilton	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	10
3	Georgina Oakley	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	75
4	Isabella Johnson	U23	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	48
5	Katie-Anne Calton	Junior	Saint Piran WRT	0
6	Lydia Watts	Senior	The Phoenix Collective	62
7	Maddie Heywood	Senior	Pro-Noctis – 200 Degrees Coffee – Hargreaves Contracting	51
8	Penny Colloff	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	5
9	Alice Butcher	Senior	Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT	0
10	Alice Lethbridge	Senior	Loughborough Lightning	0
11	Amelia Staunton	Junior	Brother UK – On Form	52
12	Anouska Greenaway	Senior	Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT	11
13	Rebecca Clowes	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	31
14	Caitlin Bower	Senior	Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT	0
15	Carys Blowers	Junior	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	13
16	Cecilia Hime	Senior	Paradigm Cycles	29
17	Charlotte Berry	Senior	The Phoenix Collective	36
18	Claire Buttivant	Senior	Amersham Road Cycling Club	0
19	Emma Jane Hornsby	Senior	London Academy	0
20	Georgia Bullard	Senior	Doltcini – O’Shea	24
21	Grace Reynolds	U23	Brother UK – On Form	106
22	Hope Inglis	U23	Brother UK – On Form	38
23	Iona Mitchell	Senior	London Academy	3
24	Jennifer Lemen	Senior	PDQ Property Elite	23
25	Katy Hill	Senior	London Academy	79
26	Katherine Sheridan	Senior	Private Member	0
27	Laura Davies	Senior	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	0
28	Lauren O’Brien	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	0
29	Lotty Dawson	U23	Brother UK – On Form	92
30	Marie Louise Kertzman	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	0
31	Molly Patch	Senior	The Phoenix Collective	92
32	Olivia French	Senior	StolenGoat Race Team	60
33	Rebecca Babbage	Senior	Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT	11
34	Sasha Dyke	Senior	London Academy	58
35	Sasha Halsey	U23	London Dynamo	13
36	Savannah Morgan	Senior	London Academy	18
37	Sophie Holmes	Senior	Saint Piran WRT	5
38	Alice Connor	Senior	London Academy	0
39	Amy Harvey	U23	Brother UK – On Form	0
40	Anna Boniface	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	15
41	Claire Nott	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	6
42	Electra Morris	Junior	Brother UK – On Form	5
43	Elektra Georgiakakis	Senior	FTP Fusion	0
44	Ellen Inglis	U23	Brother UK – On Form	0
45	Jessica Wood	Senior	Army Cycling Union	0
46	Megan Lloyd	Junior	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	23
47	Philippa Mitchell	Senior	London Dynamo	0
48	Rebecca Carter	Senior	Brother UK – On Form	0
49	Rebecca Seal	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	0
50	Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay	Senior	Kingston Wheelers CC	0
51	Vivienne Tomlin	Senior	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	0
52	Floren Scrafton	Senior	Oxford University Cycling Club	0