2025 Duncan Murray Wines Road Race: report and results

Elena Day (Loughborough Lightning) claimed her first National B road race victory with a decisive long-range move at the Duncan Murray Wines Road Race, holding off all challengers to win alone in Naseby.

Featured image: Matt de-B Photography

Report

The 2025 edition of the Duncan Murray Wines Road Race, round five of the British Women’s Team Cup, opened with a flurry of attacks. Several teams tested the bunch early, with FTP among the most aggressive. Despite repeated surges in the first two laps, nothing was able to stay clear.

That changed on lap two when Day, riding her first full season on the road this year, attacked hard at the bottom of the finish straight. By the time the road levelled out, she had carved out a clear gap. “I got a nice gap through the top,” she explained to The British Continental afterwards. “There were two chasers behind me and then the main bunch. I was solo for the last 40k till the finish!”

Those two chasers were London Academy’s Grace Sargeant and FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing’s Anna Boniface. Working together, they kept the leader in sight for a time, but Day’s pace told. Behind them, the peloton settled into a chase that never quite closed the gap.

Day crossed the line alone, more than satisfied with the result. “It’s my first road season so I’m super happy to get the win,” she said. “It’s nice to have progressed throughout each race.” Sargeant held on for second ahead of Boniface in third, while junior rider Zoe Roche (Private Member) led the bunch home for fourth.

Results

Pos	Rider	Team	Time	Pts
1	Elena Day  (U23)	Loughborough Lightning	N/A	+60
2	Grace Sargeant	London Academy	N/A	+52
3	Anna Boniface	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	N/A	+45
4	Zoe Roche  (Junior)	Private Member	N/A	+40
5	Caitlin Bower	Wolfox CAMS Le Col RT	N/A	+35
6	Dana Scott	Private Member	N/A	+31
7	Ruby Oakes  (U23)	DAS-Hutchinson	N/A	+27
8	Jessica Morrish	Royal Navy Cycling	N/A	+23
9	Karla Boddy	Brighton Mitre CC	N/A	+20
10	Rebecca Babbage	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	N/A	+17
11	Ellen Bennett  (U23)	Brother UK – On Form	N/A	+15
12	Rosie Simmons  (U23)	Brother UK – On Form	N/A	+13
13	Freya Taylor  (U23)	Team Empella	N/A	+11
14	Hannah Clough	University of Nottingham Cycling Club	N/A	+9
15	Carys Blowers  (Junior)	Liv Cycling Club – Halo Films	N/A	+7
16	Erin Avill  (U23)	Simpson Nouvelles	N/A	+6
17	Cecilia Hime	Brother UK – On Form	N/A	+5
18	Maddie Angwin	FTP Fusion	N/A	+3
19	Isabella Johnson	Jadan Vive le Velo p/b Glasdon	N/A	+2
20	Rachel Galler	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	N/A	+1
21	Harri Martin	Wolfox CAMS Le Col RT	N/A	+0
22	Claire Nott	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	N/A	+0
23	Katie Heald  (U23)	Team Empella	N/A	+0
24	Genevieve Billington	Bromsgrove Olympique CC	N/A	+0
25	Amber Junker-Brameld  (U23)	Brother UK – On Form	N/A	+0
26	Gemma Mitchell	FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing	N/A	+0
27	Georgina Oakley	Loughborough Lightning	N/A	+0
28	Lili-Keau Juntakereket	Private Member	N/A	+0
29	Kelly Higgins	Lichfield City CC	N/A	+0
30	Peggy Simpkins  (U23)	O’Shea – Development Team	N/A	+0
31	Lydia Baxter	FTP Fusion	N/A	+0
32	Phoebe Roche  (U23)	O’Shea – Development Team	N/A	+0
33	Evelyn Field  (U23)	Solas Cycling	N/A	+0
34	Grace Davies  (U23)	Project 51	N/A	+0
35	Olivia Howcroft	Team Empella	N/A	+0
36	Rebecca Clarke	FTP Fusion	N/A	+0
37	Caitlin Harvey  (U23)	Brother UK – On Form	N/A	+0
38	Laura Rogers	FTP Fusion	N/A	+0
39	Eleanor Dixon	FTP Fusion	N/A	+0
40	Ingrid Gascoigne  (Junior)	Team Empella	N/A	+0
41	Bethany Goodwin  (Junior)	Brother UK – On Form	N/A	+0
42	Lindsay Toy  (U23)	O’Shea – Development Team	N/A	+0
43	Poppy Kisley  (U23)	Wolfox CAMS Le Col RT	N/A	+0
44	Isabella Boyles  (Junior)	Banbury Star CC	N/A	+0
45	Alice Connor	London Academy	N/A	+0
46	Imogen Edwards	University of Liverpool Cycling and Triathlon Club	N/A	+0