Three national titles are decided at Strathaven on Saturday, on the Drumclog roads that have belonged to the Drummond Trophy since the 1950s. Tim Shoreman heads the open field; in the women’s race, a 17-year-old who was second at a National A last weekend can win two jerseys in an afternoon.
Archie Wright spent an hour alone on Saturday to lead by nearly two minutes, before Curtis Neill took over four minutes out of him on Sunday’s four ascents of Harptree Hill to win the general classification by 59 seconds.
The Mendip stage race returns for a fifth edition on 15 and 16 August, cut from three stages to two and running head-on into the North Yorkshire Grand Prix. Elliott Colyer, seventh in the national rankings, heads the field.
The Rapha Super-League and the National Road Series both reach their final round at Ampleforth on Sunday. Morven Yeoman has one title already; 13 points cover Oliver Wood and Tom Armstrong in the open league, and 18 separate the top two in the women’s series.