Jessica Roberts and Josh Giddings lit up Otley’s high street on Wednesday night. As the National Circuit Series rolls a few miles up the A660 to Ilkley this evening, Jack Beavis picks out the threads that matter for the Rapha Super-League.
Jessica Roberts and Joshua Giddings took the wins at Otley on a night that tightened the Rapha Super-League picture and reshaped the National Circuit Series standings.
Affectionately known as the criterium world championships, Otley returns on Wednesday night (1 July) as round four of the Rapha Super-League and round two of the National Circuit Series, with newly crowned champions, series leaders and domestic racing’s fastest finishers set for one of the great nights of the British calendar.
One night won’t rebuild British racing. But the Nocturne’s return — a packed Square Mile, TV cameras, two punishing elite races — showed what the domestic scene can still be, and reshaped the Super-League while it was at it.