British Cycling National Time Trial Championships – 2015 Pre-view
Author: Chris Maher, Pictures courtesy of: www.chrismaher.co.uk
Guide: 2015 British Cycling National Road Championships – Time Trials
Lincolnshire’s Cadwell Park will see the under-23 men’s, elite women’s and elite men’s British time trial medals decided when the British Cycling National Road Championships commence on Thursday 25 June.
With two out of three 2014 champions absent, the door is open for new champions to be crowned and former winners to regain the coveted British champions jersey.
The contenders
Under-23 men
Welshman Scott Davies stormed to a popular home win in 2014, head and shoulders
above the opposition on a tough South Wales course.
And the Carmarthen-born rider is a late entry for Lincolnshire, leaving 2014 silver medallist Owain Doull with another battle on his hands if he is to grasp the under-23 title that has so far eluded him.
Doull’s Team Wiggins squad mate Jon Dibben is also hotly tipped – a time trial and track pursuit specialist who has yet to make his mark on the under-23 British time trial podium.
The talented Tao Geoghegan-Hart is another potential winner and is in good form this season, runner up in the youth classification in May’s Amgen Tour of California following a podium at the under-23 Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
An Post Chain Reaction’s Alistair Slater is another podium prospective in Lincolnshire, the 22-year-old having recently represented Great Britain Cycling Team at the UCI Under 23 Nations’ Cup Course de la Paix.
Matt Gibson has impressed with his time trialling ability as a junior, finishing 10th at the UCI Road World Championships in Spain last year. The 18-year-old will ride the time trial in Lincolnshire as part of the 100%ME outfit.
STARTSHEETS (PROVISIONAL)
12:00 1 Sean McGovern Teamwallis Racing Team
12:01 2 Charlie Tanfield Easton Ritte
12:02 3 Alex Minting Neon-Velo Cycling Team
12:03 4 Ashley Dennis Catford CC Equipe/Banks
12:04 5 Joel Lewis Rhino Racing
12:05 6 Ben McIntosh Xeltextiel-VDBG Steenhouwerij
12:06 7 Cameron Jeffers Bill Nickson Cycles RT
12:07 8 Edward Clemens Team Handi-Ness
12:08 9 Cameron Woolsey Spirit Bikes Racing Team
12:09 10 Jack O’Neill Mike Vaughan Cycles
12:10 11 Christopher Fennell Catford CC Equipe/Banks
12:11 12 Andy Leigh Team Handi-Ness
12:12 13 Connor Swift Polypipe Cycling Team
12:13 14 Jacob Scott ILLI-Bikes Cycling Team
12:14 15 James Garratt Welland Valley CC
12:15 16 Conor Palliser East Bradford CC
12:16 17 David Bolland Clay Cross Road Team
12:17 18 Gabriel Cullaigh 100% ME
12:18 19 George Wood Richardsons-Trek RT
12:19 20 Germain Burton 100% ME
12:20 21 Gethin Llewelyn Swansea University RT-LeisureTime
12:21 22 Ben Hetherington Achieve Northside Skinnergate
12:22 23 Harry Godding Catford CC Equipe/Banks
12:23 24 Jack Donaldson Neon-Velo Cycling Team
12:24 25 Jacob Nicholson TBW Bottecchia Wigmore RT
12:25 26 Jake Kelly 100% ME
12:26 27 James Falconer Ferryhill Wheelers CC
12:27 28 Jason Hales Unattached
12:28 29 Joe Evans Madison Genesis
12:29 30 Jonathan Wears Team Jewson-M.I.Racing-Polypipe
12:30 31 Joseph Andrews Eden Veranda Racing
12:31 32 Joshua Haasz VC Londres
12:32 33 Liam Yates Catford CC Equipe/Banks
12:33 34 Simon Alexander Richardsons-Trek RT
12:34 35 Luc Hall Team Wiggins
12:35 36 Mark Stewart 100% ME
12:36 37 Max Sahota St Ives CC
12:37 38 Oliver Blagden High Wycombe Cycling Club
12:38 39 Sebastian Baylis Champion System VCUK Racing Team
12:39 40 Peter Cocker Pedal Pushers
12:40 41 Peter Hitt VC Meudon
12:41 42 Ryan Witchell University of Bristol CC
12:42 43 Sean Townsend Radeon Cycle Coaching
12:43 44 Stephen Williams Pedal Heaven RT
12:44 45 Thomas Baylis One Pro Cycling
12:45 46 Chris Latham 100% ME
12:46 47 Thomas Wood Paul Milnes – Bradford Olympic RC
12:47 48 Tom Bracegirdle Team Handi-Ness
12:48 49 Tristan Robbins Madison Genesis
12:49 50 Christopher Lawless Team Wiggins
12:50 51 Will Houghton Hillingdon Cycling Club
12:51 52 James Shaw Lotto Soudal
12:52 53 Henry Latimer Catford CC Equipe/Banks
12:53 54 Oliver Wood 100% ME
12:54 55 Joshua Teasdale Prorace Cycling Team
12:55 56 Alistair Slater An Post – ChainReaction
12:56 57 Zachery May NFTO
12:57 58 Alexander Royle Army Cycling Union
12:58 59 Samuel Williams One Pro Cycling
12:59 60 Matt Gibson 100% ME
13:00 61 Alex Peters SEG Racing
13:01 62 Lawrence Carpenter Catford CC Equipe/Banks
13:02 63 Jonathan Dibben Team Wiggins
13:03 64 Harry Tanfield JLT Condor
13:04 65 Tao Geoghegan Hart Axeon Cycling Team
13:05 66 Owain Doull Team Wiggins
13:06 67 Scott Davies 100% ME (defending champion)
Elite women
The stage is set for a new British champion following the retirement of 2014 gold medallist Emma Pooley.
Like Davies in the under-23 event, Pooley was in a league of her own on the tough Celtic Manor course a year ago, with Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International’s Katie Archibald taking silver.
Archibald will have a fight on her hands, with key rivals coming from within her own team ranks, most notably from 2014 bronze medallist Dame Sarah Storey, who is in fine form this season with a solo win at the Cheshire Classic and Paralympic world titles on the track.
Former junior world time trial champion Elinor Barker is also a key threat, the Matrix Fitness rider also a multiple world champion on the track.
Archibald herself tips another Pearl Izumi and Great Britain Cycling Team squad mate for a good ride in Lincolnshire; citing Ciara Horne as one to watch in the 33.6-kilometre test against the clock.
STARTSHEETS (PROVISIONAL)
13:30 1 Alice Cobb Aprire Bicycles/HSS Hire
13:31 2 Alice Lethbridge GB Cycles.co.uk
13:32 3 Mathilde Pauls Fusion RT Gearclub Bike Science
13:33 4 Bethany Hayward Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
13:34 5 Ciara Horne Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
13:35 6 Ellie Coster Team USN
13:36 7 Amy Gornall Aprire Bicycles/HSS Hire
13:37 8 Emily Kay Team USN
13:38 9 Emma Lewis Adalta Cycling Club
13:39 10 Faye Faber Unattached
13:40 11 Annabel Fisher Bonito Squadra Corse
13:41 12 Henrietta Colborne Team Jadan
13:42 13 Nikola Butler Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
13:43 14 Abigail Dentus Team Velosport
13:44 15 Jennifer McAndrew Team Jadan
13:45 16 Josephine Gilbert Velosure Starley Primal
13:46 17 Julie Erskine IKON – Mazda
13:47 18 Katie Curtis Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
13:48 19 Laura Cheesman Velosure Starley Primal
13:49 20 Amy Hill Team Rytger
13:50 21 Lindsey Ackland Zappi’s Racing Team
13:51 22 Lorna Ferguson Glasgow Green Cycle Club
13:52 23 Manon Lloyd Team USN
13:53 24 Chloe Fraser Team Rytger
13:54 25 Melissa Lowther Matrix Fitness
13:55 26 Natalie Grinczer Fusion RT Gearclub Bike Science
13:56 27 Suzetta Guerrini London Dynamo
13:57 28 Helen McKay Les Filles Racing Team
13:58 29 Adel Tyson-Bloor Team Mulebar Girl – Sigma Sport
13:59 30 Anna Turvey Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
14:00 31 Annasley Park Team Giordana- Triton
14:01 32 Claire Munton Malteni Race Team
14:02 33 Elizabeth Stedman Fusion RT Gearclub Bike Science
14:03 34 Emily Nelson Team USN
14:04 35 Emily Robertson CC Luton
14:05 36 Hayley Simmonds Team Velosport
14:06 37 Keira McVitty Team Giordana- Triton
14:07 38 Molly Weaver Matrix Fitness
14:08 39 Rebecca Raybould Poole Whls CC
14:09 40 Natalie Creswick Team Mulebar Girl – Sigma Sport
14:10 41 Gabriella Shaw Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
14:11 42 Ruth Summerford PMR@Toachim House
14:12 43 Vanessa Whitfield Team 22
14:13 44 Nicola Juniper Team Giordana- Triton
14:14 45 Hayley Jones Bicycle Superstore.
14:15 46 Abby-Mae Parkinson Team Giordana- Triton
14:16 47 Rebecca Rimmington Aprire Bicycles/HSS Hire
14:17 48 Amy Roberts Wiggle Honda
14:18 49 Hannah Barnes Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team
14:19 50 Genevieve Whitson WV Avanti
14:20 51 Anna Christian Wiggle Honda
14:21 52 Julia Shaw www.drag2zero.com
14:22 53 Lucy Coldwell Unattached
14:23 54 Dame Sarah Storey Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
14:24 55 Elinor Barker Matrix Fitness
14:25 56 Katie Archibald Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l
Elite men
Three-time national champion Alex Dowsett has the chance to equal Stuart Dangerfield’s all-time record of four elite men’s national time trial titles in Lincolnshire.
Bronze medallist despite illness last year, Dowsett himself is wary of his form following physiological changes resulting from his hour record preparations earlier in the year. However the 26-year-old from Maldon remains the hot favourite for the title.
In the absence of champion Sir Bradley Wiggins and following the late announcement that 2014 runner-up Geraint Thomas will miss the competition, Dowsett’s chief rival is likely to be time trial specialist Matt Bottrill.
Riding for the drag2zero.com outfit, Bottrill has graced the podium five times since 2000, collecting silver in 2013.
STARTSHEETS (PROVISIONAL)
16:00 1 Adam Gascoigne Pedal Power Loughborough
16:01 2 Christopher Bates Beeston Cycling Club
16:02 3 Adam Kenway SportGrub KUOTA Cycling Team
16:03 4 Benjamin Allen Dulwich Paragon CC
16:04 5 James Lowden Neon-Velo Cycling Team
16:05 6 Charlie Emery Unattached
16:06 7 Chris McNamara Pedal Heaven RT
16:07 8 Jason Bouttell Velopro
16:08 9 Christophe Demoulin Rapha Cycling Club
16:09 10 Ashley Cox CC Luton
16:10 11 Daniel Bigham Beeline Bicycles RT
16:11 12 Daniel Halksworth Velo Sport Jersey
16:12 13 Chris Opie One Pro Cycling
16:13 14 David Allonby Cleveleys RC
16:14 15 Dean Robson Somerset RC – The Bicycle Chain
16:15 16 Ewan Farrow Ilkley Cycling Club
16:16 17 Greig Burt Beeston Cycling Club
16:17 18 Ian Russell Arrow Cycles
16:18 19 Ioan Smallwood Cardiff Ajax CC
16:19 20 Andrew Hastings Richardsons-Trek RT
16:20 21 James Local Neon-Velo Cycling Team
16:21 22 Simon McNamara Southdowns Bikes â Casco
16:22 23 Jamie Pine Pedal Heaven RT
16:23 24 John Brearley City RC (Hull)
16:24 25 John Findley High On Bikes
16:25 26 Jonathan Gildea SportGrub KUOTA Cycling Team
16:26 27 Jonathan Mould One Pro Cycling
16:27 28 Josh Williams Revolutions Racing
16:28 29 Joshua Hunt One Pro Cycling
16:29 30 Peter Murdoch Neon-Velo Cycling Team
16:30 31 Joshua Lawless Team Moda-Anon
16:31 32 Elliott Porter Team 3M
16:32 33 Lloyd Chapman Richardsons-Trek RT
16:33 34 Mark Nulty Manchester Bicycle Club
16:34 35 Michael Guilford VC Meudon
16:35 36 Pete Dyson East London Velo
16:36 37 Rhys Howells Richardsons-Trek RT
16:37 38 Robert Moore Pedal Heaven RT
16:38 39 Ryan Perry SportGrub KUOTA Cycling Team
16:39 40 Simon Bridge Manchester Whlrs Club
16:40 41 Simon Wilson Polypipe Cycling Team
16:41 42 Sam Harrison NFTO
16:42 43 Steven Burke Team Wiggins
16:43 44 Tejvan Pettinger Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team
16:44 45 Keith Murray Pioneer Scott Syncros
16:45 46 James Gullen Velosure Starley Primal
16:46 47 Edmund Bradbury NFTO
16:47 48 George Atkins One Pro Cycling
16:48 49 William Bjergfelt SportGrub KUOTA Cycling Team
16:49 50 Peter Williams One Pro Cycling
16:51 51 Rob Partridge NFTO
16:53 52 Andrew Tennant Team Wiggins
16:55 53 Gruffudd Lewis Pedal Heaven RT
16:57 54 Russell Hampton Polypipe Cycling Team
16:59 55 Stephen Cummings MTN – Qhubeka
17:01 56 Mark Christian Team Wiggins
17:03 57 Matthew Bottrill www.drag2zero.com (5x podiums)
17:05 58 James McLaughlin Madison Genesis
17:07 59 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team (3x champion)
17:09
The course
The time trial course for the 2015 championships serves up an interesting twist on typical testing courses, splitting the action between the open roads of Lincolnshire and the more swooping technical tarmac of the Cadwell Park motor racing venue.
Built in a steep-sided valley, Cadwell Park exploits the topography to make a circuit that will be as challenging for Britain’s best time triallists as it is for the country’s top motorcycle and car racers.
The elite men will race against the clock over three laps of the main circuit whilst the women and under-23 men will compete over two laps of the same course giving total race distances of 28 miles (44.8 kilometres) and 21 miles (33.6 kilometres) respectively.
On the Day
REDS over Cadwell Park
Hot on the heels of a great rider list for the Championship Time Trials come the news that THE RED ARROWS will do one of their iconic fly pasts over Cadwell Park to welcome home the final rider in the Women’s championship.
Based at RAF Scampton near to Lincoln the REDS are a familiar site in Lincolnshire’s skies and they wanted to pay tribute to this great event taking place in the county.
“The flyover is timed for 3.11 pm but is subject to weather conditions, but with the long range forecast looking promising, this should be an amazing site.”
“As already reported the Battle of Britain flight Dakota C-47 from RAF Coningsby will fly over the start as the first Under 23 Male competitors takes the timekeeper’s countdown at 12 noon with the first rider back in that competition being greeted by the sound of 600 Schoolchildren performing SAMBA.”
So Lots of WOW factors on June 25th at Cadwell Park
“Entry to Cadwell Park is ticketed by car with advance sales on line via the event web site www.nationalroadchamps.co.uk which also has full information on all the championships programme of events. Entry is a modest £12 per car in advance with cyclists arriving on two wheels gaining free entry.”
The narrow routes in and around the wolds will be a no parking area with Cadwell Park being the main focus of the championships. The long climb away from the start, the climb up from the mountain to leave to the country loop and then back on the the circuit to climb the mountain again before swooping around to the finish line can all be seen from the natural banking of the spectator areas opposite the finish line. This will not only provide a great view of the riders around the circuit but with the electronic timing showing on the big screens the ever decreasing ‘time to beat’ will keep everyone up to date.
The Expo sites will have information on the annual week long SO Festival which starts with the Time Trial Championships, together with event souvenirs, sponsors and local organisations. Food and Drinks will not be a problem either with the Cadwell Park facilities all being open for the day.
Previous Winners, Women, Men & U23
| 2014 | Emma Pooley | Sir Bradley Wiggins | Scott Davies |
| 2013 | Joanna Rowsell | Alex Dowsett | Sam Harrison |
| 2012 | Wendy Houvenaghel | Alex Dowsett | Sam Harrison |
| 2011 | Wendy Houvenaghel | Alex Dowsett | Douglas Dewey |
| 2010 | Emma Pooley | Sir Bradley Wiggins | Andrew Griffiths |
| 2009 | Emma Pooley | Sir Bradley Wiggins | Alex Dowsett |
| 2008 | Sharon Laws | Michael Hutchinson | Alex Dowsett |
| 2007 | Wendy Houvenaghel | David Millar | Matt Brammeier |
| 2006 | Rebecca Romero | Jason MacIntyre | Daniel Davis |
| 2005 | Julia Shaw | Stuart Dangerfield | Ben Greenwood |
| 2004 | Frances Newstead | Michael Hutchinson | Ryan Connor |
| 2003 | Wendy Houvenaghel | Stuart Dangerfield | |
| 2002 | Frances Newstead | Michael Hutchinson | |
| 2001 | Yvonne McGregor | Stuart Dangerfield | |
| 2000 | Ceris Gilfillan | Chris Newton | |
| 1999 | Chris Newton | ||
| 1998 | Stuart Dangerfield | ||
| 1997 | Graham Obree |
The official race programme will feature all the events plus interviews with Alex Dowsett and Lizzie Armitstead with all pages in full colour.
Full information on all the above, the championships and the supporting events can be found on the event web site:
Watch the Time Trial Live on You-Tube from 2.00pm
http://www.nationalroadchamps.co.uk/site/ and by following us on twitter @roadchamps
Contact info@lincolngrandprix.org.uk for further information
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