HSBC-UK BC Women’s Roads Series Round 3, Women’s Lincoln Grand Prix 2017
Barnes stamps her authority for a second successive year to win the Women’s Lincoln Grand Prix 2017.
Going from the bottom with a lap to go, Barnes explained “It came back together on the climb which was quite good timing with a lap to go. It meant no one could really counter it properly.
So I led out on the climb on a lap to go and tested my legs and see how everyone else was going – and I opened up a gap. So I knew on the climb if I went into it first, I knew I’d be able to win it.
It was a case of following the moves on the last lap. There was a lot of attacks, so I was having to jump on everything, but I sort of kept it on the left of the road so I could look right and be on moves before they really went – which saved me a lot on energy.
I led out quite a long way out basically, from where it started going up. Yeh! My legs were screaming but I knew I was in the lead. I looked back a couple of times and had a pretty big gap so I knew I was safe.”
Listen to Alice’s Reaction in full on Cycling Shorts
Earlier on in the day after a slight delay to clear the course 129 riders started round 3 of the Women’s Road Series, Eight laps of the same course that the men use covering 101 kilometres.
A crash soon after the official flag came down splintered the peloton before Burton Village.
A group of three riders broke free by the second lap with Rebecca Durrell and Annasley Park [Drops Pro Cycling] and Amy Hill [Cycle OnForm] gaining almost a minute.
As the race reached the mid-way point, a strong Durrell continued her lead alone as both of the other girls were absorbed back into the peloton.
Durrell continued her lead going into the penultimate lap and her time yoyoed back-and-forth as attacks formed off the front of a reduced peloton, her lead reduced to 20s.
Durrell was finally caught on the final climb of Michaelgate with 8 kilometres remaining. Drops taking control with Alice Barnes testing her legs as she did the previous year and they felt fine she said afterwards.
A thirteenth place finish at 22s for Series Leader Chanel Mason [Storey Racing] cements her place as overall individual leader, well in front of many of her rivals with sixty points.
Cycle Team OnForm move to the top of the Team Standings just ahead of Drops Pro Cycling with one-hundred-and-eight points.
2017 Women's Lincoln Grand Prix Result
Pos-No-Name-Team-Time-Diff
1 1 Alice Barnes Drops 2:41:31. 2:41:31
2 98 Emily Nelson Team Breeze 2:41:32. st
3 125 Lydia Boylan Team WNT 2:41:37. +6
4 154 Sophie Wright (Junior) Strada Sport 2:41:40. +9
5 96 Manon Lloyd Team Breeze 2:41:41. st
6 25 Anna Henderson (Junior) Cycle Team OnForm 2:41:42. +11
7 131 Gabriella Shaw Team WNT 2:41:43. st
8 61 Alice Sharpe NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 2:41:49. +18
9 145 Grace Garner Wiggle High5 2:41:49. st
10 16 Emma Cockcroft Bianchi Dama UK 2:41:50. +19
11 95 Eleanor Dickinson (Junior) Team Breeze 2:41:53. +22
12 107 Jennifer Powell Team Ford Ecoboost 2:41:54. st
13 77 Chanel Mason Storey Racing 2:41:54. st
14 24 Julie Erskine Cycle Team OnForm 2:41:55. +24
15 97 Melissa Lowther Team Breeze 2:41:56. +25
16 9 Ffion James Abergavenny Road Club 2:41:57. +26
17 26 Amy Hill Cycle Team OnForm 2:41:58. st
18 126 Rebecca Carter Team WNT 2:41:59. st
19 50 Lauren Murphy (Junior) Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coachin 2:41:59. st
20 30 Alicia Speake Cycle Team OnForm 2:41:59. st
21 146 Amy Roberts Wiggle High5 2:42:00. st
22 53 Steph Clayton Mammoth Lifestyle Racing Team 2:42:00. st
23 3 Laura Massey Drops 2:42:01. +30
24 20 Georgina Panchaud Bianchi Dama UK 2:42:02. st
25 48 Lauren Dolan (Junior) Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coachin 2:42:03. st
26 70 Helen Ralston Sigma Sport.co.uk 2:42:03. st
27 8 Rebecca Womersley Drops 2:42:06. +35
28 35 Jennifer Holden Fusion RT Fierlan 2:42:07. st
29 79 Elizabeth Banks SunSport Velo 2:42:09. +38
30 15 Chloe Weller Army Cycling Race Team (ACRT) 2:42:10. st
31 128 Emily Kay Team WNT 2:42:10. st
32 75 Jennifer George Storey Racing 2:42:10. st
33 93 Megan Barker Team Breeze 2:42:11. st
34 36 Jennifer Hudson Fusion RT Fierlan 2:42:11. st
35 82 Gabriella Nordin SunSport Velo 2:42:12. +41
36 134 Eryn Nolan The 5th Floor Cycle Club 2:42:14. +43
37 81 Hannah Larbalestier SunSport Velo 2:42:14. st
38 85 Sophie Enever (Junior) Team 22 2:42:15. +44
39 72 Bethany Crumpton Storey Racing 2:42:17. +46
40 13 Emma Lewis Aprire Bicycles/HSS Hire 2:42:17. st
41 76 Elizabeth-Jane Harris Storey Racing 2:42:18. st
42 51 Jessica Roberts (Junior) Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coachin 2:42:18. st
43 43 Louise Moriarty Les Filles Queen of the Mountai 2:42:19. st
44 32 Alana Prior (Junior) EDCO Continental 2:42:19. st
45 91 Lorna Bowler (Junior) Team Backstedt/Hotchillee 2:42:28. +57
46 23 Sian Botteley Cycle Team OnForm 2:42:29. +58
47 44 Nicole Oh Les Filles Queen of the Mountai 2:42:31. +1:00
48 124 Natasha Reddy (Junior) Team Vision Innovative Leisure 2:42:32. st
49 40 Delia Beddis Les Filles Queen of the Mountai 2:42:33. +1:02
50 37 Fiona Hunter Johnston Fusion RT Fierlan 2:43:06. +1:35
51 101 Melissa Brand Team Ford Ecoboost 2:44:28. +2:57
52 2 Rebecca Durrell Drops 2:45:19. +3:48
53 31 Ellen McDermott EDCO Continental 2:46:41. +5:10
54 64 Amy Gornall Secret-Training.cc 2:47:52. +6:21
55 47 Anna Docherty (Junior) Liv Cycling Club – Epic Coachin 2:48:02. +6:31
The next round in the Women’s Road Series in on Sunday 4th June, the Cicle Classic a 95Km rough road/ gravel track circuit out of Melton Mobray. The 4th of 10 events.
Individual Standings after Round 3
1: Chanel Mason Storey Racing 60
2: Grace Garner Wiggle High5 44
3: Lizzy Banks SunSport Velo 40
4: Sian Botteley Cycle Team OnForm 36
5: Natalie Grinczer Team WNT 31
6: Alice Barnes Drops Pro Cycling 30
7: Amy Hill Cycle Team OnForm 30
8: Anna Christian Drops Pro Cycling 28
9: Charmaine Porter Team Ford Ecoboost 28
10: Emily Nelson Team Breeze 28
Team Standings after Round 3
1: Cycle Tean OnForm 110
2: Drops Pro Cycling 108
3: Team WNT 102
4: Storey Racing 85
5: Team Breeze 60
6: Team Ford Ecoboost 56
7: Wiggle High5 44
8: SunSport Velo 42
9: Bianchi Dama UK 29
All Results & Timings are by British Cycling
